Environmental and Societal Impacts Group (ESIG)

Staff:

Michael Glantz (head)
Richard Katz (deputy head)

Mary Downton (80%)
Victoria Holzhauer
Kathleen Miller
Roger Pielke, Jr.
Steven Rhodes
D. Jan Stewart

ASP posdoctoral fellows:

Melanie Mason (to 25 August 1995)
Tsegay Wolde-Georgis (as of 1 July 1995)

Visitors and Collaborators:

Dates refer to the visitor's stay at NCAR during FY95. No dates are given for collaborators who did not visit NCAR.


Richard Adams, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon; 4-7 June 1995; Institute on the Economics of the Climate Resource

Leigh Anderson; Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; 4-7 June 1995; Institute on the Economics of the Climate Resource

Randall Baker; Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana; 6-9 June 1995; climate variability and change

Matt Ball; Carnegie-Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; 4-7 June 1995; Institute on the Economics of the Climate Resource

Lynne Bennett; Yale University; New Haven, Connecticut; 4-7 June 1995; Institute on the Economics of the Climate Resource; worked on proposal for the NOAA Climate and Global Change Program 8-9 June 1995

Jean-Louis Bisson; HydroQuebec, Montreal, Quebec, Canada; 30 October 1995 to 4 November 1995; attended ENSO/North American Applications Workshop

Derek Bjonback; Environment Canada, Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada; 4-7 June 1995; Institute on the Economics of the Climate Resource

Dennis Black; Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado; 4-7 June 1995; Institute on the Economics of the Climate Resource

Kim Bloomquist; US Army Corps of Engineers, Chicago, Illinois; 4-7 June 1995; Institute on the Economics of the Climate Resource

James F. Booker; Alfred University, Alfred, New York; 4-7 June 1995; Institute on the Economics of the Climate Resource

Ronald Brunner; Department of Political Science, University of Colorado at Boulder; US global change policy

James Buizer; NOAA Office of Global Programs; ; 30 October 1995 to 4 November 1995; attended ENSO/North American Applications Workshop

Radford Byerly Jr.; formerly Chief of Staff, US House of Representatives, Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, Washington, DC; US science policy

Michele M. Betsill; Department of Political Science; University of Colorado at Boulder; 1 October 1994 to 30 September 1995; value of ENSO information

Russell Caid; Chiquita Brands International, Cincinnati, Ohio; ; 30 October-4 November 1995; attended ENSO/North American Applications Workshop

Stanley A. Changnon; Climatologist, Mahomet, Illinois; 7-10 August 1995; Weather Impacts Assessment planning meeting

Elizabeth Collins; Graduate School of International Studies, University of Colorado at Denver; 3 October 1994 to 15 September 1995; rates and processes of environmental change

John Cox; Sacramento Bee, Sacramento, California; ; 30 October-4 November 1995; attended ENSO/North American Applications Workshop

Thomas Creahan; University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio; 4-7 June 1995; Institute on the Economics of the Climate Resource

Keith Criddle; University of Alaska, Fairbanks, Alaska; 4-7 June 1995; Institute on the Economics of the Climate Resource

Roy Darwin; US Department of Agriculture, Washington, DC: 4-7 June 1995; Institute on the Economics of the Climate Resource

Margaret A. Davidson, South Carolina Sea Grant Consortium, Charleston, South Carolina; 7-10 August 1995 and 30 October-4 November 1995; Weather Impacts Assessment planning meeting and ENSO/North American Applications Workshop

Leslea Davison; Rice University, Houston, Texas; 15 May 1995 to 11 August 1995; statistics

Henry Diaz; NOAA, Boulder, Colorado; use of decadal hurricane forecasts by decisionmakers; 30 October-4 Novemer 1995, ENSO/North American Applications Workshop

Maxx Dilley; US Foreign Disaster Assistant, USAID, Washington, DC; 30 October-4 November 1995; ENSO/North American Applications Workshop

Hadi Dowlatabadi; Carnegie-Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennslyvania; 4-7 June 1995; Institute on the Economics of the Climate Resource

Mark Downing; Oak Ridge National Laboratories, Oak Ridge, Tennessee; 4-7 June 1995; Institute on the Economics of the Climate Resource

Thomas Drennan; Sandia National Laboratories, Los Alamos, New Mexico; 4-7 June 1995; Institute on the Economics of the Climate Resource

Paul Epstein; Harvard School of Public Health, Cambridge, Massachusetts; 30 October-4 November 1995; ENSO/North American Applications Workshop

Steve Farber; University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; 4-7 June 1995; Institute on the Economics of the Climate Resource

Sue Ferguson; US Forest Service, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington; integrated assessment of climate change

Anthony Fisher; University of California, Berkeley, California; 4-7 June 1995; Institute on the Economics of the Climate Resource

Christopher Fulcher; University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri; 4-7 June 1995; Institute on the Economics of the Climate Resource

Ray Garnett; Canadian Wheat Board, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada; 30 October-4 November 1995; ENSO/North American Applications Workshop

Juan Garrido; University of Extremadura, Badajoz, Spain; statistical downscaling

John Gates; University of Rhode Island, Kingston, Rhode Island; 4-7 June 1995; Institute on the Economics of the Climate Resource

John Gray; University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada; 4-7 June 1995; Institute on the Economics of the Climate Resource

William Gray; Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado; 30 October-4 November 1995; ENSO/North American Applications Workshop and Hurricane Andrew project

Chris Green; McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada; 4-7 June 1995; Institute on the Economics of the Climate Resource

Robert R. Gunning, School of Education, University of Colorado at Boulder; 1 October 1994 to 30 September 1995; Rates and processes of environmental change

James Hammitt; Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts; 4-7 June 1995; Institute on the Economics of the Climate Resource

Richard Hayes; University of California, Berkeley, California; 4-7 June 1995; Institute on the Economics of the Climate Resource

David Hennes; Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; 4-7 June 1995; Institute on the Economics of the Climate Resource

K. John Holmes; The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland; 4-7 June 1995; Institute on the Economics of the Climate Resource

Charles W. Howe; University of Colorado at Boulder; water banking in the west

William Hooke, US Weather Research Program, Silver Spring, Maryland; 7-10 August 1995; Weather Impacts Assessment planning meeting

Dale Jamieson; Department of Philosophy, University of Colorado at Boulder; 1 October 1994 to 30 September 1996; interrelationship between science and values

Milind Kandlikar; Carnegie-Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; 4-7 June 1995; Institute on the Economics of the Climate Resource

Willett Kempton, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware; 27-30 July 1995; climate change and global warming

Gordon McKay; Canadian Climate Centre (retired), Downsview, Ontario, Canada; 30 October-4 November 1995; ENSO/North American Applications Workshop

Iwao Kobori; School of Economics, Meiji University, Tokyo, Japan; Decisionmaking and hydropolitics of the Caspian Sea region

Chris Landsea; NOAA, Boulder, Colorado; Hurricane Andrew project

Jeffrey Lazo; Pennsylvania State University; University Park, Pennsylvania; 4-7 June 1995; Institute on the Economics of the Climate Resource

Neil Leary; US Environmental Protection Agency; Washington, DC; 4-7 June 1995; Institute on the Economics of the Climate Resource

Eduardo Ley; Resources for the Future, Washington, DC; 4-7 June 1995; Institute on the Economics of the Climate Resource

Marybeth Long; Massaschusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts; 12-17 August 1995; Rates and processes of environmental change

John Loomis; Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado; 4-7 June 1995; Institute on the Economics of the Climate Resource

Bruce McCarl; Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas; 4-7 June 1995; Institute on the Economics of the Climate Resource

Brad McLain; University of Colorado at Boulder; 1 March 1995 to 30 September 1995; research assistant, El Nino/Southern Oscillation teleconnection maps; working on Rates and Processes of Environmental Change Initiative

Augusto F. Mendonca; Colorado School of Mines, Golden, Colorado; 4-7 June 1995; Institute on the Economics of the Climate Resource

J. Walter Milon; University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida; 4-7 June 1995; Institute on the Economics of the Climate Resource

Jean-Francois Mittaine, Fishmeal Exporters Organization, Paris, France; 30 October-4 November 1995; ENSO/North American Applications Workshop

James Mjelde; Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas; 4-7 June 1995; Institute on the Economics of the Climate Resource

Wendy Morrison; Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut; 4-7 June 1995; Institute on the Economics of the Climate Resource

Masahiro Murakami; Nippon Koei Co., Ltd., Tokyo, Japan; 2-11 August 1995; water issues in the Aral Sea

Allan Murphy; Prediction and Evaluation Systems, Corvallis, Oregon; economic value of weather and climate forecasts

William Nayda; Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas; 4-7 June 1995; Institute on the Economics of the Climate Resource

Steve Nelson; National Science Foundation, Arlington, Virginia; 7-10 August 1995; Weather Impacts Assessment planning meeting

Neville Nicholls; Bureau of Meteorology Research Centre, Melbourne, Australia; 4-14 July 1995; ENSO forecasts

Claudia Nierenberg; NOAA Office of Global Programs, Silver Spring, Maryland; 30 October-4 November 1995; ENSO/North American Applications Workshop

Paul Orbuch, Western Governors' Association, Denver, Colorado; 30 October-4 November 1995; ENSO/North American Applications Workshop

Robert Parkin; Department of Economics, University of Colorado at Boulder; research assistant, Institute on the Economics of the Climate Resource

Marc Parlange; University of California at Davis; stochastic hydrology

George Parsons; University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware; 4-7 June 1995; Institute on the Economics of the Climate Resource

Jonathan Patz; The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland; 14-15 August 1995; effects of environmental change on health vectors

Roger Pielke, Sr.; Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado; Hurricane Andrew project

Thomas Potter, National Weather Service, Salt Lake City, Utah; 7-10 August 1995; Weather Impacts Assessment planning meeting

Martin Price; Environmental Change Unit, Oford University, Oxford, UK; 10-19 July 1995; climate and environmental change

Roger Pulwarty; NOAA, Boulder, Colorado; Use of decadal hurricane forecasts by decisionmakers

Jyotsna Puri; Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa; 4-7 June 1995; Institute on the Economics of the Climate Resource

Timothy O. Randhir; Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana; 4-7 June 1995; Institute on the Economics of the Climate Resource

Walter Rast; Water and Lithosphere Unit, UN Environment Programme, Nairobi, Kenya; Aral Sea water issues and creeping environmental phenomena

Jennifer Robinson; Department of Geography, State University of New York, Buffalo, New York; 30 October-4 November 1995; ENSO/North American Applications Workshop

Maurice Roos, California Department of Water Resources, Sacramento, California; 30 October-4 November 1995; ENSO/North American Applications Workshop

Richard Roth, Sr.; CNA Insurance Companies, Chicago, Illinois; 30 October-4 November 1995; ENSO/North American Applications Workshop

Jean-Michel Salles; University of Montpelier, Montpelier, France; 4-7 June 1995; Institute on the Economics of the Climate Resource

Stephen Schneider; Stanford University, Palo Alto, California; 4-7 June 1995; Institute on the Economics of the Climate Resource

Maureen Sevigny; Oregon Institute of Technology, Klamath Falls, Oregon; 4-7 June 1995; Institute on the Economics of the Climate Resource

Gary Sharp; Center for Ocean Analysis and Prfediction, Monterey, California; 30 October-4 November 1995; ENSO/North American Applications Workshop

Ken Van Sickle; National Science Foundation, Arlington, Virginia; 7-10 August 1995; Weather Impacts Assessment planning meeting

Thomas Stewart, Center for Policy Research, State University of New York, Albany, New York; 7-10 August 1995; Weather Impacts Assessment planning meeting

Roger Stone; Agricultural Productions Systems Research Unit, Toowoomba, Australia; 30 October-4 November 1995; ENSO/North American Applications Workshop

David Streets; Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois; development and application of a taxonomy of global climate change surprises

Norton D. Strommen; World Agricultural Outlook Board, USDA, Washington, DC; 30 October-4 November 1995; ENSO/North American Applications Workshop

Vivek Suri; Cornell University, Ithaca, New York; 4-7 June 1995; Institute on the Economics of the Climate Resource

Richard S.J. Tol; Vrije University, Amsterdam, The Netherlands; 4-7 June 1995; Institute on the Economics of the Climate Resource

Frank Y. Tsai, Federal Emergency Management Agency, Washington, DC; 30 October-4 November 1995; ENSO/North American Applications Workshop

Juha I. Uitto; Environment and Sustainable Development, UN University, Tokyo, Japan; hydropolitics of inland lakes in Central Eurasia

Peter Usher; Atmosphere Unit, UN Environment Programme, Nairobi, Kenya; 30 October-4 November 1995; ENSO/North American Applications Workshop, and UNEP/ESIG collaborative projects

Mary Voice, National Climate Centre, Bureau of Meteorology, Melbourne, Australia; 20-22 August 1995; impacts of El Niño

Steve Vosti; International Food Policy Research Institute, Washington, DC; 4-7 June 1995; Institute on the Economics of the Climate Resource

Carol Whitman; US Department of Agriculture, Washington, DC; 30 October-4 November 1995; ENSO/North American Applications Workshop

Don Wilhite; International Drought Information Center, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska; 1-3 August 1995; drought and desertification

Dan Wilks; Cornell University, Ithaca, New York; stochastic weather

generators

Stephen E. Zebiak; Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University, Palisades, New York; 30 October-4 November 1995; ENSO/North American Applications Workshop

Igor Zonn; Russian National Committee for UNEP, Moscow, Russia; 30 October 1994 to 7 November 1994; climate impact assessment in the former Soviet Union

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