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of Arctic and Alpine Research
Campus Box 450 University of Colorado at Boulder Boulder, CO 80309-0450 Courier delivery address: 1560 30th St., Boulder CO 80303 |
email:
kittel@colorado.edu skype: tim.kittel web page: http://culter.colorado.edu/~kittel/ Born: 1952 |
B.S. 1975 University of California, Davis Environmental Science, Highest Honors M.S. 1978 University of California, Davis Ecology (Biological Ecology) Ph.D. 1986 University of California, Davis Ecology (Physical Ecology)
Prior Experience
2002-present Research Affiliate. Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research (INSTAAR), Univ of Colorado at Boulder. 2007-present Affiliate Scientist Natural Resource Ecology Laboratory (NREL), Colorado State Univ, Ft. Collins. 2000-present Lead Instructor and Adjunct Faculty. Center for Environmental Research and Conservation (CERC), Columbia University, New York. Summer Ecosystem Experiences for Undergraduates Program (SEE-U). Course sites - Arizona 2000-2001; Dominican Republic 2005; Brazil 2002-2005, 2007-2009, forthcoming 2010. TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2007-present Climate Change Advisor. British Columbia Regional Office, Nature Conservancy of Canada, Victoria, BC. 2005-present Lecturer. Mountain Research Station, Univ of Colorado, Nederland, CO. Feb-Mar 2005-2006, 2008-2009, forthcoming Jan-Mar 2010. TEACHING EXPERIENCE
1976 Lecturer, Sierra Nevada College, Incline Village, NV. 1977-1983 Research Assistant and Teaching Assistant, Division of Environmental Studies and Dept of Land, Air, and Water Resources, Univ of California, Davis. 1984 Lecturer, Department of Land, Air, and Water Resources, Univ of California, Davis. 1985-1986 Postdoctoral Fellow Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere (CIRA), Colorado State Univ, Ft. Collins. 1987-1997 Research Associate, jointly with: Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere (CIRA) and Natural Resource Ecology Laboratory (NREL), Colorado State Univ. 1991-1996 Deputy Project Scientist, Climate System Modeling Program, University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR), Boulder, CO, and concurrently Scientific Visitor, Climate and Global Dynamics Division, National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR), Boulder (1991-1997). 1997-2002 Research Scientist I, Natural Resource Ecology Laboratory (NREL), Colorado State Univ. 1997-2002 Scientist II, Climate and Global Dynamics Division, National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO. Ecosystem Dynamics and the Atmosphere Section and Terrestrial Sciences Section. 1998-1999 /
1999-2001Deputy Section Head / Acting Section Head, Ecosystem Dynamics and the Atmosphere Section, Climate and Global Dynamics Division, National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder. 2002-2007 Research Scientist III, Natural Resource Ecology Laboratory (NREL), Colorado State Univ, Ft. Collins. 2005 Lecturer, Dept of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Univ of Colorado, Boulder, CO. Sept-Dec 2005. TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2006 Lecturer, Semester at Sea, Institute for Shipboard Education, Charlottesville, VA (in affiliation with the Univ of Virginia, Charlottesville). Fall 2006 voyage. TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2007 Lecturer, Dept of Geography, Univ of Colorado, Boulder, CO. Sept-Dec 2007. TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2004-2005,
2007-2008Research Associate, Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research, Univ of Colorado at Boulder.
Disciplinary Areas: Vegetation & Climate
Grants as Principal Investigator
Evaluating and Reporting Climate Data to I & M Networks and Parks. USDI National Park Service, Rocky Mountains Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit. Sept 2007-Nov 2008. $30k/y. ((Principal Investigator, with Mark Williams)As Co-Principal Investigator/Co-InvestigatorVEMAP Phase 2 Input Dataset Development and Model Output Synthesis. Vegetation/Ecosystem Modeling and Analysis Project (VEMAP). NASA Mission to Planet Earth. Jan 1996-Aug 2002. $1.53M/6.7y. Funding in part to support the US National Assessment. (Principal Investigator, with D. Schimel, NCAR)
VEMAP OVERVIEW |
VEMAP WEBSITE
Development of a 90-year High Resolution Climate Data Set for the Continental United States. Joint NOAA/NASA Climate Change Enhanced Data Set Project. Sept 1997-June 2002. $325K/4.5+y. (Principal Investigator, with C. Daly and G. Taylor, Oregon State Univ, A. McNab, NCDC)
Climate Change in the Colorado Rocky Mountains: Bounding Projected Changes in Regional Climate. USGS Biological Resources Division (formerly NBS and NPS) Global Change Research Program. 1991-1999, $550K/8y. (Principal Investigator, with R.A. Pielke, Sr., Colorado State Univ)
Projecting Climate and Vegetation Change for the Central Grasslands Region. USGS Biological Resources Division (formerly NBS and NPS) Global Change Research Program. 1992-1999, $950K/7y. (Principal Investigator, with W. Reiners, Univ of Wyoming, R.Neilson, USFS/Corvallis, and R.A. Pielke, Sr., Colorado State Univ)
VEMAP Phase 1 Integrated Data Base and Model Output Synthesis. Vegetation/Ecosystem Modeling and Analysis Project (VEMAP). EPRI, USFS, and NASA. Aug 1993-Dec 1995. $225K/2.3y. (Principal Investigator, with D. Schimel, NCAR)
Grassland/Atmosphere Response to Changing Climate: Coupling of Regional and Local Scales. Department of Energy (DOE), Theoretical Ecology Program. Sept 1989-Nov 1992. $210K/3y. (Principal Investigator, with M. Coughenour, Colorado State Univ)
Spatial Data and Scaling Methods for Assessment of Agricultural Impacts of Climate: Managing Multiple Sources of Uncertainty over Space. NSF Methods and Models for Integrated Assessment. 2000-2003. $725K/3y. (Co-Investigator; L. Mearns, PI, NCAR)
Understanding Coupled Climatic, Hydrological and Ecosystem Responses to Global Change in the Colorado Rockies Biogeographic Area: Phase II. USGS Global Change Research Program. 1999-2003. $225K/yr for 3 yrs. (Co-Principal Investigator; T. Stohlgren, Lead PI, Colorado State Univ)
A Climatic Analysis of Long-Term Ecological Research Sites (CLIMDIS). NSF Long-Term Ecological Research (LTER) Program. 1994-1996. $100K/2y. (Co-Principal Investigator, with D. Greenland, Univ of Oregon)
Responses of Hydrologic and Aquatic Ecosystem Processes to Potential Climate Change on Watershed, Drainage Basin, and Regional Scales. USGS Biological Resources Division (formerly NBS and NPS) Global Change Research Program. 1991-1999. (Co-Principal Investigator; J. Baron, Lead PI, Colorado State Univ)
Using Multi-Sensor Data to Model Factors Limiting Carbon Balance in Global Arid and Semiarid Lands. NASA, Earth Observing System (EOS) Program, Interdisciplinary Science. 1989-2000. (Co-Investigator; D. Schimel, PI, Colorado State Univ & NCAR)
Biophysical Constraints over Gas Exchange in a Tallgrass Prairie. NASA, FIFE: First ISLSCP (International Satellite Land Surface Climatology Project) Field Experiment. 1987-1992. (Co-Principal Investigator; D. Schimel, PI, NCAR)
Current Membership
American Geophysical UnionProfessional Society Activities
Professional Society HonorsPROFESSIONAL SERVICE MEETING SESSIONS ORGANIZED OR CHAIRED (follow link for details)
*American Geophysical Union
*Association of American Geographers
*Ecological Society of America
International Association of Meteorology and Atmospheric Sciences
*International Association for Landscape Ecology (US-IALE)
PROFESSIONAL SERVICE PEER REVIEW (follow link for details)
American Institute of Biological Sciences
*American Geophysical Union
*Ecological Society of America
Society for Range Management
PROFESSIONAL SOCIETY WORKSHOP PARTICIPANT
International Association of Hydrological Sciences (IAHS): Global Data Bases Workshop, Birmingham, UK. July 1999.
Natural Areas Association (NAA): Cuban Bird Conservation and Natural Areas Workshop, Central and Western Cuba. Nov 2001.
OTHER SOCIETY ACTIVITIES
*International Association for Vegetation Science (IAVS): Vegetation of South Africa Excursion. Sept-Oct 1996.
*American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS): Award for Excellence, Pacific Division, Atmospheric and Hydrospheric Science Section. 1984.
International
British Columbia Central Interior Ecoregional Assessment, Nature Conservancy of Canada, Victoria, BC. Team Lead, Climate Change Working Group & Member, Core Team. 2007-present.NationalVegetation/Ecosystem Modeling Analysis Project (VEMAP; an IGBP/GAIM core project). Phase 1: 1993-95; Phase 2: 1996-2002.
Co-Leader, Data and Analysis Group.
Member, Steering Committee.IPCC Contributing Author, Working Groups I & II - Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC; recipient of 2007 Nobel Peace Prize, shared with former Vice President Al Gore: UCAR link)
Third Assessment Report, Working Group I (Climate Change 2001: The Scientific Basis), Chapter 13: Climate Scenario Development.Model Evaluation Consortium for Climate Assessment (MECCA) Analysis Team. 1992-1995.
Second Assessment Report, Working Group I (Climate Change 1995. The Science of Climate Change), Chapter 6: Climate models - Projection of future climate.
The Regional Impacts of Climate Change. An Assessment of Vulnerability, Working Group II (1997), Annex C: Simulated changes in vegetation distribution under global warming.First ISLSCP (International Satellite Land Surface Climatology Project) Field Experiment (FIFE) Science Team. 1987-1992.
Lake Titicaca Limnological Research Expedition, Peru. 1972-73. University of California, Davis, and University of the Pacific, Stockton, CA. Under sponsorship of the National Geographical Society and el Instituto del Mar del Perú (IMARPE), Lima.
Rocky Mountain Climate Working Group, Greater Yellowstone Network and Rocky Mountain Network, USDI National Park Service Inventory and Monitoring Program. 2009-present.Scientific Advisory Committee, Greater Yellowstone Network, USDI National Park Service. 2002-2006.
Steering Committee, U.S. Workshop on Climate Projections, Scenarios and Assessment. 2002.
National Technical Advisory Committee, DOE National Institute for Global Environmental Change (NIGEC). 1996-1998, 2001-2002. Executive Committee Member and NTAC Secretary, 2002.
National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) Community Climate System Model (CCSM) Biogeochemistry Working Group. 1998-2002.
Co-Leader, Ecosystems Scenario Development Team, U.S. National Assessment of the Potential Consequences of Climate Variability and Change. 1998-2001. (with J. Melillo and D. Schimel) [on-line information]
Climate Variability and Change Scenario Development Team, U.S. National Assessment of the Potential Consequences of Climate Variability and Change. 1998-2001.
Central Great Plains Assessment Steering Committee. U.S. National Assessment of the Potential Consequences of Climate Variability and Change. 1998-2001. [on-line information]
Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) Distributed Active Archive Center (DAAC) User Working Group (UWG). 1997-1999. UWG Climate Committee. 1998-1999.
NASA EOS Algorithm Theoretical Basis Document (ATBD) Review Panel. 1997.
Long-Term Ecological Research Program (NSF/LTER) Climate Committee. 1990-1996, 2002-2003.
Hatch Fund Panel, Agricultural Experiment Station, University of Nevada, Reno. 1989, 1990.
International
Professional Society Meetings
Invited Session on "Terrestrial Ecosystem Carbon and Vegetation Dynamics: PIK/NPP and VEMAP2 Model Intercomparisons." IAMAS (International Association of Meteorology and Atmospheric Sciences) Symposium on Improvements and Intercomparisons of Climate System Models and Their Component Models, IUGG 99, 15-21 July 1999, Birmingham, UK. (Convener, with K. Hibbard, Univ. of New Hampshire).International Research Program WorkshopsSteering Committee, 2nd International Conference on Integrating GIS and Environmental Modeling, National Center for Geographical Information and Analysis (NCGIA). 1992-1993.
VEMAP2 Experimental Design Workshop, April 1998, Ft. Collins, CO. (Organizer, with D. Schimel)
Climate Threat & Conservation in the BC Central Interior Synthesis Workshop, Victoria, BC, Canada. 19-20 November 2007. British Columbia Regional Office, Nature Conservancy of Canada. (Organizer)NationalClimate Threat & Conservation in the BC Central Interior Analysis Workshop, Victoria, BC, Canada. 7-8 August 2007. British Columbia Regional Office, Nature Conservancy of Canada. (Organizer)
Professional Society Meetings
Joint Special Session on "Regional-Global Interactions." Atmospheric Sciences, Hydrology, and Ocean Sciences Sections, 1993 American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall Meeting, December 6-10, San Francisco. (Convener, with R. Pielke and D. Schimel)
4th Annual Landscape Ecology Symposium, Ft. Collins, CO. March 1989. Session Chair.
1989 Association of American Geographers (AAG) Annual Meeting, Baltimore, MD. March 1989. Session Chair.
1988 Annual Meeting, Ecological Society of America (ESA), Davis, CA. Aug 1988. Session Chair.
NSF LTER Workshop on "Biogeographical and Biogeochemical Analysis of Climate Variability and Change." Long Term Ecological Research Network All Scientist's Meeting 'Long-term Ecological Research in the New Millennium Unifying Concepts and Global Applications' August 2000, Snowbird, Utah. (Organizer, with D. Ojima, R. Neilson, W. Parton). Program, Abstract
Forum on Observational Data and Analysis for Global Change. NOAA National Geophysical Data Center, IBM (Boulder), and Colorado State University. Boulder and Ft. Collins, CO. Apr 1991. (Organizer, with J. Kineman).
Agency Program and Institutional Review
Other Nations
Ecosystems Branch, British Columbia Ministry of Environment, Canada. Ecosystem Conservation Framework - Foundation Documents Review. 2008.U.S. National
Research Branch, British Columbia Ministry of Forests and Range, Canada. Future Forest Ecosystem Initiative - Scientific Foundation Document Review. 2008.
NASA EOS Data Assimilation System (DAS) Program Review. 1997.Publications Peer-review
DOE National Institute for Global Environmental Change (NIGEC) Regional Centers, NTAC Program Review. 1996, 1997, 1998, 2001, 2002.
USDI National Park Service, Greater Yellowstone Inventory & Monitoring Network (GRYN). 2002-2006.
Oregon State University. Faculty promotion review. 2003.
BioScience. 1992.Books:
Climatic Change. 2001, 2002.
Climate Research. 1998.
Ecological Applications. 1997, 1998.
Ecology
Journal of Hydrometeorology.2002.
Journal of Geophysical Research
Journal of Range Management
Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics
Tellus
Addison-Wesley Publishers: Terrestrial Plant Ecology (Barbour et al. 1998). 1998.Agency publications:
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Working Group II: Climate Change 1995 . 1995.
Grassland Ecosystems of the Mongolian Steppe (proceedings volume)
NOAA National Geophysical Data Center (Global Ecosystems Database CDROM)Proposal Review
UCAR Office for Interdisciplinary Earth Studies (Global Change Institute proceedings). 1991, 1993.
USDA Forest Service:
National Global Change Research Program
Southern Region Global Change Research Program
Rocky Mountain Forest and Range Experiment Station
Forest Sciences Laboratory, Pacific Northwest Research Station (Corvallis, OR). 1999.
USDA Agricultural Research Service (Ft. Collins, CO)
USDI National Park Service, Inventory and Monitoring Program. 2008.
American Institute of Biological Sciences (AIBS)
Biospherics Peer Review for NASA. 1992.
Scientific Peer Review for National Commission on Science for Sustainable Forestry (NCSSF). Panel Member. 2003, 2004.
CALFED Bay-Delta (San Francisco Bay/Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta) Program. 2002.
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
Earth Observing System (EOS)
National Institute for Climatic Change Research (NICCR), Department of Energy
Western Regional Center. 2007, 2008.
National Institute for Global Environmental Change (NIGEC), Department of Energy
National NIGEC Office. 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000.
Great Plains Regional Center. 1997, 1998, 2001.
Midwestern Regional Center.
WESTGEC. 1997, 1998.
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
Office of Global Programs. 2001.
Office of Ocean Exploration. 2002.
National Park Service (NPS), Global Change Research Program
National Science Foundation (NSF)
Climate Dynamics Program.
Long Term Studies in Environmental Biology Program.
Paleoclimate Program. 1997.
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Environmental Research Laboratory, Corvallis, OR.
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, National Ecology Research Center, Ft. Collins, CO.
University of Nevada, Reno, Agricultural Experiment Station Hatch Fund. Panel Member. 1989, 1990.
National Center for Atmospheric Research (1991-2002)
Steering Committee and Working Group, NCAR Weather and Climate Impact Assessment Science Initiative. 2001-2002.Colorado State University (1985-1994)
NCAR GIS Advisory Group. 2001-2002. (synopsis: "Geographical Information Systems Strategic Initiative")
Acting Section Head, Ecosystem Dynamics and the Atmosphere Section, Climate and Global Dynamics Division. 1999-2001.
Deputy Section Head, Ecosystem Dynamics and the Atmosphere Section. 1998-1999.
Biogeochemistry Working Group, NCAR Community Climate System Model (CCSM). 1998-2002.
Advanced Study Program Postdoctoral Fellow mentoring D. Yates. 1997-1998.
Advanced Study Program Postdoctoral Fellow Research Planning Committee R.F. Cannon. 1997-1998.
Reviewer, postdoctoral fellowship applications, Advanced Study Program. 1998.
Reviewer, community requests for computing resources, Scientific Computing Division. 1997.
Seminar Series Coordinator, Climate and Global Dynamics Division. 1994-1995.
In-house review of extramural proposals, Climate and Global Dynamics Division. 1994, 1995.
Chancellor's Advisory Committee for the UC Davis Natural Reserve System. 1984.
Ecology Seminar Series Committee, Institute of Ecology. 1982-1984.
Coordinator, Center for Environmental Design. 1985.
Instructor-in-Charge, Ecology of Development in the Humid Tropics, Division of Environmental Studies. 1982.
Course Development Committee, Tropical Studies Group, Ecology Graduate Group. 1982.
Guest Lecturer, Division of Environmental Studies:
Principles of Environmental Science. 1984.
Field and Laboratory Methods in Ecology. 1983.
Limnology Laboratory. 1980, 1981, 1983, and 1984.
Graduate Student Committees
Ph.D. Qualifying Examination Committee (Nan Rosenbloom) and Affiliate Faculty Member, Department of Geological Sciences, University of Colorado, Boulder. 1994.Extramural (Outside Home Institution) Undergraduate Courses (see also
Guest Lecturer, Global Ecology, Department of Environmental, Population, and Organismic Biology (EPOB), University of Colorado, Boulder. "Future Vegetation Change: Response of Ecosystem Structure and Distribution to Altered Forcing." April 2000.
Guest Lecturer, GIS Applications in Ecological Modeling, Dept. of Zoology and Physiology, Univ. of Wyoming, Laramie. "Development of Integrated Datasets for Regional Ecosystem Modeling." March 1994.
Guest Lecturer,General Ecology, Dept. of Biological Sciences, California State Univ., Sacramento. "Methods in Plant Ecology." March 1980.
Associate Scientist, Guanaco Behavioral Ecology Expedition, Peru. Educational Expeditions International (EarthWatch). April 1973.
Foresta Institute for Ocean and Mountain
Studies, Carson City, NV.
Residential
environmental education programs:
Volunteer Instructor, The Study of Natural Areas, Agora Alternative Education Program, Davis Senior High School. Apr-June 1975.Outreach Presentations
Guest Lecturer, National Park Service, Natural Resources Management Trainee Program, Denver, CO. "Global Change: Causes and Impacts." March 1991.
EarthWatch Expeditions, Ecology of Great Plains Grasslands Project, Pawnee National Grassland, CO. "Climate of Arid Lands: Global Distribution and Causes." July 1990.
University Liaison/Technical
Advisor.
A Scientific GIS for Global Change Research, an IBM
Independent Research and Development Project. IBM, Boulder, CO. 1990-1994.
International - Invited Seminars
British Columbia Conservation Data Center (BCCDC), Ecosystems Branch, British Columbia Ministry of Environment, Victoria, BC, Canada. "The Climate Threat and Conservation Planning." Oct 2007.
Organization for Tropical Studies (OTS), La Selva Biological Reserve, Costa Rica. "Global Climate Change: A Tropical Forest Perspective." June 1989.
Climate and Global Dynamics Division, National Center for Atmospheric Research. "Bioclimate Datasets for Assessment of Ecosystem Sensitivity to Climate Variability and Climate Change." Aug 1997.
Department of Botany, University of Wyoming. "Ecosystem Sensitivity to Climate and CO2 Change: The VEMAP Model Intercomparison." March 1995.
National Center for Atmospheric Research-Colorado State University-University of Colorado Front Range Biosphere-Atmosphere Interactions Group. "The VEMAP U.S. Dataset for Terrestrial Biosphere Modeling." Boulder, CO. April 1994.
Department of Botany, University of Wyoming. "Impacts of Global Change on Ecosystem Dynamics of the North American Central Grasslands." Nov 1989.
Goddard Institute for Space Studies, New York, NY. "Large-Scale Relationships between General Circulation and the Distribution of Global Vegetation Zones." Aug 1986.
Natural Resource Ecology Laboratory, Colorado State University. "Large-Scale Atmospheric Processes Influencing the Distribution of Vegetation in North America." May 1986.
International - Invited Talks
Professional Society Symposia
IAMAS Symposium on Improvements and Intercomparisons of Climate System Models and Their Component Models. "Historical and Future Scenario Climate Datasets for the Conterminous United States and Alaska: Model Input Data for VEMAP Phase 2." IUGG99 22nd General Assembly, Birmingham, UK. 18-30 July 1999.Non-Governmental OrganizationsIAHS Global Data Bases Workshop. "Runoff in the Vegetation/Ecosystem Modeling and Analysis Project (VEMAP) Comparison with Observed Streamflow." IUGG99 22nd General Assembly, Birmingham, UK, 18-30 July 1999. (K. Hibbard, lead presenter)
Land Trust Alliance of British Columbia (LTABC). "The Climate Threat and Conservation - Facing Certainty and Uncertainty. I: Guiding Strategies" and "II: Implementation in British Columbia", Land Trust and Stewardship Seminar Series 2008: Stewardship and Conservation through Changing Climates Conference. Manning Park Resort. April 2008. I: Invited plenary talk; II: Invited session seminar.International Research ProgramsNature Conservancy of Canada (NCC) Climate Threat & Conservation in the BC Central Interior Analysis Workshop. "The Climate Threat and Conservation Planning." Victoria, BC, Canada. 7-8 August 2007.
Nature Conservancy of Canada (NCC) AlaskaYukonBritish Columbia Conservation Exchange Workshop. "The Climate Threat and Conservation Planning." Haines Junction, Yukon, Canada. 7-9 May 2007.
ABSTRACT
VEMAP2 Results and Planning Workshop. "The VEMAP Work Bench." Jena, Germany. June 2000. (S. Aulenbach, lead presenter)VEMAP2 Fast-Track Experiment Results Workshop. "The VEMAP2 Conterminous U.S. and Alaskan Historical Climate and Scenario Datasets." Breckenridge, CO. 6-10 April 1999.
VEMAP2 Preliminary Modeling Results Workshop. "The VEMAP2 Transient Climate Scenarios." Biosphere2, Oracle, AZ. 21-22 Oct 1998.
VEMAP2 Experimental Design Workshop. "The VEMAP2 Historical Climate Dataset and Development of Transient Climate Scenarios." Ft. Collins, CO. April 1998.
VEMAP Phase 2 Planning Workshop. "Development of Gridded Historical Climate Data and Transient Climate Scenarios for the United States: The VEMAP Phase 2 Database." Boulder, CO. Jan 15-17, 1996.
VEMAP Results Workshop I. "The VEMAP Dataset for Ecosystem/Vegetation Model Intercomparison and Climate/CO2 Sensitivity Studies." Boulder, CO. 20-21 April 1994.
IPCC Working Group I Regional Climate Evaluation Workshop. "Regional Intercomparison of IPCC-Archived Coupled Model Runs." Sydney, Australia. 7-9 Feb 1994. (Presented by G. Meehl)Academic & Research Institution Hosted WorkshopsMECCA Principal Investigators Workshop. "Ecological Response to Climate Change: Uncertainties and Regional Assessments." Boulder, CO. Jan 1993.
MECCA Analysis Team Advisory Committee Meeting. "Terrestrial System Response and Feedbacks to Global Climate Change." Boulder, CO. July 1992.
MECCA Principal Investigators Workshop. "CSMP Assessment of Climate Change Impacts: Environmental Response and Feedbacks to Climate." Palo Alto, CA. Feb 1992.
MECCA Policy Committee Meeting. "Climate and Environmental/Socioeconomic Assessment Cycles: Dual Linked Strategies for MECCA Assessment." Palo Alto, CA. Feb 1992.
International Workshop on Globally Gridded Transient Climate Data Sets for Biosphere Models. "Development of Topographically-Sensitive Gridded Historical Climate Data for the United States: The VEMAP Phase 2 database." Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research. Sponsored by EPRI. Potsdam, Germany. May 22-24, 1996.National - Invited Talks
Professional Society Symposia
ESA Symposium on The Past, Present, and Future of Rocky Mountain Ecosystems. "Colorado Rocky Mountain Climate: Trends and Sensitivities." Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting, Snowbird, UT, Aug 1995. (Presented by T.N. Chase)Government Agency WorkshopsAGU Special session on Continental-Scale Hydrology-Climate Interaction. "A Physically-Consistent Database for Simulation of U.S. Ecosystem/Vegetation Responses to Global Change: The VEMAP dataset." American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting. San Francisco. Dec 1994. (Presented by N.A. Rosenbloom)
USGCRP 1998 US National Assessment Leaders Summer Workshop. "VEMAP2 Gridded Climate Time Series for the U.S. National Assessment." Monterey, CA. 27-31 July 1998. Invited talk and panel member.Central Great Plains Assessment Steering Committee Meeting. "VEMAP2 Historical Climate and Climate Scenarios for the U.S. National Assessment." USGCRP U.S. National Assessment of the Potential Consequences of Climate Variability and Change, Ft. Collins, CO. 9-10 Sept 1998.
USGS/BRD Human-Induced Changes to Rocky Mountain Ecosystems Workshop. "100-yr Climate History of the Rocky Mountains." USGS/Biological Resources Division. Flathead Lake Biological Station, MT. 17-21 Sept 1997.
U.S. Government Agency Briefing on VEMAP. "The VEMAP Phase 2 Historical Climate Database for the United States." Arlington, VA. 20 May 1997.
USGS/BRD Central Grasslands Global Change Research Program (CEGR) Principal Investigators Workshop. "Effects of Regional and Global Landuse Change on the Regional Climate of the U.S. Central Grasslands." Ft. Collins, CO. 25-26 Mar 1997.Academic & Research Institution Hosted WorkshopsUSDA Forest Service Global Change Modelers Meeting. "Objectives and Status of the VEMAP Phase 2 Database: Historical Base Climate and Transient Climate Change Scenarios." Ft. Collins, CO. 17-18 Oct 1995.
USFS GCRP Climate Scenario Task Force Meeting. "The VEMAP Integrated Database Update and Phase II Plans: Interannual Variability and Transient Scenarios." USDA Forest Service Global Change Research Program. Boulder, CO. 5-6 Oct 1994.
USFS GCRP Program Managers Meeting. "The VEMAP Dataset for Ecosystem/Vegetation Model Intercomparison and Climate/CO2 Sensitivity Studies." Ft. Collins, CO. 8 June 1994.
USFS GCRP Workshop, Climate Scenario Meeting. "The VEMAP Integrated Climate Database and Climate Change Scenarios." Ft. Collins, CO. 19 Jan 1994.
NPS Colorado Rockies Biogeographical Area Global Change Research Program Principal Investigators Workshop. "Regional Climate Change Scenarios for the Colorado Rocky Mountains." National Park Service Global Change Research Program. Estes Park, CO. Mar 1993.
NPS Ozark Highlands Global Change Workshop. "Regional Climate and Vegetation Change Modeling for the Central Grasslands: Application to the Ozark Highlands." National Park Service Global Change Research Program. Buffalo National River, AR. April 1992.
USFS Terrestrial Ecosystem Regional Research and Analysis Laboratory (TERRA) Climate Scenario Workshop. "Simulation of Regional Climatic and Ecological Change." Boulder, CO. Sponsored by USDA Forest Service and National Center for Atmospheric Research. Mar 1992.
Second Annual LWVS/WEBB/COLR Workshop and Planning Meeting. "Climatic Change in the Colorado Rocky Mountains: Bounding Projected Change in Regional Climate." USGS & NPS. Rocky Mountain National Park, Estes Park, CO. Mar 1992.
NASA Pre-BOREAS Modeling Workshop. "Mesoscale Atmospheric Modeling and BOREAS: Principles, Utility, and Research Needs." Flathead Lake, MT. Aug 1991.
NPS Central Grasslands Global Change Workshop. "Simulation of Regional Climate Response to Global Climate Change." National Park Service Global Change Research Program. Wind Cave National Park, SD. June 1991.
Spatial Data and Scaling Methods for Assessment of Agricultural Impacts of Climate, NCAR/Univ of Florida MMIA Project Planning Workshop. "VEMAP Soils, Land Cover, and Climate Datasets for the United States." Boulder, CO. 17-18 July 2000.
Geophysical Statistics Project at NCAR (GSP), NSF Probability and Statistics Program Visit. "VEMAP Datasets for Assessment of Climate Impacts: Spatio-temporal Statistical Infilling of Climate Fields." Boulder, CO. Nov 1999.
NCEAS Workshops on Extrapolation of Arctic and Boreal Processes that Feedback to Climate. Workshop I: Changes in Vegetation and Energy Balance. "A Gridded, Historical Ecoclimate Dataset for the United States Including Alaska: The VEMAP Phase 2 Database." National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis, Santa Barbara, CA. April 6-13, 1997.
NCGIA Research Initiative-15: Multiple Roles for GIS in U.S. Global Change Research. First Specialist Meeting. National Center for Geographical Information and Analysis, Santa Barbara, CA, 8-11 March 1995. Workshop position paper.
UCAR/OIES Workshop on Data Sets for Terrestrial Biosphere Modeling. "Terrestrial Biosphere Model Strategies and Climate Data Requirements." Boulder, CO. 9-11 May 1994.
LTER Climate Variability and Ecosystem Response Workshop. "Climatic Variability in the Shortgrass Steppe." Organized by LTER Climate Committee. University of Colorado Mountain Research Station, CO. Summer 1988. Workshop paper. Workshop summary: Greenland & Swift 1991 Bull Ecol Soc Amer 72:118-126.
EPRI Statistical Downscaling Meeting. "Development of the VEMAP2 Historical (1895-1993) Daily Bioclimate Dataset: Disaggregation of the Monthly Series." Boulder, CO. 5 Nov 97.EPRI Workshop on Estimating Impacts from Climate Change: Interim Results. "Intercomparison of the Climate and CO2 Sensitivity of Ecosystem Physiological Models and Biome Distribution Models: Results from VEMAP." Washington, DC. 3-4 Nov 1994.
EPRI Atmospheric Sciences Program Advisory Committee Meeting. "Assessing Terrestrial Ecosystem Response to Global Climate Change." Boulder, CO. Sept 1992.
What is Scientific GIS? Conference. "Temporal Analysis, GIS, and Environmental Research." Sponsored by IBM. Boulder, CO. Sept 1991. Invited speaker and panel member.
Notations -
[ISI citation index] given
for papers if >/=20. Last updated June 2006.
Total
ISI citations for refereed papers = 2082
* Journal papers by
a doctoral student directly advised
Journal papers by
a postdoctoral fellow directly advised
Fuentes, M., T.G.F. Kittel, and D. Nychka. 2006. Sensitivity of ecological models to their climate drivers: Statistical ensembles for forcing. Ecological Applications, 16:99116.2001-2004ABSTRACT |
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Bachelet D., J. Lenihan, R. Neilson, R. Drapek, and T. Kittel. 2005. Simulating the response of natural ecosystems and their fire regimes to climatic variability in Alaska. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 35: 22442257.
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Kittel, T.G.F., N.A. Rosenbloom, J.A. Royle, C. Daly, W.P. Gibson, H.H. Fisher, P. Thornton, D. Yates, S. Aulenbach, C. Kaufman, R. McKeown, D. Bachelet, D.S. Schimel, and VEMAP2 Participants. 2004. The VEMAP Phase 2 bioclimatic database. I: A gridded historical (20th century) climate dataset for modeling ecosystem dynamics across the conterminous United States. Climate Research 27:151-170.1999-2000ABSTRACT |
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*Gordon, W.G., J.S. Famiglietti, N.A. Fowler, T.G.F. Kittel, and K. A. Hibbard. 2004. Validation of simulated runoff from VEMAP Phase II using observed streamflow: Results from six terrestrial ecosystem models. Ecological Applications 14:527-545.
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Johns, C.J., D. Nychka, T.G.F. Kittel, and C. Daly. 2003. Infilling sparse records of spatial fields. Journal of the American Statistical Association, 98: 796-806.
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Greenland, D., and T.G.F. Kittel. 2002. Temporal variability of climate at the US Long-Term Ecological Research (LTER) sites. Climate Research 19:213231.
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Pielke, R.A., Sr., T. Stohlgren, L. Schell, W. Parton, N. Doesken, K. Redmond, J. Moeny, T. McKee, and T.G.F. Kittel. 2002. Problems in evaluating regional and local trends in temperature: An example from eastern Colorado, USA. International Journal of Climatology 22, 421-434.
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Schimel, D., T.G.F. Kittel, S. Running, R. Monson, A. Turnipseed, and D. Anderson. 2002. Carbon sequestration in the mountains of the Western US. Eos, Transactions, American Geophysical Union, 83 (40, 1 October 2002): 445, 449.
*Chase, T.N., R.A. Pielke Sr., T.G.F. Kittel, M. Zhao, A.J. Pitman, S.W. Running , R.R. Nemani. 2001. Relative climatic effects of landcover change and elevated carbon dioxide combined with aerosols: A comparison of model results and observations. Journal of Geophysical Research, 106(D23): 31,685-31,692.
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Pielke, R.A., Sr., T.N., Chase, T.G.F. Kittel, J. Knaff, and J. Eastman. 2001. Analysis of 200 mb zonal wind for the period 1958-1997. Journal of Geophysical Research 106(D21): 27,287-27,290.
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*Chase, T.N., R.A. Pielke, Sr., T.G.F.
Kittel, R.R. Nemani, S.W. Running. 2000. Simulated impacts
of historical land cover changes on global climate in northern winter.
Climate
Dynamics 16:93-105.
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[ISI citation index = 76]
*Chase, T.N., R.A. Pielke Sr., J.
Knaff, T.G.F. Kittel, and J. Eastman. 2000. A comparison
of regional trends in 1979-1997 depth-averaged tropospheric temperatures.
International
Journal of Climatology 20:503-518.
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Eugster, W., W.R. Rouse, R.A. Pielke,
Sr., J. P. McFadden, D.D. Baldocchi, T.G.F. Kittel, F.S. Chapin, III, G.E.
Liston, P.L. Vidale, E. Vaganov, and S. Chambers. 2000. Land-atmosphere
energy exchange in arctic tundra and boreal forest: available data and
feedbacks to climate. Global Change Biology 6 (Suppl. 1): 84-115.
PAPER
(pdf) [ISI
citation index = 47]
Schimel, D., J. Melillo, H. Tian,
A.D. McGuire, D. Kicklighter, T. Kittel, N. Rosenbloom, S. Running, P.
Thornton, D. Ojima, W. Parton, R. Kelly, M. Sykes, R. Neilson, and B. Rizzo.
2000. Contribution of increasing CO2 and climate
to carbon storage by ecosystems of the United States. Science
287:2004-2006.
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[ISI citation index = 191 on 2/7/07]
Walko, R.L., L.E. Band, J. Baron,
T.G.F. Kittel, R. Lammers, T.J. Lee, R.A. Pielke, Sr., C. Taylor, C. Tague,
C.J. Tremback, and P.L. Vidale. 2000. Coupled atmosphere-biophysics-hydrology
models for environmental modeling. Journal of Applied Meteorology
39:931-944.
PAPER
(pdf) [ISI
citation index = 74]
Yates, D.N., T.G.F. Kittel, and
R.F. Cannon. 2000. Comparing the correlative Holdridge model
to mechanistic biogeographical models for assessing vegetation distribution
response to climatic change.
Climatic Change 44:59-87.
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Ojima, D., L. Garcia, E. Elgaali,
K. Miller, T.G.F. Kittel, and J. Lackett. 1999. Potential climate
change impacts on water resources in the Great Plains. Journal
of the American Water Resources Association 35:1443-1454.
ABSTRACT
Kittel, T.G.F., F. Giorgi, and G.A.
Meehl. 1998. Intercomparison of regional biases and doubled CO2-sensitivity
of coupled atmosphere-ocean general circulation model experiments. Climate
Dynamics 14:1-15.
ABSTRACT
[ISI citation index = 34]
Baron, J.S., M.D. Hartman, T.G.F.
Kittel, L.E. Band, D.S. Ojima, and R.B. Lammers. 1998. Effects
of land cover, water redistribution, and temperature on ecosystem processes
in the South Platte Basin. Ecological Applications 8:1037-1051.
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[ISI citation index = 20]
Pan, Y.D, J.M. Melillo, A.D. McGuire, D.W. Kicklighter, L.F. Pitelka, K. Hibbard, L.L. Pierce, S.W. Running, D.S. Ojima, W.J. Parton, D.S. Schimel, and other VEMAP Members [includes T.G.F. Kittel]. 1998. Modeled responses of terrestrial ecosystems to elevated atmospheric CO2: A comparison of simulations by the biogeochemistry models of the Vegetation/Ecosystem Modeling and Analysis Project (VEMAP). Oecologia 114: 389-404. [ISI citation index = 52]
Pielke Sr., R.A., J. Eastman, T.N. Chase, J. Knaff, and T.G.F. Kittel. 1998. 1973-1996 trends in depth-averaged tropospheric temperature. Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres 103 (D14): 16927-16933. [Errata: Pielke, R.A., J. Eastman, T.N. Chase, J. Knaff, and T.G.F. Kittel. 1998. Correction to "1973-1996 trends in depth-averaged tropospheric temperature." Journal of Geophysical Research 103, 28909-28911.] [ISI citation index = 22]
Stohlgren, T.J., T.N. Chase, R.A.
Pielke, Sr., T.G.F. Kittel, and J. Baron. 1998. Evidence that local land
use practices influence regional climate, vegetation, and stream flow patterns
in adjacent natural areas. Global Change Biology 4:495-504.|
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[ISI citation index = 48]
Schimel, D.S., VEMAP Participants
[includes T.G.F. Kittel], and B.H. Braswell. 1997. Spatial variability
in ecosystem processes at the continental scale: Models, data, and the
role of disturbance. Ecological Monographs 67: 251-271.|
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[ISI citation index = 89]
*Copeland, J.H., R.A. Pielke, and T.G.F. Kittel. 1996. Potential climatic impacts of vegetation change: A regional modeling study. Journal of Geophysical Research 101:7409-7418. [ISI citation index = 65]
Campbell, G.G., T.G.F. Kittel, G.A. Meehl, and W.M. Washington. 1995. Low-frequency variability and CO2 transient climate change. Part 2: EOF analysis of CO2 and model-configuration sensitivity. Global and Planetary Change 10:201-216.
Parton, W.J., J.M.O. Scurlock, D.S. Ojima, D.S. Schimel, D.O. Hall, and SCOPEGRAM Group (M.B. Coughenour, E. Garcia Moya, T.G. Gilmanov, A. Kamnalrut, J.I. Kinyamario, T. Kirchner, T.G.F. Kittel, S.P. Long, J.-C. Menaut, O.E. Sala, R.J. Scholes, and J.A. van Veen). 1995. Impact of climate change on grassland production and soil carbon worldwide. Global Change Biology 1:13-22. [ISI citation index = 88]
Poiani, K.A., W.C. Johnson, and T.G.F. Kittel. 1995. Sensitivity of a prairie wetland to increased temperature and seasonal precipitation changes. Water Resources Bulletin 31:283-294.
Sulzman, E.W., K.A. Poiani, and T.G.F. Kittel. 1995. Modeling human-induced climatic change: A summary for environmental managers. Environmental Management 19:197-224.
VEMAP Members [includes T.G.F. Kittel]. 1995. Vegetation/Ecosystem Modeling and Analysis Project (VEMAP): Comparing biogeography and biogeochemistry models in a continental-scale study of terrestrial ecosystem responses to climate change and CO2 doubling. Global Biogeochemical Cycles 9:407-437. [ISI citation index = 290]
Pielke, R.A, D.S. Schimel, T.J. Lee, T.G.F. Kittel, and X. Zeng. 1993. Atmosphere-terrestrial ecosystem interactions: Implications for coupled modeling. Ecological Modelling 67:5-18.
Ojima, D.S., W.J. Parton, D.S. Schimel, J.M.O. Scurlock, T.G.F. Kittel. 1993. Modeling the effects of climate and CO2 on grassland storage of soil C. Water, Air, and Soil Pollution, 70:643-657. [ISI citation index = 61]
Davis, F.W., D.S. Schimel, M.A. Friedl, J.C. Michaelsen, T.G.F. Kittel, R. Dubayah, and J. Dozier. 1992. Covariance of biophysical data with digital topographic and land use maps over the FIFE site. Journal of Geophysical Research 97:19,009-19,021.
Schimel, D.S., T.G.F. Kittel, and W.J. Parton. 1991. Terrestrial biogeochemical cycles: Global interactions with the atmosphere and hydrology. Tellus 43AB:188-203. [ISI citation index = 28]
Burke, I.C., T.G.F. Kittel, W.K. Lauenroth, P. Snook, and C.M. Yonker. 1991. Regional analysis of the central Great Plains: Sensitivity to climate variability. Bioscience 41:685-692. [ISI citation index = 102]
Ojima, D.S., T.G.F. Kittel, T. Rosswall, and B.H. Walker. 1991. Critical issues for understanding global change effects on terrestrial ecosystems. Ecological Applications 1:316-325. [ISI citation index = 29]
Barbour, M.G., N.H. Berg, T.G.F. Kittel, and M.E. Kunz. 1991. Snowpack and the distribution of a major ecotone in the Sierra Nevada Mountains of California. Journal of Biogeography 18:141-149. [ISI citation index = 23]
Pielke, R.A., G. Dalu, J.S. Snook, T.J. Lee, and T.G.F. Kittel. 1991. Nonlinear influence of mesoscale landuse on weather and climate. Journal of Climate 4:1053-1069. [ISI citation index = 140]
Hunt, H.W., M.J. Trlica, E.F. Redente, J.C. Moore, J.K. Detling, T.G.F. Kittel, D.E. Walter, M.C. Fowler, D.A. Klein, and E.T. Elliott. 1991. Simulation model for the ecosystem level effects of climate change in temperate grasslands. Ecological Modelling 53:205-246. [ISI citation index = 63]
Schimel, D.S., W.J. Parton, T.G.F. Kittel, D.S. Ojima, and C.V. Cole. 1990. Grassland biogeochemistry: Links to atmospheric processes. Climatic Change 17:13-25. [ISI citation index = 91]
2002-2009
Gutmann, M.P., C.S. Wilson, and T.G.F. Kittel. 2006. Historical Climate Statistics. In: S.B. Carter, S.S. Gartner, M.R. Haines, A.L. Olmstead, R. Sutch, G. Wright (ed.). Historical Statistics of the United States. Millennial Edition. Cambridge University Press, New York. CD-ROM and printed editions.
Dirmeyer, P.A., R.A. Feddes, F.G. Hall, S. Halldin, H.Hoff, P. Houser, R.W.A. Hutjes, R. Jenne, J. Leese, T. Kittel, B.W. Meeson, R.J. Olson, T. Phillips, A.J. Pitman, K. Takahashi, and K. Verdin. 2004. Existing Degrees of Consolidation. Chapter C2, in Part C (The Value of Land Surface Data Consolidation), in: P. Kabat, M. Claussen, P.A. Dirmeyer, J.H.C. Gash, L. Bravo de Guenni, M. Meybeck, R.A. Pielke, Sr., C. J. Vörösmarty, R.W.A. Hutjes, S. Lütkemeier (eds.). Vegetation, Water, Humans and the Climate. A New Perspective on an Interactive System. Springer Verlag. 650 pp.
Kittel, T.G.F., P.E. Thornton, J.A.
Royle, and T.N. Chase. 2002. Climates of the Rocky Mountains:
Historical and Future Patterns. Pp. 59-82 (Chapter 4), in: J.S. Baron
(ed.). Rocky Mountain Futures: An Ecological Perspective.
Island Press, Covelo, CA. 325 p.
pdf
Ojima, D.S., J.M. Lackett, and the
Central Great Plains Steering Committee and Assessment Team [includes T.G.F.
Kittel]. 2002. Preparing for a Changing Climate: The
Potential Consequences of Climate Variability and Change -- Central Great
Plains. Report of the Central Plains Regional Assessment Group
for the U.S. Global Change Research Program. Colorado State University:
Fort Collins, CO. 103 pp.
On-line
at <http://www.nrel.colostate.edu/projects/gpa/report.html>.
Mearns, L., M. Hulme, T.R. Carter,
M. Lal, R. Leemans, P. Whetton, L. Hay, R.N. Jones, R. Katz, T. Kittel,
J. Smith, and R. Wilby. 2001. Climate scenario development. Chapter 13,
in: Climate Change 2001: The Scientific Basis. Contribution of
Working Group I to the Third Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental
Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). J.T. Houghton, Y. Ding, D.J.
Griggs, M. Noguer, P.J. van der Linden, X. Dia, K. Maskell, and C.A. Johnson
(eds.). Cambridge University Press.
On-line
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web version
Melillo, J., A. Janetos, D. Schimel,
and T. Kittel. 2001. Vegetation and biogeochemical scenarios.
Chapter 2 (pp. 73-91), in: Climate Change Impacts for the United States:
The Potential Consequences of Climate Variability and Change. Foundation
Document. National Assessment Synthesis Team (eds.). US
Global Change Research Program, Washington, DC. Cambridge University
Press, Cambridge, UK.
On-line
pdf version
Pielke, R.A. Sr., T.N. Chase, J. Eastman, L. Lu, G.E. Liston, M.B. Coughenour, D. Ojima, W.J. Parton, and T.G.F. Kittel. 2001. Land-atmosphere interactions. Pages 119-126, in: Global Change and Protected Areas. G. Visconti et al., (eds.). Kluwer Academic Publishers, The Netherlands.
Baron, J.S., D.S. Ojima, M.D. Hartman, T.G.F. Kittel, R.B. Lammers, L.E. Band, and R.A. Pielke. 1997. The influence of spatial patterns of land cover and temperature change on hydrological and ecosystem dynamics in the South Platte River Basin. Pp. 279-286, in: J.J. Warwick (ed.). Water Resources Education, Training, and Practice: Opportunities for the Next Century. TPS-97-1, American Water Resources Association, Herndon, VA.
Neilson, R.P., I.C. Prentice, B. Smith, T. Kittel, and D. Viner. 1997. Simulated changes in vegetation distribution under global warming. Annex C, pp. 439-456, in: Watson, R.T., M.C. Zinyowera, and R.H. Moss (eds.), The Regional Impacts of Climate Change. An Assessment of Vulnerability. A Special Report of the IPCC Working Group II. Cambridge University Press, New York.
*Copeland, J.H., T. Chase, J. Baron, T.G.F. Kittel, and R.A. Pielke. 1996. Impacts of vegetation change on regional climate and downscaling of GCM output to the regional scale. Pp. 199-212, in: Regional Impacts of Global Climate Change: Assessing Change and Response at the Scales that Matter. S.J. Ghan, W.T. Pennell, K.L. Peterson, E. Rykiel, M.J. Scott, L.W. Vail (eds.). Battelle Press, Richland, WA.
Kattenberg, A., F. Giorgi, H. Grassl, G.A. Meehl, J.F. B. Mitchell, R. Stouffer, T. Tokioka, A. Weaver, and T.M.L. Wigley (Lead Authors) [contributing authors include T.G.F. Kittel]. 1996. Climate models - Projection of future climate. Pp. 285-357 (Chapter 6), in: Climate Change 1995. The Science of Climate Change. Contribution of Working Group I to the Second Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). J.T. Houghton, L.G. Meiro Filho, B.A. Callander, N. Harris, A. Kattenberg, and K. Maskell (eds.). Cambridge University Press, New York.
Ojima, D.S., W.J. Parton, M.B. Coughenour, J.M.O. Scurlock, T. Kirchner, T.G.F. Kittel, D.O. Hall, D.S. Schimel, E. Garcia Moya, T.G. Gilmanov, A. Kamnalrut, J.I. Kinyamario, S.P. Long, J.-C. Menaut, O.E. Sala, R.J. Scholes, and J.A. van Veen. 1996. Impact of climate and atmospheric CO2 changes on grasslands of the world. Pages 271-311, in: Global Change: Effects on Coniferous Forests and Grasslands. A.I. Breymeyer, D.O. Hall, J. M. Melillo, and G.I. Ågren (eds.). SCOPE Volume 56. John Wiley & Sons, Chichester, UK.
Pielke, R.A., T.J. Lee, T.G.F. Kittel, T.N. Chase, J.M. Cram, and J.S. Baron. 1994. Effects of mesoscale vegetation distributions in mountainous terrain on local climate. Pp. 121-135, in: Mountain Environments in Changing Climates. M. Beniston (ed.). Routledge Press, London.
Schimel, D.S., T.G.F. Kittel, D.S. Ojima, F. Giorgi, A. Metherall, R.A. Pielke, C.V. Cole, and J.G. Bromberg. 1994. Models, methods, and tools for regional models of the response of ecosystems to global change. In: Sustainable Land Management for the 21st Century. R.C. Wood and J. Dumanski (eds.). Agricultural Institute of Canada, Ottawa. Vol. 2, pp. 227-238.
Pielke, R.A., G. Dalu, T.J. Lee, H. Rodriguez, J. Eastman, and T.G.F. Kittel. 1993. Mesoscale parameterization of heat fluxes due to landscape variability for use in general circulation models. Pp. 331-342, in Proceedings, Joint Scientific Assembly of the International Association of Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics and the International Association of Hydrological Sciences, July 11-13, 1993, Yokohama, Japan. Peer-reviewed.
Schimel, D.S., F.W. Davis, and T.G.F. Kittel. 1993. Spatial information for extrapolation of canopy processes: Examples from FIFE. Pp. 21-38, in: Scaling Physiological Processes: Leaf to Globe. J.R. Ehleringer and C.B. Field (eds.). Academic Press, San Diego.
Lee, T.J., R.A. Pielke, T.G.F. Kittel, and J.F. Weaver. 1993. Atmospheric modeling and its spatial representation of land surface characteristics. Pp. 108-122, in: Geographic Information Systems and Environmental Modeling. M.F. Goodchild, B.O. Parks, and L.T. Steyaert (eds.). Oxford University Press, New York.
Parton, W.J., D. Ojima, D.S. Schimel, and T.G.F. Kittel. 1992. Development of simple ecosystem models for applications in Earth system studies: The CENTURY experience. Pp. 281-302, in: Modeling the Earth System. D.S. Ojima (ed.). Office for Interdisciplinary Earth Studies, UCAR, Boulder, CO.
Pielke, R.A., J.S. Baron, T.G.F. Kittel, T.J. Lee, T.N. Chase, and J.M. Cram. 1992. Influence of landscape structure on the hydrological cycle and regional and global climate. Pp. 283-296, in: Managing Water Resources during Global Change. R. Herrmann (ed.).American Water Resources Association, Bethesda, MD.
Pielke, R.A., G. Dalu, J.R. Garratt, T.G.F. Kittel, R.A. Stocker, T.J. Lee, and J.S. Snook. 1992. Influence of mesoscale landuse on weather and climate and its representation for use in larger scale models. Pp. 537-586, in: Physical Processes in Atmospheric Models. D.R. Sikka and S.S. Singh (eds.). Wiley Eastern, New Delhi.
Kittel, T.G.F. 1990. Climatic variability in the shortgrass steppe. Pp. 67-75, in: Climate Variability and Ecosystem Response. D. Greenland and L.W. Swift, Jr. (eds.). U.S. Forest Service, Southeastern Region. Gen. Tech. Rpt. SE-65.
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Pielke, R.A., and T.G.F. Kittel (eds.). 1988. Monitoring Climate for the Effects of Increasing Greenhouse Gas Concentrations. Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere, Colorado State University, Ft. Collins. 195 pp.
1999-2002
Kittel, T., and G. Kittel. 2002. Field notes from Cuba. [Report on The Natural Area Associations 5th International Workshop, November 918, 2001.] Natural Areas News. 6(1):6-8.WORKSHOP RPT (pdf file)
Daly, C., T. Kittel, A. McNab, W.P. Gibson, J.A. Royle, D. Nychka, T. Parzybok, N. Rosenbloom, and G. Taylor. 2000. Development of a 103-year high-resolution climate data set for the conterminous United States. Pages 249-252, in: : Proceedings of the 12th Conference on Applied Climatology, May 8-11, 2000, Asheville, North Carolina. American Meteorological Society, Boston.
*Chase, T.N., R.A. Pielke, Sr., M. Zhao, A.J. Pitman, T.G.F. Kittel, R.R. Nemani, and S.W. Running. 1999. The global effects of tropical heating anomalies resulting from deforestation. Pages 213-217, in: Proceedings of the Eighth Conference on Climate Variations, 13-17 September 1999, Denver, Colorado. American Meteorological Society, Boston.
Daly, C., T.G.F. Kittel, A. McNab, J.A. Royle, W.P. Gibson, T. Parzybok, N. Rosenbloom, G.H. Taylor, and H. Fisher. 1999. Development of a 102-year high-resolution spatial climate data set for the conterminous United States. Pages 480-483, in: Proceedings, 10th Symposium on Global Change Studies, 79th AMS Annual Meeting, January 1999, Dallas, Texas. American Meteorological Society, Boston.
Pielke, R.A. Sr., T.N. Chase, J. Eastman, L. Lu, G.E. Liston, M.B. Coughenour, D. Ojima, W.J. Parton, and T.G.F., Kittel. 1999. Land-atmosphere interactions. Pages 161-165, in: Proceedings of the Eighth Conference on Climate Variations, 13-17 September 1999, Denver, Colorado. American Meteorological Society, Boston.
Pielke, R.A. Sr., T.N. Chase, J. Eastman, L. Lu, G.E. Liston, M.B. Coughenour, D. Ojima, W.J. Parton, T.G.F., Kittel. 1999. Land-atmosphere interactions. GEWEX/INSU International Workshop on Modelling Land-Surface Atmosphere Interactions and Climate Variability, 4-8 October, Gif-Sur-Yvette, France.
Pielke R.A., Sr., T.N. Chase, J. Eastman, L. Lu, G.E. Liston, M.B. Coughenour, D. Ojima, W.J. Parton, and T.G.F. Kittel. 1999. Land-atmosphere interactions. In: Proceedings, International Symposium on Global Change and Protected Areas, L'Aquila, Italy, September 8-13, 1999.
Kittel, T., D. Schimel, N. Rosenbloom, and H. Fisher. 1998. VEMAP U.S. climate, vegetation, and soils dataset available on CDROM and on line. The Biogeographer, no. 55, p. 2.
[no authors listed, submitted by T. Kittel] 1998. VEMAP U.S. dataset available. Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America 79(1):12-13.
[no authors listed, submitted by T. Kittel] 1997. Climate, vegetation, and soils dataset available.Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society 78(11):2692.
Pielke, R.A., G.E. Liston, L. Lu, P.L. Vidale, R.L. Walko, T.G.F. Kittel, W.J. Parton, and C.B. Field. 1997. Coupling of land and atmospheric models over the GCIP area - CENTURY, RAMS, and SiB2C. Pages 7.51-7.53, in: A. Staniforth (ed.). Research Activities in Atmospheric and Oceanic Modelling.
Pielke, R.A., Sr., G.E. Liston, L. Lu, P.L. Vidale, R.L. Walko, T.G.F. Kittel, W.J. Parton, and C.B. Field. 1997. Coupling of land and atmospheric models over the GCIP area CENTURY, RAMS, and SiB2C. Pages 92-95, in: 13th Conference on Hydrology, 2-7 February 1997, Long Beach, California. American Meteorological Society, Boston, MA.
Baron, J.S., D.S. Ojima, M.D. Hartman, T.G.F. Kittel, R.B. Lammers, L.A. Band, and R.A. Pielke. 1996. The influence of spatial patterns of land cover and use on hydrological and ecosystem dynamics at the mountain plains interface in the Central United States. Pages 50-53, in Proceedings, IGBP/BAHC-LUCC Joint Inter-Core Projects Symposium on Interactions between the Hydrological Cycle and Land Use/Cover, 4-7 November 1996, Kyoto, Japan.
Bromberg, J.G., R. McKeown, L. Knapp, T.G.F. Kittel, D.S. Ojima, and D.S. Schimel. 1996. Integrating GIS and the CENTURY model to manage and analyze data. Pp. 429-431, in: GIS and Environmental Modeling: Progress and Research Issues. M.F. Goodchild, L.T. Steyaert, B.O. Parks, C. Johnston, D. Maidment, M. Crane, and S. Glendinning (eds.). GIS World, Inc., Ft. Collins, CO.
McKeown, R., D.S. Ojima, T.G.F. Kittel, D.S. Schimel, W.J. Parton, H. Fisher, and T. Painter. 1996. Ecosystem modeling of spatially explicit land surface changes for climate and global change analysis. In: Third International Conference/Workshop on Integrating Geographic Information Systems and Environmental Modeling, Santa Fe, NM, January 21-25, 1996. National Center for Geographic Information and Analysis, Santa Barbara, CA. CD-ROM and on the web <http://www.ncgia.ucsb.edu/conf/SANTA_FE_CD-ROM/sf_papers/mckeown_rebecca/spatial.html>
Ojima, D.S., and T.G.F. Kittel. 1996. Change in NPP of natural grasslands. In: Rangelands in a Sustainable Biosphere. Proceedings, 5th International Rangeland Congress, Salt Lake City, UT, July- 23-28, 1995. N.E. West (ed.). Society for Range Management, Denver. Vol. 1, pp. 406-407.
Pielke, R.A., J. Baron, T. Chase, J. Copeland, T.G.F. Kittel, T.J. Lee, R. Walko, and X. Zeng. 1996. Use of mesoscale models for simulation of seasonal weather and climate change for the Rocky Mountain States. Pp. 99-103, in: GIS and Environmental Modeling: Progress and Research Issues. M.F. Goodchild, L.T. Steyaert, B.O. Parks, C. Johnston, D. Maidment, M. Crane, and S. Glendinning (eds.). GIS World, Inc., Ft. Collins, CO.
*Copeland, J.H., R.A. Pielke, T.G.F. Kittel. 1994. Assessing regional climate and vegetation change for the Central Grasslands biogeographic region: January 1992 climatology. Pp. 411-413, in: 6th Conference on Climate Variations, 23-28 January, 1994, Nashville, TN. American Meteorological Society, Boston, MA.
Pielke, R.A., T.J. Lee, T.G.F. Kittel, J.M. Cram, T.N. Chase, G.A. Dalu, and J.S. Baron. 1993. The effect of mesoscale vegetation distribution on the hydrologic cycle and regional and global climate. Pp. 82-87, in: Preprints, Conference on Hydroclimatology: Land-Surface/Atmosphere Interactions on Global and Regional Scales, Anaheim, CA, Jan 1993. American Meteorological Society, Boston, Mass.
Pielke, R.A., G. Dalu, T.J. Lee, and H. Rodriguez, J. Eastman, and T.G.F. Kittel. 1993. Mesoscale parameterization of heat fluxes due to landscape variability for use in general circulation models. Pages 331-342, in: Exchange Processes at the Land Surface for a Range of Space and Time Scales. H.-J. Bolle, R.A. Feddes, and J.D. Kalma, (eds.). Proceedings of an international symposium held at Yokohama, Japan, 13-16 July 1993, International Association of Hydrological Sciences Publication #212, IAHS Press, Wallingford, UK, .
Stohlgren, T.J., J. Baron, and T.G.F. Kittel. 1993. Understanding coupled climatic, hydrological, and ecosystem response to global climate change in the Colorado Rockies Biogeographical Area. Pp. 184-200, in: Partners in Stewardship: Proceedings of 7th Conference on Research and Resource Management in Parks and on Public Lands.W.E. Brown and S.D. Veirs, Jr. (eds.). The George Wright Society, Hancock, MI.
Ojima, D.S., T.G.F. Kittel, D.S. Schimel, C.A. Wessman, B. Curtiss, S. Archer, V.B. Brown, and W.J. Parton. 1992. Global arid and semi-arid ecosystems: Linkage between process models and remote sensing. Pp. 1027-1029, in: International Space Year: Space Remote Sensing. 12th Annual International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS '92) Digest. IEEE, New York. Vol. 2
Pielke, R.A., D. Schimel, T.G.F. Kittel, and F. Bretherton. 1992. Global forcing and regional interactions. Eos 73:529-530.
Kittel, T., and D. Schimel. 1991. Temporal analysis, GIS, and environmental research. In: What is Scientific GIS?, Conference Proceedings, Supplement IBM, Boulder, CO. 15 pp.
Beller, A., T. Giblin, K.V. Le, S. Litz, T. Kittel, and D.S. Schimel. 1991. A temporal GIS prototype for global change research. Pp. 752-765, in: GIS/LIS '91 Proceedings. Vol. 2.
Kittel, T. 1990. Modeling biosphere response and feedback to climate change. Pp. 42-45, in: Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere 1990 Research Meeting. Colorado State University, Ft. Collins.
Coughenour, M.B., and T.G.F. Kittel. 1990. Grassland/atmosphere response to changing climate: Coupling regional and local scales. Page 12, in: Theoretical Ecology Program. Ecological Research Division, Department of Energy, Washington, DC.
Pielke, R.A., T.J. Lee, J.F. Weaver, and T.G.F. Kittel. 1990. Influence of vegetation on water and heat distribution over mesoscale sized areas. Pp. 46-49, in: Eighth Conference on Hydrometeorology, October 22-26, 1990, Kananaskis Park, Alberta, Canada. American Meteorological Society, Boston, Mass.
Pielke, R.A., J. Weaver, T. Kittel, and T.J. Lee. 1990. Use of NDVI for mesoscale modeling. Pp. 83-85, in: Workshop on the Use of Satellite-derived Vegetation Indices in Weather and Climate Prediction Models, Camp Springs, Maryland, February 26-27, 1990. American Meteorological Society, Boston, Mass.
Schimel, D.S., T.G.F. Kittel, and W.J. Parton. 1989. Regional grassland biogeochemistry: Links to atmospheric processes. CIRA Newsletter 4(1):4-9.
Kittel, T.G.F. 1988. Fostering interdisciplinary research in global geosciences. CIRA Newsletter 3(1):1.
Kittel, T.G.F., and M.B. Coughenour. 1988. Prediction of regional and local ecological change from global climate model results: A hierarchial modeling approach. Pp. 173-193, in: Monitoring Climate for the Effects of Increasing Greenhouse Gas Concentrations. R.A. Pielke and T.G.F. Kittel (eds.). Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere, Colorado State University, Ft. Collins. 195 pp.
Kittel, T. 1986. Relationships between general circulation and ecosystems. I: Distribution of biomes. II: Interannual variability in ecosystem function. Pp. 114-126, in: Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere Research Meeting. Colorado State University, Ft. Collins.
Kittel, T. 1982. Basin and Range, by John McPhee. American Scientist 70:643-644. [Book review]
Kittel, T. 1981. World climates and their causes. Chapter 1, in: P.J. Richerson. The Global Ecosystem. Environmental Studies 30. University of California, Davis. [Course text]
Kittel, T. 1981. Self-guided field trips for northern California, I-III. Appendix, in: P.J. Richerson. The Global Ecosystem. Environmental Studies 30. University of California, Davis. [Course text]
Kittel, T. 1980. Lenticular clouds. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society 61:212-213.
Kittel, T., and P.J. Richerson. 1978. The heat budget of a large tropical lake, Lake Titicaca (Peru-Bolivia). Verh. Internat. Verein. Limnol. 20:1203-1209.
Richerson, P.J., C. Widmer, T. Kittel, and A. Landa C. 1975. The physical and chemical limnology of Lake Titicaca. Verh. Internat. Verein. Limnol. 19:1498-1503.
Widmer, C., T. Kittel, and P.J. Richerson. 1975. The biological limnology of Lake Titicaca. Verh. Internat. Verein. Limnol. 19:1504-1510.
2001-2002
Daly, C., Gibson, W.P., T. Kittel, D. Nychka, C. Johns, N. Rosenbloom, A. McNab, and G. Taylor. 2002. A 103-year high-resolution spatial climate data set for the conterminous United States, 1895-1997. Monthly precipitation, minimum temperature, and maximum temperature. NOAA Office of Global Programs <ftp.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/data/prism100/>. PRISM data portal - <http://www.prism.oregonstate.edu/products/matrix.phtml?vartype=ppt&view=data&year0=1890>; Documentation: "Monthly data (1895-1996)": <http://www.prism.oregonstate.edu/docs/index.phtml>
VEMAP Members (prepared by C. Kaufman, N.A. Rosenbloom, and T.G.F. Kittel). 2001. VEMAP Phase 2 Model Estimates of Ecosystem Response from 1895 to 2100 for the Conterminous US. Available online from NCAR VEMAP Data Portal <http://www.cgd.ucar.edu/vemap/datasets.html>, NCAR LAS Data Portal <http://dataserver.ucar.edu/vemap/main.html>, and NASA EOS-Webster, Univ. of New Hampshire, at <http://eos-webster.sr.unh.edu/data_guides/vemap_trans_dg.jsp>. Access via ORNL DAAC pending. Direct link to EOS-WEBSTER VEMAP portal
National Climatic Data Center (D. Knight, O. Brass, T. Karl, R. Quayle, M. Changery, and D. Easterling) [contributors include T.G.F. Kittel]. 1999. Probabilities of Temperature Extremes in the USA: Version 1. Compiled for the U.S. National Climate Assessment. National Climatic Data Center, Asheville, NC. CD-ROM.
Kittel, T.G.F., J.A. Royle, C. Daly,
N.A. Rosenbloom, W.P. Gibson, H.H. Fisher, D.S. Schimel, L.M. Berliner,
and VEMAP2 Participants. 1998 (revised 2001). The VEMAP Phase 2 Gridded
Historical (1895-1993) Bioclimate Dataset for the Conterminous United States.
Available
online from NCAR VEMAP Data Portal <http://www.cgd.ucar.edu/vemap/datasets.html>
and NCAR LAS Data Portal <http://dataserver.ucar.edu/vemap/main.html>.
Selected summary data for U.S. National Assessment on the web at <http://www.cgd.ucar.edu/naco/data.html?>.
ANIMATIONS:
<http://www.cgd.ucar.edu/vemap/animations/index.html>
Kittel, T.G.F., N.A. Rosenbloom,
H.H. Fisher, D.S. Schimel, and VEMAP2 Participants. 1998 (revised
2001). VEMAP Phase 2 Gridded Transient Bioclimate Change Scenarios for
Modeling United States Ecosystem Sensitivity to Altered Climate. Available
online from NCAR VEMAP Data Portal <http://www.cgd.ucar.edu/vemap/datasets.html>
and NCAR LAS Data Portal <http://dataserver.ucar.edu/vemap/main.html>.
Selected summary data for U.S. National Assessment on the web at <http://www.cgd.ucar.edu/naco/data.html?>.
ANIMATIONS:
<http://www.cgd.ucar.edu/vemap/animations/index.html>
Kittel, T.G.F., N.A. Rosenbloom, T.H. Painter, D.S. Schimel, H.H. Fisher, A. Grimsdell, VEMAP Participants, C. Daly, and E.R. Hunt, Jr. 1998. VEMAP Phase I Database. Available online at <http://www.daac.ornl.gov/> from the ORNL Distributed Active Archive Center, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee. Direct link to dataset
Greenland, D., and T.G.F. Kittel
(compilers). 1996, 1997. A Climate Analysis of the Long
Term Ecological Research Sites.
ON-LINE
DOCUMENT, CLIMDIS:
<http://intranet.lternet.edu/archives/documents/Publications/climdes/>
Kittel, T.G.F., N.A. Rosenbloom, T.H. Painter, D.S. Schimel, H.H. Fisher, A.W. Grimsdell, and VEMAP Participants. 1995, 1996. The VEMAP Ecological Model Input Database for the United States. Dataset and documentation. First released 1995, revised 1996 on the web at NCAR at <http://www.cgd.ucar.edu/vemap/>
Turner, C.L., and T.G.F. Kittel. 1994. 1989 FIFE site burn map. In: D.E. Strebel, D.R. Landis, K.F. Huemmrich, and B.W. Meeson. Collected Data of the First ISLSCP Field Experiment. Volume 1: Surface Observations and Non-Image Data Sets. NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD. CD-ROM. Dataset and documentation.
2005-2009
Rocky Mountain Climate Working Group (B. Frakes, S. Ostermann-Kelm, I. Ashton, M. Tercek, M., J. Burke, R. Daly, D. Pillmore, C. Jean, M. Britten, S. Gray, and T. Kittel). 2009. Rocky Mountain climate protocol: Climate monitoring in the Greater Yellowstone and Rocky Mountain inventory and monitoring networks. Version 1.0. Natural Resource Report NPS/XXXX/NRR20XX/XXX. National Park Service, Fort Collins, Colorado. Draft.1998-2002Kittel, T. 2009. The Development and Analysis of Climate Datasets for National Park Science and Management: A Guide to Methods for Making Climate Records Useful and Tools to Explore Critical Questions. Report prepared for National Park Service, Inventory and Monitoring Program. 84p. Final Draft.
Kittel, T. 2009. A Framework for Understanding Climate Regions. Report prepared for National Park Service, Inventory and Monitoring Program. 27p. Under review.
Kittel, T., S. Ostermann-Kelm, B. Frakes, M. Tercek, S. Gray, and C. Daly. 2009. A Framework for Climate Analysis and Reporting for Greater Yellowstone (GRYN) and Rocky Mountain (ROMN) Networks. Prepared for Greater Yellowstone Network Inventory & Monitoring Program National Park Service. 51p. Final Draft.
Kittel, T. 2007. Future Scenarios for the BCIP Ecoregional Assessment: A Sampler. Report Prepared for British Columbia Regional Office, Nature Conservancy of Canada.
Kittel, T., and the CI Climate Change Team. 2007. Climate Change Threat Assessment for the BC Central Interior Ecoregional Assessment. Preliminary Report of the CI Climate Change Team. Results From the Climate Threat & Conservation in the CI Workshop Victoria, BC 7-8 August 2007. Report Prepared for British Columbia Regional Office, Nature Conservancy of Canada.
Baker, B.B., T.G.F. Kittel, J.V. Higgins, C.J. Haney, and E.C. Saxon. 2005. Threshold Responses to Climate Change on Alaskas North Slope. Final Report Prepared for British Petroleum Exploration, Alaska Inc. The Nature Conservancy. Boulder, CO.
Rosenbloom, N., T.G.F. Kittel, C. Kaufman, and S. Aulenbach. 2002. Users Guide to the VEMAP Phase 2 Database [Revised]. National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO.ON-LINE DOCUMENT <http://www.cgd.ucar.edu/vemap/users_guideV2.html>. Revised to include Alaskan dataset.
Rosenbloom, N., T.G.F. Kittel, C.
Kaufman, and S. Aulenbach. 2001. Users Guide to the VEMAP
Phase 2 Database. National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder,
CO.
ON-LINE
DOCUMENT <http://www.cgd.ucar.edu/vemap/users_guideV2.html>.
Lenihan, J.M., R, Neilson, R.A. Pielke, Sr., L. Lu, G.E. Liston, T.G.F. Kittel, S. Ogle, W. Reiners, D. Ojima, and J. Detling. 2001. Multi-scale Response of Climate and Vegetation to Global Change in the Central Grassland Biogeographic Region. USDA Forest Service Tech. Rept.
Fuentes, M., R. Kelly, T. Kittel,
and D. Nychka. 1998. Spatial Prediction of Climate Fields
for Ecological Models. Technical Report. National Center
for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO. 34 pp.
ON-LINE
DOCUMENT <http://www4.stat.ncsu.edu/~fuentes/ncar.ps>.
Walko, R.L., L. Band, J. Baron, T.G.F. Kittel, R. Lammers, T.J. Lee, R.A. Pielke, Sr., C. Taylor, C. Tague, C.J. Tremback, P.L. Vidale. 1998. Coupled Atmosphere-Terrestrial Ecosystem-Hydrology Models for Environmental Modeling. Dept. of Atmospheric Science, Colorado State University, Ft. Collins, CO. 46 pp.
Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) Environment Group [contributors include T. Kittel]. 1996. The Vegetation/Ecosystem Modeling and Analysis Project (VEMAP): Assessing the potential responses of natural ecosystems to climate change. Technical Brief. Electric Power Research Institute, Palo Alto, CA. WO3316, TB-106224. 8 pp.
Rosenbloom, N., and T.G.F. Kittel.
1996. A Users Guide to the VEMAP Phase I Database. NCAR Technical
Note NCAR/TN-431+IA, National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder,
CO. 53 pp. (National Techincal Information Service, NTIS, document registration
no. PB97-130884)
ON-LINE
REVISED DOCUMENT
Kittel, T.G.F. 1995. Position
paper Multiple roles for GIS in U.S. Global Change Research. Pp. 65-68,
in:
Research Initiative-15: Multiple Roles for GIS in U.S. Global Change
Research. Report of the First Specialist Meeting Santa Barbara, CA, 8-11
March 1995. M.F. Goodchild, J.E. Estes, K. Beard, T. Foresman, and
J. Robinson (eds.). National Center for Geographical Information and Analysis,
Santa Barbara, CA.
Miller, K. [contributors include T. Kittel]. 1992. Foresta Institute: Thirty Years of Pioneering Ecology. Foresta Institute for Ocean and Mountain Studies, Carson City, NV. 46p.
Pielke, R.A., G. Dalu, J.R. Garratt, T.G.F. Kittel, R.A. Stocker, T.J. Lee, and J.S. Snook. 1991. Influence of landuse variability on heat fluxes. In: Research Activities in Atmospheric and Oceanic Modeling. G.J. Boer (ed.). CAS/JCS Working Group on Numerical Experiments.
Kittel, T.G.F. 1986. The Distribution of Vegetation in North America With Respect to Tropospheric Circulation Parameters. Ph.D. Dissertation, University of California, Davis. 239 pp.
Rybock, J.T., M.A. Jordan, T. Kittel, G. Thompson, and G.K Grayson. 1979. Environmental Assessment for Aquifer Studies at Seven Sites in Dry Lake, Delamar, and Tikaboo Valleys, Lincoln County, Nevada. Fugro Northwest, Inc., Seattle. 54 pp.
Richerson, P.J., C. Widmer, and T. Kittel. 1977. The Limnology of Lake Titicaca (Peru-Bolivia), a Large High Altitude Tropical Lake. Institute of Ecology Publication No. 14. University of California, Davis. 78 pp.
Kittel, T. 1972. An introduction to the vegetation of the Pyramid Lake Basin, Nevada. Pp. 49-51, in: NSF-SSTP 1971 Yearbook. Publication No. 23, Foresta Institute for Ocean and Mountain Studies, Carson City, NV.
Kittel, T. 1970. A comparison of 1968 and 1969 wildflower surveys in the eastern Lake Tahoe Basin, Nevada. Pp. 57-64, in: NSF-SSTP 1969 Yearbook. Publication No. 18, Foresta Institute for Ocean and Mountain Studies, Carson City, NV.
Committee & Science Team Reports (n=12)
Jean, C., S.D. Bischke, and A.M. Schrag [contributors include T. Kittel]. 2003. Greater Yellowstone Inventory and Monitoring Network Vital Signs Monitoring Plan: Phase II Report. National Park Service. 99 p.Project & Institutional Reports to Granting Agencies & Organizations (n=31)Wesely, M.(Chair), L. Joyce, T. Kittel, R. Augé, A. Fisher, P. Hanson, L. Hipps, and D. Zak. 2002. Report of the 2002 National Technical Advisory Committee to the National Institute for Global Environmental Change. National Institute for Global Environmental Change, DOE. 11 pp.
Fung, I., and S. Doney (Co-Chairs) [contributors include T. Kittel]. 2002. Report on CCSM Biogeochemistry Working Group Meeting, Boulder, CO. 26 March 2002. National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO.
ON-LINE DOCUMENT <http://www.ccsm.ucar.edu/working_groups/Biogeo/reports/020326.html>
Takle, E. (Chair) [contributors include T. Kittel]. 2001. 2001 Report of the National Technical Advisory Committee to the National Institute for Global Environment Change. National Institute for Global Environmental Change, DOE. 11 pp.
Doney, S., I. Fung, G. Bonan, S. Running, P. Thornton, J. Melillo, T. Kittel, D. Ojima, T. King, D. Erickson, J. Randerson, B. Riley, S. Thompson, P. Duffey, L. Gates, R. Dargarville, D. Noone, N. Maholwad, J. Kaduk, C. Still. 2001. Report: CCSM Biogeochemistry Working Group Meeting, UC Berkeley, March 29-30, 2001. National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO. 6 p.
ON-LINE DOCUMENT <http://www.ccsm.ucar.edu/csm/working_groups/Biogeo/biogeoReport032901.pdf>
Kittel, T. 2000. SEE-U [Summer Ecosystem Experience for Undergraduates] 2000 at the Biosphere2 Center: Accomplishments and Recommendations. Report to Center for Environmental Research and Conservation, Columbia University, New York. 15 p.
Kittel, T.G.F., and D.S. Schimel. 1998. VEMAP2 gridded climate time series for the U.S. National Assessment. 2 pp. + attachments, in: U.S. National Assessment: The Potential Consequences of Climate Variability and Change. 1998 Summer Workshop, July 27-31, 1998, Monterey, CA. U.S. National Assessment Coordination Office, Washington, DC.
Schimel, D. (Chair) [contributors include T. Kittel]. 1998. 1998 NTAC Report to the NIGEC National Director. National Technical Advisory Committee, National Institute for Global Environmental Change, DOE.
Menzel, P., J. Butler, P. Courtier, R. Daley, B. Fraser, J. Kerekes, T. Kittel, K. Kunzi, J. London, S. Lord, C. Matzler, T. McElroy, G. Petty, D. Starr, K. Steffen, T. Suttles, and R. Zurek. 1997. Review of EOS PM-1 Platform Instrument Algorithm Theoretical Basis Documents. Report to NASA, EOS. 90 pp.
Schimel, D. (Chair) [contributors include T. Kittel]. 1997. 1997 NTAC Report to the NIGEC National Director. National Technical Advisory Committee, National Institute for Global Environmental Change, DOE. 4 pp.
Townshend, J.R., M.E. James, S. Liang, and S.N. Goward [with contributions from C. Brest, G. Gutman, T. Kittel, and others]. 1994. A Long Term Data Set for Global Terrestrial Observations. Report of the AVHRR Pathfinder Land Science Working Group, NASA. 63p.
Running, S.W. (ed.) [contributors include T.G.F. Kittel]. 1991. Pre-BOREAS Ecological Modeling Workshop. Report to NASA. 21 pp.
Kittel, T., K. Chowanski, and T.
Ackerman. 2007. Long-term climate record. In: Niwot
Ridge LTER Program 2007 Site Review.
ON-LINE
DOCUMENT <http://culter.colorado.edu/NWT/siteReview/2007SiteReviewHandbook.pdf>
Stohlgren, T.J., W.L. Baker, J. Baron, D. Binkley, T.G.F. Kittel, R. A. Pielke, and T.T. Veblen. 2004. Global Change Impacts in the Colorado Rockies Biogeographical Area. Final Report, 1999-2003. Report to: USGS/BRD Global Change Research Program. 39 pp.
Daly, C., G. Taylor, T. Kittel, D. Schimel, A. McNab. 2002. Development of a 103-Year High-Resolution Climate Data Set for the Conterminous United States. Final Report to: NOAA Climate Change Data and Detection Program. 17 pp.
Kittel, T.G.F., and D.S. Schimel. 1999. VEMAP Phase 2 Input Dataset Development and Model Analyses. Year 3 Progress Report. Report to: NASA, MTPE. 23 pp.
Climate and Global Dynamics Division
[contributors include T. Kittel]. 1999. 1999 Annual Scientific Report.
Climate and Global Dynamics Division. National Center for Atmospheric
Research, Boulder, CO.
ON-LINE
DOCUMENT <http://www.cgd.ucar.edu/asr99/>.
Daly, C., G. Taylor, T. Kittel, A. McNab, and D. Schimel. 1998. Development of a 102-Year High-Resolution Climate Data Set for the Conterminous United States. Year 1 Annual Progress Report. Report to NOAA Climate Change and Detection Program.
Pielke, Sr., R.A., L. Lu, G.E. Liston, T.G. Kittel. 1998. Projecting Climate and Vegetation Change for the Central Grasslands Biogeographic Region. CEGR-1 / Climate Modeling Group. 1992-1997 Executive Summary. Report to USGS/BRD Global Change Research Program. 13 pp.
Pielke, Sr., R.A., L. Lu, G.E. Liston, and T. Kittel. 1998. CEGR 1997 Annual Progress Report: Implementation of a Two-way Interactive Atmospheric and Ecological Modeling System Over the Great Plains. Report to USGS/BRD Global Change Research Program. 3 pp.
Schimel, D.S., and T. Kittel. 1998. VEMAP Phase 2 Input Dataset Development. Year 2 Progress Report . Report to NASA, MTPE. 5 pp.
Climate and Global Dynamics Division
[contributors include T. Kittel]. 1998. 1998 Annual Scientific Report.
Climate and Global Dynamics Division. National Center for Atmospheric
Research, Boulder, CO.
ON-LINE
DOCUMENT <http://www.cgd.ucar.edu/asr98/toc.html>.
Climate and Global Dynamics Division
[contributors include T. Kittel]. 1997. 1997 Annual Scientific Report.
Climate and Global Dynamics Division. National Center for Atmospheric
Research, Boulder, CO.
ON-LINE
DOCUMENT <http://www.cgd.ucar.edu/asr97/toc.html>.
Pielke, R.A., J. Baron, W.J. Parton, T.G.F. Kittel, L.E. Band, S.W. Running, D.S. Ojima, D.S. Schimel, and R. Nemani. 1995. Dynamic Land Surface/Atmospheric Parameterization at Different Spatial Scales for the South Platte River Drainage. Final Report to NOAA. 11 pp.
Pielke, R.A., J.H. Copeland, T.G.F. Kittel, and G. Liston. 1995. Projecting climate and vegetation change for the Central Grasslands Biogeographic Region: Regional climate change scenarios. Year 3 Annual Report (1994-5). Report to National Biological Service Global Change Research Program. 27 pp.
Pielke, R.A., P.L. Vidale, J. Eastman, and T.G.F. Kittel. 1995. Modeling Biosphere-Atmosphere Interactions at Various Scales in Support of BOREAS. Annual progress report to the Office of Space Science and Applications. National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Washington DC. 8 pp.
Pielke, R.A., T.N. Chase, J.H. Copeland, T. Kittel, and G. Liston. 1995. COLR-2 annual report on climate change in the Colorado Rocky Mountains: Bounding projected changes in regional climate. Report to National Biological Service Global Change Research Program. 17 pp.
Schimel, D., S. Archer, B. Curtiss, A. Goetz, T. Kittel, A. Mosier, D. Ojima, W. Parton, and C. Wessman. 1995. Using Multi-Sensor Data to Model Factors Limiting Carbon Balance in Global Arid and Semiarid Lands. Progress Report to NASA/EOS. 32 pp. + appendices
Schimel, D., S. Archer, A. Goetz, T. Kittel, B. Parton, D. Ojima, and C. Wessman. 1994. Using Multi-Sensor Data to Model Factors Limiting Carbon Balance in Global Arid and Semiarid Lands. Project report to NASA/EOS. 12 pp. + appendix.
Stohlgren, T.J., and A.C. Lizarraga (compliers) [contributors include T.G.F. Kittel]. 1994. The National Biological Survey Global Change Research Program in the Central Grasslands Biogeographical Area. Second Year Report (1993-1994). Report to National Biological Survey Global Change Research Program. 32 pp.+figures.
Stohlgren, T.J., and R.R. Bachand (compliers) [contributors include T.G.F. Kittel]. 1994. The National Biological Survey Global Change Research Program in the Colorado Rockies Biogeographical Area. Second Year Report (1993-1994). Report to National Biological Survey Global Change Research Program. 72 pp.
Baron, J., S. Running, L. Band, T. Kittel, and R. Pielke. 1993. Hydrologic and Biogeochemical Consequences of Climate Change in the Colorado Rockies. Annual report to National Park Service Global Change Research Program. 11 pp.
Stohlgren, T.J. (compiler) [contributors include T.G.F. Kittel]. 1993. The Global Change Research Program in the Colorado Rockies Biogeographic Area: First Year Report. Report to National Park Service Global Change Research Program. 50 pp.
Kittel, T., R.A. Pielke, T. Chase, J. Cram, and J. Baron, and D.S. Schimel. 1992. Regional Climate Change Scenarios for the Colorado Rocky Mountains: Year 1. Annual Report to National Park Service Global Change Research Program. 12 pp. + Appendices.
Schimel, D.S., T.G.F. Kittel, and W.J. Parton. 1991. Biogeochemical Constraints over Gas Exchange in a Tallgrass Prairie: Process Modeling and Spatial Extrapolation. Progress report to NASA. 3 pp.
Coughenour, M.B., T.G.F. Kittel, R.A. Pielke, and W.J. Parton. 1990. Annual Progress Report Grassland/Atmosphere Response to Changing Climate: Coupling Regional and Local Scales. Department of Energy, DOE/ER/60932-1.
Schimel, D.S., T.G.F. Kittel, and W.J. Parton. 1990. Biogeochemical Constraints over Gas Exchange in a Tallgrass Prairie. Progress report to NASA. 3 pp.
* Papers by a doctoral
student directly advised
Papers by a postdoctoral
fellow directly advised'
2007-present
Chowanski, K., T. Kittel, I.W. Ashton, M. Williams. 2009. Understanding spatial and temporal patterns in soil and air temperature, growing degree days, and snowpack across a montane to alpine gradient. LTER All Scientists Meeeting. Abstract.Chowanski, K., T. Kittel, I.W. Ashton, M. Williams. 2009. Understanding spatial and temporal patterns in soil and air temperature, growing degree days, and snowpack across a montane to alpine gradient. ESA Annual Meeting. Abstract.
Monson, R et al. 2008. Fall AGU, San Francisco. Abstract.
Kittel, G., T. Kittel, P. Iachetti, and D. Markovic. 2008. Climate change and ecoregional planning in British Columbia Central Interior. West Region Natural Heritage Conference, Tahoe City, CA, 13-17 April 2008. Abstract.
Kittel, T., M. Hartman, T. Ackerman, M. Williams (presenter), and M. Losleben. 2007. Climate change and elevational dependence at a mid-latitude mountain system, Niwot Ridge, Colorado Rocky Mountains. North American Mountain Hydroclimate Workshop. NOAA, NASA, GEWEX, and NCAR. Boulder, Colorado, 17-19 Oct 2007. Poster. Abstract [published originally as: Williams, Kittel., Hartman, Ackerman, & Losleben].2001-2003POSTER (pdf file) | Public radio (KUNC-Greeley/Ft. Collins, CO) news report related to key findings, 26 Oct 07:
KUNC
Kittel, T. 2007. The Climate Threat and Conservation Planning. In: Nature Conservancy of Canada (NCC) Workshop on Conservation Science and Planning: Issues, Traditional Ecological Knowledge, and Climate Change. Haines Junction, Yukon, Canada. 7-9 May 2007. Abstract.
ABSTRACT
Williams, M., T. Kittel, M. Hartman, T. Ackerman, and M. Losleben. 2007. Climate change and elevational dependence at a mid-latitude mountain system, Niwot Ridge, Colorado Rocky Mountains. American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, CIRMOUNT-sponsored Special Session on "Climate Change in High Mountain Environments", San Francisco, CA, Dec 2007. Abstract. Eos, submitted
Baker, B., W.W. Hargrove, Hoffman, F., Moseley, B., Saxon, E., and T. Kittel. 2003. Predicting refugia for conservation planning under changing climatic conditions in SW China. Conference on Bridging Scales and Epistemologies: Linking Local Knowledge With Global Science in Multi-Scale Assessments, Kunming, China, 23-26 June 2003.Fuentes, M., T. Kittel, R. Kelly and D. Nychka. 2003. Sensitivity of ecological models to spatial-temporal estimation of their climate drivers: Statistical ensembles for forcing. Workshop on Evaluating Evidence in Ecological Data: Alternatives to Statistical Hypothesis Testing, Jackson, Wyoming, 4-6 December 2003. Abstract.
Bugmann, H., T. Kittel, D. Schimel, C. Woodhouse and C. Bigler. 2001. Evaluating the time-dependent behavior of ecological models based on dendrochronological data or: What if we know climate but not its large-scale ecological response? Conference on Tree Rings and People, Davos, Switzerland, 22-26 Sep 2001.2000ABSTRACT |
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*Gordon, W.S., J.S. Famiglietti, K.A. Hibbard, T.G.F. Kittel, and VEMAP Members. 2001. Analysis of VEMAP II projections of future runoff in the U.S. under climate change. American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA. Eos 82(47, Suppl.), Abstract H12E-0337.
*Gordon, W., J. Famiglietti, N. Fowler, K. Hibbard, T. Kittel, and VEMAP Members. 2001. Validation of the historical period of the VEMAP Phase 2 model experiments using hydrologic data. IHDP/WCRP/IGBP Global Change Open Science Conference, July 10-13, 2001, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Abstract.
*Gordon, W.S., J.S. Famiglietti, N.L. Fowler, K.A. Hibbard, T.G.F. Kittel, and VEMAP Members. 2001. The validation of VEMAP Phase 2 model experiments using hydrologic data. p. xx, in: The Ecological Society of America 86th Annual Meeting, August 2001. The Ecological Society of America, Washington, DC.
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Neilson, R.P., S. Running, D. Schimel, D. Ojima, W. Parton, J. Melillo, W.M. Post, A.W. King, T. Kittel, I.C. Prentice, M. Sykes, D. Bachelet, P. Thornton, and VEMAP Participants. 2001. Potential impacts of climate change on carbons sequestration and ecosystems in the conterminous U.S.: analyses from six VEMAP models. IHDP/WCRP/IGBP Global Change Open Science Conference, Amsterdam, the Netherlands 10-13 July 2001.
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Ojima, D., B. Parton, B. McKeown, D. Schimel, M. Hartman, and VEMAP Members [including T. Kittel]. 2001. Transient simulations of climate impacts on biogeochemical dynamics for assessment of climate impacts. IHDP/WCRP/IGBP Global Change Open Science Conference, Amsterdam, the Netherlands 10-13 July 2001.
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Olson, D.J. , K. Hibbard, T.G. F. Kittel and J.M.O. Scurlock. 2001. Global and regional ecosystem modeling: databases of model drivers and validation measurements. American Geophysical Union Spring Meeting, Boston, MA, 29 May-2 June 2001. Eos82 (xx, Suppl.), Abstract B31B-06.
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Bachelet, D., R.P. Neilson, J.M. Lenihan, R.J. Drapek, and VEMAP Data Group [including T. Kittel]. 2000. Impacts of climate change and fire frequency on soil carbon. American Geophysical Union Spring Meeting, Washington, DC, 30 May-3 June 2000. Eos 81 (19, Suppl.):S80.
Drapek, R.J., R.P. Neilson, D. Bachelet, J.M. Lenihan, and VEMAP Members [including T. Kittel]. 2000. MC1 LAI and vegetation carbon output compared with its progenitor models and with new satellite LAI estimates. p. 268, in: The Ecological Society of America 85th Annual Meeting, August 6-10, 2000, Snowbird, Utah. The Ecological Society of America, Washington, DC.
*Gordon, W.S., J.S. Famiglietti, K.A. Hibbard, T.G.F. Kittel, and VEMAP Members. 2000. The response of streamflow to climate change over the conterminous U.S.: Preliminary analyses using VEMAP Phase 2 model experiments. 15th Conference on Hydrology, AMS Annual Meeting, 914 January 2000 in Long Beach, California. Poster 1.28. Abstract.
Neilson R.P., D. Bachelet, J.M. Lenihan, R.J. Drapek, and VEMAP Members [including T. Kittel]. 2000. The VEMAP models and potentially complex biosphere-atmosphere feedbacks: Is there a threshold global temperature increase shifting the biosphere from negative to positive feedback with the climate system? American Geophysical Union Spring Meeting, Washington, DC, 30 May-3 June 2000. Eos 81 (19, Suppl.):S16.
Ojima, D.S., W.J. Parton, T.G.F. Kittel, R.Kelly, and M. Hartman. 2000. Simulated climate change impacts on key ecosystem properties of potential compared to current land cover for the conterminous United States. p. 170, in: The Ecological Society of America 85th Annual Meeting, August 6-10, 2000, Snowbird, Utah. The Ecological Society of America, Washington, DC.
Ojima, D.S., D.S. Schimel, W.J. Parton, S.A. Denning, N.P. Hanan, and VEMAP Members [including T. Kittel]. 2000. Observational constraints on regional carbon modeling. Joint Session on Biogeophysics of Land Cover Change, American Geophysical Union Spring Meeting, Washington, DC, 30 May-3 June 2000. Eos 81 (19, Suppl.):S75. Invited.
Schimel, D.S., S. Running, and VEMAP Participants [including T. Kittel]. 2000. Carbon sinks in the United States. Union Session on The Integrated Carbon Cycle, American Geophysical Union Spring Meeting, Washington, DC, 30 May-3 June 2000. Eos 81 (19, Suppl.):S15. Invited.
Tian, H., S. Running, J. Melillo, R. Neilson, W. Parton, D. Ojima, T. Kittel, M. Sykes, and A. McGuire. 2000. Carbon storage in the US 1895-1993. p. 219, in: The Ecological Society of America 85th Annual Meeting, August 6-10, 2000, Snowbird, Utah. The Ecological Society of America, Washington, DC.
Thornton, P.E., S.W. Running, and VEMAP Members [including T. Kittel]. 2000. Relationship between decadal anomalies in climate and model-estimated AET, NPP, total carbon, and net ecosystem carbon exchange, 1895-1993: Results from VEMAP Phase 2. p. 218, in: The Ecological Society of America 85th Annual Meeting, August 6-10, 2000, Snowbird, Utah. The Ecological Society of America, Washington, DC.
Bachelet, D., J.M. Lenihan, R. Drapek, and VEMAP2 Participants. 1999. Preliminary results from vegetation dynamic models in VEMAP Phase 2: Vegetation distribution and associated C pools from 1895 to 2100. IAMAS Symposium on Improvements and Intercomparisons of Climate System Models and Their Component Models. IUGG99 22nd General Assembly, Birmingham, UK, 18-30 July 1999. Page A252, in IUGG 99 Birmingham Abstracts. Invited paper.
Thornton, P.E., D.S. Schimel, and VEMAP2 Participants. 1999. Predicted NPP, NEE, and carbon stocks for historic (1895-1994) and potential future climate scenarios over the contiguous United States: an intercomparison of terrestrial biogeochemistry model results from VEMAP Phase 2. IAMAS Symposium on Improvements and Intercomparisons of Climate System Models and Their Component Models. IUGG99 22nd General Assembly, Birmingham, UK, 18-30 July 1999. Page A252, in IUGG 99 Birmingham Abstracts. Invited paper.
Hibbard, K., and T. Kittel. 1999. Runoff in the Vegetation/Ecosystem Modeling and Analysis Project (VEMAP) comparison with observed streamflow. IAHS Global Data Bases Workshop, IUGG99 22nd General Assembly, Birmingham, UK, 18-30 July 1999. Page 12, in IUGG99 Abstracts - HW1 (supplement).
Eugster W., W.R. Rouse, R.A. Pielke, Sr., J. P. McFadden, D.D. Baldocchi, T.G.F. Kittel, F.S. Chapin, III, G.E. Liston, P.L. Vidale, E. Vaganov, and S. Chambers. 1999. Arctic tundra and boreal forest surface energy balance: data and feedbacks to climate. 24th General Assembly of the European Geophysical Society, The Hague, 19-23 April 1999. Geophys. Research Abstracts 1(2):570.
*Gordon, W S, J.S. Famiglietti, K.A. Hibbard, T.G. Kittel. 1999. Terrestrial ecosystem model validation using streamflow data: Preliminary analyses of VEMAP Phase 2 model experiments. American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, Dec 12-17, 1998. Eos 80 (45, Supplement):Fxx.
Jenkins, J.P., R.H. Braswell, J.D. Aber, S.E. Frolking, and T. Kittel. 1999. Developing a continental scale phenology model linking remote sensing data and climate drivers. American Geophysical Union Spring Meeting, Boston, 1-4 June 1999. Eos 80(17, Suppl.):S129.
*Chase, T.N., R.A. Pielke, Sr., T.G.F. Kittel, R. Nemani, and S.W. Running. 1998. Simulated impacts of historical vegetation change on global climate. American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, Special Session on "Climatic Processes at High Elevation Sites," San Francisco, CA, Dec 6-10, 1998. Eos 79 (45, Supplement):F339.
*Chase, T.N., R.A. Pielke, Sr., T.G.F. Kittel, R. Nemani, and S.W. Running. 1998. Global, historical land cover change and its impact on Mississippi Basin hydrology in January. GCIP Mississippi River Conference, St. Louis, June 1998.
Kittel, T.G.F., J.A. Royle, C. Daly, N.A. Rosenbloom, W.P. Gibson, H.H. Fisher, D.S. Schimel, L.M. Berliner, and VEMAP2 Participants. 1997. A historical (1895-1993) gridded climate dataset for the conterminous United States: Model input data for VEMAP Phase 2. 1997 Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of America, Albuquerque, NM, 11-14 August 1997. Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America 78(4, Supplement):124. Abstract.
*Chase, T.N., R.A. Pielke, T.G.F. Kittel, R. Nemani, and S.W. Running. 1997. The effect of realistic, historical land cover change on a GCM climate. American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, Dec 8-12, 1997. Eos 78(46):F260.
*Chase, T.N., R.A. Pielke, and T.G.F. Kittel. 1997. The effect of treeline on mountain circulations, convection and large scale flow. Pages 11-12, in: The First Ever Rocky Mountain National Park All Scientists Conference, June 9-10, Estes Park, Colorado. Abstract.
*Chase, T.N., R.A. Pielke, and T.G.F. Kittel, J.S. Baron, and T.J. Stohlgren. 1997. Impacts on Rocky Mountain climate due to Great Plains land use changes. Page 11, in: The First Ever Rocky Mountain National Park All Scientists Conference, June 9-10, Estes Park, Colorado. Abstract.
*Chase, T.N., R.A. Pielke, and T.G.F. Kittel. 1997. Treeline effects on mountain circulations, convection and large scale flow. Third Annual Student Ecology Symposium. March 27-28, 1997, Colorado State University, Ft. Collins, CO.
Pielke, R.A., T.N. Chase, P.L. Vidale, C.L. Ziegler, G.E. Liston, R.L. Walko, L.T. Steyaert, and T.G.F. Kittel. 1997. Landscape effects on the hydrologic cycle. Workshop on Scaling Issues in the Coupling of Hydrological and Atmospheric Models. Fifth Scientific Assembly, IAHS, Rabat, Morocco, 23 April-3 May 1997. Abstract.
*Copeland, J.H., T.G.F. Kittel, and R.A. Pielke. 1996. Climatic impacts of landscape change in the central United States. American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, Dec 15-19, 1996. Eos.
Drapek, R.J., R.P. Neilson, and VEMAP Participants [includes T.G.F. Kittel]. 1996. Continental scale leaf area index simulation: VEMAP model intercomparisons. Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting, Providence, RI, Aug 1996. Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America 77(3, Supplement, Part 2):118.
Hartman, M.A., J.S. Baron, R.A. Lammers, L.E. Band, and T.G.F. Kittel. 1996. Scenarios of subalpine hydrologic and ecologic responses to climate change using the RHESSys model structure. Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting, Providence, RI, Aug 1996. Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America 77(3, Supplement, Part 2): 185.
Hibbard, K.A., S.W. Running, E. Cienciala, T.G.F. Kittel, H. Fisher, and VEMAP Members. 1996. Water balance of the VEMAP biogeochemistry and biogeography models: I. Comparisons with observed data. American Geophysical Union Spring Meeting, Baltimore, May 20-24, 1996. Eos 77(17):S114-115
Liston, G.E., R.A. Pielke, T.G.F. Kittel, L. Lu, and J.H. Copeland. 1996. Formulating the Regional Atmospheric Modeling System (RAMS) for use in regional climate studies. In: 3rd Annual Central Plains Experimental Range LTER Symposium, Ft. Collins, CO, 11 Jan 1996.
Liston, G.E., R.A. Pielke, T.G.F. Kittel, L. Lu, and J.H. Copeland. 1996. Formulating the Regional Atmospheric Modeling System (RAMS) for use in regional climate studies. Carbon America Conference, June 13-14, 1996, Boulder, CO. Poster.
McKeown, R., D.S. Ojima, T.G.F. Kittel, D.S. Schimel, W.J. Parton, H. Fisher, and T. Painter. 1996. Ecosystem modeling of spatially explicit land surface changes for climate and global change analysis. In: Third International Conference/Workshop on Integrating Geographic Information Systems and Environmental Modeling, January 21-25 1996, Santa Fe, NM. National Center for Geographic Information and Analysis, Santa Barbara, CA. Abstract.
Pielke, R.A., T. Chase, P.L. Vidale, C. Ziegler, G. Liston, R. Walko, L. Steyaert, J. Copeland, and T. Kittel. 1996. Landscape effects on the hydrologic cycle. Second International Scientific Conference on the Global Energy and Water Cycle, Washington, DC, 17-21 June 1996. Abstract.
Pielke R.A., T. Chase, T.G.F. Kittel, G. Liston, L. Lu, L. Steyaert, and C. Ziegler. 1996. Influence of landscape changes on regional climate. Workshop on High Resolution Climate Modeling in Wengen, Switzerland, 23-26 Sept 1996. Abstract.
Kittel, T.G.F., presenter for VEMAP Participants. 1995. The VEMAP integrated dataset for simulation of ecological responses to global change: Current climate and climate change scenarios. Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting, Snowbird, UT, Aug 1995. In: Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America 76 (2, Supplement):143.
*Chase, T.N., T.G.F. Kittel, R.A. Pielke, J.H. Copeland, and J.Baron. 1995. Colorado Rocky Mountain climate: Trends and sensitivities. Symposium on The Past, Present, and Future of Rocky Mountain Ecosystems. Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting, Snowbird, UT, Aug 1995. In: Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America76 (2, Supplement):44.
*Chase, T.N., R.A. Pielke, T.G.F. Kittel, and J. Baron. 1995. Possible impacts on Colorado Rocky Mountain hydrology due to land use changes in the adjacent Great Plains. Page 13, in: Program, Abstracts and Contributed Papers. The Next 50 Years: Stream Ecology, Ecosystems and Watershed Interactions. 50th Anniversary - Annual Meeting. Rocky Mountain Hydrologic Research Center and Rocky Mountain Hydraulic Laboratory. Sept 22-23,1995. Estes Park Colorado.
Fisher, H., D.S. Schimel, T.G.F. Kittel, B.H. Braswell, and VEMAP Participants. 1995. Modeling and remote sensing of spatial variability in ecosystem processes using AVHRR Pathfinder. 1995 American Geophysical Union Spring Meeting, May 1995, Baltimore, MD. Eos 76(17):S51.
Haxeltine, A. and R.P. Neilson, Presenters for VEMAP Participants [includes T.G.F. Kittel]. 1995. Intercomparison of three biogeography models, BIOME2, MAPSS and DOLY. Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting, Snowbird, UT, Aug 1995. Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America 76 (2, Supplement):112.
McGuire, A.D., Presenter for VEMAP Participants [includes T.G.F. Kittel]. 1995. The responses of net primary production (NPP) and total carbon storage for the continental United States to changes in atmospheric CO2, climate, and vegetation. Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting, Snowbird, UT, Aug 1995. Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America 76 (2, Supplement):177.
McKeown, R., D.S. Ojima, T.G.F. Kittel, D.S. Schimel, and W.J. Parton. 1995. Integrated earth system studies: Joint research efforts of global change. Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting, Snowbird, UT, Aug 1995. Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America 76 (2, Supplement):178.
Ojima, D.S., D.S. Schimel, R. McKeown, T.G.F. Kittel, and W.J. Parton. 1995. Ecosystem dynamics and carbon storage for the continental United States. In: IUGG XXI General Assembly, Boulder, CO, July 2-14 1995. Abstracts, vol. B.
Ojima, D.S., Presenter for VEMAP Participants [includes T.G.F. Kittel]. 1995. The impact of climate and CO2 changes on ecosystem dynamics of the continental United States. Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting, Snowbird, UT, Aug 1995. Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America 76 (2, Supplement):199.
Pan, Y., Presenter for VEMAP Participants [includes T.G.F. Kittel]. 1995. Sensitivity of terrestrial ecosystems to elevated atmospheric CO2: Comparisons of model simulation studies to CO2 effect. Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting, Snowbird, UT, Aug 1995. Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America 76 (2, Supplement):205.
Pitelka, L.F., Presenter for VEMAP Participants [includes T.G.F. Kittel]. 1995. The Vegetation/ Ecosystem Modeling and Analysis Project: An introduction. Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting, Snowbird, UT, Aug 1995. Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America 76 (2, Supplement):214.
Rosenbloom, N.A., T.G.F. Kittel, R. McKeown, D.S. Schimel, and VEMAP Modeling Participants. 1995. The importance of topographic effects in a gridded bioclimatology for scaling ecological models. Special session on Scaling Land-Atmosphere Processes from Leaf to Canopy, 1995 American Geophysical Union Spring Meeting, May 1995, Baltimore, MD. Eos 76(17):S126.
Walko, R.L., R.A. Pielke, L.E. Band, R. Lammers, C. Tague, J. Baron, and T.G.F. Kittel. 1995. Simulation of atmospheric and soil water exchange in coupled models. In: IUGG XXI General Assembly, Boulder, CO, July 2-14 1995. Abstracts, vol. B.
Kittel, T.G.F., N.A. Rosenbloom, T.H. Painter, D.S. Schimel, and VEMAP Modeling Participants. 1994. A physically-consistent database for simulation of ecosystem/vegetation responses to global change: The VEMAP U.S. dataset. In: First GCTE Science Conference, Woods Hole, Mass., May 23-27, 1994. Book of Abstracts, pp. 86-87. Global Change and Terrestrial Ecosystems, International Geosphere-Biosphere Program.
Baron, J., R.A. Pielke, D.S. Ojima, L.A. Band, T.G.F. Kittel, and W.J. Parton. 1994. Interpreting climate/ecosystem feedbacks on a regional scale: An example using the South Platte River Basin of Colorado. EMAP Landscape Workshop, Portal, AZ, March 1994. Abstract.
*Chase, T.N., R.A. Pielke, and T.G.F. Kittel. 1994. Actual vs. potential vegetation: Does it affect climate? Special session on Continental-Scale Hydrology-Climate Interaction, 1993 American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, Dec. 1994, San Francisco. Eos 75(44, Supplement):228.
*Copeland, J.H., R.A. Pielke, T.G.F. Kittel. 1994. Impacts of vegetation and soil moisture distribution on regional summertime climate as revealed by a regional climate model. Special session on Continental-Scale Hydrology-Climate Interaction, 1993 American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, Dec 5-9, 1994, San Francisco. Eos 75(44, Supplement):228.
*Copeland, J.H., T.N. Chase, R.A. Pielke, T.G.F. Kittel. 1994. Sensitivity of the United States summer climatology to vegetation distribution as revealed by a regional climate model. American Geophysical Union Spring Meeting, Baltimore, MD, May 23-27, 1994. Eos 75(16, Supplement):99-100.
Hall, D.O., J.M.O. Scurlock, W.J. Parton, D.S. Ojima, T.G.F. Kittel, D.S. Schimel, and M.B. Coughenour. 1994. Global change impacts on grassland ecosystems worldwide. In: First GCTE Science Conference, Woods Hole, Mass., May 23-27, 1994. Book of Abstracts, p.27. Global Change and Terrestrial Ecosystems, International Geosphere-Biosphere Program.
Ojima, D.S., T.G.F. Kittel, D.S. Schimel, T. Painter, and B. McKeown. 1994. Ecosystem modeling of land cover patterns in the conterminous United States. Workshop on Testing and Evaluation of the USGS 1-km AVHRR-Land Cover Characteristics Data for the Conterminous United States: Results and Recommendations, April 18-20, 1994, Sioux Falls, SD. Abstract.
Ojima, D.S., D.S. Schimel, W.J. Parton, S. Archer, L. Band, J. Baron, B., Brown, K. Hibbard, T.G.F. Kittel, R.A. Pielke, S.W. Running, C. Wessman, and X. Xiao. 1994. Biospheric interactions with the hydrosphere and atmosphere. In: First GCTE Science Conference, Woods Hole, Mass., May 23-27, 1994. Book of Abstracts, p. 126. Global Change and Terrestrial Ecosystems, International Geosphere-Biosphere Program.
Pielke, R.A., J.H. Copeland, T.N. Chase, and T.G.F. Kittel. 1994. Development of regional climate scenarios using mesoscale model output. American Geophysical Union Spring Meeting, Baltimore, MD, May 23-27, 1994. Eos 75(16, Supplement):99.
Pierce, L.L., S.W. Running, and VEMAP Modeling Participants [includes T. Kittel]. 1994. Climate-induced variations in ecosystem model predictions of carbon uptake and storage. Session on Physical, Ecological, and Societal Responses to Global Environmental Change, 1994 American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, Dec. 1994, San Francisco. Eos 75(44, Supplement):55.
Rosenbloom, N.A., T.G.F. Kittel, T.H. Painter, D.S. Schimel, and VEMAP Modeling Participants. 1994. A physically-consistent database for simulation of U.S. ecosystem/vegetation responses to global change: The VEMAP dataset. Special session on Continental-Scale Hydrology-Climate Interaction, 1994 American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, Dec. 1994, San Francisco. Eos 75(44, Supplement):219.
Walko, R.L., R.A. Pielke, L.E. Band, R. Lammers, C. Tague, J. Baron, and T.G.F. Kittel. 1994. Coupled ecosystem models for simulating the transport of groundwater. Special session on Continental-Scale Hydrology-Climate Interaction, 1993 American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, Dec. 1994, San Francisco. Eos 75(44, Supplement):227.
Baron, J., R.A. Pielke, L.A. Band, S.R. Running, T.G.F. Kittel, D.S. Ojima, and W.J. Parton. 1993. Modeling land surface-atmospheric interactions in the South Platte River Basin. 1993 South Platte Forum: Seeking an Integrated Approach to Watershed Management in the South Platte Basin, Oct 26-28, 1993, Fort Collins, CO. Abstract.
Bromberg, J.G., T.G.F. Kittel, D.S. Schimel. 1993. Using a scientific GIS and spatial statistics to analyze temporal data. In: Second International Conference/Workshop on Integrating Geographic Information Systems and Environmental Modeling, Sept. 1993, Breckenridge, CO. Proceedings. National Center for Geographic Information and Analysis, Santa Barbara, CA.
*Chase, T.N., J.H. Copeland, R.A. Pielke, and T.G.F. Kittel. 1993. Scale interactions and climate change in the Colorado Rockies. Special session on Regional-Global Climate Interactions, 1993 American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, Dec. 1993, San Francisco. Eos 74(43, Supplement):171.
*Copeland, J.H., R.A Pielke, and T.G.F. Kittel. 1993. Simulation of a multiyear July climatology for the Central Grasslands with a regional climate model. Special session on Regional-Global Climate Interactions, 1993 American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, Dec 1993, San Francisco. Eos 74(43, Supplement):171.
*Copeland, J., T. Kittel, and R.A. Pielke. 1993. Implementation of RAMS for Central Grasslands climate change simulations. Colorado Rockies Biogeographical Area Global Change Research Program Principal Investigators Meeting, Estes Park, CO, Mar 1993. Abstract.
Falkner, M.B., T.G.F. Kittel, J. Detling, R. Neilson, D. Ojima, R.A. Pielke, W, Reiners, and T.J. Stohlgren. 1993. Understanding coupled climatic and ecosystem responses to global climate change in the Central Grasslands Region. Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting, Madison, WI, Aug 1993. Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America 74(, Supplement):.
Pielke, R.A., J. Baron, T. Chase, J. Copeland, T.G.F. Kittel, T.J. Lee, R. Walko, and X. Zeng. 1993. Use of mesoscale models for simulation of seasonal weather and climate change for the Rocky Mountain States. In: Second International Conference/Workshop on Integrating Geographic Information Systems and Environmental Modeling, Sept. 1993, Breckenridge, CO. Proceedings. National Center for Geographic Information and Analysis, Santa Barbara, CA.
Stohlgren, T.J., J. Baron, and T.G.F. Kittel. 1993. Understanding coupled climatic, hydrological, and ecosystem responses to global climate change in the Colorado Rockies. Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting, Madison, WI, Aug 1993. Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America 74(, Supplement):.
Kittel, T., R. Pielke, J. Baron, and D. Schimel. 1992. Climatic change in the Colorado Rocky Mountains: Bounding projected change in regional climate. In: Second Annual LWVS/WEBB/COLR Workshop and Planning Meeting. Rocky Mountain National Park, Estes Park, CO, Mar 1992.
Knapp, L., and T. Kittel. 1992. Scientific visualization within a GIS: A task analysis approach. In: Program and Abstracts of the Association of American Geographers Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA, April 1992.
Kittel, T.G.F. 1991. Continental-scale response of the Normalized Difference Vegetation Index to climate variability. Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting, San Antonio, TX, Aug 1991. Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America 72(2, Supplement):162.
Coughenour, M.B., and T. Kittel. 1991. Grassland/atmosphere response to changing climate: Coupling regional and local scales. Page 9, in: Theoretical Ecology: Progress and Prospects.Workshop sponsored by Ecological Research Division, Office of Energy Research, Dept. of Energy, held at Gaithersburg, MD, 29 Apr - 1 May 1991. Abstract.
Litz, S., K.V. Le, T. Giblin, A. Beller, T. Kittel, and D.S. Schimel. 1991. A temporal GIS for global change research. GIS/LIS 91 Annual Conference, Atlanta, GA, 28 Oct - 1 Nov 1991. Abstract.
Pielke, R.A., G. Dalu, J.S. Snook, T.J. Lee, and T.G.F. Kittel. 1991. Nonlinear influence of mesoscale landuse on weather and climate. International Association of Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics, Vienna, Austria, 13-16 Aug 1991. Abstract.
Kittel, T.G.F., D.S. Schimel, and W.J. Parton. 1990. Sensitivity of the climate change response of biogeochemical dynamics to direct CO2 effects: Simulation of the North American Central Grasslands. Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting, Snowbird, UT, Aug 1990. Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America 71(2, Supplement):214.
Kittel, T.G.F., D.S. Schimel, W.J. Parton, and R.L. Sanford, Jr. 1990. Sensitivity of grassland and forest biogeochemical dynamics to GCM-simulated climate change. Third Workshop on the NCAR Community Climate Model, Boulder, CO, July 1990.
Kittel, T.G.F., D.S. Schimel, and W.J. Parton. 1989. Impact of CO2-induced climate change on grassland ecosystem dynamics. Page 105, in: 1989 AAG Annual Meeting Program and Abstracts. Association of American Geographers, Baltimore, MD, Apr 1989.
Kittel, T.G.F., D.S. Schimel, and W.J. Parton. 1989. Landscape controls over atmosphere/biosphere exchange: Data from FIFE. Page 29, in: Linking Landscape Structure to Ecosystem Processes, 4th Annual Landscape Ecology Symposium. Ft. Collins, CO, Mar 1989.
Kittel, T.G.F., D.S. Schimel, W.J. Parton, and M.O. Galvin. 1989. Response of biogeochemical dynamics to climate change: Simulation of the North American Central Grasslands. Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting, Toronto, Aug 1989. Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America 70 (2, Supplement):170.
Schimel, D.S., T.G.F. Kittel, and T.R. Seastedt. 1989. Landscape variability in resource allocation in a tallgrass prairie. Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting, Toronto. Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America 70 (2, Suppl.):254.
Kittel, T.G.F. 1988. Climatic variability in the shortgrass steppe. LTER Climate Committee Workshop on Climate Variability and Ecosystem Response, Nederland, CO, Aug 1988. Abstract.
Schimel, D.S., T.G.F. Kittel, and W.J. Parton. 1988. Ecosystem controls over atmosphere/biosphere exchange: Data from FIFE. American Geophysical Union, 1988 Fall Meeting, San Francisco, Dec 1988. Eos 69:1058.
Kittel, T.G.F., and J.J. Carroll, III. 1987. North American vegetation distribution in relation to atmospheric circulation parameters. Page 52, in: AAG Annual Meeting, Program and Abstracts. Association of American Geographers, Portland, OR, Apr 1987.
Kittel, T. 1986. Global relationships between thermally-controlled vegetation boundaries and tropospheric circulation parameters. Page 203, in: Program of the IV International Congress of Ecology. Syracuse, NY, Aug 1986.
Kittel, T.G.F., and J.J. Carroll, III. 1984. Comparison of North American vegetation zones and circulation of the troposphere. Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting, Ft. Collins, CO, Aug 1984. Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America 65:154.
Kittel, T.G.F., and J.J. Carroll, III. 1984. The use of long-term seasonal means of 500 mb circulation parameters for the modeling of major vegetation zones in North America. Proceedings of the Pacific Division, American Association for the Advancement of Science. Vol. 3 (Part 1):51-52. San Francisco, June 1984.