Staff

Professor John Gyakum (Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences) Recipient of Leo Yaffe Award for Excellence in Teaching 2025

jada.atoklo@mcgill.ca — Mon, 16 Jun 2025 17:43:39 +0000

A professor in the Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, John Gyakum is an exceptionally talented and gifted educator, who has shaped the learning experience for many students at every stage both within ɬ�﷬ and far beyond, leaving an indelible mark on their academic journeys and future pursuits. Professor Gyakum is equally effective when explaining complex ideas about weather systems to first year students as when leading discussions in more advanced courses on synoptic meteorology.

Peter Yau wins Patterson Distinguished Service Medal

ambrish.raghoonundun@mcgill.ca — Wed, 26 Apr 2023 16:04:10 +0000

The Patterson Distinguished Service Medal is a prestigious award recognizing service to meteorology in Canada. Peter Yau is the 2022 winner of this award.

Exploring Ocean Worlds

calin.giurgiu@mcgill.ca — Wed, 14 Oct 2020 17:54:59 +0000

Evaluating Differences in Climate Sensitivity between GFDL CMIP5 and CMIP6 Climate models.

calin.giurgiu@mcgill.ca — Wed, 14 Oct 2020 17:45:48 +0000

Departmental Seminar: Advection of mixing in the Salish Sea; what a high resolution, realistic model can tell us

calin.giurgiu@mcgill.ca — Thu, 24 Sep 2020 19:50:40 +0000

Departmental Seminar - Global Ocean low cloud feedback estimated from observed co-variability with meteorology

calin.giurgiu@mcgill.ca — Wed, 16 Sep 2020 21:00:29 +0000

Departmental Seminar: Stratocumulus in a box: Resolving “sub-grid-scale” aerosol-cloud interactions in a convection-cloud chamber

calin.giurgiu@mcgill.ca — Thu, 10 Sep 2020 19:55:36 +0000

Keep me safe! - Mental health resources

calin.giurgiu@mcgill.ca — Tue, 25 Aug 2020 18:49:24 +0000

Please check the below link for resources available regarding mental health concerns:

https://ssmu.ca/blog/2020/03/mental-health-resource-available-keep-mesafe/

International students entering Canada

calin.giurgiu@mcgill.ca — Tue, 25 Aug 2020 18:47:13 +0000

Please check the link below if you are an international student planning to enter Canada:

/internationalstudents/covid-19/entering-canada

Useful links for incoming/potential students

calin.giurgiu@mcgill.ca — Tue, 25 Aug 2020 18:43:54 +0000

Please check the below link for useful information regarding working and learning remotely at Mcgill

/remote-students/

2019 a Safety Ambassador award- AOS Weather Forecasting Team

amna.jabeen@mcgill.ca — Fri, 13 Sep 2019 18:40:29 +0000

Congratulations to the Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences Weather Forecasting Team (Prof. John Gyakum, Dr. Eyad Atallah, Christopher McCray (PhD student), Kai Melamed-Turkish (MSc student), Yeechian Low (MSc student) for the Safety Ambassador 2019 award for all their weather related-services for major events such as convocation ceremonies for the past years to the Emergency Management and Preparedness Unit.

Pictured accepting the award: L-R Christopher McCray, Yeechian Low and Kai Melamed-Turkish

Roddy Rogers, Professor Emeritus in AOS department, has passed away

amna.jabeen@mcgill.ca — Tue, 05 Mar 2019 14:17:54 +0000

It is with great sadness that I convey the news that Roddy Rogers, Professor Emeritus in our department, Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, has passed away on February 20.

Roddy, a giant in our field, was a world-renowned scientist, particularly in the areas of cloud physics and radar meteorology. His text, co-authored with Professor Yau, entitled “A short course in Cloud Physics” has been used by students and faculty throughout the globe.

Estimation of model parameters using an evolutionary algorithm

amna.jabeen@mcgill.ca — Thu, 23 May 2019 18:34:58 +0000

Thermodynamic profiling of the atmosphere with ground-based remote sensors: Current capabilities and future challenges

amna.jabeen@mcgill.ca — Thu, 23 May 2019 14:45:36 +0000

Optimization of DNS code and visualization of data for cloud mixing simulation

amna.jabeen@mcgill.ca — Wed, 08 May 2019 14:11:14 +0000