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Dr. Ellen J. Cooter
AMD Staff Education:
- B.S. Meteorology, University of Oklahoma, 1976
- M.S. Meteorology, University of Oklahoma, 1978
- Ph.D. Meteorology, University of Oklahoma, 1985
Professional Experience:
Meteorologist, Atmospheric Sciences Modeling Division, 1990-present
Assistant State Climatologist, Oklahoma, 1981-1990.
Committee & Society Memberships:
- American Meteorological Society
- American Association of State Climatologists
- Sigma Xi
- Office of the Federal Coordinator for meteorology,
- Committee for Climate Analysis, Monitoring and Services (CCAMS)
- Editorial Review Board, Climate Research
Current Research:
- Regional scale, multimedia model research and development, with special emphasis regarding atmosphere/surface exchange processes and mercury.
- Global change and air quality impacts including regional climate model scenario analysis, land use change and biogenic emissions and climate product development.
Publications:
Cooter, E., 1990: The Impact of Climate Change on Continuous Corn Production in the Southern U.S.A. Climatic Change 16:53-82.
Cooter, E., and W. Cooter, 1991: Impacts on Greenhouse Warming on Water Temperature and Water Quality in the Southern United States. Climate Research 1(1):1-12.
Cooter, E.J. S.K. LeDuc, and L. Truppi, 1992: Climate Research for Ecological Monitoring and Assessment: A New England example. Climate Research 2:101-112.
Cooter, E. J., B. K. Eder, S. K. LeDuc and L. Truppi, 1993: Climate Change Models and Forest Impact Research. Journal of Forestry, 91(9): 38-43.
Cooter, E. J. and S. K. LeDuc, 1995: Recent frost date trends in the north-eastern USA. International Journal of Climatology, 15: 65-75.
Cooter, E.J., and G.B. Dhakhwa, 1995: A Solar Radiation Model for Use in Biological Applications in the South and Southeastern USA. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 78(1-2):31-51.
Sampson, D.A., E.J. Cooter, P.M. Dougherty, and H.Lee Allen, 1996: Comparison of the UKMO and GFDL GCM Climate Projections in NPP Simulations for Southern Loblolly Pine Stands. Climate Research 7(1):55-69.
Dhakhwa, G.B., C.L. Campbell, S. K. LeDuc and E. J. Cooter, 1997: Use of crop models in assessing the interactive effects of global warming and CO2 doubling on Maize production. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 87(4): 253-272.
Cooter, E. J., M. Richman, P. Lamb and A. Sampson, 2000: The development of a climate change data base for biological assessments in the southeastern U.S. Climatic Change 44: 89-121.
Cooter, E. J. and D. Schwede, 2000: Sensitivity of the NOAA multilayer model to instrument error and parameterization uncertainty. Journal of Geophysical Research 105 (D5): 6695-6707.
Cooter, E.J. and Y. Cohen, 2001: Model Evaluation of dry deposition to vegetation for volatile and semi-volatile organic compounds in a multimedia environment. Water, Air and Soil Pollution: Focus 1(5/6): 285-294.
Cohen, Y. and E. Cooter, 2002: Multimedia Environmental Distribution of Toxics (MEND-TOX). I: Hybrid compartmental-spatial modeling framework. Practice Periodical of Hazardous, Toxic, and Radioactive Waste Management 6(2): 70-86.
Cohen, Y. and E. Cooter, 2002: Multimedia Environmental Distribution of Toxics (MEND-TOX). II: Software implementation and case studies. Practice Periodical of Hazardous, Toxic, and Radioactive Waste Management 6(2): 87-101.
Cooter, E.J. and WT Hutzell, 2002: A Regional Atmospheric Fate and Transport Model for Atrazine. 1. Development and Implementation. Environ. Sci. Technol. 36(19): 4091-4098.
Cooter, E.J., WT Hutzell, W. Foreman ,and M. Majewski, 2002: A Regional Atmospheric Fate and Transport Model for Atrazine. 2. Evaluation. Environ. Sci. Technol. 36 (21): 4593-4599.