1999ClimateSpecialtyGroupNewsletterFROMTHECHAIRAfewdaysago,whileponderingwhattosaytoyoubywayofintroduction,itstruckmehowluckywearetobeactiveresearchersandeducatorsworkinginclimatologyatthisparticularmomentintime.Itwasn’tthatlongago(afewdecadesatthemost)whenclimatologywastheprovinceofarelativelysmallgroupofdedicatedscientists.Butinaveryshortperiod,climatologyhasbecomeoneofthemostimportantfieldsinallofscience.ItisraretopickupanyweeklyissueofScienceorNaturethatdoesnothaveatleastoneclimate‐relatedtopic,whileGRLandJGRarefilledwithresearchthatisdirectlyorindirectlyclimaterelated.Ofcourse,allofthetraditionalclimatologyjournalsseemtobeflourishing.And,strangeasitmayseem,ourglobalclimatemayverywellbeoneofthemajorcampaignissuesinthe2000presidentialelection.Predictingwhetherourdisciplinewillremainthisvitaloverthenext20yearsisnoeasierthanpredictingtheclimateitself.Nevertheless,theworkwearenowdoing—whetheritbeclimateresearch,teachingundergraduates,mentoringgraduatestudents,editingjournals,orservingonnationalandinternationalcommittees—willhaveaprofoundimpactonourdiscipline.Thereportsbelow,fromaround20CollegesandUniversitiesintheUnitedStates,provideasnapshotofthevibrancyofourfield.Pleasetakeafewminutestoreadthe"NewsfromDepartments"tolearnaboutthevarietyandrelevanceofourcontributionstowardunderstandingclimate.SincebeingelectedChairoftheClimateSpecialtyGroupinBostonlastMarch,IhavebotheredourpastChair,DavidRobinson,onatleastaweeklybasis(probablytothepointthatitwouldhavebeeneasierforhimtoremaininoffice!).Hehashelpedimmeasurablytomakethistransitionexceptionallysmooth.Ialsowanttothankourotheroutgoingofficers,Secretary/TreasurerMarkAndersonandLindaMearnsfortheirleadershipintheCSG.Specialthanksmustbeextendedtothe1998HonorsCommittee,whichwaschairedbygoodfriendandcolleagueAdamBurnettandhisfellowjudges:JamesVoogt,TonyVega,BarryKeim.BarryhasbeenkindenoughtotakeoverasChairofthiscommittee.IoftenseemembersofthiscommitteerushingfromroomtoroomtoevaluatestudenttalksasIsitcomfortablyinthelobbybar.Theyareaverydedicatedandconscientiousgroup.Aftersomeminimalprodding,JohanFeddemaresurrectedtheCSGhomepagetohisnewhomeinournation’sheartlandandhaskindlyagreedtomaintainthepage.Finally,IwanttothankLyndaDunnivanfromtheUVaEnvironmentalSciencesDepartmentforherinvaluableassistanceinassemblingthisnewsletter.Iknowthatafewofthefaceswhowe’vegottenusedtoseeingonayearlybasiswillbemissingfromHawai’iforavarietyofreasons,soI’lllookforwardtoseeingyouinPittsburghin2000(asthenewmilleniumapproaches).Fortherestofyou,allIcansayisALOHAandBOOK‘EM,DANO!

BobMINUTESOFTHE1998CLIMATESPECIALTYGROUPBUSINESSMEETING(Boston,MA)Themeetingwascalledtoorderat6:50p.m.Thursday,March26,1998.Theminutesofthe1997meetingwereapprovedwithoutrevision.Chair’sreport(DavidRobinson)a.MembershipintheCSGcurrentlystandsat310,downsomewhatfromlastyear’s350members.WhilemostCSGmembershavepaidtheirdues(andbecountedonthemembershiproster)bythistimeofyear,wearelikelytohavesomeadditionalenrollmentintheupcomingmonths.b.TheCSGnewsletterhasbeenlocatedontheCSGhomepagesinceearlyMarch.TheannouncementoftheNewsletterwasdistributedviaelectronicmailtomembersofavailableaddressesThenewsletterwas31pageslong,ofwhich18pageswerenewsfromdepartments.These18pageswerenotmailedtothe60–70peopleforwhichwedon’thaveemailaddresses,Todate,therehavebeenbetween200–250hitsofthenewsletteronthehomepagec.TheCSGPlenarySpeakerthisyearisHarryvonLoonfromtheNationalCenterforAtmosphericResearch(NCAR).HewilldeliverhislectureonFridayat1:45p.m.d.Areceptionwilltakeplaceafterthebusinessmeeting.PrenticeHallcontributedsomemoneyfortheaffair.Futurereceptionscouldgreatlybenefitfromotherdonations.e.AllenPerry(duetoillnessinthefamily)norothermembersoftheAssociationofBritishClimatologistsarenotinBostonasoriginallyplaned,howeverwearestillinvitedtotheroyalMeteororologicalSociety’smeetinginthe2000.f.TheAnnalsisstilllookingforarticles.g.ThefirsteverCSGLifetimeAchievementAwardistobeawardedtoDr.JohnOliver.Hismanyaccomplishmentswererecaped,howeversinceJohnisnotabletomaketheBostonmeeting,theactualawardwillbepresentedattheHonolulumeeting.3.Treasurer’sreport(MarkAnderson).4.Announcement

a.The1997CSGstudentpapercompetitionattheFortWorthmeeting,attracteditsusualsetofoutstandingpresentations.JohnWileyandSonsonceagainprovidedmajorbookprizesforeachofthetopthreecontestants,whilecashprizesweregivenbytheCSG.FirstplacewinnerTerrianneLavinreceivedabookprizeand$100.00.SecondplacewinnerAndrewElliswasawardedabookand$75.00.ClaudiaWalterstookthirdplaceandreceivedabookand$50.00.HonorableMentionswenttoDouglasGambleandConnieWoodhouse.Eachreceived$25.00.TheHonorscommitteeforlastyearscompetitionconsistedofSueGrimmond,TomMote,BarryKeim,ClintRowe,andAdamBurnett.SpecialacknowledgementwasmadeofSueandTom’sserviceastheycompletedtheirserviceontheHonorscommittee.SueandTomarereplacedbyTonyVegaofClarionUniversityandJamesVoogtoftheUniversityofWesternOntario.AlsohelpingoutthisyearisClaudiaWaltersofCentralMichiganUniversity.Committeechair,BurnettannouncedthatheissteppingdownaftertheBostonmeetingandthankedallthosewhohelpedwithcompetitionandallstudentswhoparticipated.BarryKeimwilltakeoverashonorscommitteeChairnextyear.ThisisBarry’sthirdyearasacommitteemember.Assuch,heknowstheworkingsofthecompetitionandshouldmakeagreatcommitteechair.TheCSGChairthankedtheHonorsCommittee,andAdaminparticular,fortheeffortsinmakingthepapercompetitionsuchassuccess.b.JohannesFeddemaandDaveRobinsonreportedontheCSGHomepage,Johannesagreedtocontinuemaintainingthesiteandwasopentosuggestionstoimprovethehomepagecapabilities.c.JohnArnfieldwasthankedforupdatingtheGuidetoGraduateProgramsinClimatology.18programssubmittedinformation.Theguidemaybefoundinseverallocations,includingtheCSGhomepage.d.DaveRobinsonreportedthattheNRCCooperativeObservingProgramPanelmetfourtimesduringthepastyearandiscompletingafinaldraftoftheirreport.Thereport,whichshouldbeoutbytheendof1998,isa"souptonuts"examinationoftheProgramoftheProgram,andincludesrecommendationsonwheretheProgramshouldheadinfutureyears.e.DaveRobinsonalsoinformedtheCSGofaGeolocatorsitethathasrecentlymovedfromaU.MichigantoaRutgersGeographyserver.Youmaytelnettoitat"geogns.rutgers.edu:3000"f.AcallwasmadetoattendtheCryosphericSpecialityGroupmeeting,tobeheldFridaynight,andattendSaturdaysessions(postersandpresentations)ofthegroup.g.RogerBarryreportedthattheWorldClimateResearchProgram(WCRP)isputtingtogetherareportoncyrosphereandclimate.DetailscanbefoundintheWCRPnewsletter.5.Business

a.TheCSGofficershaveselectedthefollowingauthorsfortheClimatechapterin"GeographyinAmerica":DavidLegates(LSU),LindaMearns(NCAR),JeffRogers(OSU)andJulieWinkler(MSU).Thankstoallwhoofferedtocontribute.b.AdiscussionwasheldonalternativeformsofpresentationsatAAGmeetings.Severalideas/suggestionswereputforth.Onewasforathemetobeusedforanextendedsession.Suchasessionwouldhaveaninvitedspeaker(s)(longertimeperiodeg.30minutes),tobefollowedbyregularpresentations.Anotherideawastobuildonthepostersessionswithatimeaddedthepostersession(orothertimeperiod)togiveaone‐minutesynopsisoftheposters(oneviewgraphlimit).c.JohnHarringtonsuggestedthattheCSGconsidera"PaperoftheYearAward"tobegiventoaCSGmember.Discussionfollowedontheprosandconsofanawardofthistype.Itwasdecidedthattheboardwouldlookfurtherintothisidea.d.RezaulMahmoodsuggestedthattheCSGlookintoan"OutstandingThesis/DissertationAward",recognizinggraduateworkinClimatology.Discussionfollowedonthepro’sandcon’softhisaward.ConcernwasraisedhowthiswouldbedifferentthantheNystromaward.TheBoardwilllookintothismatterfurther.e.NamesofindividualswerediscussedoftheCSGplenaryspeakerfortheHonolulumeetingin1999.Thechairwillcontacttheseindividualstoseiiftheyarewillingtoparticipate.f.SeveraljointsessionsarebeingputtogetherfortheHonoluluMeeting.MarkRidgely,representingtheBiogeographySpecialtyGroup,wouldlikeajointsessionwiththeCSGentitled"DiversityofClimatesandEcosystemsinHawaii."TheWaterResourcesSpecialtyGroup(WillRense)wouldalsoliketoputtogetherajointsessiononthe"WaterBudget."TheCryosphericSpecialtyGroupwouldalsoliketohaveajointsession.h.StudenttravelsupporttotheHonolulumeetingwasdiscussed.Itwasdecidedthatfive$100fellowshipswouldbeawardedtostudentstohelpdefertravelcost.Studentswouldbeselectedbyalottery.Itwasexpectedthateachstudentwouldpresentapaper/posterandenterthestudentpaper/postercompetitiontobeeligibleforthefellowships.ThelotterywouldbeheldinthefallandwinnerswouldbenotifiedinlateOct.orearlyNov.TheBoardwillsendoutmoreinformationviatheCSGhomepageandemaillistandClimlist.j.Electionofnewofficers:BobDaviswaselectedChair,AndrewComriewaselectedSecretary/treasurer,andRafiqueAhmedwaselectedasadirector.AfterlastminutethanksfromtheoutgoingChair,themeetingwasadjournedat7:50p.m.andtheBostonTeaPartystarted.

Respectfullysubmitted,MarkAnderson,Secretary/TreasurerTREASURER'SREPORT(June22,1998)Balancebroughtforwardfromlastyear:$1,639.46Incomefor1996/97AAGProgramEnrichmentfunds$600.00DuesrebatereceivedfromAAGCentralOffice:(March1998)$1,138.00ReimbursementforGraduateGuide$395.00Receptiondonation$50.00Refundfromreception$105.00TOTALINCOME:$3,927.46Expendituresfor1997‐19981998plenaryspeaker(VanLoon)$545.381997studentpapercompetition:$275.001998studentpapercompetition:$275.001998CSGreception$384.56TOTALEXPENDITURES:$1,479.941998‐1999BALANCE:$2,447.52Respectfullysubmitted,MarkR.Anderson,Secretary/Treasurer1998/99CSGOFFICERSChair(1998–2000)Dr.RobertE.DavisDepartmentofEnvironmentalSciencesUniversityofVirginiaCharlottesville,VA22903(red3u@virginia.edu)Secretary/Treasurer(1998–2000)Dr.AndrewC.ComrieDepartmentofGeographyandRegionalDevelopment

UniversityofArizonaTucson,AZ85721(comrie@climate.geog.arizona.edu)Director(1997–1999)Dr.JohannesJ.FeddemaDepartmentofGeographyUniversityofKansasLawrence,KS66045(feddema@ukans.edu)Director(1998–2000)Dr.RafiqueAhmedDepartmentofGeographyandEarthScienceUniversityofWisconsin–LaCrosseLaCrosse,WI(ahmed@mail.uwlax.edu)YoungScholarDirector(1997‐1999)Dr.RezaulMahmoodDepartmentofGeographyUniversityofOklahomaNorman,OK73019(rmahmood@aardvark.ucs.ou.edu)CLIMATESPECIALTYGROUPHOMEPAGEDon’tforgetthattheClimateSpecialtyGrouphasahomepage:http://www.geog.ukans.edu/AAG/Csg/csghome.htm.ThispagecanalsobeaccessedfromtheAAGHomePage.HighlightsofthepageincludeabriefintroductiontothepurposeoftheCSG,thecurrentofficers,theGraduateProgramGuide,andinformationlinkstoCLIMLIST,AAGandotherrelatedinformation.Anyadditionalcontributions,comments,suggestedimprovementsetc.wouldbegreatlyappreciated.JohannesJ.FeddemaCSGACTIVITIESINHONOLULUClimate(andclimate‐related)sessionsinHonoluluWednesday~~~~~~~~

0900:UrbanClimatology*1100:ApplicationsoftheWaterBudgetinHydrology*1300:PaleoclimaticReconstruction1300:TheNationalAssessmentofClimateChangeI:OverviewandOrganization*1300:GeographyinAmerica:PhysicalGeography1500:GeographicDimensionsofHistoricalClimateChange*1500:TheNationalAssessmentofClimateChangeII:TheAssessments*1700:IllustratedPaperSession:TheNationalAssessmentofClimateChangeIII:TheViewfromTwoRegions*1700:AtmosphericAerosols/AirPollutionThursday~~~~~~0700:ElNinoSymposiumI*0900:ElNinoSymposiumII*0900:ClimateEffectsonNaturalVegetationandCrops1100:ElNinoSymposiumIII*1100:LandSurface‐AtmosphereInteraction1100:IllustratedPaperSession:GlobalChangeinLocalPlaces:GreenhouseGasEmissionsandMitigation1415:ElNinoSymposiumandClimateSpecialtyGroupPlenarySession*1615:ElNinoSymposiumIV*1615:AirTemperatureVariations1815:ClimateSpecialtyGroupReceptionandBusinessMeeting*Friday

~~~~~~~~0700:Climate/VegetationInteractions*0900:ENSOandClimateVariability0900:PosterSession:Biogeography,Climate,andEnvironmental(?,Ed.)0900:IllustratedPaperSession:Cryosphere1245:HurricanesI:ClimatologyandTemporalTrends*1245:IllustratedPaperSession:Climate1445:HurricanesII:SocietalImpactsandProxyRecords*1445:ClimateChangeIssues1645:FireandIce:MountainClimatesintheWest*Saturday~~~~~~~0700:RegionalClimateVariability0900:WaterResourcesandClimateChange*0900:UrbanClimate1100:MicroclimateOverSnowandIceSurfaces1100:RainfallAnalysis1300:SnowfallandSynopticClimatology1500:SnowandIce*Sponsoredorjointly‐sponsoredbytheAAGClimateSpecialtyGroup.PlenarySessionThursday,March25

2:45PMElNiñoDr.NickGrahamUniversityofCalifornia–SanDiegoThefulltitleandabstractofthePlenarytalkarenotyetavailable.Thissessionisco‐sponsoredbythejournalPhysicalGeographyaswellastheCSGandispartoftheElNiñoSymposiumorganizedbyJohnRayner(OhioState).WEDS.,MARCH2447.UrbanClimatology(SponsoredbyClimateSpecialtyGroup)Organizers:SueGrimmond,IndianaUniversity,AJohnArnfield,OhioStateUniversityChair:SueGrimmond,IndianaUniversity9:00AnthonyBrazel,ArizonaStateUniversity9:20MarkL.Hildebrandt,ArizonaStateUniversity9:40LaszloMakra,UniversityofSzeged10:00A.JohnArnfield,OhioStateUniversity10:20SeanPotter,IndianaUniversity,SueGrimmond,IndianaUniversity78.ApplicationsoftheWaterBudgetinHydrology(SponsoredbyWaterResourcesandClimateSpecialtyGroups)Organizer:WilliamC.Rense,ShippensburgUniversityChair:WilliamC.Rense,ShippensburgUniversity11:00JohnR.Mather,UniversityofDelaware,JayW.Hodny,UniversityofDelaware11:20MarlynL.Shelton,UniversityofCalifornia‐Davis11:40ThomasP.Feeney,ShippensburgUniversity,NicholasCrawford,WesternKentuckyUniversity12:00HeejunChang,PennsylvaniaStateUniversity,C.GregoryKnight,PennsylvaniaStateUniversity,DeyanKostov,AmericanUniversityofBulgaria12:20WilliamC.Rense,ShippensburgUniversity95.GeographyinAmerica:PhysicalGeographyOrganizers:CortJ.Willmott,UniversityofDelaware,GaryGaile,UniversityofColorado‐BoulderChair:WilliamL.Graf,ArizonaStateUniversity1:00KennethR.Young,UnivofMaryland‐BaltimoreCounty,MarkA.Blumler,BinghamtonUniversity,ThomasT.Veblen,UniversityofColorado‐Boulder,SusySvatekZiegler,UniversityofWisconsin‐Madison,Biogeography

1:20DavidR.Legates,LouisianaStateUniversity,JulieWinkler,MichiganStateUniversity,JeffreyC.Rogers,OhioStateUniversity,LindaO.Mearns,NatlCtrforAtmosphericResearch,Climatology1:40DawnJ.Wright,OregonStateUniversity,PhilipE.Steinberg,FloridaStateUniversity,NorbertP.Psuty,RutgersUniversity,CoastalandMarineGeography2:00KennethM.Hinkel,UniversityofCincinnati,AndrewE.Ellis,ArizonaStateUniversity,EllenMosley‐Thompson,OhioStateUniversity,Cryosphere:HotResearchonColdEnvironments2:20DavidR.Butler,SouthwestTexasStateUniversity,Geomorphology105.PaleoclimaticReconstructionChair:DianeL.Douglas,ArizonaStateUniversity1:00KarenRuss,NorthernIllinoisUniversity1:20SamanthaArundel,NorthernArizonaUniversity1:40JohnA.Shaffer,ArizonaStateUniversity2:00DianeL.Douglas,ArizonaStateUniversity109.TheNationalAssessmentofClimateChangeI:OverviewandOrganization(SponsoredbyHumanDimensionsofGlobalChangeandClimateSpecialtyGroupsandCenterforIntegratedRegionalAssessment)Organizer:BrentYarnal,PennsylvaniaStateUniversityChair:BrentYarnal,PennsylvaniaStateUniversityPanelists:ThomasJ.Wilbanks,OakRidgeNationalLaboratory,DaveKirtland,USGeolgicalSurvey,EileenL.Shea,East‐WestCenter,WilliamE.Easterling,PennsylvaniaStateUniversity,C.GregoryKnight,PennsylvaniaStateUniversity,DianaLiverman,UniversityofArizona131.GeographicDimensionsofHistoricalClimateChange(SponsoredbyClimateSpecialtyGroup)(formerlysession394)Organizer:RobertC.Balling,ArizonaStateUniversityChair:RobertC.Balling,ArizonaStateUniversity9:00RobertC.Balling,ArizonaStateUniversity,9:20RobertE.Davis,UniversityofVirginia,MichaelB.Lowit,UniversityofVirginia,PaulC.Knappenberger,UniversityofVirginia,DavidR.Legates,LouisianaStateUniversity,9:40DavidR.Legates,LouisianaStateUniversity,RobertE.Davis,UniversityofVirginia10:00PatrickJ.Michaels,UniversityofVirginia,PaulC.Knappenberger,UniversityofVirginia10:20RussellS.Vose,ArizonaStateUniversity,RobertC.Balling,ArizonaStateUniversity135.TheNationalAssessmentofClimateChangeII:TheAssessments(SponsoredbyHumanDimensionsofGlobalChangeandClimateSpecialtyGroupsandCenterforIntegratedRegionalAssessment)Organizer:BrentYarnal,PennsylvaniaStateUniversity

Chair:BrentYarnal,PennsylvaniaStateUniversityPanelists:DavidR.Easterling,NOAA,BarbaraJ.Morehouse,UniversityofArizona,AndrewC.Comrie,UniversityofArizona,ThomasW.Giambelluca,UniversityofHawaii,JulieWinkler,MichiganStateUniversity,BrentYarnal,PennsylvaniaStateUniversity166.IllustratedPaperSession:TheNationalAssessmentofClimateChangeIII:TheViewfromTwoRegions(SponsoredbyHumanDimensionsofGlobalChangeandClimateSpecialtyGroups)Organizers:BarbaraJ.Morehouse,UniversityofArizona,AndrewC.Comrie,UniversityofArizonaChairs:BarbaraJ.Morehouse,UniversityofArizona,AndrewC.Comrie,UniversityofArizona5:00Introduction5:05BrentYarnal,PennsylvaniaStateUniversity,RobertJ.Neff,PennsylvaniaStateUniversity,JasonAllard,PennsylvaniaStateUniversity,HalWalker5:15JasonAllard,PennsylvaniaStateUniversity,RobertG.Crane,PennsylvaniaStateUniversity,BrentYarnal,PennsylvaniaStateUniversity,HenryWalker5:25GregoryD.Packin,UniversityofArizona,AndrewC.Comrie,UniversityofArizona5:35KurtAngersbach,UniversityofArizona,AndrewC.Comrie,UniversityofArizona5:45RobertMerideth,UniversityofArizona5:55EllenHansen,UniversityofArizona,PatrickBarabe,UniversityofArizona170.AtmosphericAerosols/AirPollutionChair:WilliamPorter,ElizabethCityStateUniversity5:00HelenPower,UniversityofDelaware5:20MarkS.Anderson,SanDiegoStateUniversity,MichaelJerrett,McMasterUniversity5:40JeremyE.Diem,UniversityofArizona,AndrewC.Comrie,UniversityofArizona6:00WendyMarieThomas,ArizonaStateUniversity6:20Gong‐YuhLin,CaliforniaStateUniv‐Northridge6:40WilliamPorter,ElizabethCityStateUniversityTHURSDAY,MARCH25191.ElNinoSymposiumI(SponsoredbyPhysicalClimateJournalandClimateSpecialtyGroup)Organizer:JohnRayner,OhioStateUniversityChair:EllenMosley‐Thompson,OhioStateUniversity7:00WilliamMonfredo,SouthwestTexasStateUniversity7:20DagmarBudikova,UniversityofCalgary,LawrenceC.Nkemdirim,UniversityofCalgary7:40CaryMock,UniversityofOregon

8:00GregMcCabe,USGeologicalSurvey,MichaelDettinger,USGeologicalSurvey8:20EllenMosley‐Thompson,OhioStateUniversity,LonnieG.Thompson,OhioStateUniversity,KeithR.Henderson,OhioStateUniversity219.ElNinoSymposiumII(SponsoredbyPhysicalGeographyJournalandClimateSpecialtyGroup)Organizer:JohnRayner,OhioStateUniversityChair:AnthonyOrme,UnivofCalifornia‐LosAngeles9:00GeorgeA.Brook,UniversityofGeorgia,Shaw‐WenSheen,UniversityofGeorgia9:20RichardJ.Pike,USGeologicalSurvey,ScottE.Graham9:40KennethSchwarz,UnivofCalifornia‐LosAngeles,PriyaFinnemore,UnivofCalifornia‐LosAngeles,MarkKuhlman,UnivofCalifornia‐LosAngeles,AnthonyOrme,UnivofCalifornia‐LosAngeles10:00AmalieJoOrme,CaliforniaStateUniv‐Northridge,AnnOverholt,CaliforniaStateUniv‐Northridge10:20AnthonyOrme,UnivofCalifornia‐LosAngeles240.ClimateEffectsonNaturalVegetationandCropsChair:JeffreyA.Andresen,MichiganStateUniversity9:00ChrisFunk,UnivofCalifornia‐SantaBarbara9:20TraeP.Menard,UniversityofHawaii,ThomasW.Giambelluca,UniversityofHawaii9:40MatthewJ.Ungerer,DartmouthCollege10:00ColleenM.Garrity,MichiganStateUniversity10:20JeffreyA.Andresen,MichiganStateUniversity247.ElNinoSymposiumIII(SponsoredbyPhysicalGeographyJournalandClimateSpecialtyGroup)Organizer:JohnRayner,OhioStateUniversityChair:DavidGreenland,UnivofNorthCarolina‐ChapelHill11:00AnthonyJ.Vega,ClarionUniversity,C.H.Sui,NASAGoddardSpaceFlightCenter11:20NancyD.Lewis,UniversityofHawaii,LiemT.Tran,UniversityofHawaii,MichaelHamnett11:40LouiseBohn,UniversityofEastAnglia,MickKelly,UnivofCalifornia‐SantaBarbara12:00RichardW.Dixon,SouthwestTexasStateUniversity,DavidR.Butler,SouthwestTexasStateUniversity,LisaM.DeChano,SouthwestTexasStateUniversity,JulieA.Henry,SouthwestTexasStateUniversity12:20DavidGreenland,UnivofNorthCarolina‐ChapelHill268.LandSurface‐AtmosphereInteractionChair:ThomasW.Giambelluca,UniversityofHawaii11:00JohnA.Harrington,KansasStateUniversity,BradleyC.Rundquist,KansasStateUniversity,DouglasG.Goodwin,KansasStateUniversity

11:20RyanEngstrom,SanDiegoStateUniversity,AllenHope,SanDiegoStateUniversity,DouglasStow,SanDiegoStateUniversity,StevenBrooks,AirResourcesLaboratory,GeorgeVourlitis,SanDiegoStateUniversity,WalterOechel,SanDiegoStateUniversity11:40MerrianneEtter,NorthernArizonaUniversity,LelandR.Dexter,NorthernArizonaUniversity12:00JieSong,NorthernIllinoisUniversity12:20ThomasW.Giambelluca,UniversityofHawaii,AlanD.Ziegler,UniversityofHawaii,MichaelA.Nullet,UniversityofHawaii270.IllustratedPaperSession:GlobalChangeinLocalPlaces:GreenhouseGasEmissionsandMitigationOrganizers:RobertKates,IndependentScholar,ThomasJ.Wilbanks,OakRidgeNationalLaboratoryChair:RonaldF.Abler,AssociationofAmericanGeographers11:00MichaelW.Mayfield,AppalachianStateUniversity,JenniferL.Dehart,AppalachianStateUniversity,MajorEmittersofCO2intheBlueRidge/Piedmont11:05PeterT.Soule,AppalachianStateUniversity,P.TaylorDellinger,WesternPiedmontCouncilofGovts,DrivingForcesBehindAgriculturalGreenhouseGasEmissionsinNorthCarolina11:10NealLineback,AppalachianStateUniversity,AudreyReynolds,AppalachianStateUniversity,BrianWitcher,KansasStateUniversity,SearchingforaSimplifiedMethodologyforEstimatingGreenhouseGas11:15RobinShudak,PennsylvaniaStateUniversity,BrentYarnal,PennsylvaniaStateUniversity,AndreaDenny,PennsylvaniaStateUniversity,SteveLachman,PennsylvaniaStateUniversity,RobertJ.Neff,PennsylvaniaStateUniversity,ColinPolsky,PennsylvaniaStateUniversity,BeckyReifenstahl,PennsylvaniaStateUniversity,DriversandMitigationofGreenhouseGasEmissionsinCentralPennsylvania11:20NeilReid,UniversityofToledo,GlobalChangeinLocalPlaces‐TheImpactofSpecificIndustriesonGreenhouseGasEmissionsinNorthwestOhio11:25ElizabethA.Nowaczyk,UniversityofToledo,PeterS.Lindquist,UniversityofToledo,PatternsofGreenhouseGasEmissionsfromPrivateTransportation:NorthwestOhio11:30LisaHarrington,KansasStateUniversity,DavidE.Kromm,KansasStateUniversity,StephenE.White,KansasStateUniversity,Sylvia‐LindaKaktins,KansasStateUniversity,AssessingPotentialGreenhouseGasMitigationinSouthwesternKansas11:35JenniferL.DeHart,AppalachianStateUniversity,StakeholderResponsestotheNorthCarolinaWaterSupplyWateshedProtectionAct11:40DavidG.Howard,UniversityofToledo,GrassRootsOrganization'sEffectsonWaterQualityofLakeErie11:45WilliamA.Muraco,UniversityofToledo,SamuelAryeetey‐Attoh,UniversityofToledo,PerceptionsofGlobalClimateChangeintheMidwest

277.ElNinoSymposiumandClimateSpecialtyGroupPlenarySession(SponsoredbyPhysicalGeographyJournalandClimateSpecialtyGroup)Organizers:AnthonyOrme,UnivofCalifornia‐LosAngeles,RobertE.Davis,UniversityofVirginiaChair:AnthonyOrme,UnivofCalifornia‐LosAngeles2:15NickGraham,UniversityofCalifornia‐SanDiego,ElNiño304.ElNinoSymposiumIV(SponsoredbyPhysicalGeographyJournalandClimateSpecialtyGroup)Organizer:JohnRayner,OhioStateUniversityChair:DianaLiverman,UniversityofArizona4:15Marie‐HeleneRadenac,LODYC,YvesDandonneau,LODYC,ChristopheMenkes,LODYC,LaurentMemery,LODYC4:31DewiKirono,MonashUniversity,NigelTapper,MonashUniversity4:47MarkS.Lorang,UniversityofSouthernCalifornia,J.P.McDermott,UniversityofSouthernCalifornia,S.Namikas,UniversityofSouthernCalifornia,DouglasJ.Sherman5:03IvanCheung,SlipperyRockUniversity5:19HallieEakin,UniversityofArizona5:35DianaLiverman,UniversityofArizona,WilliamE.Easterling,PennsylvaniaStateUniversity323.AirTemperatureVariationsChair:HeatherA.Callahan,UtahStateUniversity4:15HeatherA.Callahan,UtahStateUniversity4:35KarstenA.Shein,GlobalChangeMasterDirectory4:55JulieA.Henry,SouthwestTexasStateUniversity5:15AlanBasist,NationalClimaticDataCenter,ThomasPeterson,NationalClimaticDataCenter,ClaudeWilliams,NationalClimaticDataCenter5:35RobertH.Aron,CentralMichiganUniversityFRIDAY,MARCH26369.Climate/VegetationInteractions(SponsoredbyClimateSpecialtyGroup)Organizer:GregoryV.Jones,SouthernOregonUniversityChair:GregoryV.Jones,SouthernOregonUniversity7:00JimmyAdegoke,PennsylvaniaStateUniversity,AndrewCarleton,PennsylvaniaStateUniversity7:20CraigD.Idso,CenterfortheStudyofCarbonDioxideandGlobalChange,SherwoodB.Idso,USWaterConservationLaboratory,BruceA.Kimball7:40MarkD.Schwartz,UniversityofWisconsin‐Milwaukee8:00PaulA.Knapp,GeorgiaStateUniversity,PeterT.Soule,AppalachianStateUniversity8:20GregoryV.Jones,SouthernOregonUniversity,TimSparks,InstituteofTerrestrialEcology,PhilJones,UniversityofEastAnglia

382.PosterSession:Biogeography,Climate,andEnvironmental(?,Ed.)RobertG.Bailey,USForestService,EcoregionsandtheWorldPatternJacobBendix,SyracuseUniversity,TheScaleof"Intermediate"DisturbanceandVegetationDiversityJorgBendix,UniversityofBonn,AstridBendix,AcademyofScienceandLiterature,ASpaceViewofElNino1991/92:PrecipitationPatternandRelatedWeatherTypesinEcuadorandPeruMarkA.Blumler,BinghamtonUniversity,InvasionofAvenabarbataasaSpatialProcessMichaelJ.Brewer,GeorgeWashingtonUniversity,IllustratedEffectsofClimateonNaturalVegetationKyleD.Brown,CaliforniaStatePolytechnicUniv,DwightA.Brown,UniversityofMinnesota,PlanningforProcess:TheRoleofDisturbanceinReestablishingGrasslandsTrevorA.Burwell,UniversityofWisconsin‐Madison,PrecipitationandTreeRecruitmentattheLowerMontaneTreelineEcotoneTomCarlson,UniversityofCalifornia‐Davis,TheEffectsofClimateVariationSubalpineVegetation:ACaseStudyofMountShasta,CAKevinP.Czajkowski,UniversityofToledo,HassanOuaidrari,UniversityofMaryland‐CollegePark,SamuelN.Goward,UniversityofMaryland‐CollegePark,RalphO.Dubayah,UniversityofMaryland‐CollegePark,JoshuaRhoads,UniversityofMaryland‐CollegePark,PotentialUseofThermalInfraredSatelliteDatainClimateChangeStudiesJamesM.Dyer,OhioUniversity,NancyR.Bain,OhioUniversity,PresettlementVegetationofSoutheasternOhioEricEdlund,UniversityofMontana,ModelingModernPollenRepresentationforInterpretationofLateQuaternaryPaleoenvironmentsSueGrimmond,IndianaUniversity,T.S.King,IndianaUniversity,ExchangesofHeat,Water,Ozone,andCarbonDioxideforaNeighborhoodinChicagoBillKelley,UniversityofIdaho,AnalysisofSlopeUtilizationbyMontaneWolvesAndrewG.Klein,TexasA&MUniversity,DorthyK.Hall,NASA/GoddardSpaceFlightCenter,ASnowAlbedoAlgorithmfortheNASAMODISInstrument

NaokeKubo,ClarkUniversity,GeographicalCritiqueofJointImplementationRobertC.Larson,IndianaStateUniversity,WalterH.Carnahan,IndianaStateUniversity,TheInfluenceofSurfaceCharacteristicsonUrbanRadiantTemperaturesTerrianneLavin,FloridaAtlanticUniversity,IntegratedWeatherandEntomologyStation:APreviewChristopherT.Lee,CaliforniaStateU‐DominguezHills,PatrickJohnson,CaliforniaStateU‐DominguezHills,MonitoringVegetationDynamicsintheLowerColoradoRiverDeltaUsingLandsatArchivalSatelliteImageryPatrickLehodey,Secretariat/PacificCommunity,Jean‐MichelAndre,ORSTOM,MichelBertignac,Secretariat/PacificCommunity,Marie‐HeleneRadenac,LODYC,ChristopheMenkes,LODYC,YvesDandonneau,LODYC,The1997‐98ElNinoandSurfaceTunaFisheriesintheWesternPacificMagdaA.Lombardo,UniversidadeEstadualPaulista,AndreaSantana,UniversidadeEstadualPaulista,ClimatologyandUrbanDesigninFortaleza,CE,BrazilLynnE.Newman,ArizonaStateUniversity,RandallS.Cerveny,ArizonaStateUniversity,ClimatologicalRelationshipsBetweenTropicalCycloneParametersandPrecipitationKoNishimura,FujitsuFIPCo,ImpactofGlobalWarmingonForestFireBakerPerry,AppalachianStateUniversity,UsingGIStoEstimateSnowfallintheSouthernAppalachiansN.LeroyPoff,ColoradoStateUniversity,PatrickBourgeron,UniversityofColorado‐Boulder,RegionalVariationinFishCommunityStructureandFunctionAlongAquatic‐TerrestrialGradientsintheInteriorColumbiaRiverBasinJanosPuskas,BerzsenyiDanielTeacherCollege,LaszloNowinszky,BerzsenyiDanielTeacherCollege,GyozoSzeidovitz,InstofAcadofScienceofHungary,CantheInsectsForecastEarthquakesinAdvance?RobertV.Rohli,KentStateUniversity,AnthonyJ.Vega,ClarionUniversity,MichaelR.Binkley,KentStateUniversity,StephenD.Britton,KentStateUniversity,HeatherE.Heckman,KentStateUniversity,JamesM.Jenkins,KentStateUniversity,YuichiOno,KentStateUniversity,DeborahM.Sheeler,KentStateUniversity,GreatLakesRegionalCirculationPatternsandAssociationtoAtmosphericTeleconnectionsBrendaK.Schladweiler,UniversityofWyoming,CatherineP.Skinner,UniversityofWyoming,GeorgeF.Vance,UniversityofWyoming,SeleniumConcentrationinWetlandandRiparianReceptorsatFortCarson,Colorado

JamesH.Speer,UniversityofTennessee,KenOrvis,UniversityofTennessee,MostReconstrutioninOakTreesintheSouthernAppalachians:ADendrochronologicalApproachStephenJ.Stadler,OklahomaStateUniversity,ScottWoodruff,OklahomaStateUniversity,ComparisonofRainfallInputsinaRegionalEvapotranspirationModelKayR.S.Williams,ShippensburgUniversity,DianeStanitski‐Martin,ShippensburgUniversity,AClimatologicalSummaryofPennsylvania'sStateSystemofHigherEducationUniversitiesYukYeeYan,HongKongBaptistUniversity,TemperatureVaribilityinChina,1951‐1996394.ENSOandClimateVariability(formerlysession131)Chair:BelayetKhan,EasternIllinoisUniversity3:00KentM.McGregor,UniversityofNorthTexas3:20MichaelA.Palecki,IllinoisStateWaterSurvey3:40JoelMichaelsen,UnivofCalifornia‐SantaBarbara,CharlesJones,UnivofWisconsin‐EauClaire,ValerieOlsen4:00RafiqueAhmed,UniversityofWisconsin‐LaCrosse4:20BelayetKhan,EasternIllinoisUniversity402.IllustratedPaperSession:Cryosphere(SponsoredbyCryosphereSpecialtyGroup)Organizer:BrianHanson,UniversityofDelawareChair:BrianHanson,UniversityofDelaware9:00JerryBrown,InternationalPermafrostAssn,RogerBarry,UniversityofColorado‐Boulder,FrederickNelson,UniversityofDelaware,StatusoftheProposedInternationalPermaforstMonitoringNetworkandService9:05KennethM.Hinkel,UniversityofCincinnati,WendyR.Eisner,OhioStateUniversity,JamesG.Bockheim,UniversityofWisconsin,FrederickNelson,UniversityofDelaware,ThePaleoenvironmentalRecordfromaPalsa‐ScaleFrostMound,NorthernAlaska9:10ClaireGomersall,UniversityofCincinnati,KennethM.Hinkel,UniversityofCincinnati,ScaleDependentVariabilityofActive‐LayerThawDepthinAlaska9:15SusanW.S.Millar,SyracuseUniversity,SeasonalFreezinginNewYorkState9:20AnnaKlene,UniversityofDelaware,FrederickNelson,UniversityofDelaware,DonRogers,RogersHighSchool,JavierLopez,RiverRidgeHighSchool,Permafrost,ArcticResearch,andSecondaryEducation9:25M.MichelleHolm,UniversityofColorado‐Boulder,MarkParsons,UniversityofColorado‐Boulder,NSIDC:AResourceforPolarandCryosphericDataandInformation

9:30DianaStarr,UniversityofColorado‐Boulder,RichardL.Armstrong,UniversityofColorado‐Boulder,M.MichelleHolm,UniversityofColorado‐Boulder,EASE‐Grid:AStandardReferenceSystemforResearchDataatNSIDC9:35ChrisDuncan,UniversityofMassachusetts,JeryStedinger,CornellUniversity,EurasianSnowCover,TheIndianMonsoon,ENSO,andClimateChange9:40DavidH.Bromwich,OhioStateUniversity,AricN.Rogers,OhioStateUniversity,AtmosphericCirculationChangesAccompanyingENSOModulationofWestAntarcticPrecipitation9:45BrianHanson,UniversityofDelaware,ControlsonTidewaterCalvingRates418.HurricanesI:ClimatologyandTemporalTrends(SponsoredbyClimateandBiogeographySpecialtyGroups)Organizer:Kam‐biuLiu,LouisianaStateUniversityChair:Kam‐biuLiu,LouisianaStateUniversity12:45KerryEmanuel,MassachusettsInstofTechnology1:05JayS.Hobgood,OhioStateUniversity1:25ChristopherW.Landsea,NOAA/AOML/HurricaneResearchDiv1:45JamesB.Elsner,FloridaStateUniversity,Kam‐biuLiu,LouisianaStateUniversity,B.L.Kocher,FloridaStateUniversity,T.B.Kimberlain,ColoradoStateUniversity434.IllustratedPaperSession:ClimateChair:SteveLaDochy,CaliforniaStateUniv‐LosAngeles12:45SuzanneHartley,MoreheadStateUniversity,DavidA.Robinson,RutgersUniversity,AtlanticSeaSurfaceTemperaturesandEasternUnitedStatesClimate12:50ToddH.Albert,OhioStateUniversity,EffectsofExtremeENSOConditionsonSummerRainfallinFlorida12:55SteveLaDochy,CaliforniaStateUniv‐LosAngeles,JeffBrown,CaliforniaStateUniv‐Northridge,TheClimatologyofSevereWeatherinCalifornia,1975–19981:00NancyJ.Selover,ArizonaStateUniversity,InfluenceofStormTracksonUrbanConvectivePrecipitationPatterns1:05AdamW.Burnett,ColgateUniversity,MatthewKirby,SyracuseUniversity,TimHawkins,ColgateUniversity,AtmosphericCirculationandtheOxygenIsotopicCompositionofPrecipitation1:10TammyR.Johnson,UnivofCalifornia‐SantaBarbara,JeffDozier,DonaldBrenSchoolofEnvSci&Mgt,ClimateChangeandSierraNevadaSnowpack1:15DennisG.Dye,BostonUniversity,InterannualVaribilityandTrendsintheNorthernHemisphereSnow‐FreePeriod1:20RandallS.Cerveny,ArizonaStateUniversity,RobertC.Balling,ArizonaStateUniversity,IdentificationofAnthropogenicWeeklyCyclesinNorthwestAtlanticPollution,Precipitation,andTropicalCyclones1:25FrederickB.Chambers,UniversityofColorado‐Denver,BrianK.Page,UniversityofColorado‐Denver,ClydeZaidins,UniversityofColorado‐Denver,Atmosphere,Weather,andBaseball:DoestheBallReallyFlyFurtheratDenver'sCoorsField?

445.HurricanesII:SocietalImpactsandProxyRecords(SponsoredbyClimateandBiogeographySpecialtyGroups)Organizer:Kam‐biuLiu,LouisianaStateUniversityChair:Kam‐biuLiu,LouisianaStateUniversity2:45RogerA.Pielke,NatlCtrforAtmosphericResearch,ChristopherW.Landsea,NOAA/AOML/HurricaneResearchDiv3:05JamesR.Lawrence,UniversityofHouston3:25Kam‐biuLiu,LouisianaStateUniversity,MiriamLeeFearn,UniversityofSouthAlabama3:45XinyuZhou,LouisianaStateUniversity,Kam‐biuLiu,LouisianaStateUniversity452.ClimateChangeIssuesChair:JohnE.Oliver,IndianaStateUniversity2:45LolaM.Olsen,NASA‐GoddardFlightCenter,KarstenA.Shein,GlobalChangeMasterDirectory,R.ThomasNorthcutt,GlobalChangeMasterDirectory3:05ElaineWheaton,SaskatchewanResearchCouncil,DonMacIver,EnvironmentCanada3:25MichaelJ.Janis,FloridaAtlanticUniversity3:45JohnE.Oliver,IndianaStateUniversity,YukYeeYan,HongKongBaptistUniversity476.FireandIce:MountainClimatesintheWest(SponsoredbyClimateSpecialtyGroup)Organizers:AndrewC.Comrie,UniversityofArizona,DavidA.McGinnis,UniversityofIowaChairs:DavidA.McGinnis,UniversityofIowa,AndrewC.Comrie,UniversityofArizona4:45AndrewC.Comrie,UniversityofArizona,DavidK.Adams,UniversityofArizona,JohnD.All,UniversityofArizona,JeremyE.Diem,UniversityofArizona,AmyE.Hessl,UniversityofArizona,KurtF.Kipfmueller,UniversityofArizona,MatthewW.Salzer,UniversityofArizona5:05MarkC.Serreze,UniversityofColorado‐Boulder,MartynP.Clarke,UniversityofColorado‐Boulder,RichardL.Armstrong,UniversityofColorado‐Boulder,DavidA.McGinnis,UniversityofIowa5:25HeatherK.Conley,UniversityofIowa5:45DavidA.McGinnis,UniversityofIowa6:05MartynP.Clarke,UniversityofColorado‐Boulder,RogerS.Pulwarty,UniversityofColorado‐Boulder,MarkC.Serreze,UniversityofColorado‐BoulderSATURDAY,MARCH27520.RegionalClimateVariabilityChair:ArthurN.Samel,BowlingGreenStateUniversity7:00ClairHanson,UniversityofEastAnglia

7:20JeffreyC.Rogers,OhioStateUniversity7:40MauriceJ.McHugh,OhioStateUniversity8:00HengchunYe,UniversityofIdaho8:20ArthurN.Samel,BowlingGreenStateUniversity548.WaterResourcesandClimateChange(SponsoredbyWaterResources,Climate,andHumanDimensionsofGlobalChangeSpecialtyGroups)Organizer:DanielBedford,MiddleburyCollegeChair:DanielBedford,MiddleburyCollege9:00RobertJ.Neff,PennsylvaniaStateUniversity,AssessingClimateImpactsonWaterResourcesintheMid‐AtlanticRegion9:20AllanFrei,UniversityofColorado‐Boulder,WaterResourcesandSnowinNewYork'sCatskillMountains9:40JamesByrne,UniversityofLethbridge,AaronBerg,UniversityofLethbridge,IvanTownsend,UniversityofLethbridge,LinkingAlpineRunofftoHistoricalandGCMUpperAirSynpoticPatternsinWesternNorthAmerica10:00AndreaJ.Ray,UniversityofColorado‐Boulder,ColoradoBasinWaterManagement:ComparingResponsestoCriticalWaterProblemsandClimate10:20DanielBedford,MiddleburyCollege,HistoricalClimateChangesintheAralSeaBasin549.UrbanClimateChair:KarlK.Leiker,WestfieldStateCollege9:00KarlK.Leiker,WestfieldStateCollege,TheBostonHeatWaveofJuly19119:20SaraJohnson,EastCarolinaUniversity,DetectinganUrbanHeatIslandinGreenville,NorthCarolina9:40JanosUnger,JozsefAttilaUniversity,WindandUrbanHeatIsland573.MicroclimateOverSnowandIceSurfacesChair:AnneW.Nolin,UniversityofColorado‐Boulder11:00MichaelA.Rawlins,UniversityofDelaware,CortJ.Willmott,UniversityofDelaware11:20KonradSteffen,UniversityofColorado‐Boulder11:40EranHood,UniversityofColorado‐Boulder,MarkW.Williams,UniversityofColorado‐Boulder12:00AnneW.Nolin,UniversityofColorado‐Boulder,JulienneStrogue,UniversityofColorado‐Boulder574.RainfallAnalysisChair:ElenM.C.Cutrim,WesternMichiganUniversity11:00BarryKeim,UniversityofNewHampshire,GregoryFaiers,UnivofPittsburgh‐Johnstown11:20VernonMeetemeyer,UniversityofGeorgia,S.JeffreyUnderwood,UniversityofGeorgia11:40HopeP.Mizzell,SCDeptofNaturalResources,GregCarbone,UniversityofSouthCarolina

12:00ScottR.Webber,UniversityofDelaware,CortJ.Willmott,UniversityofDelaware,12:20ElenM.C.Cutrim,WesternMichiganUniversity600.SnowfallandSynopticClimatologyChair:GregoryS.Bohr,LouisianaStateUniversity1:00DonaldE.Petzold,UniversityofWisconsin‐RiverFalls,MichaelJ.Tronrud,UniversityofWisconsin‐RiverFalls1:20DavidJ.Travis,UniversityofWisconsin‐Whitewater1:40NancyLeathers,KansasStateUniversity,JohnA.Harrington,KansasStateUniversity2:00GregoryS.Bohr,LouisianaStateUniversity620.SnowandIceOrganizer:AndrewGrundstein,UniversityofDelawareChair:AndrewGrundstein,UniversityofDelaware3:00LelandR.Dexter,NorthernArizonaUniversity,AngeloKokenakis,ArizonaSnowbowl,RimeFlows,ARareTypeofIceMassMotionEvent3:20AndrewE.Ellis,ArizonaStateUniversity,DirectandIndirectSnowCover‐WaterBudgetAssociations3:40AndrewGrundstein,UniversityofDelaware,AClimatologyofSnowWaterEquivalentintheNorthernGreatPlainsoftheUnitedStatesProvisionalAgendaForTheHonoluluCSGBusinessMeetingThe1999CSGBusinessMeetingisscheduledforThursday,March26,from6:45to7:45PM.Theprovisionalagendaforthemeetingisasfollows:1.Minutesofthe1998BusinessMeeting2.Chair’sReport(Davis)3.Secretary–TreasurerReport(Comrie)4.Announcementsa.StudentPapercompetition(Keim)b.CSGhomepagerelocation(Feddema/Davis)c.PresentationofLifetimeAchievementAwardtoJohnOliver(Davis)d.MountainSpecialtyGroup(Friend)e.PlenaryspeakersuggestionsforPittsburgh,2000(Davis)f.Otheritemsofinterest5.BusinessItemsa.Electionofnewofficers—DirectorandYoungScholar

b."GeographyinAmerica"(Winkler)c.Ongoingdisucssionof"PaperoftheYear"and"OutstandingThesis/Dissertation"awards(Davis/Comrie)d.Otheritems6.InstallationofnewofficersStudentPaperCompetition1998WINNERSThe1998CSGstudentpapercompetition,attheAnnualMeetingoftheAssociationofAmericanGeographersinBoston,attracteditsusualsetofoutstandingpresentations.JohnWileyandSonsonceagainprovidedmajorbookprizesforeachofthetopthreecontestants,whilecashprizesweregivenbytheCSG.FirstplacewinnerTerezaCavazos(PennsylvaniaStateUniversity)receivedabookprizeand$100.00.SecondplacewinnerMichaelCrimmons(WesternMichiganUniversity)wasawardedabookand$75.00.CraigClements(UniversityofNevada,Reno)tookthirdplaceandreceivedabookand$50.00.HonorableMentionswenttoJeremyDiem(UniversityofArizona)andAndrewGrundstein(UniversityofDelaware).Eachreceived$25.00.1999COMPETITION:CALLFORENTRIESTheClimateSpecialtyGroup(CSG)oftheAssociationofAmericanGeographers(AAG)announcesitsannualcompetitionforstudentspresentingclimatology‐orientedpapersandpostersattheAnnualMeetingtobeheldinHonolulu,Hawaii.Notethatthisyear,wearealsoincludingposterpresentationsinthepapercompetition.BookawardsforthethreebestpaperpresentationswillbeprovidedbyJohnWiley&Sons,Inc.,witheachbookvaluedupto$150.00.Cashawardsof$100.00forfirstplace,$75.00forsecondplace,$50.00forthirdplace,and$25.00eachfortwohonorarymentionswillbeprovidedfromCSGfunds.TheHonorsCommitteeoftheCSGwillevaluatethestudentpapersbasedonresearchdesign(30%),substanceoffindings(30%),andpresentation(40%).Tobeeligibleforthiscontest,youmustnothavereceivedaPh.D.priorto1October1998,andyoumustbetheprimaryauthoroftheresearchpresented.Atleasttwo‐thirdsoftheresearchandallofthepresentationshouldbepreparedbythestudent.Contestparticipantsmustsubmitanextendedabstractthatisnottoexceed750words,butmayincludeoneortwonecessarygraphics.Theabstractshouldbeaquicksummaryoftheresearchobjectives,methodology,andfindings.Toenterthecontest,pleasesendacoverletterstatingthatyoumeettheeligibilityrequirements,andfivecopiesoftheextendedabstract,to:BarryD.Keim

CSGHonorsCommitteeChairDepartmentofGeographyJamesHallUniversityofNewHampshireDurham,NH03824USAIfyouhaveanyquestionsabouteligibility,rules,oranythingelse,pleasesendE‐Mailto:http://www.geog.ku.edu/AAG/Csg/mailto;bdk@hopper.unh.edu.Theinformationrequestedmustbereceivedby10March1999.CALLFORNOMINATIONS:CSGBOARDOFDIRECTORSNominationsarepresentlybeingsolicitedforthefollowingofficersoftheCSGBoardofDirectors:1.Director(toreplaceJohanFeddema)2.YoungScholar(toreplaceRezaulMahmood)NominationscanbemadepriortotheBusinessMeeting.Theseshouldbesent,onorbeforeMarch10,totheChairoftheCSG(RobertE.Davis,DepartmentofEnvironmentalSciences,UniversityofVirginia,Charlottesville,VA22903orviaemailtored3u@virginia.edu).Nominationsshouldincludethename,affiliationandaddressofthenominee,thepositionforwhichhe/sheisbeingnominatedandanindicationthatthenomineehasbeenconsultedandiswillingtostand.AdditionalnominationswillbeacceptedfromthefloorattheCSGannualbusinessmeeting,subjecttothelimitationsthatthenomineeispresentandiswillingtostand.Allpositionswillbefilledbythenomineereceivingapluralityofthevotescastatthebusinessmeeting.AllBoardmemberservetwo‐yeartermsofofficecommencingattheendoftheAAGAnnualMeetingatwhichtheyareelected.LIFETIMEACHIEVEMENTAWARD:CALLFORNOMINATIONSAAGhasapprovedthisawardforAAG/CSGmemberswhohavemadesubstantialcontributionstoclimatologyandgeography.Criteriaforselectionofawardeesisbasedonsignificantachievementsinresearch,studenttrainingandmentoring,andservicetotheCSG/AAG.TheCSGBoardwillevaluatethenominationsandchoosetheawardee.TheBoarddoesnothavetomakeanawardeveryyear.Theawardeewillbepresentedwithaplaqueormantelpiece,engravedwiththecitationforLifetimeAchievement.

NominationsmustbereceivedbyMarch5,1999.TheyshouldbesenttotheChairoftheCSG(RobertE.Davis,DepartmentofEnvironmentalSciences,UniversityofVirginia,Charlottesville,VA22903orviaemailtored3u@virginia.edu).Tobeconsideredcomplete,nominationsmustconsistofaletterofnominationandthec.v.ofthecandidate.MISCELLANEOUSREPORTSANNOUNCINGTHEFORMATIONOFAMOUNTAINGEOGRAPHYSPECIALTYGROUPMissionStatementTheMountainGeographySpecialtyGroupservestofostercommunication,promotebasicandappliedresearch,enhanceeducation,andencourageservicerelatedtomountainpeoplesandmountainenvironments,andtheirinteractions.ContextMountainpeoplesandmountainenvironmentshavelongbeenofinteresttogeographyandgeographers.Indeed,mountainenvironmentsaremost"sensitive"tonaturalorhuman‐inducedenvironmentalchange,acharacteristicthatcallsfortheattentionofgeographersuniquelytrainedinidentifyinglinkagesbetweenearthsystemsandsocialscience.Asgeographybecomesincreasinglytechnicalandspecialized,webelievethetimeisripetobringtogetherallthosewhoareinterestedinandwhostudymountainrelatedissues.Thisspecialtygroupbringsphysicalandhumangeographerstogether,somethingwebelieveis1)criticaltothefutureoftheAAG,2)lackinginotherspecialtygroups,and3)necessarytoeffectivelycommunicatethechallengesfacingmountainousplacesandpeoples.Withinourmembership,werecognizeandincludeacademicsaswellasnon‐academics.Amongstgeographers,weprovideaforumformutualsupportandfortheexchangeofideas,experiencesandinformation.Thisallowsparticipantstoexploremountainissuesonallspatialscales,fromlocaltoglobal.And,webelievesuchprofessionalinteractionpromotespoliciesandactionsforresponsibleandsustainableuseofmountainenvironments.LogisticsThefirstgeneralmeetingoftheMountainGeographySpecialtyGroupisscheduledattheupcomingAAGAnnualMeetinginHonolulu,March1999.Pleaseconsulttheprogramforspecifics.Wewillperformtheusualfoundingfunctionssuchasadoptingby‐laws,electingofficers,establishingduesandsoforth.Thefoundingcommitteewillalsopresentawardsforlifetimeachievementandrecentcontributions.Otherissuesalreadyontheagenda:anendowedstudentresearchawardandmountaincurriculaingeographiceducation.

ToberecognizedbytheAAG,aminimumof50participantswhoareAAGmembersareneededinitiallyandforthefirstthreeyears—afterthat,100membersarerequired.IfyouresideoutsideoftheUSAorCanada,youdonothavetobeanAAGmembertojointhespecialtygroup.Ifyouareinthiscategory,youwillbeaskedtopayannualspecialtygroupduesonly;theamountisyettobedeterminedbutisexpectedtobelessthan$10.Pleaseshowyoursupportandjoin.ToJointheSpecialtyGroup:Sendashortnoteviapost,faxore‐mailtoDonaldFriendthatincludesyourpostal,phoneande‐mailcontactinformationandyouwillbeaddedtoourelectronicmailinglistprovidedinpartnershipwiththeMountainForum(seebelow).InternationalElectronicInformationExchangeIsAlreadyIn‐Place!TheMountainGeographySpecialtyGroupisworkinginpartnershipwiththeMountainForumtofurtherqualityinformationexchangeanddialogueonmountaingeographyissues.TheMountainForumisaelectronicglobalnetworkofindividualsandorganizationsconcernedwithmountaincultures,environments,andsustainabledevelopment.Thisincludesmountaincommunities,non‐governmentalorganizations,scholars,researchersandresearchinitiatives,individuals,specialtygroups,privateassociations,andgovernments.TheMountainForumoriginatedfollowingthe1992EarthSummit,thenetworknowhasnearly1000membersandmemberinstitutionsworldwide.TovisittheMountainForum,goto:http://www.mtnforum.org/.Aspecial"mountaingeography"e‐maillisthasbeeninitiatedincollaborationwiththeAAGMountainGeographyspecialtygroup.Thislist,called<MF‐Geography@mtnforum.org>willprovideavenueforinformationexchangeanddistributetheAAGMountainGeographySpecialtyGroupnewsletter.ThelistwillbefacilitatedjointlybyvolunteerAAGspecialtygroupmembersandtheMountainForum.TojointheMountainForum(freeatpresent)withoutbecomingaMountainGeographySpecialtyGroupmember,visithttp://www.mtnforum.org/mtnforum/survey/survey.htm#toporsendane‐mailmessagetomfmod@mtnforum.orgsaying"subscribemf‐geography"inthemessagetext.ContactDr.DonaldA.FriendMountainGeographyMinnesotaStateUniversityMankato,Minnesota56002‐8400USA

maito:friend@mankato.msus.eduhttp://www.mankato.msus.edu/dept/geog/Friend.html507‐389‐2618phone507‐389‐2980faxFoundingCommitteeKarlBirkeland,MontanaStateUniversityKevinS.Blake,UniversityofWyomingBarbaraBrower,PortlandStateUniversityAltonC.Byers,TheMountainInstituteLelandR.Dexter,NorthernArizonaUniversityDonaldA.Friend,MinnesotaStateUniversityKatherineJ.Hansen,MontanaStateUniversityRichardA.Marston,UniversityofWyoming(SubmittedbyDonaldFriend)NEWSFROMDEPARTMENTSUNIVERSITYOFARIZONATheclimateprogramwithingeographyattheUniversityofArizonahasbeenactiveandexpandingoverthepastyear,withfacultyandstudentscarryingoutnumerousfundedresearchprojects,publishingresearchfindings,andofcourse,teaching.Geographyfacultymembersactiveinclimatologyare:AndrewComrie(electedCSGsecretary/treasurer;Southwestclimateandvariability,airquality,climateandhealth,synopticclimatology),ChuckHutchinson(drought,famineearlywarning,aridlands),andDianaLiverman(humandimensionsofglobalchange,integratedassessment).FromtheLaboratoryofTree‐RingResearch,TomSwetnam(dendroecology,firehistory)hasjoinedKatieHirschboeck(synopticdendroclimatology,hydroclimatology,floods,paleofloods)andLisaGraumlich(dendrochronology,globalchange),asadjunctgeographyfacultytoroundoutourdepartmentalclimatologyprogram.Wealsocapitalizeonourstronginterdisciplinarylinkstootherclimateresearchersinmanycampusunits,includingMalcolmHughes,DaveMeko,ChuckStocktonandSteveLeavittintheTree‐RingLaboratory;BobDickinsonRongFu,andBobMaddox(adjunct)inAtmosphericSciences;VicBaker,SorooshSorooshian,andJimShuttleworth,inHydrologyandWaterResources,JudyParrishandOwenDavisinGeosciences,andAllanMathiasinSoil,Water&EnvironmentalScience.OurrecentlygraduatedstudentsincludeDaveAdams(NorthAmericanMonsoon,downscaling)whoisnowpursuingaPh.D.inAtmosphericSciencesandGreggGarfin,(atmosphericcirculationandSierraNevadatreegrowth),whojustcompletedhisPh.D.inGeosciencesandtheTree‐RingLab.Currentgraduate

studentsincludeJeremyDiem(airqualitymodelingandGIS),SueKliman(microclimateandxeriscapes),AmyHessl(aspen,climate&ecologicalchange),HallieEakin(droughtintheSW),KurtKipfmueller(dendroecologyandclimate),AndreasKuebler,(climateandasthma),KorineKolivras(climateandvalleyfever),FenbiaoNi(reconstructingcirculationanomalieswithtreeringsviafuzzyrule‐basedlogic),andMarkLove(weather,climateandhydrologyappliedtofloodforecasting).Severalclimatefacultyandgeographygraduatestudents(KurtAngersbachandGregPackin)arealsoinvolvedintheUAInstitutefortheStudyofPlanetEarth’sCLIMASprojectonthenatureandcausesofclimatevariabilityintheSW((SubmittedbyKatieHirshboeck)ARIZONASTATERobertC.Balling,Jr.remainstheDirectoroftheOfficeofClimatologyandProfessorintheDepartmentofGeographyatArizonaStateUniversity.During1998,hepublishedthreearticlesinClimateResearch,twoarticlesinPhysicalGeography,andonearticleeachinNature,ClimaticChange,andEnvironmentalandExperimentalBotany.Fundingforthisresearchwasreceivedin1998fromCyprusAmaxMineralsCompany($29,832),theSouthwestCenterforEnvironmentalResearchandPolicy($58,897),ExxonCorporation($49,535),andtheNationalScienceFoundation($498,367).Hepresentedinvitedlecturesin1998atMontanaStateUniversity,theUniversityofNevada‐Reno,ColumbiaUniversity,andUCLA.Finally,hemanagedtoplay124roundsofgolfin1998andaimsattoppingthatnumberin1999.TonyBrazelhasescapedtheadministrativeworldandisnowbackintotheswingofprofessorialranks.ThispastyearhetaughtseveralofMelMarcus'maincourses(Arctic/AlpineEnvironments,SnowandIceProcesses,GPH111,andUrbanEnvironmentsseminar).HewasalsonominatedtotheclimatecommitteeoftheLTERNSFprogramrepresentingCAPLTER(theCentralArizonaLTER),andheiscurrentlyinvolvedinacomparativeanalysisofurbanclimatechangeinBaltimoreandPhoenix.Inaddition,heiswritingachapteroncities,climateandhealthwithLarryKalkstein(UniversityofDelaware),andhegaveapresentationattheDallasAMSmeetingonenhancingtheuniversity'saccountabilitytothepublic(EducationalandAppliedClimatesymposia).RandyCervenywaskeptbusywithalotofmediaexcitementduetoresearchhepublishedwithBobBallingthispastfallinthejournalNatureontheeffectsofpollutionontheweekendchangesinAtlanticrainfallandhurricaneactivity.HealsopublishedanarticlewithJohnShafferintheJournalofGeophysicalResearch‐Oceansonmillennial‐scalechangesintideactivity.HecontinuestobeoneoftheeditorsofWeatherwise.Inaddition,RandyisnowtheundergraduateadvisorfortheASUGeographyProgramandthereforespendsmostofhismorningstryingtohelp

studentsuntanglethethickwebofadministrativehasslesthatstudentsfindthemselvestrappedin.OverthecourseofhisfirstfullyearasanAssistantProfessoratASU,AndrewEllishascontinuedhisresearchonsnowcover‐atmosphereinteractions.Hisworkinthisareahasrangedfromthesimulationofregionalatmospherictemperaturemodificationsduetosnowcover,totheeffectsofhemisphericsnowcoverontheclimaticwaterbudgetacrosstheUnitedStates.Recently,Ellishasbegunresearchthataimstouncoverthemechanismsresponsibleforincreasedlake‐effectsnowfallproducedbytheNorthAmericanGreatLakes.Inanotherdirection,Ellishascompletedaninitialstudyofthetransportoflower‐atmosphericozoneacrossthePhoenix(Arizona)ValleyinassociationwithhismembershipintheEnvironmentalFluidDynamicsgroupatASU.Futureresearchincludesimprovedestimationoftheturbulentenergyfluxesoversnowandstudyofthesynoptic‐scaleweatherpatternsconducivetothetransportofspecificatmosphericparticlesaroundthePhoenixarea.RussVosecontinuesinhisroleas"Jackofalltrades,butmasterofnone."Thedatabasemanagementfrontremainsthestapleofhisclimateportfolio,whichcurrentlyfeatures(1)anongoingcollaborationwiththeNCDContheGlobalHistoricalClimatologyNetworkproject,and(2)aNWS‐sponsoredinitiativetomodernizethedatabasemanagement/qualitycontrolsystemthathousesallmeteorologicaldataattheSouthAfricanWeatherBureau.ThispastyearhealsocollaboratedwithBobBallingonseveralpublicationsandgrantproposals,andhewasrecentlynamedtheactingstateclimatologistforArizona.Finally,VosestillteachesclassesinGISandcomputermethods,andheremainsthesystemadministratorfortheDepartmentofGeography(submittedbyRussVose)UNIVERSITYOFDELAWARETheDepartmentofGeographyandCenterforClimaticResearchattheUniversityofDelawarehavecontinuedtoexpandoverthepastyear.Themostfar‐reachingchangeinvolvesRussMather,founderofUD'sDepartmentofGeographyandapastAAGPresident,whohasannouncedhisretirementeffectiveinthesummerof1999.Matherwill,however,continuetoserveinthedepartmentasProfessorEmeritus.ScreeningofcandidatesiscurrentlyunderwaytofillRussMather'spositioninhydroclimatology,butweknowthatnoonewilleverreplacehiminhisroleasleader,conscience,andguideofthedepartment.OurBachelorofSciencedegreeprograminEnvironmentalScience,administeredbythisdepartmentandnowintheeighthyearofitsfive‐yearpreliminaryapproval,hasfinallyundergonethereviewnecessaryforpermanentapproval.Some38%ofitsgraduatescontinueontograduateschoolandmorethan40%findemployment

inanarearelatedcloselytotheircoursesofstudy.Aboutone‐thirdofthe160majorsinthisprogramconcentrateinAtmosphericSciences.Arigorousprogramofcourseworkinphysics,chemistry,mathematics,biology,andgeologyisrequiredofallmajors.Thesestudentshavebecomeanexcellentsourceofgraduatestudentsforourowndepartmentaswellasforotherclimatologygraduateprograms.TheDepartmentofGeographynowhaseightfull‐timefacultyinphysicalgeography.Recentchangesinstaffingandemphasishavestrengthenedandbroadenedthedepartment'sscopeandemphases,addingcryosphericstudiesandlandsurfaceprocessesasmajorfoci.Theadditionoffacultyexpertiseinpermafrostandperiglacialgeomorphology(FritzNelson)augmentsexistingstrengthsinglaciology(BrianHanson),snowfallandsnowcover(DanLeathers),cold‐regionsclimateandhydrology(CortWillmott),andclimaticgeomorphology(TomMeierding).CathyGeiger,whojoinedthedepartmentasapostdoctoralresearcherin1998,specializesinremotesensingandantarcticseaice.OlegAnisimov,aspecialistinpermafrostandclimatemodelingfromtheStateHydrologicalInstituteinSt.Petersburg,Russia,holdsanappointmentintheDepartmentasVisitingScholar,spendingseveralmonthseachyearinresidence.JackSchuenemeyerhastakenuppermanentresidenceintheDepartmentofGeographyasProfessorEmeritus.InhisformerroleasProfessorofMathematicalSciences,Jacktaughtnearlyallofourpastgraduatestudentsthestatisticalmethodstheyneededandmayhaveservedonmoregraduatethesisadvisorycommitteesinourdepartmentthananyofourotherfaculty.Hecontinuestoteachanddoresearchrelatedtostatisticsforresourceestimation.Climatologycontinuesasthedepartment'smostextensiveresearchemphasis,withparticularstrengthsinsynopticclimatologyandhumanimpacts(LarryKalkstein),snowfall,snowcover,andsevereweather(DanLeathers),physicalandhydroclimatology(CortWillmott),andwater‐balanceclimatology(TracyDeLibertyandRussMather).Severalfaculty(DeLiberty,Kalkstein,Leathers,Mather,Nelson,Willmott)areinvolvedinresearchonclimaticchange.Geographyfacultyholdleadershiprolesintheactivitiesofseveralmajorinternationalclimate‐relatedprograms,includingthoseoftheIntergovernmentalPanelonClimateChange,theWorldMeteorologicalOrganization,theInternationalPermafrostAssociation,andtheInternationalSocietyofBiometeorology.ThedepartmentwasrecentlynamedaCollaboratingCentrewithtwoUnitedNationsagencies,theWorldHealthOrganizationandtheUnitedNationsEnvironmentProgramme.Twomajorclimatologyjournals,ClimateResearchandInternationalJournalofBiometeorology,areeditedinthedepartment.Allofthisresearchactivitykeepsadiversegroupofgraduatestudentsbusyandsupportsmanyofthemviaexternalfunding.Numbersinourgraduateprogramsremainstable,withapproximately30graduatestudents,allbutafewofwhomareintheM.S.(Geography/Climatology)orPh.D.(Climatology)program.Projectssupportedbyexternalfundinginclude:Arctichydroclimatologyfromin‐situobservations(NSF,Willmott),water‐budgetclosurewithintheAmazonBasin

(NASA,Willmott),precipitationandwater‐budgetvariabilityovertheterrestrialtropics(NASA,Willmott),permafrostmodelinganddistribution(NSF,Nelson),modelingandanalyzingsnow‐water‐equivalentintheGreatPlains(NASA,Leathers),developmentofweather/healthwatch‐warningsystems(NOAA,EPA,Kalkstein),climateandhumanhealth(UNEP,WMO,Kalkstein),climateandvectorbornediseases(JohnsHopkins,Kalkstein),climateandasthma(EPA,Kalkstein),sourcesofpollutantsinDelaware'sinlandbays(StateofDelaware,Kalkstein),detectionofclimatechangewithinairmasses(NOAA,Kalkstein),climateandhumanhealth(UN‐WMO,Kalkstein),andstatistical/dynamicalmodelingofsea‐icefluctuations(NSF,Hanson).StudentswhohaveleftattheendoftheirM.S.programscontinuetoregularlyenterthesupportscientistandscientificprogrammerranksofvariousresearchinstitutes.TwoofourstudentscompletingtheirPh.D.sthisspring,AndyGrundstein(workingontheprocessesthatcontrolsnow‐waterequivalentontheGreatPlainswithDanLeathers)andHelenPower(workingontheclimatologyofatmosphericturbiditywithCortWillmott),havereceivedtenure‐trackassistantprofessorshipoffersfromPh.D.‐grantinguniversities.(SubmittedbyBrianHanson)UNIVERSITYOFGEORGIATheclimateprogramattheUniversityofGeorgiawillundergosignificantexpansioninthenextyear.DavidStooksburyhasrecentlyarrivedinAthensasthenewstateclimatologist(DepartmentofBiologicalandAgriculturalEngineering)fromtheHighPlainsClimateCenterattheUniversityofNebraska‐Lincoln.DavidwillbeteachingnewcoursesinGeographyaswellasBAE.AndrewGrundstein,aPh.D.candidateinclimatologyattheUniversityofDelaware,hasacceptedapositionasassistantprofessorinGeographybeginningthissummer.ThomasMotewillbereturningtoUGAasanewassociateprofessorafterayearawayandwillresumeasdirectoroftheClimatologyResearchLaboratory.Meanwhile,VernMeentemeyerisservingasthenewinterimheadofGeography,replacingGeorgeBrook,whosteppeddowninFebruary.Theexpandedfacultywillpermitanexpandedundergraduateprogramwithanemphasisinclimatologyandmeteorology.Verncontinueshisworkintolitterdecomposition,withitseffectsonglobalbiogeochemicalcycles.HeisalsoworkingonresearchontheimpactofheatwaveswithdoctoralstudentJong‐NamChoiandonwind‐drivenrainwithdoctoralcandidateJeffUnderwood.TomisworkingonanewNASA‐fundedresearchprojecttoproduceasnowwaterequivalenceclimatologywithDavidRobinson(Rutgers),DanLeathers(Delaware)andAllanFrei(Colorado).AndyGrundsteiniscurrentlyworkingonthisprojectwhileatDelaware.TomisalsoworkingonaCOMET‐fundedprojectwithJeffUnderwoodandSteveHunter(NWSDodgeCity)examiningwinterlightning.TomandMaceBentleyhavejustcompletedaCOMET‐fundedprojectwithSteveByrd(NWSOmaha)examiningderechosproducedbymesoscaleconvectivesystems.ThisworkhasformedthecoreofMace'sdissertation,whichhe

successfullydefendedinFebruary.Anumberofourundergraduatestudentshavemovedontocareersortograduatestudyinthepastyear.WalkerAshleyfinishedhisB.S.andispursuingamaster'sdegreeingeosciencesattheUniversityofNebraska‐Lincoln.JoanneFeldmancompletedherB.S.andwasawardedanAMSgraduatefellowshiptoworkonamastersinmeteorologyatPennsylvaniaStateUniversity.TheadditionofDavidStooksburyandthedevelopingundergraduateprogramisleadingtoincreasedcooperationbetweenGeographyandBiologicalandAgriculturalEngineering.TwootheratmosphericscientistsworkinBAEinadditiontoDavid.GerritHogenboomoperatesthemesonetofagriculturalweatherstationsacrossGeorgia,theAutomatedEnvironmentalMonitoringNetwork(AEMN).MoniqueLeclercisworkingonresearchinvolvingthetransportofgassesandenergywithinthevegetationcanopy.WorkisalsounderwaybetweenGeographyandBAE,withcooperationfromotherdepartments,todevelopanewclimatecenteratUGA.Ourhopeistohavethecenteroperationalwithinonetotwoyears.(SubmittedbyTomMote)INDIANAUNIVERSITYIthasbeenanotherbusyandproductiveyearatIndianaUniversity.Ofparticularnote,ScottRobesonreceivedtenureandwasappointedtoAssociateProfessor;andtwonewpost‐doctoralfellowsjoinedthedepartment—FordCropleyfromtheUniversityofEdinburgh(Ph.D.Reading,England),andHong‐BingSufromtheUniversityofGeorgia)(Ph.D.UCDavis).Wearealwayslookingtoattractwellqualifiedgraduatestudents,inthefieldsof:airpollution,micro/boundarylayermeteorology,andclimaticchangeandstatisticalclimatology.Inaddition,manyopportunitiesexistforpost‐doctoralwork.Docontactus!(http://www.indiana.edu/~climate).During1998,ScottRobesoncontinuedhisworkonspatialanalyticapproachestoestimatingclimaticvariability.ResearchwithPh.D.studentMichaelJanisoncomparingspatialandtemporalvariabilityinmultiyearaveragesofairtemperatureappearedinClimateResearch.Ongoingworkonspatialanalysisofwind‐energyresourceswithformergraduatestudentKarstenShein(nowwithNASA'sGCMD)appearedinPhysicalGeography.GraduatestudentKelleyHookcompletedhisdegreeduringthefall;Kelley'sresearchdevelopedtime‐seriesmodelsforsimulatingwind‐energyvariationsinthecentralU.S.Othernewresearchaimstoevaluateseasonalcomponentsofrecentclimaticvariations(andnonclimaticbiases)usinganumberofderivedvariables.SaraPryorwasinvolvedintwomajorfieldcampaignsthisyear.DuringtheSpringtogetherwithRebeccaBarthelmieandBjarneJensen(fromDenmark),shedeployedinstrumentationtoquantifynitrogendrydepositionontheProgram'sAmeriFlux

tower.Duringthesummer,SaraspenttwomonthsundertakingfieldobservationsofatmosphericaerosolsinthemarineatmosphereaspartoftheEUROTRACprojectAir‐SeaExchangeProcessStudies(php.indiana.edu/~spryor).SarahasalsobeencontinuinghernumericalmodelingofgastoparticleconversionunderawardsfromtheNationalScienceFoundationandEnvironmentCanada.Basedonthisresearch,sheandRebeccaBarthelmiewererecentlyawardedtheFordEuropeGranttosupportresearchexcellenceandfosterresearchinnovation.Underseparateawards,SaracontinuedheranalysisofvisibilityandfineaerosoldatacollectedinsouthwesternBritishColumbia,andherdevelopmentofmodelstosimulatedrydepositionofaerosolsandtracegasestodifferentsurfacetypes.SaracurrentlysupervisestwoGraduatestudents:BrooksPearsonwhoisstudyingthepotentialforethanolproduction,useandcarbonneutrality;andJustinSchoofwhoisworkingondownscalingmethodologies.During1998,SarapublishedpapersinAtmosphericEnvironment,JournalofAerosolScience,AnnalesGeophysicaeandPhysicalGeography,andattendedsixprofessionalconferences.InJune,SarawasawardedtheAlbertMirlesseRussianAerosolSocietyAwardforthebestpaperattheInternationalAerosolSymposiuminSt.Petersburg,Russia.RebeccaBarthelmiefocusedhermodelingworkonthechemistryofbiogenicaerosolsandemissionsandtransportofprimaryparticles.InadditiontothreeconferencepapersonthistopicandanotheronmodelingDMSchemistry,RebeccaandSaraPryorhaverecentlysubmittedapapertotheJournalofGeophysicalResearch.SaraandRebeccaconductedadditionalfieldworktomeasurenitrogendepositionandhaveseveralpapersinpressonthistopic.AfurtherpaperonatmosphericammoniawaspublishedinaspecialissueofAtmosphericEnvironment.ThisworkisfundedbygrantsfromtheNationalScienceFoundationAtmosphericChemistryProgram,EnvironmentCanada,FraserValleyRegionalDistrictandwasthesubjectofan'excellenceinresearchgrant'fromFordEurope.Rebeccaalsocontinuesresearchinoffshoreandcoastalmeteorologyandisaco‐principalinvestigatoronaEuropeanUnionawardentitled,'PredictingOffshoreWindEnergyResources'(viaheraffiliationatDepartmentofWindEnergyandAtmosphericPhysics,RisoeNationalLaboratory).ApaperontheeffectsofatmosphericstabilityinthecoastalzoneisforthcominginMeteorologicalApplications.SaraandRebeccaalsohadapaperonconditionalsamplingofwinddatapublishedinAnnalesGeophysicae.HansPeter(HaPe)Schmidiscontinuinghisresearchinturbulentexchangebetweenthebiosphereandatmosphere.Heisworkingonanewversionofthefootprintmodel,suitableforforestcanopiesandisalsoinvolvedintwoAmeriFluxcarbondioxidefluxmeasurementstudiesinIndianaandMichigan,andanupcomingtracerexperimentatHarvardUniversity.In1998HaPepublishedpapersinAgriculturalandForestMeteorologyandJournalofAtmosphericScience.SueGrimmondreturnedtoIndianaafterawonderfulyearonleave!Suecontinuestodirectmostofherresearchattentiontourbanenvironments.Shecompletedprojectsonurbanroughnessandheatstorage(paperstoappearinJournalof

AppliedMeteorology),andiscurrentlyworkingongas(ozoneandcarbondioxide)fluxesinurbanenvironments,therelationbetweenobservedandremotelysensedheatfluxestimates,andtheuseofGIStomapandmodelsurfaceroughnessacrossacity.SuewaschairofthesecondUrbanEnvironmentSymposium,sponsoredbytheAmericanMeteorologicalSociety,heldinAlbuquerqueNM.Theconferenceattractedasignificantnumberofinternationalscientists,andplansareunderwaytoholdthethirdsymposiuminthesummerof2000.SuealsocontinuestoserveasDirectorfortheAmeriFluxprojectatMorganMonroeStateForest.Theproject,withwhichmostoftheclimatefacultyatIUareinvolved,aimstomonitorandmodelsurface‐atmospherecarbonfluxesforamid‐latitudedeciduoussite.Thetowersitehasnowbeenfullyoperationalforayear(http://www.indiana.edu/~climate/co2/)In1998,SuepublishedpapersinEnergyandBuilding,Wetlands,andBoundaryLayerMeteorology,inadditiontoanumberofconferenceproceedingsandreports.(SubmittedbySueGrimmond)UNIVERSITYOFKANSASWiththerecenthireofJohannesFeddema,theKUGeographyDepartmentonceagainhasapositionwithaprimaryfocusonclimatology.Thedepartmentmade4fournewhiresinalllastyear,andJohan'sinterestinwaterbalanceclimatologyiswellmatchedbyDavidBennett'sinterestsinenvironmentalmodelinginGIS(usingprogramslikeAGNPSetc).AnumberofotherfacultyalsohaveclimateinterestsincludingJohnGosseandBillJohnsoninpaleoclimatology,KurtSorensoninsoilrelatedclimateprocesses,andBobBuddemeierwhoisinterestedinwetlandsystems.InadditiontheDepartmenthasaccesstoanumberofresourcestoassistanyprospectiveclimatestudentswithprojects,includingKARS(wherewehaveaccesstoRemoteSensingresources),theKansasGeologicSurveyanditswaterresourcessection,andweacloselinkswiththeAtmosphericSciencesDepartmentwhereanumberofcoursesandfacultymembersareavailable.JohanhassettledintoLawrencequitewell,andhasjustfinishedtwopapersintheimpactofsoildegradationoncurrentandprojectedAfricanwaterbalanceconditions(ClimateResearchandClimaticChange).HeiscontinuingtoworkontheAfricanContinent,andhasreceivedaNSFgrantalongwithGarthMeyerstoholdaworkshoponAfricanEnvironmentsthiscomingfall.HeisalsocontinuingtoworkonadetailedstudyofhumanimpactsontheMalibuwatershed.Heisalsostartingsomenewresearchlinkingthewaterbalancewithcropmodelsandsatelliteimagery,alongwithKevinPrice,DavidBennettandTerrySlocum.HopefullysomeofthisworkwillbetranslatedtouseinDevelopingregions.(SubmittedbyJohanFeddema)

KANSASSTATEUNIVERSITYGeographyatKansasStateoffersanumberclimatecoursesandtwofacultymembers(J.A.HarringtonJr.andD.G.Goodin)identifyclimatologyasoneoftheirprimaryareasorresearchinterest.Coursesofferedinclude(GEOG220)EnvironmentalGeographyI,abasicweather/climatecoursewhichfulfillsbothdepartmentalbachelor'sdegreeanduniversitylabsciencerequirements.ThemiddlelevelcourseisGeog535,FundamentalsofClimatology,acoursecoveringaspectsof:physical,dynamic,andsynopticclimatologyplusasectiononclimatechangeandglobalwarming.Atthegraduatestudentlevel,wehaveGEOG735,TopicsinClimatology;aseminarwherethetopicclassvarieswithinstructorand/oryear.DougGoodinoffersasurveyofboundarylayerprocessesandJohnHarringtondoeseithersynopticclimatology,climatechange,ortheClimateoftheGreatPlains.ClimateresearchactivitybythefacultyincludeworkbyHarringtononaspectsoftheClimateoftheGreatPlains.Papersareinvariousstagesofdevelopmentwithgraduatestudentson1)snowfalland2)severeweather.John'songoingresearchinvolvesstatisticalaspectsoftheprecipitationclimatologyandattemptstoassessclimatevariabilityusingavailableormodifiedclimateclassificationsystems.Doug'scurrentclimate‐relatedresearchincludesmeasurementandanalysisofsurfaceradiationbudgetsusingremotesensingandapplicationofremotesensingforinvestigatingscaleeffectsofnaturalandhumanlandcoverdisturbanceonsurface‐atmosphereenergyexchange.Fourgraduatestudents(KatrinaFrankandCynthiaMcCahonattheMAlevelandNancyLeathersandBrianWitcherandthedoctorallevel)areactivelyinvolvedinclimaterelatedprogramsofstudy.Inaddition,severalofthestudentsdoingprogramsofstudyinvolvingremotesensingand/orGIShaveaclimatecomponentintheirwork.BothJohnandDougarealsoactivelyinvolvedinaNASAfundedprojectonRemoteSensingofRuralResourceSystems.Thegoalofthiseffortistoseeifalandcoverclassificationalgorithmormethodcanbedevelopedthatwillworkinhighlyvariableclimateyears(e.g.,the1988droughtyearandthe1993floodyear).Wearealsoactivemembersinthedepartment'sGlobalChangeinLocalPlacesproject.ArecentarticleinGreatPlainsResearch(Fall1998)documentslocal(southwestKansas)greenhousegasGHGemissionsandapaperwaspresentedatthe1999AMSMeetings(AppliedClimateSymposium)ongeographicvariationsinGHGemissionsacrossallofwesternKansas.(SubmittedbyJohnHarrington,Jr.)

KENTSTATEUNIVERSITYTheclimatologistsatKenthaveremainedbusyoverthepastyear.TomSchmidlinisnowinhisfourthyearasDepartmentChair,andhecontinuestoserveasEditorofOhioJournalofScience.InSpring1999,heisservingasaprofessorandadministratorattheKSUinstituteinGeneva(Switzerland,notOhio!).Hismanuscript(co‐authoredbyP.S.King,B.Hammer,andY.Ono),"Behaviorofvehiclesduringtornadowinds"waspublishedinJournalofSafetyResearch.Inaddition,hepublishedanarticle(withP.S.King)inProceedingsoftheInternationalConferenceonNaturalHazardsReduction.Tomandhisresearchgroupcontinuetoconductquick‐response,post‐tornadofieldsurveysfundedbytheNaturalHazardsResearchandApplicationsInformationCenter.Thisyear'sfieldworktookmembersofTom'sresearchgrouptoFloridainMarch1998,toAlabamainApril1998,andtoArkansasandTennesseefollowingtheJanuary1999tornadoes.Overthepastyear,TompresentedvariousissuesrelatedtohisresearchonmitigatingtornadohazardsattheAAGmeetinginBoston,theAnnualMeetingoftheOhioEmergencyManagersAssociation,the19thAMSConferenceonSevereLocalStorms,andthe21stAnnualAppliedGeographyConference.Additionally,hepresentedresearchonthehistoryofpolarexplorationattheInternationalCongressontheHistoryoftheArcticinReykjavik.BobRohlicontinuestoteachandconductresearchonatmosphericcirculationvariability.Hismanuscript(withKeithHendersonofLSU)onsteeringflowandcontinentalanticyclonesovertheGulfCoastappearedinInternationalJournalofClimatology.Researchco‐authoredwithseveralgraduatestudentsandTonyVegaofClarionUniversityrelatingcirculationvariabilitytostreamdischargeintheGreatLakesBasinappearedinJournalofGreatLakesResearch.Finally,Bobwasaco‐authoronapapercontrastingmid‐troposphericflowpatternsovertheGulfofMexicoduringSouthernOscillationextremes.BobalsoenjoyedcollaboratingwithTominpreparingastudentstudyguideforthenewtextbyEdAguadoandJimBurt.Inthepastyear,Bobdeliveredpresentationsatlastyear'sBostonAAGmeeting,theLakePontchartrainBasinSymposiuminNewOrleans,theAppliedGeographyConferenceinLouisville,aninterdisciplinarywaterresourcesconferenceatKentState,andameetingofthelocalAMSchapter.Hewasalsobusypreparingtwonewcoursesduringthe1998–99academicyear,andservingasthecoordinatoroftheclimatologyminoratKSU.Part‐timeinstructorsandgraduatestudentscontinuetoplayanactiveroleintheclimateprogramatKent.FredStarheim,aformerSchmidlinstudentwhoearnedhisPh.D.in1997fromKSU,continuestoteachweather,climate,andenvironmentalsciencecoursespart‐timewhilealsoworkingasaSeniorEnvironmentalScientistwithFirstEnergyintheAkronarea.YuichiOnocontinueshisdoctoralresearchonmitigatingthetornadohazardinBangladesh.BarbaraHammer'sM.A.researchon

tornadoesandmotorvehiclesisinthedataanalysisstage.RobertSchwartzhasalsocontributedaspartofthepost‐tornadofieldsurveyteam.(SubmittedbyBobRohli)LOUISIANASTATEUNIVERSITYClimatologyatLSUcontinuestothrivewiththeadditionoftwoclimatologiststothefaculty.KevinD.Robbins,whoassumedtheroleofDirectoroftheSouthernRegionalClimateCenter(SRCC)aftertheretirementofBobMuller,formallybecameafacultymemberoftheDepartmentofGeographyandAnthropologyinJanuary.AlsoinJanuary,DavidR.Legatesjoinedthefaculty,completingamonthwhichsawadoublingofthenumberofregularfacultyinthedepartmentwithresearchinterestsinclimatology!Coupledwithnewandcontinuingrelationshipswithfacultyinotherdisciplines,climatologyatLSUisstrongandgrowing.JAYGRYMESisservinghiseighthyearastheLouisianaStateClimatologistandcontinuesasOperationsManageroftheSRCC.HecurrentlyistheSecretary/TreasureroftheAmericanAssociationofStateClimatologists.Mostofhistimeisdevotedtoclimate/weatherinformationservicesfortheSRCC,regionalproductdevelopment,andexpansionofnear‐realtimedataarchival.Healsoisinvolvedwithever‐expandingtheroleoftheSRCCforcommunityservicebeyondsimpleclimate/weatherinformationdissemination,makingtheSRCConeofthemost"visible"serviceunitsonLSU'scampus(theSRCCaveragesmorethanthirty"contacts"perday).Healsoisthemost"visible"memberofourgroupashecontinueshisweekendspotsastelevisionweathermanforChannel9hereinBatonRouge.TosaythatJayhasbeenbusythispastyearwouldbeagrossunderstatement!KEITHHENDERSONwaspromotedtoAssociateProfessorandgrantedtenure.Hecontinuestoworkonresearchaddressingtherelationshipsbetweenlarge‐scalecirculationpatternsandclimatevariabilityinthesouthernUnitedStates.HehasbeenexaminingtheconnectionbetweenthestrengthandpositionoftheAtlanticSubtropicalHighandrainfallpatternsaroundtheNorthAtlanticbasin.Hehasalsoco‐authoredpapersinClimateResearchandtheInternationalJournalofClimatologyoncirculationvariabilityinthesouthernregion.KeithalsoservesontheCommitteeonAppliedClimatologyfortheAmericanMeteorologicalSociety.DAVIDR.LEGATÉScontinueshisresearchintheapplicationofweatherradartoprovidereal‐timeandhistoricalprecipitationestimates.HepresentlyhasfundedresearchfromNIGECtoinvestigateclimate‐vegetationrelationshipsintheSouthernGreatPlainsandisaparticipantinthenewly‐establishedNASA‐RESACattheUniversityofKansas.DavidhaspublishedarticlesthisyearinGeophysicalResearchLetters,WaterResourcesResearch,andintheProceedingsoftheEleventh

ConferenceonAppliedClimatology,theEighthSymposiumonEducation,theFourteenthConferenceonHydrology,andtheFifteenthInternationalConferenceonInteractiveInformationandProcessingSystemsforMeteorology,Oceanography,andHydrology.HealsohascompletedanupdatedversionoftheWaterBudgetInteractiveModelingProgram(WIMPII).KAM‐BIULIUhascontinuedhisresearchonreconstructingtheHolocenehistoryofcatastrophichurricanelandfallsfortheGulfCoastfromthesedimentaryrecordsofcoastallakesandmarshes.Since1996hishurricaneresearchhasbeensupportedbygrantstotalling$215,000fromtheRiskPredictionInitiative(RPI)oftheBermudaBiologicalStationforResearch.Forthreeconsecutiveyears,hehasorganizedspecialsessonsonhurricanesattheAAGmeetingsinFortWorth,Boston,andHonolulu.HehasrecentlypresentedhisresultsattheAGUmeetinginSanFranciscoandattheAMSmeetinginDallas.BOBMULLERhasretiredfromhisofficialdutiesasaprofessorinthedepartmentandthedirectoroftheSouthernRegionalClimateCenter.Nevertheless,whenheisintown,heisathisofficeaboutthreedaysaweek,workingenthusiasticallyonstudiesofclimatologyofhurricanestrikesaroundtheGulfofMexicoandlargefloodingrainstormswithinglobalchangeperspectives.KEVIND.ROBBINSisdirectoroftheSouthernRegionalClimateCenterandAssociateProfessorintheDepartmentofGeographyandAnthropology.Hisinterestsfocusonclimatedatawithanemphasisonimprovingaccesstodataandmetadataandmakingthesedataavailabletoabroaderusercommunity.ForthepastseveralyearshehasworkedasaprojectmanagerfortheUnifiedClimateAccessNetwork,ajointcollaborationbetweenthesixRegionalClimateCenters(RCC),theUSDA/NRCSNationalWaterandClimateCenter,andthenationalClimaticDataCenter.Duringthistime,theprojecthasdevelopedandenhancedclimatedataandmetadataobtainedfromtheNCDC,designedanddevelopedclimaticanalysisproducts,anddevelopeddataaccessanddeliverysystemsthatintegratethedistributeddataresourcesattheRCCs.TheUCANsystemisscheduledforcompletionintheFallof1999.TheSouthernRegionalClimateCenterservicedivisionreceivednearly5000contactsin1998.Nearlyhalfofthosecontactsrequiredsendingoutimprovedtheirabilitytohandlerequestsbyaddingacustomerdatabaseandinvoicingsystem.Softwaredevelopmentandimprovementsinsubscriptionservicehaveaidedcustomerswithspecialneeds.SeanHelfrichservesasRegionalClimatologistoftheSRCC.ThenumberofgraduatestudentsintheclimateprogramatLSUhasbeguntogrow.Atpresent,wehavefourstudents—RainAyala,GregBohr,LauraDavis,andLynnHardegree.RainisworkingontheimpactofprecipitationvariabilityonsoybeangrowthintheSouthernGreatPlainsandshouldcompleteherMaster'sdegreeinDecemberofthisyear.GregBohrisbeginninghisdissertationresearchon

precipitationvariabilityinthesoutheasternUnitedStates.LauraDavisisfocusingontheaccuracyofprecipitationestimatesfromtheWSR‐88DweatherradarsduringthelandfallofHurricaneGeorgesandshouldcompleteherMaster'sdegreethisyearaswell.LynnHardegreeisanewPh.D.studentfromtheUniversityofAlabamawhereherMaster'sworkconcernedremotesensingandGISapplicationsinclimatology.TheLSUclimategroupenjoysinteractionwithvariousmembersofCoastalStudiesincludingS.A.Hsu(coastalmeteorology)andOscarHuh(Director,LSUEarthScanLab).Overall,everyoneisexcitedaboutthepresentstatusandfuturepotentialofclimatologyatLSU!(submittedbyDavidR.LegatesMICHIGANSTATEJeffAndresencontinuesworkonresearchprojectsinvolvingmeasurementofthewinter‐timemicroclimateofaMichiganvineyard,winter‐relatedmortalityofthegypsymoth(aseriousforestpestineasternNorthAmerica),andthedevelopmentofgeneralcirculationmodel‐derivedlocalizeddailytemperatureseriesforaperturbedclimateintheGreatLakesRegion(withJulieWinkler).Herecentlybeganamajorexpansionandmodernizationofastatewidenetworkofautomatedweatherstations,fundedbytheStateofMichigan.TheprojectseekstoincreasetheavailabilityanduseofdetailedweatherdataandinformationforIntegratedPestManagementandotherweather‐relatedagriculturalactivitiesacrossthestate.ThispastMay,JeffandcolleaguesJulieWinklerandDanBrownservedassectoralco‐chairsfortheUpperGreatLakesRegionalClimateChangeWorkshop,oneof18regionalworkshopsacrosstheU.S.organizedbytheU.S.GlobalChangeResearchProgram.JulieWinkler'scurrentresearchhastwomajorfoci.ShecontinuestostudytheclimatologyofconvectionintheGreatLakesRegion,particularlythediurnalvariationsinthenatureandfrequencyofconvection.Anarticle,coauthoredwithformerPh.D.studentClaudiaWaltersanddescribingthepreliminaryresultsofthisresearch,willappearlaterthisyearintheProfessionalGeographer.JulieisalsoinvolvedintheGreatLakesregionalassessment,which,inturn,ispartoftheU.S.NationalAssessment.SheisverifyingmultipleGCMsimulationsfortheGreatLakesregionandusingtransferfunctionstogeneratelocaldailytemperatureseriesfromtheseGCMseries.ThisworkisacontinuationofpreviousjointresearchwithJeanPalutikofandClareGoodessattheUniversityofEastAngliaandwithcolleagueJeffAndresen.Thetemperatureserieswillbeusedtoestimatechangesinecologically‐significanttemperaturethresholdsandextremes.Julieisalsobusywithanumberofserviceactivities.ShecontinuestoserveasanassociateeditoroftheAnnals(andencourages,evenbegs(!)climatologiststosubmitmanuscriptstotheAnnals).JuliewasalsorecentlyelectedaNationalCouncilloroftheAssociationofAmerican

Geographers.Inaddition,JulieisthechairoftheAMSBoardonMeteorologicalandOceanographicEducationinUniversities(BMOEU).AspartofherBMOEUresponsibilities,Juliewastheprogramchairforthe11thMeetingoftheHeadsandChairsofProgramsinAtmospheric,Oceanic,Hydrologic,andRelatedSciences,heldthispastOctoberatNCAR.PleasefeelfreetocontacteitherJefforJulieregardingtheclimatologyprogramatMichiganStateUniversity.(SubmittedbyJulieWinkler)UNIVERSITYOFMINNESOTADickSkaggsrecentlycompletedastudyofthepatterningandintensityofextremerainfalloverMinnesota,withfundingfromtheMinnesotaDepartmentofTransportation.DicknextwilltakeonmanagementofacollaborativeprojectonclimatevariabilityandchangeimpactsonMinnesotaresources.Theprojectaimstodevelopadatabaseofclimatemeasuresrelevanttorecreation,tourism,agriculture,andforestryandtoconstructclimatescenariosforMinnesotaoverthenext50years.TheprojectisexpectedtoreceivesubstantialfundingfromtheLegislativeCommissiononMinnesotaResources(barringvetobyGovernor"TheBody"Ventura).Dickwillbeendinghistermasdepartmentchairjustintimetotakeonthisnewproject.KathyKlinkisfinishinganexploratoryanalysisoftrendsinmaximumandminimumsurfacewindspeedswithintheU.S.Oncerevisionsarecomplete(andinthemail)shewillbedevotingmostofherresearchtimetoMORPHEUS(ModelingRegionalPaleovegetationoftheHoloceneintheEasternUnitedStates),acollaborativeprojectwithMargaretDavis(DepartmentofEcology,Univ.ofMinnesota)andShinyaSugita(DepartmentofEcology,UnivofMinnesotaandCollegeofAgriculture,EhimeUniversity,Japan).TheNSF‐fundedMORPHEUSprojectappliesregional‐scalepaleoclimateandpaleovegetationmodelstotheuppermidwestattime"snapshots"of11,000,6000,and3000yearsago.Ourgoalistoteaseouttheeffectsofglobal,regional,andlocalforcingonvegetationandclimatepatternsofthepast.KenDavis(DepartmentofSoil,Water,andClimate)isinvolvedinlong‐termmonitoringofforest‐atmospherecarbondioxideexchange,theemissionsandchemistryofbiogenichydrocarbons,andlidarstudiesoftheboundarylayer.KenmakesextensiveuseofCO2‐andenergy‐budgetmeasurementsfroma400‐mtowerinamixedforest‐wetlandmosaicinnorthernWisconsin(partoftheAmeriFluxnetwork).Ken'sprojectsarefundedbyNASA,NOAA,DoE/NIGEC,EPA,andtheUniversityofMinnesota.(SubmittedbyKatherineKlink)

UNIVERSITYOFNORTHCAROLINAATCHAPELHILLDavidGreenlandcontinuestoworkwithecologistsintheNSF‐fundedLong‐TermEcologicalResearch(LTER)program.HisinterestsinthisprogramareattheLTERnetworklevelwhereheisinterestedinintersiteclimatestudiesandatthelocallevelwhereheisactivelyinvolvedwiththeH.J.AndrewsExperimentalForesttemperaterainforestLTERsiteinOregonandtheNiwotRidgealpinetundraLTERsiteintheColoradoFrontRange.Atbothofthesesiteshefocusesonsurfaceenergybudgetclimatologyandthedecadalscalevariabilityoftheclimateandhowsuchvariabilityaffectstheecosystem.AtUNC,sofar,Greenlandhastaughtcoursesonintroductoryphysicalgeography,physicalclimatology,andclimateandvegetation.HismostrecentpublicationisacomprehensivereviewoftheclimaticandoceanicregimesofthePacificNorthwestastheyrelatetothelifehistoriesofsalmon.HeiscurrentlyworkingonaseriesofpaperswhichanalyzeandsynthesizetheclimatesoftheLTERsitesatthenetworklevel.DavidGreenlandischairpersonoftheLTERClimateCommittee.HehascurrentlyupdatedtheClimateCommitteewebpagewheremanyofthepastprojectsofthiscommitteecanbefound.Thepagecanbeviewedathttp://www.lternet.edu/network/committees/climate/climcomm/index1.htmlGreenlandhasjustcompletedworkonidentifyingthestrengthofElNinosignalsatLTERsitesandtheimpact(orlackofit)ontheecosystems.ChipKonradcontinueshisworkontheanalysisofprecipitationevents.Heisexaminingthespatialpatternsofheavyrainfallandhowtheyrelatetoatmosphericcirculationacrossarangeofspatial/temporalscales.Theultimategoalofthisresearchistoprovidetransferfunctionsthatdownscaleglobalscalecirculationanomaliestotheregionalscalewithinformationonthespatialandtemporalstructureofprecipitationevents.HehasrecentlydevelopedatechniqueforestimatingthespatialpatternsoffreezingraineventsandtheirdurationoveranetworkofcooperativeobserverstationsinthesouthernAppalachianregion.WorkcontinuesonthedevelopmentofrelationshipsbetweencirculationsacrossarangeofscalesandsynopticscaletemperaturevariabilityovertheeasternUnitedStates.KonradisalsocompletingworkonaNASAfundedprojectthatidentifiesmonsoonvariabilityandbiophysicalalterationsonthelandscapeinnortheasternThailandandrelatesthesealterationstochangingpopulationdynamics.PeterRobinson'sinterestscontinuetocenteronthehydrologiccycle,withspecialreferencetonear‐surfacehumidity.TheDepartmenthasaquality‐controlledhumiditydatabaseoftheUnitedStatesandplansareunderwaytoexpandthescopetoincludealloftheEarth'slandsurface,andeventuallytoprovideover‐oceanvalues.ThisisbeingpursuedthroughtheInternationalGeographicalUnionandtheWorldMeteorologicalOrganization.Thecurrentlyavailabledataarebeingusedtodevelopmoistureclimatologiesaddressingspatialvariabilityonavarietyofscales.Spatialvariabilityintemporaltrendsisalsobeingexamined.Therearetwolong‐

termgoals:tousehumidityandevaporationinformationtoevaluatehowthevigorofthehydrologiccycleischangingwithtime;andtolinkhumidityandtemperatureanddevelopaclimatologyofheatwaves,consideringinparticularwhethertherearesignificantchangesinfrequency,intensity,durationordistributionwithtime.RobinsoncontinuestoserveasamemberoftheAmericanMeteorologicalSocietyCommitteeonAppliedClimatology,andhasrecentlybegunaprojectassessingtherepresentationofatmospherictransmissivityinlandscapeart.Ourgraduatestudentscontinuetomakeprogressintheprogram.MikeBrownisdevelopingcoupledsynopticandmesoscaleclimatologiesofseverestormeventsinordertobetterunderstandtheirspatialandtemporaldistributionwithintheMid‐AtlanticregionoftheUnitedStates.JeffMartinisdevelopingtechniquesforcorrectingwindobservationsforthesurfaceroughness,terrainfeatures,andanemometerheight.BobMorrisisconstructingwaterbudgetsforalakesystemincentralFloridawithanexplicitfocusonthehumanimpacts.(SubmittedbyCharlesE.Konrad)OHIOSTATEUNIVERSITYResearchandteachinginclimatesciencecontinuetobepursuedatOhioState,bothwithintheDepartmentofGeographyandtheinterdisciplinaryAtmosphericSciencesProgram(ASP),whichisaffiliatedwithGeography.FacultynumbersintheareawereincreasedbyonethisyearasDavidBromwichjoinedthedepartmentasaregularfacultymember.DavidisalsoaSeniorResearchScientistattheByrdPolarResearchCenteratOhioStateandhasbeenanadjunctfacultymemberformanyyears.Wewelcomehiminhisnewrole.JohnArnfield'sworkonthenumericalsimulationofurbancanyonclimatesandenergybudgetscontinues,withtheassistanceoffundingfromtheNationalScienceFoundation.Theexistingmodel,developedincollaborationwithcolleaguesGlennJohnson(MacquarieUniversity,Australia)andJanHerbert(UniversityofWesternSydney),istobeextendedtoincorporatebuoyancyeffectsandmoisture,andwillbeexpandedtothreedimensions.Inaddition,aconcertedefforttoperformsomemodelvalidationexercisesisunderway.During1998,JohnhashadtwoProgressReportson"Micro‐andMesoclimatology"appearinProgressinPhysicalGeography,apaperinEnergyandBuildingswithSueGrimmond(IndianaUniversity)andanarticlewithhisAustraliancolleaguesontheirurbanclimateworkinEnvironmentalModellingandSoftware.JohnisontheInternationalOrganizingCommitteeforthe1999InternationalCongressofBiometeorology&InternationalConferenceofUrbanClimatologytobeheldinSydney,Australia,inlate1999,representingtheIGU.HeisalsoontheInternationalScientificCommitteefortheurbanclimatepartofthismeeting.HecontinuestorunCLIMLIST,whosemembershipnowexceeds1100,in45countries.

DavidBromwich,inconjunctionwithhiscolleaguesattheByrdPolarResearchCenter,isexamininganumberofatmospherictopicsintheAntarcticandArctic.PrecipitationamountsandthefactorscontrollingtheirinterannualvariabilityarebeingderivedfortheArcticbasin,Greenland,andAntarctica.TheprimaryinputshereareatmosphericanalysesandreanalysesfromECMWFandNCEP.TherolesofGreenlandintheclimateoftheNorthAtlanticOceanarebeingexaminedviaaregionalmodelingstudywithMM5.TheNCARCommunityClimateModelisbeingusedtoinfertheglobalatmosphericimpactsofAntarcticsea‐iceandcloudvariations;partoftheeffortisdirectedtowardimprovingpolarparameterizationsinthismodel.Finally,thedynamicsgoverningtheformationduringwinterandspringofanopenwaterareaintheRossSeapackice(apolynya)arebeinginvestigatedaspartofabiginterdisciplinarystudyaimedatunderstandingthehighmarineproductivityinthisarea.JeffRogersisinhisfourthyearasGraduateStudiesCommitteeChairforboththeDepartmentofGeographyandtheASPandstillservesasthestateclimatologistforOhio.WorkcontinuesonanNSFresearchgrantexaminingtheclimatevariabilityofthenorthernAtlanticregionwithcolleaguesfromtheInstituteforArcticandAlpineResearchattheUniversityofColorado.JeffisalsosupportedbytheMidwesternClimateCentertoconductaprojecttokeypunchnineteenthcenturydailyclimaterecordsforOhio.Someofthedailydatainthisyear'sworkwillextenddailytemperatureandprecipitationrecordsbacktothe1850s.Collaborativeresearchhasledtotwosignificantpublications.OneappearswithgraduatestudentsChung‐ChiehWangandMauriceMcHughinGeophysicalResearchLettersdescribinganextraordinarilypersistentclimaticanomalyaroundtheDavisStraitregioninthenorthwesternNorthAtlantic.Thepapershowshowthreeconsecutiveyearsofregionalbelownormalmonthlytemperaturedepartureswerecausedbyaslow‐movingoceanthermalanomalythatmigratedintotheregion,producingunusuallyseverewintersandsummers,muchakintothoseoftheLittleIceAge.Jeff'spaperwithVeijoPohjola(UppsalaUniversity)andJohnBolzan(ByrdPolarResearchCenter)inJournalofGeophysicalResearchshowsthatthesignaloftheNorthAtlanticOscillationisrecordedinoxygenisotopicrecordsfoundinGreenlandicecores,muchasitcanbedetectedincoastalstationairtemperaturerecords.GraduatestudentKristiArsenaultandDavidBromwichhavebeeninvestigatingthebehavioroftheNorthAtlanticOscillation(NAO)inthemodelenvironmentoftheNCARCommunityClimateModel,version3.WorkisbeingdonetobetterunderstandtheinfluenceoftheNAOonNorthAtlanticstormtrackvariabilityduringdifferentseasons.Modelsimulationsarebeingset‐uptoincorporatetheeffectsofvaryingSSTanomaliesinthenorthernNorthAtlanticandtoseetheinterplayoftheanomalieswiththeNAOandthestormtrackvariations.TheuniquemicroclimatologyofsnowcoverintriguesRobertHellström.PastendeavorsincludesnowdriftmeasurementsatSouthPoleandhisM.S.thesisinvestigationsoftheabruptspringtimeriseinairtemperatureobservedovertheGreenlandicecap.CurrentresearchforhisPh.D.workintegrates

micrometeorologicalmeasurementsandforestcanopyarchitectureparameterstoimproveestimatesofsnowaccumulationandmeltbeneathmid‐latitudeforestswithseasonalsnowcover.Heisdevelopinginnovative,physicallybasedparameterizationsofforestcoverandincorporatingthemintoastate‐of‐the‐artsnowmeltmodel.Furthermore,heanticipatesfutureapplicationsindistributedhydrologicalmodelingandalgorithmdevelopmentforremotesensing.JeffRogers'graduatestudentadviseeChung‐ChiehWanghasrecentlyfinishedhisdissertationonNorthAtlanticexplosivecyclonesandtakenapostdoctoralpositionattheUniversityofIllinois.GeographygraduatestudentMauriceMcHughiswritinghisdissertationontropicalclimatevariabilityassociatedwiththeNorthAtlanticOscillation.ASPstudentsSheng‐HungWangandMichaelRyanareeachindependentlyworkingonthesesexploringNorthAmericanclimatevariability.(SubmittedbyJohnArnfield)UNIVERSITYOFOKLAHOMAWe'representlyrebuildingourphysicalgeographyprogram,whichhasrecentlylostthreepeopletoretirementsand/orresignations.ThedepartmentalPhysicalGeographyfocusisonEarth‐SystemInteractions.Inparticular,climatologyandenvironmentalgeographyaregrowingatOU,andclimatologyplaysaroleinmanyoftheongoingresearchprojectsintheDepartment.OneimportantchangeinthelastyearisthereorganizationofourcomputerfacilitiesintotheGeospatialandImageAnalysis(GAIA)laboratory.ThisincludesrecentlyacquiredcomputerhardwareinsupportofGISandremotesensingaspartofaNASAremotesensingcenterofexcellencegrantobtainedbyKarenHumes.WehavealsofullyintegratedthisequipmentandthefacilitiesoftheEnvironmentalVerificationandAnalysisCenter(EVAC)intoourresearchandteachingmix,especiallywithinourGISclassesandwithinlarge‐scaledata‐orientedresearchprojects.Severalofourfacultyhavebeenactiveinclimate‐relatedresearch,asoutlinedbelow.MayYuanisourresidentGISexpert,andakeycomponentinherresearchistheinvestigationofhowtointegrateclimatedatawithotherGISdatasets.ClimatedatahavebothspatialandtemporaldimensionswhichchallengeGIScapabilitiestosupportmulti‐dimensionaldata.ThisisthefocusofDr.Yuan'sportionofacurrentlyfundedNASAproject.Dr.YuanisalsocurrentlyfundedbyalargeDoDgranttostudyGISsupportforspatiotemporalqueriesaboutdynamicphenomena,includingclimateprocesses.KarenHumesisanothergeographyfacultywithclimate‐relatedresearch.Ahydrologistbytraining,Dr.Humes'researchincludesestimationandmodelingofenergyandmoisturefluxesatthelandsurfaceusingin‐situandremotelysensedinformation.InadditiontotheNASAgrantmentionedabove,Dr.HumeshasrecentlyreceivedgrantsfromUSDAandNOAA.ShepublishedpapersthisyearintheJournalofAppliedMeteorologyandRemoteSensingoftheEnvironment.

ScottGreeneisthenewestadditiontothedepartment.Hisresearchfociincludeappliedclimatology,environmentalimpactsofclimateandclimatechange,andremotesensingofprecipitation.Hiscurrentresearchincludesavarietyoftopicsfocusedonthebroadthemeofdevelopmentandverificationofclimatemodelsforuseinenvironmentalanalysis.Dr.Greene'sspecificresearchstudieshaveincludedarangeofappliedclimatetopics.Hepublishedpapersthispastyearondiversetopicssuchasairpollutionandsynopticclimatology;theexaminationoftheclimaticimpactsuponAnophelesmosquitoesinKenya;andtheanalysisofsatellite‐estimatedprecipitationoverthePacific.Inadditiontohisongoingwork,Dr.GreenehasrecentlyreceivedgrantstoexaminetheimpactsofdroughtsuponagricultureandtovalidatemesoscaleforecastmodelsoverOklahoma.Dr.GreenealsoservesaassociatedirectoroftheEnvironmentalVerificationandAnalysisCenter(EVAC).EVAC'sfocusisparticipationininterdisciplinaryscientificworkrelatedtoearthscience,withspecialemphasisonstrengtheningrelationshipsamongenvironmentalscientistsandthepublic.(SubmittedbyScottGreene)OKLAHOMASTATEUNIVERSITYOklahomaStateUniversity(OSU)hasseveralconnectionstoatmosphericteachingandresearch.TheGeographyDepartmentisresponsibleforintroductorymeteorologyandclimatologycourses.OtherdepartmentsoffercloselyconnectedapplicationscoursessuchasEvapotranspirationandHydrologicModeling.SteveStadler,oftheGeographyDepartment,wasoneofthe"founders"andcontinuestobeonthesteeringcommitteeoftheMesonetwork(Mesonet).TheMesonet,jointlyadministeredbetweentheUniversityofOklahomaandOklahomaStateUniversity,isasystemof114solar‐poweredenvironmentalmonitoringstations.With5‐minuteresolutionofsomeparameters,theMesonetoffersmanypossibilitiesfornear‐real‐timemonitoringandatmosphericresearch.Currentlyinits6thoperationalyear,theprojectisreceivingfundingfromtheStateofOklahoma,NSF,DOE,NASA,andNOAA.OntheOSUcampus,theprojectemploysPh.D.meteorologistJ.D.Carlsonandagraduateassistantwhodevelopagriculturalapplications.AtOSU,thereareseveralothergraduateassistantsworkingonMesonet‐generatedgrantsandcontracts.Thisspring,SteveStadlerisonsabbaticalattheUniversityofMarylandandIndianaStateUniversity.HeisworkingontwoNASA‐fundedcontracts.ThefirstiswithOklahoma'sNASAEPSCoRprogram;SteveisworkingwithprincipalinvestigatorRonElliottofOSU'sBiosystemsandAgriculturalEngineeringinbetter‐identifyingOklahomapatternsofevapotranspiration.SteveisprincipalinvestigatorontheOSUportionofaNASAprojectvalidatingenvironmentalvariablesfromEOSplatform

sensors.SamGowardisPIonthemainworkthatisbeingcarriedoutintheGeographyDepartmentattheUniversityofMaryland.Additionally,withJohnOliverofIndianaStateUniversity,Steveisco‐authoringanappliedclimatologybookforPrentice‐Hall;theprincipalwritingisslatedtobefinishedthisyear.(submittedbySteveStadler)PENNSTATEUNIVERSITYClimatologyatPennStatecontinuestobeakeyfocusoftheGeographyDepartment'sgraduateprogram.Facultydirectlyconnectedwiththeclimatologyprogramareasfollows:AndrewCarleton,RobCrane,BillEasterling,andBrentYarnal.Inaddition,thefollowingGeographyfacultyhaveresearchintereststhatoverlapstronglywithclimatestudies:GregKnight,AlanTaylor.TherearealsoaffiliationswithclimatespecialistsinthedepartmentsofMeteorologyandGeosciences,andtheEarthSystemScienceCenter(ESSC).GeographyfacultywithclimateresearchinterestshaveformalmembershipwithESSC.Someofthehighlightsofthispastyearincludethefollowing:1.Thedevelopmentofaphysicalgeography/climatologywebpage,givingdetailsoffacultyresearch,publications,andgradstudentactivities.Itcanbefoundatthefollowingaddress:http://www.geog.psu.edu/gradprog/physical/WEBPG2.html2.Thecontinuedgrowthofafocusareainclimateimpactsandtheregionalexpressionofclimatechangeforpolicyimplications(or"integratedregionalassessment").ThisisembodiedintheMARAinitiative,orMid‐AtlanticRegionalAssessment,housedoncampus.MARAispartofthelargerNSF‐fundedresearchprogramknownasCIRA,orCenterforIntegratedRegionalAssessment,whichisakeycomponentofESSC.Inessence,theseprogramsstudythehumandimensionsofglobalchange,andthescaleinteractionsbetweenlocalandglobalscales.BrentYarnal,RobCrane,andGregKnightarethekeyGeographyfacultyinvolvedintheseinitiatives.3.BillEasterlingcontinueshiscollaborativeworkwithLindaMearns(NCAR)ontheapplicationofhighresolutionclimatechangesimulationsfromadynamicregionalclimatemodel(RegCM2)nestedwithintheCSIROGCMtocropmodelstrainedonthecentralU.S.GreatPlains.TheworkisshowingthatRegCM2highresolutionclimategivesmuchdifferentcropyieldsimulationsthanyieldsimulationsderivedfromrawCSIROclimate.Thisfindingholdsforcropmodelexperimentsthattestvariousadaptationschemesalso.BillisalsoleadingacollaborativestudywithecologistsatColoradoStateUniversity,whichexaminesthespatialscaleofdeterminantsoflandusechangeunderdifferentassumptionsofclimatechange.

4.Developingandapplyingmethodologiesforintegratingacrossscalesinclimatestudies,continuestobeanotherkeyfocusofPennState'sclimateprogram.TheseareundertakenbyRobCrane(primarilydownscalingclimateprocessesinMexico,Pennsylvania,andBulgaria),AndrewCarleton(MidwestU.S.landcover‐cloudinteractions),andtheirpresentorrecentlygraduatedPh.D.students(TerezaCavazos,JimmyAdegoke,JasonAllard).5.Allthefacultycontinuetopublishactivelyintherefereedliterature,andtosecurefundingfromthefollowingsources:NSF,EPA,DoE,U.S.ForestService.6.Finally,thebiggestnon‐eventofthepastyear!AndrewCarletonwasinvitedtovisitAntarctica(he'spublishedalotontheclimateofthiscontinent,butneverbeenthere!).However,CarletonpostponedthetripbecauseofhisGermanShepherdbeingat"thattenderage"!Atalmost120lbs,andallofitleanmuscle(thedog,notAndrew!),Pthalotakeshisownerfor"walkies"3timesperday.AtthosetimestheybothponderthepotentialclimaticinfluencesofthelargenumbersofjetcontrailswhichoccurincentralPennsylvania!(SubmittedbyAndrewM.Carleton)RUTGERSUNIVERSITYIthasbeenanotheractiveyearfortheclimateprogramintheDepartmentofGeographyatRutgers.Ongoingcryosphericresearchincludesstudiesofhemisphericsnowcovertrendsoverthepastcentury,snowcoverandsurfacealbedokinematics,andassociationsofsnowwithotherclimaticvariables.Northernhemispheresnowcoverhasbeenreanalyzedforthe1967–72periodfromvisiblesatelliteimagery,withresultssoontobeavailable.IncooperationwithNOAA/NESDISscientists,aprojectisunderwaytocomparethelong‐runningweeklyhemisphericsnowmapswithanewdailyNOAAmapsoontoreplacetheweeklyproduct.TheseprojectsaresupportedbyNSFandNOAAgrants.AnewNASAprojecthasbeguntodevelopadetailed40‐yearclimatologyofsnowwaterequivalent(SWE)forthegrasslandregionsofNorthAmericaandEurasiaandtousethatclimatologytoinvestigatethesynergisticinteractionbetweenSWE/snowcoverandtheclimatesystematavarietyofspatialandtemporalscales.TheSWEclimatologywillbeproducedbyblendingSWEestimatesfromaphysically‐basedsnowpackmodel(SNTHERM),remotelysensedestimates(SMMRandSSM/I)andstationobservations.ThisprojectisbeingconductedincooperationwithDanLeathers(U.Delaware),TomMote(U.N.Dakota)andAllanFrei(U.Colorado).InfurthercollaborationwithAllanFrei,anewNSFprojectisabouttobegintoevaluatesimulationsofsnowcoveredareaandsnowmassinapproximate30GeneralCirculationModels(GCMs)submittedundertheauspicesofthesecondphaseoftheAtmosphericModelIntercomparisonProject(AMIP‐II).Thiswillincludeevaluationofmodeledsnowcoveredareaclimatologyandkinematics,snowmass

climatologies,andatmosphericcirculationpatternsassociatedwithsnow.AnotherNSFprojectisexamininglinkagesbetweenAtlanticseasurfacetemperaturesandeasternNorthAmericanclimate.ThisstudyisbeingconductedwithSuzanneHartley(MoreheadState).DaveRobinsonheadstheresearchprogramatRutgers.DaveisinhissecondyearasChairoftheGeographyDepartmentandcontinuesinhisfourthyearasdirectoroftheGraduateProgram.HealsocontinuesasChairoftheAMSPolarMeteorologyandOceanographycommitteeandsitsontheNationalResearchCouncilPanelontheModernizationoftheU.S.CooperativeClimateObservingProgram.Inaddition,DavecontinueswithhisdutiesasNewJerseyStateClimatologist.Thispastyearhasseencontinuedgrowthinthearchival,researchandoutreachaspectsoftheStateprogram.SeveralstudentsareconductingresearchrelatedtoNJclimate,thestatewideclimatenetworkcontinuestoexpand,manydatarequestsarefilled,andthemediacontinuestohoundDaveforinterviews.AllanFreihasmovedontoapost‐docpositionattheUniversityofColoradoaftercompletingseveralmanuscriptsrelatedtohisdissertation,"TowardsaSnowCoverFingerprintforClimateChangeDetection."OnewillsoonbeoutinJGR.SeanHelfrichcontinueswithhisMaster'sresearchoneasternNorthAmericansnowfall,whilerelocatingtotheSouthernRegionalClimateCenter,whereheisaresearchassistant.ThispastyeartheClimateLabwelcomedAnjuliBamzai,formerlyatGeorgeMasonUniversityandtheCenterforLand,OceanandAtmosphere,asaresearchassociate.ShecurrentlyisonleaveattheNationalScienceFoundation,wheresheisanassociateprogramdirectorintheOfficeofClimateDynamics,yetstillmanagestosqueezeinadayofresearcheachweek.Homepagesofinterestinclude:DepartmentofGeography:http://geography.rutgers.edu/OfficeoftheStateClimatologist:http://climate.rutgers.edu/stateclim(SubmittedbyDavidA.Robinson)SHIPPENBURGUNIVERSITYOurEarthScienceDepartment'sthreeclimatologistshavebeenbusyworkingonvariousstudentandresearch‐relatedprojects.Dr.KayWilliamsisorganizingtheuniversity'sfourthGlobalWarmingDebate(April21)wherestudentsinherProblemsoftheAtmosphericEnvironmentclasschoosesidesanddebatetheissuesofglobalclimatechangebeforethestudentbodyandfaculty.Dr.WilliamRensehasreturnedfromhissabbaticalsojourninColorado,Alaska,andNepal.Heisresponsibleforourcooperativeweatherstation(establishedin1932)andcontinuestofaithfullywriteamonthlysummarycalledWeatherWord,publishedinourlocalnewspaper.Willhasorganized,andispresentingat,asessionco‐sponsoredbythe

ClimateandWaterResourcesSpecialtyGroups(hecurrentlyservesasPresidentofthelatter)inHonoluluthisspring.Dr.DianeStanitski‐MartinhasbeenworkingtoestablishthefirstPennsylvaniaClimateDay,scheduledforApril20.Sheisorganizingspecialeventsacrossthestateandisseekingideasfromthoseinvolvedinsimilarprogramsthroughoutthecountry.DianehasalsohelpedtoestablishadailylinkwiththeNationalWeatherService(NWS)wherestudentsreportShippensburg'sweatherobservationsviaphonetofillthedailyhydrologicalforecastinggapthathadbeenpresentforsouth‐centralPA.Dianeisinvolvedwithmicroclimatologicalresearchinapassivesolar‐heatedcommercialgreenhouseatnearbyWilsonCollegewhereshe'sworkingtodevelopideasforsustainableagriculture.KayandDianearepresentlyworkingonanarticlecomparingtheclimateoffourteenStateSystemforHigherEducation(SSHE)Pennsylvaniaschoolstosubmittothe"WeatherandClimateofPennsylvania"issueofthePennsylvaniaGeographerandpresentatHawaii'sAAGconference.Theyarealsoco‐directinganInterdisciplinarySummerScienceAcademyformiddleandhighschoolgirlswhichwillinvolve"handson"science,includingbuildingaweatherstationandcreatingsevereweatherexperimentsintheclassroom.(SubmittedbyDianeStanitski‐Martin)SOUTHWESTTEXASSTATEUNIVERSITYClimatologyandEnvironmentalGeographyatSWTreceivedabigboostwiththededicationoftheJamesandMarilynLovellCenterforEnvironmentalGeographyandHazardsResearch.TheLovellCenterwillserveasafocalpointfordepartmentresearchinEnvironmentalGeographyaswellasnaturalandtechnologicalhazards.Aspartofthisinitiative,thedepartmenthasestablishedanAppliedClimatologyResearchLabtofacilitatetheworkoffacultyandgraduatestudentsinvolvedinappliedclimatologystudies.RichDixonhasbeeninvestigatingpotentialchangestothresholdtemperaturesforinitiatingheatadvisories.Atestofthenewproposedthresholdswillbeconductedthisyear.OtherstudiesunderwaywithgraduatestudentsincludequantifyingtheeffectofElNiñoonCentralTexastemperatureandprecipitationandananalysisofGreatPlainsgrowingseasondataasanindicatorofclimatechange.DavidButleranddoctoralstudentLisaDeChanopublishedananalysisofwindstormdataforGlacierNationalPark.Dixonandmaster'sstudentJulieHenryarejoiningwiththeminastudyoftheeffectofElNiñoonavalanchefrequencyintheGlacierNationalParkregion.Foradditionalinformationcontact:DepartmentofGeographySouthwestTexasStateUniversitySanMarcos,TX78666

(512)245‐2170LawrenceEstaville(Chair)mailto:http://www.geo.swt.edu/RichardW.Dixonrd11@swt.eduDavidR.Butlerdb25@swt.eduHomePagehttp://www.geo.swt.edu/(SubmittedbyRichardDixon)UNIVERSITYOFVIRGINIAClimatologyisanactivecomponentoftheresearchandteachingmissionoftheDepartmentofEnvironmentalSciences,whichincludesacross‐disciplinaryspectrumofatmosphericscientists,hydrologists,geoscientists,environmentalchemists,andecologists(http://www.evsc.virginia.edu/).BobDavishasbeeninvolvedinavarietyofresearcheffortsoverthepastyear.Hisworkontemperature/snowfallrelationshipsinCanada(withtwoUVacolleagues,MikeLowitandChipKnappenbergerandDavidLegatesfromLSU)willbethetopicofhispaperinHawai'iandhasbeenacceptedforpublicationinJGR‐Atmospheres.Hewastheleadauthoronabookchapteronextratropicalcyclones(withPatMichaelsandBruceHayden),thatwillsoonappearinthebookcalledStorms(RogerPielke,Sr.andRogerPielke,Jr.,eds.)publishedbyRoutledge.Bobhasalsobeenworkingonrelationshipsbetweenclimateandviticulturephenology(withGregJonesofSouthernOregon)andisservingontheAMSCommitteeonBiometeorologyandAerobiology.HeremainsaneditorialadvisorforthejournalClimateResearchandisChairoftheAAG'sClimateSpecialtyGroupinhisnon‐golf‐relatedsparetime.BruceHaydencontinueshisworkonthehistoryofcoastalstorms,vegetationcontrolsonclimateandclimate/ecosystemdynamics.Bruce'spaperinPhil.Trans.R.Soc.Lond.B.entitled"EcosystemfeedbacksonclimateattheLandscapeScale"isamustreadforeveryoneinterestedinclimate/vegetationinteractions.Hehasalsocompletedchaptersentitled"RegionalClimateandtheDistributionofTallgrassandGrasslandDynamics"and"ClimateChange,ElevatedCO2,andPredictiveModeling:PastandFutureClimateChangeScenariosfortheTallGrassPrairie"forabookentitledGrasslandDynamicsbyOxfordPress.HaydenisservingasDivisionDirectorforEnvironmentalBiologyattheNationalScienceFoundationthroughAugust,1999andleadstheresearchgroupfortheLong‐TermEcologicalResearchProjectonVirginia'sEasternShore.During1998,PatrickJ.Michaelshasbeenactiveinglobalclimatechangeresearch,withparticularemphasisonthewaysinwhichhuman‐inducedchangesarepartitionedwithintheatmosphere,andtheresultingeffectsonforecastsofdeleteriousenvironmentaleffects.Michaelshasco‐authoredthreepeer‐reviewed

papersdetailingthisresearch,alongwithanumberofotherpublications.Hehaspresentedhisworkatoverthirtyinvitedlectures,symposiaandconferences.Inaddition,MichaelshasbeeninvolvedinthedevelopmentofimprovedforecastsofwintertimeprecipitationeventsintheMid‐Atlanticregion,aswellasasystemofoperationallow‐levelozoneforecastsforVirginia.Atthismoment,theDepartmentisactivelyinvolvedinrecruitinganewatmosphericscientisttotheDepartment.ThispositionisareplacementofMikeGarstang,whohas"retired"totheresearchfacultyforthenextseveralyears.Althoughhenolongerhasteachingresponsibilities,Garstangisinvolvedinavarietyofprojects.One,withmicroclimatologistJoseFuentesinBrazil(JanuaryandFebruary,1999)andtheMarshallIslands(JulythroughSeptember,1999),iscalledtheTropicalMeteorologicalMeasurementSystem/Large‐scaleBiosphere/Atmosphere(TRMM/LBA)Experiment.It'sgoalsaretoexamine:1)potentialeffectsoflarge‐scaledeforestationonregionalandglobalclimate,particularlywithrespecttolevelsofconvectiveinstabilityandrainfall,and2)regionalandglobaldiabaticheatingpatternsasrevealedbythelocalmeasurementsandbytheTRMMsatellitemeasurements.Inbothcases,detailedmeasurementsoftheverticaldistributionsoftemperatureandmoistureobtainedfromcolocatedtowers(10m),tetheredballoons(1000m)andrawinsondes(30km)willformthebasisformesoscalemodelestimatesofcondensation,latentheatrelease,andprecipitation.Thesemodel‐derivedestimateswillbeconfirmedwithTRMMobservedrainfallmeasurementsandtheassociateddiabaticheating.Horizontalspatialextensionsofground‐basedmeasurementsoverforestedanddeforestedareasoftheAmazonwillbecombinedwithaircraft(2low‐tomid‐altitudeandonehighaltitude)andsatellites.TheMarshallIslandsresearch(KWAJEX)willextendthemeasurementstotheopenocean(warmpool)regionoftheW.PacificwhileaskingthesamediabaticheatingquestionsasinTRMM/LBA.Detailedradiative,heat,watervapor,carbondioxide,andozonemeasurementsatthesurfacewillbecombinedwiththetetheredballoon/rawinsonde/radar/satellitetoexaminethenon‐steadystate(convectivelydriven)fluxesandtransportsofheat,gases,andmatter.H.H.Shugartworksoncomputermodelsandremotesensingoflarge‐scalevegetationchangeparticularlyinresponsetoclimaticdrivers.Thisyearhepublishedabook,TerrestrialEcosystemsinChangingEnvironments,withCambridgeUniversityPress.Severalotherarticlesweredevelopedforthescientificliteraturethatinvolvechangesinlightenvironmentsinborealecosystems,remotesensingoftimberlinechangeandmodelingecologicaldisturbance(notablyfire).HeisthedirectorofaresearchgroupintheDepartmentofEnvironmentalSciences(theGlobalEnvironmentalChangeProgram)whosewebpage(http://www.gecp.virginia.edu/)providesbackgroundonseveralongoingprojects

intheclimate/vegetationinteractionresearcharea.Amajorresearchdirectionisparticipationinthe"SAFARI‐2000"project,acoordinatedefforttobetterunderstandtheinteractionbetweenlandsurfacesdynamics,atmospherictransportandchemicaltransformationinAfricasouthoftheequator.Inaddition,HankShugartandBobSwap(whowasjustappointedtotheresearchfaculty)areinvolvedwiththeplanningoftheSouthernAfricanRegionalScienceInitiative2000(SAFARI2000),whichisaninterdisciplinaryscienceactivitydesignedtoincreaseourunderstandingofthesouthernAfricanecologicalandclimatesystemasawhole,aswellasitsrelationshiptohemisphericandglobalclimate.Theprojectinvolvesaconfederationofnational,regional,andglobalenvironmentalresearchactivities.NASA,throughitsEOS,LandCoverandLandUseChange,andTerrestrialEcologyPrograms,issupportingseveraleffortsthatwillcontributetoSAFARI2000.TheseincludeanextensivevalidationcomponentassociatedwiththelaunchoftheEarthObservingSystem(EOS)AM,andLandsat7platformsin1999–2000.SAFARI2000willaddressthekeylinkagesbetweenthephysical,chemicalandbiologicalprocesses,includinghumanimpacts,essentialtothefunctioningoftheregionalbiogeophysicalsystem.Morespecifically,itwillhelpcharacterizeandquantifythebiogenic,pyrogenicandanthropogenicaerosolandtracegassourcesandsinks;validatetheunderstandingoftheseprocessesusingatmospherictransportandchemistrymodels,ground‐based,airborne,andsatellite‐basedobservations;anddeterminetheclimatic,hydrological,andecosystemconsequencesofthesebiogeochemicalprocesses.InterestinthesouthernAfricanregionbytheEOSvalidationcommunitystemsfromtwobasicreasons:1)uniqueandcompellingscientificprocesseshighlyrelevanttounderstandingclimateandglobalchangeand2)ongoingscientificinvestigationsfundedbySouthernAfrican,EuropeanandU.S.sponsors.Lastbutnotleast,paleogeologist/climatologistBillRuddimanhaswritten90percentofafirst‐draftmanuscriptforalower‐levelundergraduatetextbooktentativelyentitledEarth'sClimaticHistory(andFuture).Itwillcoveralltimescalesfromtectonic(tensofmillionsofyears)throughorbital(iceages)andontohistoricalandanthropogenicchanges,anditisaimedatbothsciencemajorsandatnon‐majors.Fieldtestingwilloccurinthespring2000term,withpublicationbythespringorautumntermof2001.UNIVERSITYOFWISCONSIN‐MILWAUKEEMarkD.Schwartzcontinueshisresearchworkintheareasofsynopticclimatologyandplant‐climateinteractions."Green‐wavephenology"appearedinthe27August1998issueofNature.Prof.SchwartzservesaschairofthephenologystudygroupoftheInternationalSocietyofBiometeorology,whichsponsoredaPhenologySymposiumlastyearinconjunctionwiththeAAGmeetings.TheSymposiumstimulatedproductionofanumberofjournalarticles,whichwillappeartogetherinaforthcomingissueoftheInternationalJournalofBiometeorology.Inaddition,that

issuewillalsocontainanarticlebySchwartzexploringthefutureofphenologicalresearch.Mark'sgreenwavestudiescontinueinthelastyearofafour‐yearNSFgrant,andthefirstyearofanewtwo‐yearNSFgrant"ConnectingSpringPhenologywithLowerAtmosphericEnergy‐MassExchange"awardedinOctober1998.Thisyear'sfocusisexploring20thcenturygreenwavegeographicandtemporalvariabilityinportionsofNorthAmerica,Europe,theformerSovietUnion,andChina.ThosetopicswillbethethemesofSchwartz'spaperthisyearinHonolulu.(SubmittedbyMarkD.Schwartz)