Dr. Jason T. Ortegren Assistant Professor

Degree(s)

Ph.D., University of North Carolina – Greensboro, 2008

Specialities

Meteorology/Climatology, Water Resources

Courses Taught

(Fall 2009)
Physical Geography (GEO 1200)
Land Use Management (EVR 4870)

Teaching Interests

Physical Geography, Weather / Climate, Natural Resources

Research Interests

Hydroclimatology, Dendrochronology, Ocean-Atmosphere interactions, and Paleoclimatology

My research program is centered on climatology, specifically paleoclimate using dendrochronology (tree-ring science).  Over the next year or two, I will develop the UWF Tree Ring Analysis and Interpretation Laboratory (TRAIL).  My recent research includes a 300+ year reconstruction of summer drought in the Piedmont region of the southeastern U.S. and analysis of the synoptic influences on long-term drought variability in the Southeast as a whole.

Recent Publications

Ortegren, J.T.  (2009) Tree-ring based reconstruction of summer drought in Piedmont and Coastal Plain climate divisions of the southeastern U.S.A., 1690-2006.  Manuscript submitted to Journal of Climate
Ortegren, J., Liu, Z.J., and Lennartson, G.J. (2005).  Long-term temperature trends in urbanized and urbanizing areas of North Carolina.  The North Carolina Geographer 13, pp. 31-45.