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Jonathan Overpeck
Director, Institute of the Environment, University of Arizona
Professor, Geosciences
PhD, Geological Sciences, Brown University, 1985
As the director of ISPE, Jonathan Overpeck is working to help foster a new paradigm of interdisciplinary knowledge creation between physical, biological and social scientists—all with a goal of serving the environmental needs of society in a more effective manner.
Dr. Overpeck's research focuses on global change dynamics, with a major component aimed at understanding how and why key climate systems vary on timescales longer than seasons and years. Current work focuses on the Asian and West African Monsoon systems, tropical Atlantic variability, and El Niño-Southern Oscillation dynamics.
Much of his time is also focused on understanding Arctic environmental dynamics. Ongoing projects include the use of lake sediments for paleoenvironmental reconstruction, with special emphasis on understanding the role of the Labrador Sea in global climate variability. In addition, Dr. Overpeck is using paleoenvironmental data to understand linkages between climate and vegetation change, and to assess how the terrestrial biosphere may be impacted by future climate change and human activity.
In recognition of his interdisciplinary climate research, Dr. Overpeck has received the U.S. Department of Commerce Gold Medal and the American Meteorological Society Walter Orr Roberts Award.
Selected
Publications for Jonathan Overpeck
| Increasing eolian dust deposition in the western United States linked to human activity |
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Neff, J. C., A. P. Ballantyne, G. L. Farmer, N. M. Mahowald, J. L. Conroy, C. C. Landry, J. T. Overpeck, T. H. Painter, C. R. Lawrence, and R. L. Reynolds.
2008. Increasing eolian dust deposition in the western United States linked to human activity.
Nature Geosciences.
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| The heat is on |
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Lenart, M. T., G. M. Garfin, and J. T. Overpeck.
2004. The heat is on.
Sonorensis.
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| Abrupt climate change |
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Alley, R. B., J. Marotzke, W. D. Nordhaus, J. T. Overpeck, D. M. Peteet, R. A. Pielke, R. T. Pierrehumbert Jr., P. B. Rhines, T. F. Stocker, L. D. Talley, and J. M. Wallace.
2003. Abrupt climate change.
Science.
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| Climate Science and Services: Some Lessons from CLIMAS |
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Comrie, A. C., M. C. Lemos, M. K. Hughes, and J. T. Overpeck.
2002. Climate Science and Services: Some Lessons from CLIMAS.
19th Annual Pacific Climate (PACLIM) Workshop.
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| Multiyear La Niña events and persistent drought in the contiguous United States |
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Cole, J. E., J. T. Overpeck, and E. R. Cook.
2002. Multiyear La Niña events and persistent drought in the contiguous United States.
Geophysical Research Letters.
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5 publications
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Contact information
Office: Institute of the Environment
Phone: (520) 622-9065
Fax: (520) 792-8795
Email: jto@email.arizona.edu
Mailing Address
University of Arizona
Institute of the Environment
PO Box 210156
Tucson, AZ 85721-0156
Curriculum Vitae
Overpeck CV
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