Laurence S. Kalkstein, Ph.D.

(Louisiana State University, 1974)

Research Professor

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Professor Kalkstein specializes in bioclimatology, climate and human health, and climate indices. He is the principal investigator on a number of research projects dealing with heat-health/watch-warning systems for cities around the world. He has also been involved in the development of various weather indices for use in applied climatological analysis. He is president of the International Society of Biometeorology, and is also a leader on the World Meteorological Organization's expert team on extreme weather and human health. He is the author of more than 100 peer-reviewed publications in leading climatological, environmental, and medical journals.

Representative Publications:

• Sheridan, S.C., L.S. Kalkstein, 2004. Progress in Heat Watch-Warning System Technology. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society 85: 1931-41.
• Hayhoe, K, L.S. Kalkstein, and other authors, 2004. Emissions Pathways, Climate Change, and Impacts on California. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 101: 12422-27.
• Kalkstein, L.S., 2005. The 2003 European Heat Wave and Analog Studies for U.S. Cities. IN: Harvard Medical School, UNDP, SwissRE, Climate Change Futures: Health, Ecological, and Economic Dimensions, 53-58.
• Tan, J., Y. Zheng, G. Song, L. Kalkstein, A. Kalkstein, and X. Tang, 2007. Heat Wave Impacts on Mortality in Shanghai: 1998 to 2003. International Journal of Biometeorology 51:193-200.
• Kalkstein, L.S., J.S. Greene, D. Mills, and A. Perrin, 2008. The Development of Analog European Heat Waves for U.S. Cities to Analyze Impacts on Heat-Related Mortality. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society 89: 75-86.
• Kalkstein, L.S., and S.C. Sheridan, 2008. A New Generation of Heat/Health Warning Systems for Seoul and Other Major Korean Cities. Meteorological Technology and Policy 1:62-68.