Degaetano, Arthur T
Professor
Art DeGaetano is Professor in the Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences at Cornell. He is also the director of the federally-supported Northeast Regional Climate Center (NRCC)and Associate Chair of Earth and Atmospheric (EAS). The NRCC`s mission is to enhance the use and dissemination of climate information to a wide variety of sectors in the Northeast. Art serves as an editor for the American Meteorological Society Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology. Art has been at Cornell since 1991 serving as the center`s Research Climatologist until 2001. Prior to his arrival at Cornell Art was an Assistant Professor with the Meteorology Department at the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology in Rapid City. He received an interdisciplinary Ph.D. focusing on Climatology and Horticulture from Rutgers University in 1989.
research
research and scholarship focus
My research focus can best be described as applied climatology. This involves the development of methods and data sets that provide climatological information to decision-makers in a variety of fields. Four more specific research areas make up this general focus, modeling climate influences on man-made and biological systems, documenting observed variations in the climate system, improving climate data quality and assessing climate impacts. Increasing, my research has focused on the impacts and adaptations to climate change
primary investigator of
- A DIURNAL-TEMPERATURE PROFILE-BASED INDEX OF URBANIZATION: DEVELOPMENT AND APPLICATION TO U.S. HOURLY HIGH-TEMPERATURE CLIMATE INDICES | Research Grant
- REGIONAL CLIMATE SERVICES SUPPORT IN THE NORTHEAST REGION: THE NORTHEAST REGIONAL CLIMATE CENTER | Research Grant
- SERVICES OF NOAA NORTHEAST REGIONAL CLIMATE CENTER | Research Grant
- SERVICES OF NOAA NORTHEAST REGIONAL CLIMATE CENTER | Research Grant
- TRANSITIONING AN ASSESSMENT OF IMPACT PRODUCING EAST COAST WINTER STORMS TO DECISOIN SUPPORT TOOLS FOR EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND COASTAL RESTORATION | Research Grant
co investigator of
- ALPHA TEST ON A WEB-BASED, SIMULATION MODEL DECISIONS SUPPORT SYSTEM FOR POTATO LATE BLIGHTS | Research Grant
- CLIMATE EFFECTS, WEST NILE VIRUS VECTOR DEVELOPMENT, AND TRANSMISSION RISK | Research Grant
- STORM PREPAREDNESS AND RECOVERY FOR THE ELECTRIC POWER SYSTEM | Research Grant
- SYNOPTIC-DYNAMIC CLIMATOLOGY OF EAST COAST WINTER STORMS AND THEIR IMPACTS | Research Grant
research areas
- climatology | collaborative research area (CALS)
- crop management or crop science | collaborative research area (CALS)
- disease control | collaborative research area (CALS)
- earth science | collaborative research area (CALS)
- entomology | collaborative research area (CALS)
- environmental sciences | collaborative research area (CALS)
- hydrology | collaborative research area (CALS)
- integrated pest management | collaborative research area (CALS)
- pesticide management | collaborative research area (CALS)
- science education | collaborative research area (CALS)
domestic geographic focus
- northeastern U.S. | sub-national region
submitted impact statement
- Climate-based specifications of soil-freezing depth for county building code specifications. | 2006 Impact statement
- Anticipating the imapcts of East Coast winter storms on coastal Long Island | 2005 Impact statement
affiliations
head of
- Earth and Atmospheric Sciences (EAS) | Cornell department
- Northeast Regional Climate Center (NRCC) | research center
faculty appointment in
- Earth and Atmospheric Sciences (EAS) | Cornell department
administrative appointment
- Earth and Atmospheric Sciences (EAS) | Cornell department
member of graduate field
- Atmospheric Science | graduate field
teaching
teaching focus
My teaching focuses on two main aspects. Foremost is my contribution to a nationally recognized undergraduate program in Atmospheric Science. In addition, I teach a increasingly popular general interest science course on Global Warming, EAS 268. I also teach two required AS courses, EAS 341, Atmospheric Thermodynamics and Hydrostatics, and EAS 447, Physical Meteorology.
teaches
- EAS 4470 - Physical Meteorology (MWF 09:05:AM-09:55:AM) | fall 2009 class
- EAS 4960 - Internship Experience (TBA -) | fall 2009 class
- EAS 4970 - Individual Study in Atmospheric Science (TBA -) | fall 2009 class
- EAS 4980 - Teaching Experience in Earth and Atmospheric Sciences (TBA -) | fall 2009 class
- EAS 4990 - Undergraduate Research in Atmospheric Science (TBA -) | fall 2009 class
- EAS 8500 - Master's Level Thesis Research (TBA -) | fall 2009 class
- EAS 9500 - Graduate-Level Dissertation Research in Atmospheric Science (TBA -) | fall 2009 class
- EAS 9510 - Doctoral-Level Dissertation Research in Atmospheric Science (TBA -) | fall 2009 class
- EAS 2680 - Climate and Global Warming (MWF 10:10:AM-11:00:AM) | spring 2009 class
- EAS 4960 - Internship Experience (TBA -) | spring 2009 class
- EAS 4970 - Individual Study in Atmospheric Science (TBA -) | spring 2009 class
- EAS 4980 - Teaching Experience in Earth and Atmospheric Sciences (TBA -) | spring 2009 class
- EAS 4990 - Undergraduate Research in Atmospheric Science (TBA -) | spring 2009 class
- EAS 8500 - Master's Level Thesis Research (TBA -) | spring 2009 class
- EAS 9500 - Graduate-Level Dissertation Research in Atmospheric Science (TBA -) | spring 2009 class
- EAS 3410 - Atmospheric Thermodynamics and Hydrostatics (MWF 09:05:AM-09:55:AM) | fall 2008 class
service
outreach focus
My outreach focus is through the Northeast Regional Climate Center (NRCC). The NRCC is one of six federal centers that disseminates climate data, data products and decision tools to regional stakeholders. The NRCC is on the forefront of developing online data disemination systems that are in use nationally.
event organizer
event host
background
educational background
- Rutgers University Interdisciplinary Ph.D. 1989
- Rutgers University Meteorology M.S. 1986
- Rutgers University Meteorology B.S. 1984
professional background
- Associate Professor, Cornell University, Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences and Director Northeast Regional Climate Center, 4/01-present.
- Sr. Research Associate, Northeast Regional Climate Center, Cornell University, 6/95-3/01
- Research Associate, Northeast Regional Climate Center, Cornell University, 9/91-6/95
- Assistant Professor/Research Scientist II, Institute of Atmospheric Sciences, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology (SDSMT) 8/89 - 8/91.
awards and distinctions
- Editor, American Meteorological Society Journal of Applied Meteorology
featured in
- As the Big Red goes green, climate conference builds bridges across campus | Cornell Chronicle feature
- Baby, it's warm outside: Boston aims to break its December average-temperature record | Cornell Chronicle feature
- Cornell's supercomputers will crunch weather data to help farmers manage chemicals | Cornell Chronicle feature
- In new briefings series, professors present science to D.C. policymakers | Cornell Chronicle feature
- Merrill Scholars honor influential high school, CU teachers | Cornell Chronicle feature
- Online tool helps N.Y. grape growers pick vineyard sites | Cornell Chronicle feature
publications
selected publications (listing in progress)
- Belcher, B.N. and A. T. DeGaetano, 2007: A revised model to estimate solar radiation using automated surface weather stations, Solar Energy, 81(3), 329-345.
- DeGaetano, A.T. 2006: Attributes of Several Methods for Detecting Discontinuities in Temperature Series: Prospects for a Hybrid Homogenization Procedure, J. Climate 19, 838-853. Hayhoe, K, C. Wake, T. G. Huntington, L. Luo, M. D. Schwartz, J. Sheffield, E. Wood, B. Anderson, J. Bradbury, A. DeGaetano, T. J. Troy, and D. Wolfe, 2006: Past and Future Changes in Climate and Hydrological Indicators in the U.S. Northeast, Climate Dynamics, 28, 381-407.
- Gong, H.F., C.J.M.Koenraadt , A.T. DeGaetano , L.C. Harrington, 2006: Modeling local scale parameters for development and population density of West Nile vectors. Proceedings Entomological Society of America, Annual Meeting, Indianopolis, IN Melkonian, J, H. van Es, A. DeGaetano, J. Sogbedji, and L. Joseph, 2006: Application of Dynamic Simulation Modeling for Nitrogen Management in Maize, Proceedings Soil Science Society of America.
- DeGaetano, A.T., 2006 Overview of Climate Change Science. Climate Change and Northeast Agriculture, Promoting Practical and Profitable Responses. [Available online at http://www.climateandfarming.org/]
- A.T. DeGaetano and B.N. Belcher, 2006: Spatial Interpolation of Daily Maximum and Minimum Air Temperature Based on Meteorological Model Analyses and Independent Observations, J. Applied Meteorology and Climatology, [In Press].
- S. M Jessup and A.T. DeGaetano, 2006: A statistical comparison of the properties of flash flooding and non-flooding precipitation events in portions of New York and Pennsylvania Weather and Forecasting, [In Press].
- Hayhoe, K, C. Wake, T. G. Huntington, L. Luo, M. D. Schwartz, J. Sheffield, E. Wood, B. Anderson, J. Bradbury, A. DeGaetano, T. J. Troy, and D. Wolfe, 2006: Past and Future Changes in Climate and Hydrological Indicators in the U.S. Northeast, Climate Dynamics, 28, 381-407.
- DeGaetano, A.T. 2006: Attributes of Several Methods for Detecting Discontinuities in Temperature Series: Prospects for a Hybrid Homogenization Procedure, J. Climate 19, 838-853.
- Allen, R.J. and A.T. DeGaetano, 2005: Considerations for the use of radar-derived precipitation estimates in determining return intervals for extreme areal precipitation amounts, J. Hydrology, 315, 203-219.
- DeGaetano, A.T. 2005: Meteorological effects on adult mosquito (Culex) populations in metropolitan New Jersey, Int. J. Biometeor., 49: 345-353 58.
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Keywords: atmospheric sciences, climate, climate impacts, climate variability, drought, flood, global warming, meteorology, snow, weather