ÿþ<html> <head> <title>Synoptic Climatology Lab</title> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" media="screen" href="geo.css"> </head> <body style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" alink="#ffff99" background="tile2.gif" bgcolor="#ffffff" link="#000000" text="#000000" vlink="#000000"> <center><br> <b><font face="Book Antiqua, Arrus BT, Times New Roman, Times, serif"><font color="#3A6844"> <font size="+3">S</font><font size="+2">YNOPTIC </font> <font size="+3">C</font><font size="+2">LIMATOLOGY </font> <font size="+3">L</font><font size="+2">ABORATORY</font> <br> <a href="http://www.as.miami.edu/geography/"><i>Department of Geography &amp; Regional Studies<br>University of Miami</i></a></font></font></b><br> </center> <br> <font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif"> <img src="T4.gif" alt="T" align="left">he synoptic climatology laboratory performs research involving numerous applied climatological issues that affect humans and other organisms around the world. Synoptic climatology is a holistic approach to evaluate weather and climate. Synoptic climatologists attempt to characterize an entire weather situation that exists in a given area at a given time, to gain a better understanding of both the atmospheric environment and its effects on the organisms that experience it. The lab is led by <a href="kalk.html"><font color="#3A6844">Dr. Laurence S. Kalkstein</font></a>.<br> <br> </font> <br> <a href="http://ssc.e-education.psu.edu/"><img align="left" src="img-l.gif" width="144" height="85"></a> <a href="SHWWN.gif"><img align="right" src="img-r.gif" width="144" height="108"></a> <center> <table border="0" bgcolor="EDE1C8" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0"> <tr> <td width="850"> <center><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif"><b><font size="+2">Synoptic Researchers</font><b></font></center> </tr> </table> <table border="0" bgcolor="3A6844" cellspacing="0"> <tr> <td width="850"> </tr> </table> <table border="0" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0"> <tr> <td width="800"> <font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif"> <br> <a href="kalk.html"><font color="#3A6844"><font size="-1"><b>Dr. Laurence Kalkstein</b></font></font></a><br><font size="-2">Director<br>Senior Professor of Geography and Regional Studies, Univ. of Miami<br></font> <hr width="35%" align="left"> </font> </td> </tr> </table> <table border="0" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0"> <tr> <td valign="top" width="155"> <font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif"> <a href="http://sheridan.geog.kent.edu/"><font color="#3A6844"><font size="-1"><b>Dr. Scott Sheridan</b></font></font></a><br><font size="-2">Associate Professor<br>Kent State Univ.</font> </font> </td> <td valign="top" width="155"> <font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif"> <a href="http://www.udel.edu/SynClim/Frank.html"><font color="#3A6844"><font size="-1"><b>Dr. Katrina Frank</b></font></font></a><br><font size="-2">Post-doctoral Fellow</font> </font> </td> <td valign="top" width="155"> <font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif"> <a href="mailto:dofulller@miami.edu"><font color="#3A6844"><font size="-1"><b>Dr. Douglas O. Fuller</b></font></font></a><br><font size="-2">Associate Professor<br>Univ. of Miami</font> </font> </td> <td valign="top" width="155"> <font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif"> <a href="mailto:jgreene@gcn.ou.edu"><font color="#3A6844"><font size="-1"><b>Dr. J. Scott Greene</b></font></font></a><br><font size="-2">Associate Professor<br>Univ. of Oklahoma</font> </font> </td> <td valign="top" width="155"> <font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif"> <a href="mailto:Kathleen.Schreiber@millersville.edu"><font color="#3A6844"><font size="-1"><b>Dr. Kathleen Schreiber</b></font></font></a><br><font size="-2">Associate Professor<br>Millersville Univ.</font> </font> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" width="155"> <font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif"> <a href="mailto:ssr@miami.edu"><font color="#3A6844"><font size="-1"><b>Dr. Shouraseni Sen Roy</b></font></font></a><br><font size="-2">Assocciate Professor<br>Univ. of Miami</font> </font> </td> <td valign="top" width="155"> <font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif"> <a href="mailto:karen.tomic@ualberta.ca"><font color="#3A6844"><font size="-1"><b>Dr. Karen Smoyer Tomic</b></font></font></a><br><font size="-2">Associate Professor<br>Univ. of Alberta</font> </font> </td> <td valign="top" width="155"> <font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif"> <a href="mailto:Hengchun.Ye@calstatela.edu"><font color="#3A6844"><font size="-1"><b>Dr. Hengchun Ye</b></font></font></a><br><font size="-2">Professor<br>California State Univ. - Los Angeles</font> </font> </td> <td valign="top" width="155"> <font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif"> <a href="mailto:red3u@virginia.edu"><font color="#3A6844"><font size="-1"><b>Dr. Robert Davis</b></font></font></a><br><font size="-2">Associate Professor<br>Univ. of Virginia</font> </font> </td> <td valign="top" width="155"> <font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif"> <a href="mailto:adam.kalkstein@asu.edu"><font color="#3A6844"><font size="-1"><b>Dr. Adam Kalkstein</b></font></font></a><br><font size="-2">Assistant Professor<br>U.S. Military Academy, West Point</font> </font> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" width="155"> <font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif"> <a href="http://www.uoguelph.ca/ses/users/vanosj"><font color="#3A6844"><font size="-1"><b>Dr. Jennifer Vanos</b></font></font></a><br><font size="-2">Ph.D. candidate<br>Univ. of Guelph</font> </font> </td> <td valign="top" width="155"> <font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif"> <a href=""><font color="#3A6844"><font size="-1"><b>Dr. Elena A. Grigorieva</b></font></font></a><br><font size="-2">Senior Researcher<br>Russian Academy of Sciences</font> </font> </td> <td valign="top" width="155"> <font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif"> <a href="mailto:jhahn@udel.edu"><font color="#3A6844"><font size="-1"><b>Joan Hahn</b></font></font></a><br><font size="-2">Professional</font> </font> </td> <td valign="top" width="155"> <font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif"> <a href="mailto:jillwatts1@yahoo.com"><font color="#3A6844"><font size="-1"><b>Jill Watts</b></font></font></a><br><font size="-2">Consultant</font> </font> </td> </tr> </table> <br><br> <table border="0" bgcolor="EDE1C8" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0"> <tr> <td width="850"> <center><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif"><font size="-2"><font color="#cc0000"><b>UPDATED!</b></font> </font></font><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif"><b><font size="+2">Lab Research</font><b></font></center> </tr> </table> <table border="0" bgcolor="3A6844" cellspacing="0"> <tr> <td width="850"> </tr> </table> <table border="0"> <tr> <td valign="top"> <table border="0" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0"> <tr> <td valign="bottom" align="center"><br> <font color="#3A6844"><b><font face="Book Antiqua, Arrus BT, Times New Roman, Times, serif">Heat Health Warning Systems (HHWS)</font></b></font> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" align="center"> <font color="#000000" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><font size="-1"> <a href="BAMS_HHWWS.pdf">Development of Heat/Health Systems</a><br> <a href="Detroit_WFO_May08.ppt">HHWS: How Do They Work?</a><br> <a href="Peel_Questionnaire_Evaluation_ICB08.ppt">Evaluating Public Perception of Heat</a><br> <a href="BAMS_Ebi_Kalkstein.pdf">Heat Watch-Warning Systems: Benefits</a><br> <a href="Doc1007_Tan_Shanghai_Heat_Waves_IntJBoimeteorol_2004.pdf">Operational Aspects of the Shanghai System</a><br> <a href="Shanghai HHWS_IJB.pdf">Development of the Shanghai, China, System</a><br> <a href="romenew.html">Italian National System: Implementation and Results from Summer, 2003</a><br> <a href="SHWWN.gif">Example Website: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA</a><br> <font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif"><font size="-2"><font color="#cc0000"><b>NEW</b></font> </font></font><font color="#000000" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><font size="-1"> <a href="korean.gif">New Korean Heat/Health System</a><br> <a href="OtherWWS.html">Operational Heat/Health Watch-Warning Systems</a><br> </font></font> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="bottom" align="center"><br> <font color="#3A6844"><b><font face="Book Antiqua, Arrus BT, Times New Roman, Times, serif">Ongoing Climate and Health Research</font></b></font> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" align="center"> <font color="#000000" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><font size="-1"> <font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif"><font size="-2"><font color="#cc0000"><b>NEW</b></font> </font></font><font color="#000000" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><font size="-1"> <a href="Heat_mortality_reduction.pdf">Progress in Reducing Heat Related Mortality in the U.S.</a><br> <a href="Chapter_04.pdf">Health Impacts of Heat: An Update</a><br> <a href="Natural_Hazards_manuscript.pdf">Recent Trends in Heat-Related Mortality</a><br> <font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif"><font size="-2"><font color="#cc0000"><b>NEW</b></font> </font></font><font color="#000000" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><font size="-1"> <a href="Seasonal_variability_in_heat-related_mortality_across_the_US.mht">Seasonal Variability in Heat-related Mortality accross the US</a><br> <a href="BAMS_final.pdf">Analog European Heat Waves For U.S. Cities To Analyze Heat-Related Mortality</a><br> <font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif"><font size="-2"><font color="#cc0000"><b>NEW</b></font> </font></font><font color="#000000" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><font size="-1"> <a href="http://ehp.niehs.nih.gov/members/1997/105-1/kalkstein.html">Climate/Mortality Relationships in US Cities</a><br> <font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif"><font size="-2"><font color="#cc0000"><b>NEW</b></font> </font></font><font color="#000000" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><font size="-1"> <a href="http://www.springerlink.com/content/y015581772853724/">Human Comfort While Exercising in Urban Landscapes</a><br> US EPA/Heat Island Reduction Initiative:<br> <i><a href="Columbia_UHI.ppt">Overview</a>, <a href="MM5_complete.pdf">Phase 1 Report</a> &amp; <a href="MM5_newest_PDF.pdf">Phase 2 Report</a></i><br> <a href="ozone.html">A Synoptic Approach to Monitoring Surface Ozone</a><br> <a href="Kalkstein%20Sheridan%20Biomet%202004.ppt">Separating the Impacts of Weather &amp; Pollution on Health</a><br> <a href="http://www.epa.gov/aging/pdfs/resources/ehe_guide_lo_2006_0619.pdf">EPA Heat Guidebook, Co-Developed by our Lab</a><br> </font></font> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="bottom" align="center"><br> <font color="#3A6844"><b><font face="Book Antiqua, Arrus BT, Times New Roman, Times, serif">Applied Climate Indices</font></b></font> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" align="center"><font color="#000000" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><font size="-1"> <a href="JAMmanuscript_March2004.pdf">Heat Stress Index - A New Relative Climatological Index</a><br> <font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif"><font size="-2"><font color="#cc0000"><b>NEW</b></font> </font></font><font color="#000000" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><font size="-1"> <a href="HSI_for_Division_of_Energy_Assistance_0510.ppt">Application of the HSI</a><br> <a href="HHS-HSI.mht">Heat Stress Index Website</a><br> </font></font> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="bottom" align="center"><br> <font color="#3A6844"><b><font face="Book Antiqua, Arrus BT, Times New Roman, Times, serif">Air Mass Monitoring and Classification</font></b></font> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" align="center"> <font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif"><font size="-2"><font color="#cc0000"><b>UPDATED!</b></font> </font></font><font color="#000000" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><font size="-1"> <a href="http://sheridan.geog.kent.edu/ssc.html">About the Spatial Synoptic Classification</a><br> <a href="IJOC_1996.pdf">Initial Spatial Synoptic Classification Development</a><br> <a href="IJOC_Sheridan_2002.pdf">A New Spatial Synoptic Classification (SSC)</a><br> <a href="http://climate.geog.udel.edu/%7Esynclim/heat95.html">Synoptic Air Mass Maps of the US</a><br> <a href="IJOC_KalksteinEtal_1998.pdf">Character &amp; Frequency Changes in Air Masses</a><br> <a href="FrankEtal_DevelOfAnULSI.pdf">Development of An Upper Level Synoptic Index</a><br> </font></font> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="bottom" align="center"><br> <font color="#3A6844"><b><font face="Book Antiqua, Arrus BT, Times New Roman, Times, serif">Bioclimatological Research: Plants, Animals, Humans and Disease</font></b></font> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" align="center"><font color="#000000" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><font size="-1"> <a href="FrankEtal_WPBR_PartI-II.pdf">Meteorological Influences on the Dispersion of Pine Blister Rust</a><br> <a href="FrankEtal_WPBR_PartII[1].pdf">Synoptic Evaluation of Dispersal of White Pine Blister Rust</a><br> <a href="Fuller_etal_ERL.pdf">Environment/Climate Impact on Dengue Fever</a><br> <a href="Cold_Advisory_for_Newborn_Livestock-Press_Release.pdf">The New Cold Advisory for Newborn Livestock (CANL) Warning System</a><br> <a href="Cold_Advisory_for_Newborn_Livestock-Fact_Sheet.pdf">CANL Fact Sheet</a><br> <a href="http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/ggw/canl/canl.html">CANL Forecast for eastern Montana</a><br> </font></font> </td> </tr></table> </td> <td valign="top"> <table border="0" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0"> <tr> <td valign="bottom" align="center"><br> <font color="#3A6844"><b><font face="Book Antiqua, Arrus BT, Times New Roman, Times, serif">International Projects</font></b></font> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" align="center"> <font color="#000000" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><font size="-1"> <font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif"><font size="-2"><font color="#cc0000"><b>NEW</b></font> </font></font><font color="#000000" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><font size="-1"> <a href="Heat_waves_and_Health_Guidance_Final_Draft.pdf">WMO/WHO Guidance on Warning System Development</a><br> <a href="Korean_METRI_manuscript.pdf">Heat/Health Warning Systems for Korean Cities</a><br> <font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif"><font size="-2"><font color="#cc0000"><b>NEW</b></font> </font></font><font color="#000000" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><font size="-1"> <a href="KORHHWS_2010_KSCC.pdf">Development of Korean HHWS Based on Regional Properties</a><br> <a href="Extended_abstract(J Kim)-HHWWS (3).doc">Korean HHWS: Plans for Nationalization</a><br> <a href="DaeGeun powerpoint for final presentation.ppt">Results of Seoul HHWS Operation</a><br> <a href="KMA_final_report3.doc">Report on Collaboration with Korea Meteorological Administration</a><br> <a href="KMA_final_report_year2.pdf">Second Year Collaboration with Korea Meteorological Administration</a><br> <font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif"><font size="-2"><font color="#cc0000"><b>NEW</b></font> </font></font><font color="#000000" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><font size="-1"> <a href="KMA_final_report_year3_x.pdf">Third Year Collaboration with Korea Meteorological Administration</a><br> <font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif"><font size="-2"><font color="#cc0000"><b>NEW</b></font> </font></font><font color="#000000" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><font size="-1"> <a href="Shanghai_urban_heat_island.pdf">Urban Heat Island and Human Health in Shanghai</a><br> <a href="http://www.wmo.int/pages/prog/wcp/ccl/opags/opag4/ccl_et4_1.htm">WMO Expert Team on Climate and Health</a><br> <a href="http://www.biometeorology.org/">International Society of Biometeorology:<br> <small>Dr. Laurence S. Kalkstein, Past President<br> Dr. Scott Sheridan, Editor in Chief: International Journal of Biometeorology</small></a><br> <a href="http://personales.unican.es/fernandhp/chc/">ISB Commission on Climate and Human Health</a><br> <font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif"><font size="-2"><font color="#cc0000"><b>NEW</b></font> </font></font><font color="#000000" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><font size="-1"> <a href="bulletin_14_2_December.pdf">Biometeorology Bulletin, Vol. 14, No. 2</a><br> </font></font> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="bottom" align="center"><br> <font color="#3A6844"><b><font face="Book Antiqua, Arrus BT, Times New Roman, Times, serif">Climate Change Research</font></b></font> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" align="center"> <font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif"><font size="-2"><font color="#cc0000"><b>NEW</b></font> </font></font><font color="#000000" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><font size="-1"> <a href="WCAS-D-11-00055.pdf">Climate Change, Heat Events and Mortality</a><br> <font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif"><font size="-2"><font color="#cc0000"><b>NEW</b></font> </font></font><font color="#000000" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><font size="-1"> <a href="2012_CC_Part_I.pdf">Heat Vulnerability in California: Projecting Heat Events</a><br> <font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif"><font size="-2"><font color="#cc0000"><b>NEW</b></font> </font></font><font color="#000000" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><font size="-1"> <a href="2012_CC_Part_II.pdf">Heat Vulnerability in California: Future Heat-Related Mortality</a><br> <a href="WCC_white_paper.pdf">Climate and More Sustainable Cities: Information for City Planning</a><br> <font color="#000000" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><fontsize="-1"><a href="http://www.chicagoclimateaction.org/filebin/pdf/report/Chicago_climate_impacts_report_Executive_Summary.pdf">Chicago Climate Action Plan</a></font></font><br> <font color="#000000" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><font size="-1"><a href="Heat-Mortality_Report_FINAL.PDF">Potential Climate Change Impacts on Heat Related Mortality</a></font></font><br> <font color="#000000" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><font size="-1"><a href="http://www.energy.ca.gov/2005publications/CEC-500-2005-197/CEC-500-2005-197-SF.PDF">Public Health Impacts: Climate Change in California</a><br> <a href="HayhoeEtal.pdf">Climate Change Impacts in California</a><br> <a href="FinalHeatAndHealthAppendix.pdf">Heat/Health Risks in California</a><br> <font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif"><font size="-2"><font color="#cc0000"><b>NEW</b></font> </font></font><font color="#000000" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><font size="-1"> <a href="IJERPH_Special_Issue_Climate_Change_and_Human_Health.mht">Special Issue: Climate Change and Human Health</a><br> <font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif"><font size="-2"><font color="#cc0000"><b>NEW</b></font> </font></font><font color="#000000" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><font size="-1"> <a href="JGR_manuscript.pdf">Heat Waves and Mortality in Chicago</a><br> </font></font> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="bottom" align="center"><br> <font color="#3A6844"><b><font face="Book Antiqua, Arrus BT, Times New Roman, Times, serif">Bioclimatological Research: Biodiversity</font></b></font> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" align="center"> <font color="#000000" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><font size="-1"> <a href="ICB_presidentaddress_final.ppt">The Notion of Applied Biometeorology</a><br> <a href="Fuller_Jessup_EKal_2008.pdf">Threats to Biodiversity in Indonesian Borneo</a><br> <a href="MapAsia07_paper_Fuller_Final.pdf">Tropical Cyclone Damage to South Florida Mangrove Habitats</a><br> <a href="EOS_2003.pdf">Fires, Landscape Change, and Satellite Data</a><br> <a href="SJTG2.pdf">Tropical Forests and Deforestation</a><br> <a href="ClimaticChange_MS.pdf">ENSO Events and Impacts on Fires</a><br> </font></font> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="bottom" align="center"><br> <font color="#3A6844"><b><font face="Book Antiqua, Arrus BT, Times New Roman, Times, serif">Other Research</font></b></font> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" align="center"><font color="#000000" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><font size="-1"> <a href="ye_monsoon_river.pdf">Climate Change in High Latitudes</a><br> <a href="CR.pdf">Monsoon Precipitation in India</a><br> <a href="winter_precip.pdf">Role of ENSO, PDO, and SSTs on Winter Precipitation in India</a><br> <a href="GELSS_KALKSTEIN.ppt">Unusual Minority Heat/Health Relationships in Phoenix</a><br> <a href="Evap_cooler.pdf">Development of a Special Watch-Warning System for Phoenix</a><br> </font></font> </td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table> <br> <table> <tr> <td align="right"> <font size="-1"><address>Copyright &copy; 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