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Updated 14 February 2006

North American carbon budget and implications for the global carbon cycle

Final Prospectus for Synthesis and Assessment Product 2.2

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Biography:
Kenneth J. Davis

Kenneth J. Davis
Department of Meteorology
The Pennsylvania State University
512 Walker Building
University Park, PA
Tel: (814) 863-8601; Fax: (814) 865 3663

Education

1987
A. B. Princeton University

1992
Ph.D. University of Colorado, Astrophysical, Planetary and Atmospheric Sciences

1994
Postdoc National Center for Atmospheric Research,Trace gas micrometeorology

Employment History

2000-present
Associate Professor, Dept of Meteorology, The Pennsylvania State University

1996-2000
Assistant Professor, Department of Soil, Water, and Climate, U. of Minnesota.

Fall 1996
Guest Scientist, Institute for Atmospheric Physics, German Aerospace Research Establishment (DLR).

1995-1996
Research Associate, University of Colorado, Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences

1995-1996
Visiting Scientist, Mesoscale and Microscale Meteorology Division, National Center for Atmospheric Research

1993-1994
Postdoctoral Fellow, NCAR, Advanced Studies Program.

1989-1992
NASA Graduate Student Researchers Program Fellow, APAS Department, University of Colorado.

1989-1992
Graduate Research Assistant, Advanced Studies Program, NCAR.

Relevant Publications

Desai, A.R., Bolstad, P., Cook, B.D., Davis, K.J. and Carey, E.V. 2005. Comparing net ecosystem exchange of carbon dioxide between an old-growth and mature forest in the upper Midwest, USA, Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 128(1-2): 33-55.

Cook, B.D., K.J. Davis, W. Wang, A. Desai, B.W. Berger, R. M. Teclaw, J. G. Martin, P.V. Bolstad, P.S. Bakwin, C. Yi and W. Heilman, 2004. Carbon exchange and venting anomalies in an upland deciduous forest in northern Wisconsin, USA. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 126, 271-295.

Werner, C., K. J. Davis, P. S. Bakwin, C. Yi, D. Hurst, and L. Lock, 2003. Interannual variability of methane exchange over a temperate-boreal lowland and wetland forest. Global Change Biology, 9, 1251-1261.

Davis, K.J., P.S. Bakwin, B.W. Berger, C. Yi, C. Zhao, R.M. Teclaw and J.G. Isebrands, 2003. The annual cycle of CO2 and H2O exchange over a northern mixed forest as observed from a very tall tower. Global Change Biology, 9, 1278-1293.

Berger, B.W., K.J. Davis, P.S. Bakwin, C. Yi and C. Zhao, 2001. Long-term carbon dioxide fluxes from a very tall tower in a northern forest: Flux measurement methodology. J. Atmos. Oceanic Tech., 18, 529-542.

Additional Publications

Yi, C., K. J. Davis, P. S. Bakwin, A.S. Denning, N. Zhang, A. Desai, J.Ch.-H. Lin, and C. Gerbig, 2004, The observed covariance between ecosystem carbon exchange and atmospheric boundary layer dynamics in North Wisconsin, Journal of Geophysical Research, 109(D08302): doi10.1029/2003JD004164.

Hurwitz, M.D., D.M. Ricciuto, K.J. Davis, W. Wang, C. Yi, M.P. Butler, P.S. Bakwin. Advection of carbon dioxide in the presence of storm systems over a northern Wisconsin forest, 2004. J. Atmos. Sci., 61, 607-618.

Denning, A.S., M. Nicholls, L. Prihodko, I. Baker, P.-L. Vidale, K.J. Davis, and P.S. Bakwin, 2003. Simulated and observed variations in atmospheric CO2 over a Wisconsin forest. Global Change Biology, 9, 1241-1250.

Baker, I., A.S. Denning, N. Hanan, L. Prihodko, M. Uliasz, P.-L. Vidale, K.J. Davis, and P.S. Bakwin, 2003. Simulated and Observed Fluxes of Sensible and Latent Heat and CO2 at the WLEF-TV Tower Using SiB2.5. Global Change Biology, 9, 1262-1277.

MacKay, D.S., D.E. Ahl, B.E. Ewers, S.T. Gower, S.N. Burrows, S. Samanta and K.J. Davis, 2002. Effects of aggregated classifications of forest composition on estimates of evapotranspiration in a northern Wisconsin forest. Global Change Biology, 8, 1253-1266.

 


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