TIMOTHY KITTEL
Institute 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
fax: +1 303 258-3790 
web page: http://culter.colorado.edu/~kittel/
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Born: 1952
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EDUCATION

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Current Positions
Prior Experience
Expanded descriptions for selected areas:
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
INTERNATIONAL FIELD EXPERIENCE
AREAS OF RESEARCH
Disciplinary Areas
Integrative Areas:  Biogeosciences
 PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES PUBLICATIONS
Refereed Journal Publications
Peer-reviewed Reports & Chapters
Edited Books & Journal Special Issues
Non-refereed Chapters & Papers
Published Datasets
Technical Reports & Monographs
Reports to Agencies —
    Committee & Science Team Reports
    Reports to Granting Agencies
Published Abstracts
EDUCATION
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 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)
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
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Current Positions
 
2002-present Research Affiliate, Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research (INSTAAR), Univ of Colorado at Boulder, and concurrently Research Associate, Univ of Colorado at Boulder (2004-2005, 2007-present).
2007-present Affiliate Scientist, Natural Resource Ecology Laboratory (NREL), Colorado State Univ, Ft. Collins.
2000-2005 / 
2007-present		 Instructor, 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, forthcoming 2008. TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2007-present Climate Change Advisor, British Columbia Regional Office, Nature Conservancy of Canada, Victoria, BC.
Prior 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, Climate and Global Dynamics Division, National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO.  Ecosystem Dynamics and the Atmosphere Section and Terrestrial Sciences Section.
1998-1999 / 
1999-2001		 Deputy 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
2005-2008 Lecturer, Mountain Research Station, Univ of Colorado, Nederland, CO.  Feb-Mar 2005, 2006, 2008. 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
AREAS OF RESEARCH
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Disciplinary Areas —

Integrative Areas:  Biogeosciences & Conservation Biology —
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES — RESEARCH, SERVICE, AND PUBLICATIONS
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• Professional Society Membership & Activities (p. 4)
• Awards and Honors (p. 5)
• Professional Service — National & International Committees and Science Teams (p. 5)
• Professional Service — Workshops & Meeting Sessions Organized (p. 6)
• Professional Service — Peer Review (p. 7)
• Home Institution Service (p. 8)
• Community Service — Outreach (p. 9)
• Invited Seminars (p. 10)
• Invited Talks at Professional Meetings & Workshops (p. 11)
• Publications (p. 14)
SPONSORED RESEARCH (n=17)
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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)

VEMAP 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, Theoretical Ecology Program. Sept 1989-Nov 1992.  $210K/3y.  (Principal Investigator, with M. Coughenour, Colorado State Univ)

As Co-Principal Investigator/Co-Investigator The Impacts of Climate Change on Alaskan Coastal Arctic Tundra.  The Nature Conservancy, Global Climate Change Initiative.  2002-2003.  (B. Baker, PI, TNC)

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)

 Integrated Research Challenges: Biological Controls of Terrestrial Carbon Fluxes.  NSF Integrated Research Challenges Program. 1999-2004.  $2.8M/4y.  (Co-Principal Investigator; D. Ojima, Lead PI, Colorado State Univ).

A Climatic Analysis of Long-Term Ecological Research Sites.  NSF Long-Term Ecological Research (LTER) Program.  1994-1996.  $100K/2y. (Co-Principal Investigator, with D. Greenland, Univ of Oregon)

  Dynamic Land Surface/Atmospheric Parameterization at Different Spatial Scales for the South Platte River Drainage. NOAA Global Change Program. 1993-1995. (Co-Investigator; R. Pielke, J. Baron, W. Parton, PIs, Colorado State Univ)

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)

  A Scientific GIS for Global Change Research. IBM Independent Research and Development Project.  1990-1994. (Collaborator; L. Knapp and A. Beller, IBM, Project Leaders)

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)

  Response of a Temperate Grassland Ecosystem to Climate Change: Importance of Biotic Interactions and Feedbacks. Ecosystems Studies Program, NSF. 1989-1994. (Co-Investigator; H.W. Hunt, PI, Colorado State Univ)

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)
PROFESSIONAL SOCIETY MEMBERSHIP AND ACTIVITIES
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Current Membership

American Geophysical Union
Professional Society Activities
* Society member at time of service
PROFESSIONAL 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.

Professional Society Honors
*American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS): Award for Excellence, Pacific Division, Atmospheric and Hydrospheric Science Section. 1984.
AWARDS AND HONORS
BACK TO ACTIVITIES INDEX |BACK TO TOP Postdoctoral Fellowship, Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere, Colorado State Univ.  1985.
Award for Excellence, American Association for the Advancement of Science,
    Pacific Division, Atmospheric and Hydrospheric Science Section. 1984.
Sigma Xi Scientific Research Society.  Elected to membership, 1978.
Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society.  Elected to membership, 1975.
Departmental Citation, Division of Environmental Studies, University of California, Davis. 1975.
Research Fellowship, Foresta Institute for Ocean and Mountain Studies, Carson City, NV.  1972.
PROFESSIONAL SERVICE — NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEES AND SCIENCE TEAMS (18)
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International

British Columbia Central Interior Ecoregional Assessment, Nature Conservancy of Canada, Victoria, BC.  Team Lead, Climate Change Working Group & Member, Core Team.  2007-2008.

Vegetation/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.
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.
Model Evaluation Consortium for Climate Assessment (MECCA) Analysis Team.  1992-1995.

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.

National
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.

Climate Scenario Task Force, USDA Forest Service Global Change Research Program. 1994-1997.
NASA EOS Algorithm Theoretical Basis Document (ATBD) Review Panel. 1997.
NASA EOS Pathfinder AVHRR Land Surface Science Working Group. 1992-1994.   Climate System Modeling Program (CSMP) Science Team, University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR). 1991-1996.

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.
PROFESSIONAL SERVICE — WORKSHOPS & MEETING SESSIONS ORGANIZED OR CHAIRED (16)
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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).

Steering Committee, 2nd International Conference on Integrating GIS and Environmental Modeling, National Center for Geographical Information and Analysis (NCGIA). 1992-1993.

    International Research Program Workshops VEMAP2 Fast-Track Experiment Results Workshop, 6-10 April 1999, Breckenridge, CO. (Organizer, with D. Schimel)   VEMAP2 Preliminary Modeling Results Workshop, 21-22 Oct 1998, Biosphere2, Oracle, AZ. (Organizer, with D. Schimel)

VEMAP2 Experimental Design Workshop, April 1998, Ft. Collins, CO. (Organizer, with D. Schimel)

     Non-Governmental Organizations
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)

Climate 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)

National

   Professional Society Meetings

Contributed Paper and Poster Sessions Organizing Committee, 1996 Annual Combined Meeting, Ecological Society of America (ESA), August 1996, Providence, RI.

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.

    Government Agency Workshops 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).

    Academic & Research Institution Workshops Global Climate Change and Regional Responses Workshop, Pingree Park, CO, Oct 1991. Climate System Modeling Program (CSMP), University Corporation of Atmospheric Research (UCAR).  (Organizer, with R. Pielke, D. Schimel, and F. Bretherton)   Workshop on Monitoring Climate for the Effects of Increasing Greenhouse Gas Concentrations. Pingree Park, CO, Aug 1987.  Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere (CIRA), Colorado State University.  (Organizer, with R. Pielke)
PROFESSIONAL SERVICE — PEER REVIEW
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Agency Program and Institutional Review

    International

Ecosystems Branch, British Columbia Ministry of Environment, Canada.  Ecosystem Conservation Framework - Foundation Documents Review.  2008
    National
NASA EOS Data Assimilation System (DAS) Program Review. 1997.
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.
Publications Peer-review
    Journals:
BioScience. 1992.
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
    Books:
Addison-Wesley Publishers: Terrestrial Plant Ecology (Barbour et al. 1998). 1998.
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Working Group II: Climate Change 1995 . 1995.
Grassland Ecosystems of the Mongolian Steppe (proceedings volume)
    Agency publications:
NOAA National Geophysical Data Center (Global Ecosystems Database CDROM)
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.
Proposal Review
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.
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.
HOME INSTITUTION SERVICE
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National Center for Atmospheric Research (1991-2002)

Steering Committee and Working Group, NCAR Weather and Climate Impact Assessment Science Initiative.  2001-2002.
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.
Colorado State University (1985-1994) Member, Program for Ecological Studies. 1990-1994.
Workshop Scholarship Committee, Program for Ecological Studies.  1990.
Instructor, Global Change Graduate Seminar, Program for Ecological Studies.  1989.
Co-organizer, Laird-Norton Forum on Global Change. 1989-1990.
Organizer, NREL-CIRA Joint Seminar Series on Global Change. 1987-1989.
Guest Lecturer, Biogeochemistry, Department of Range Science. 1989.
Fellowship Selection Committee, Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere. 1986. University of California, Davis (1977-1984)
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.
COMMUNITY SERVICE — OUTREACH
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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 TEACHING EXPERIENCE) Instructor, Summer Ecosystem Experiences for Undergraduates (SEE-U), Center for Environmental Research and Conservation, Columbia University, New York.  Lecture, field, and digital laboratory course: Overview.  Course taught at Biosphere 2 Center, Oracle, AZ, July-Aug 2000 and June-July 2001, and at Instituto de Pesquisas Ecológicas, Nazaré Paulista, São Paulo, Brazil, July-Sept 2002 and June-July and July-Aug 2003

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.

 Field Study Programs (8) (see alsoINTERNATIONAL FIELD AND TRAVEL EXPERIENCE) Volunteer Scientist, Guanacos of Patagonia Research Expedition, Chile. EarthWatch Expeditions. Dec 1977-Jan 1978.

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:

Assistant Field Director, Washoe Pines Ecology Program. July-Aug 1972.
Mountaineering Program Leader, Washoe Pines Ecology Program. July-Aug 1970, 1971, June-July 1975.
Field Instructor, NSF-High School Student Science Training Program (SSTP). June-July 1971, 1972.
Field Instructor, NSF-High School Teachers’ In-Service Training Institute (TISI). Oct-Dec 1971.
Field Instructor, IUCN-UNESCO Joint International Environmental Education Conference, June-July 1970.
Volunteer Instructor, The Study of Natural Areas, Agora Alternative Education Program, Davis Senior High School. Apr-June 1975.
Outreach Presentations Hidden Corners, Inc., Mongolian Magic Expedition, Mongolia. "Ecology of Lake Khövsgöl."  July 1998.

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.

  Non-profits and Industry Outreach The Nature Conservancy (TNC) —
  Participant.  TNC 4th Wetland Management Network (WETNET) Workshop: From Science to Strategy: How to Put Lessons from Wetland Ecology into Practice. 15-17 April 2003, Tulum, Mexico.
Contributor.  Project on The Impacts of Climate Change on Alaskan Coastal Arctic Tundra: A Synthesis of Possible Outcomes.  TNC Global Climate Change Initiative.  2002-2003.
Invited Visitor.  Application of global climate change assessments in nature preserve design.  TNC Western Resource Office, Boulder, CO.  Dec 2000.
Invited Visitor.  Application of global climate change assessments in nature preserve design.  TNC Colorado Field Office, Boulder, CO.  March 2007.


University Liaison/Technical Advisor. A Scientific GIS for Global Change Research, an IBM Independent Research and Development Project.  IBM, Boulder, CO. 1990-1994.
INVITED SEMINARS (9)
BACK TO ACTIVITIES INDEX |BACK TO TOP Ecosystems Branch, British Columbia Ministry of Environment.  "The Climate Threat and Conservation Planning."  British Columbia Conservation Data Center (BCCDC), Victoria, BC, Canada.  Oct 2007.

Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research, University of Colorado at Boulder.  "Historical and Future Climates of the US Rocky Mountains."  Oct 2002. ABSTRACT |  PRESENTATION (pdf file)

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.

Organization for Tropical Studies (OTS), La Selva Biological Reserve, Costa Rica. "Global Climate Change: A Tropical Forest Perspective." June 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.
INVITED TALKS AT PROFESSIONAL MEETINGS AND WORKSHOPS (50)
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International

    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.

IAHS 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)

    Non-Governmental Organizations
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.

Nature 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) Alaska–Yukon–British Columbia Conservation Exchange Workshop.  "The Climate Threat and Conservation Planning."  Haines Junction, Yukon, Canada.  7-9 May 2007. ABSTRACT

    International Research Programs
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)

MECCA 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.

    Academic & Research Institution Hosted Workshops
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

    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)

AGU 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)

    Government Agency Workshops
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.

USDA 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.

    Academic & Research Institution Hosted Workshops
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), External Advisory Panel Meeting. "Bioclimate Datasets for Assessment of Climate Impacts on Ecosystems:  Spatio-temporal Statistical Infilling of Climate Fields." Boulder, CO.  May 2000.
Professional Society hosted

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.

 NSF Site Visit to the Geophysical Statistics Project at NCAR (GSP). "Historical Climate Reconstruction for the United States for the Last 100 years." Research Review. NCAR, Boulder, CO. 21-23 May, 1997.

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. "Development of Large Domain, Multi-Time Resolution Data Sets for Terrestrial Biosphere Modeling: The VEMAP Database as a Case Study." Boulder, CO. 9-11 May 1994.

UCAR/OIES Workshop on Data Sets for Terrestrial Biosphere Modeling. "Terrestrial Biosphere Model Strategies and Climate Data Requirements." Boulder, CO. 9-11 May 1994.

 Niwot Ridge LTER Research Workshop. "Regional Climate Change Scenarios for the Colorado Rocky Mountains." University of Colorado Mountain Research Station, CO. Aug 1992. UCAR/CSMP Global Climate Change and Regional Responses Workshop. "Modeling Regional Biospheric Response to Global Change." Climate System Modeling Program, UCAR. Pingree Park, CO, Oct 1991. UCAR/CSMP Natural Variability, Model Validation, and Greenhouse Warming Detection Workshop. "Natural Variability, Model Credibility, and the Biosphere." Sponsored by Climate System Modeling Program, UCAR. Boulder, CO. May 1991.

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.

    Industry Research Group Hosted Meetings
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.

PUBLICATIONS (Total = 154, excluding Reports to Agencies and Conference Abstracts)
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• Peer-reviewed Reports and Chapters in Books (n=24, p. 18) • Edited Books and Journal Special Issues (n=2, p. 21)
• Non-refereed Chapters in Books, Notes in Journals, and Proceedings Papers (n=46, p. 21)
• Published Datasets (n=14, p. 25)   = ANIMATION LINKS
• Technical Reports and Monographs (n=21, p. 27)
• Reports to Agencies (n=42, p. 29) • Published Abstracts of Conference Papers (n=105, p. 31)
Refereed Journal Publications (n=45)
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ISI citations
    [ISI citation index] given for papers if  >/=20.  Last updated June 2006.
    Total ISI citations for refereed papers = 2082

* Papers by a doctoral student directly advised
† Papers by a postdoctoral fellow directly advised

    2005-2006

†Fuentes, M., T.G.F. Kittel, and D. Nychka.  2006.  Sensitivity of ecological models to their climate drivers: Statistical ensembles for forcing.  Ecological Applications, 16:99–116. ABSTRACT | PAPER (pdf)

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: 2244–2257. ABSTRACT | PAPER (pdf)

    2001-2004
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. ABSTRACT | PAPER (pdf)

*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. ABSTRACT| PAPER (pdf)

†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. ABSTRACT  |PAPER (pdf)

Greenland, D., and T.G.F. Kittel.  2002.  Temporal variability of climate at the US Long-Term Ecological Research (LTER) sites. Climate Research 19:213–231.ABSTRACT  | PAPER (pdf)

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. PAPER (pdf)

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. ABSTRACT|  PAPER (pdf)

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. PAPER (pdf)

   1999-2000 Kittel, T.G.F., W.L. Steffen, and F.S. Chapin, III. 2000. Global and regional modeling of arctic-boreal vegetation distribution and its sensitivity to altered forcing. Global Change Biology 6 (Suppl. 1): 1-18. ABSTRACT|PAPER (pdf)[ISI citation index = 30]

*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. ABSTRACT| PAPER (pdf) [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.PAPER (pdf)

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.ABSTRACT | PAPER (pdf) [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. ABSTRACT | PAPER (pdf)

 *Chase, T.N., R. Pielke, Sr., T.G.F. Kittel, J.S. Baron, and T.J. Stohlgren.  1999.  Potential impacts on Colorado Rocky Mountain weather due to land use changes on the adjacent Great Plains. Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres 104:16673-16690. PAPER (pdf) [ISI citation index = 27]

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

     1996-1998 Kittel, T.G.F.  1998.  Effects of climatic variability on herbaceous phenology and observed species richness in temperate montane habitats, Lake Tahoe Basin, Nevada. Madroño 45:75-84. 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. [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. [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. [ISI citation index = 89]

 *Chase, T.N., R.A. Pielke, T.G.F. Kittel, R. Nemani, and S.W. Running. 1996. Sensitivity of a general circulation model to global changes in leaf area index. Journal of Geophysical Research 101:7393-7408.  [ISI citation index = 72]

*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]

     1993-1995 Kittel, T.G.F., N.A. Rosenbloom, T.H. Painter, D.S. Schimel, and VEMAP Modeling Participants. 1995. The VEMAP integrated database for modeling United States ecosystem/vegetation sensitivity to climate change. Journal of Biogeography 22: 857-862.ABSTRACT  |  PAPER (pdf file) [ISI citation index = 90]

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]

     1990-1992 Turner, C.L., T.R. Seastedt, M.I. Dyer, T.G.F. Kittel, and D.S. Schimel. 1992. Effects of management and topography on the radiometric response of a tallgrass prairie. Journal of Geophysical Research 97:18,855-18,866.

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, A.K. Knapp, T.R. Seastedt, W.J. Parton, and V.B. Brown. 1991. Physiological interactions along resource gradients in a tallgrass prairie. Ecology 72:670-682. [ISI citation index = 91]

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]
Peer-reviewed Reports and Chapters in Books (24)
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   2002-2006

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>.

    1997-2001 MacCracken, M., E. Barron, D. Easterling, B. Felzer, and T. Karl [with contributions from the National Assessment Climate Scenario Team, including T. Kittel].  2001. Scenarios for climate variability and change.   Chapter 1 (pp. 13-71), 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

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 pdf (900k) | On-line 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.

     1996 Beniston, M., and D.G. Fox (Convening Lead Authors) [contributing authors include T.G.F. Kittel]. 1996. Impacts and adaptation options for mountain regions. Pp. 191-213 (Chapter 5), in: Climate Change 1995. Impacts, Adaptations and Mitigation of Climate Change: Scientific-Technical Analyses. Contribution of Working Group II to the Second Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. R.T. Watson, M.C. Zinyowera, and R.H. Moss (eds.). 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.

     1993-1995 Stohlgren, T.J., J. Baron, T.G.F. Kittel, and D. Binkley. 1995. Ecosystem trends in the Colorado Rockies. Pp. 310-312, in: Our Living Resources: A Report to the Nation on the Distribution, Abundance, and Health of U.S. Plants, Animals, and Ecosystems. E.T. LaRoe, G.S. Farris, C.E. Puckett, P.D. Doran, and M.J. Mac (eds.). Department of Interior, National Biological Service, Washington, DC.

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.

     1990-92 Baron, J., R.A. Pielke, W.J. Parton, D.S. Ojima, T.B. Kirchner, S.W. Running, and T.G.F. Kittel. 1992. Dynamic land surface/atmospheric parameterization for the South Platte River drainage. Pp. 273-282, in: Managing Water Resources during Global Change. R. Herrmann (ed.). American Water Resources Association, Bethesda, MD.

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.

    Submitted:
Baker, B.B., and T.G.F. Kittel.  2006.  Threshold responses to climate change on Alaska’s North slope.   Chapter in: B. Hare (Chief Editor), Key Vulnerable Regions and Climate Change.   Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research.  Under review.
Edited Books and Journal Special Issues (2)
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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.
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    1999-2002

Kittel, T., and G. Kittel. 2002.  Field notes from Cuba. [Report on The Natural Area Association’s 5th International Workshop, November 9–18, 2001.]  Natural Areas News.  6(1):6-8. WORKSHOP RPT (pdf file)
Gibson, W.P., C. Daly, T. Kittel, D. Nychka, C. Johns, N. Rosenbloom, A. McNab, and G. Taylor.  2002.  Development of a 103-year high-resolution climate data set for the conterminous United States.  Pages 181-183, in: Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Applied Climatology, May 13-16, 2002, Portland, Oregon.  American Meteorological Society, Boston. PAPER (pdf)

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.

     1997-1998 Kittel, T., D. Schimel, N. Rosenbloom, and H. Fisher. 1998. U.S. climate and ecological data available on CD-ROM and online. Eos 79:47.

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.

 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 gridded historical (1895-1993) bioclimate dataset for the conterminous United States. Pages 219-222, in: Proceedings of the 10th Conference on Applied Climatology, 20-24 October 1997, Reno, NV. American Meteorological Society, Boston.ABSTRACT [ISI citation index = 42]

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.

     1994-1996 Kittel, T.G.F., D.S. Ojima, D.S. Schimel, R. McKeown, J.G. Bromberg, T.H. Painter, N.A. Rosenbloom, W.J. Parton, and F. Giorgi. 1996. Model-GIS integration and dataset development for assessing the vulnerability of terrestrial ecosystems to climate change. Pp. 293-297, 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.

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.

     1991-1993 Kittel, T.G.F., D.S. Ojima, R. McKeown, T.P. Painter, J.G. Bromberg, W. Pulliam, D.S. Schimel, F. Giorgi, and W.J. Parto