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Dr. Ellen J. Cooter
AMAD Staff Education:
- B.S. Meteorology, University of Oklahoma, 1976
- M.S. Meteorology, University of Oklahoma, 1978
- Ph.D. Meteorology (Interdisciplinary), University of Oklahoma, 1985
Professional Experience:
Research Physical Scientist, USEPA, AMAD, RTP, NC, 2008 to present
Meteorologist, USEPA/NOAA, AMD/ASMD, RTP, NC, 1990-2008 Assistant State Climatologist, Oklahoma, 1981-1990.
Committee & Society Memberships:
- 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
- Associate Editor, Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology
Current Research:
- Regional scale, multimedia model research and development, with special emphasis regarding atmosphere/surface exchange processes fo nitrogen and mercury.
- Research to support integrated interdisciplinary research for the Ecosystem Services and Global Change Research Programs, e.g., land use change analysis, air quality and watershed model linkage, regional climate model scenario analysis and climate information support.
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.
Cooter, E.J., B Eder, C. Rosenzweig, B. Lynn, R. Goldberg, C. Knutson, M. Hayes, D. Wilhite, J. DeCarolis and T. Barnett: Effects of climate change on weather and water. EM, October 2005, pp32-35.
Cooter, E.J., J. Swall and R. Gilliam, 2007: Comparison of 700 hPa NCIP-R1 and AMIP-R2 Wind Patterns over the Continental U.S. Using Cluster Analysis. Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology 46(11): 1744-1758.
Cooter, E.J., R. Gilliam, W. Benjey, C. Nolte, J. Swall and A. Gilliland, 2007: Examining the impact of changing climate on regional air quality over the U.S. Air Pollution Modeling and its Application XVIII First ed., C. Borrego and E. Renner, Eds., Elsevier, 633-647.