John Abatzoglou, Ph.D.
College of Science
Department of Geography
Assistant Professor
Campus Locations: Moscow
With UI Since 2009
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Ph.D., 2006, Earth System Science, University of California, Irvine
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B.S., 2000, Atmospheric Science, University of California, Davis
John's research interests span the weather-climate continuum and both basic and applied scientific questions. He conducts climate related research specific to the American West and is engaged in several aspects of applied climatology and meteorology specific to wildfire, agriculture and hydrology. John's research portfolio includes better understanding climate variability and change and associated impacts across the western United States.
Recent Publications
- Favors, J.E.*, and J.T. Abatzoglou, 2012, Regional surges of monsoonal moisture into the
southwestern United States, Monthly Weather Review, in press * graduate student
- McEvoy, D.J, J.L. Huntington, J.T. Abatzoglou and L.E. Edwards, 2012, An Evaluation of
Multi-scalar Drought Indices in Nevada and Eastern California, Earth Interactions, in press
- Kolden, C.A., and J.T. Abatzoglou, 2012, Climate and Vegetation Influences on Fire Impacts
in Alaskan Boreal Forest: Implications for Carbon and Fire Management, Fire Ecology, doi:
10.4996/fireecology.0801098
- Abatzoglou, J.T., 2011, Development of gridded surface meteorological data for ecological
applications and modeling, International Journal of Climatology, doi: 10.1002/joc.3413
- Abatzoglou, J.T. and C.A. Kolden. 2011, Climate change in western US deserts: potential for increased wildfire and invasive annual grasses, Rangeland Ecology and Management (special issue), doi:10.2111/REM-D-09-00151.1
- Stahle, D.W., R.D. Griffin, M.K. Cleaveland, J.R. Edmondson, F.K. Fye, D.J. Burnette, J.T. Abatzoglou, K.T. Redmond, D.M. Meko, M.D. Dettinger, D.R. Cayan and M.D. Therrell, 2011. A Tree-Ring Reconstruction of the Salinity Gradient in the Northern Estuary of San Francisco Bay. San Francisco Estuary and Watershed Science, 9(1).
- Abatzoglou, J.T. and C.A. Kolden. 2011, Relative Importance of Weather and Climate on Wildfire Growth in Interior Alaska, International Journal of Wildland Fire, 20(4) 479-486 doi:10.1071/WF10046
- Abatzoglou, J.T., and T.J. Brown. 2011, A Comparison of Statistical Downscaling Methods Suited for Wildfire Applications, International Journal of Climatology, doi:10.1002/joc.2312
- Cordero, E.C., W. Kessomkiat, J.T. Abatzoglou and S.A. Mauget. 2011, Identification of Distinct Patterns in California Temperature Trends, Climatic Change, doi:10.1007/s10584- 011-0023-y
- Holden, Z.A, J.T. Abatzoglou, L.S. Baggett and C. Luce. 2011, Empirical downscaling of daily minimum air temperature at very fine resolutions in complex terrain, Agricultural And Forest Meteorology, doi:10.1016/j.agrformet.2011.03.011
- Miller, C., J.T Abatzoglou, T.J. Brown, T., and A. Syphard. 2011, Wilderness Fire Management in a Changing Environment, In: Landscape Ecology of Fire, McKenzie, D., C. Miller and D. Falk [eds.], doi:10.1007/978-94-007-0301-8
- Abatzoglou, J.T, 2011, Influence of the PNA on Declining Mountain Snowpack in the Western United States, International Journal of Climatology, doi:10.1002/joc.2137
- Crimmins, S.M, S.Z. Dobrowski, J.A. Greenberg, J.T. Abatzoglou, and A.R. Mynsberge, 2011. Changes in climatic water balance drive downhill shifts in plant species optimum elevations. Science 331: 324-327
University of Idaho College of Science Early Career Faculty Award (2012)
