Dr. Jason T. Ortegren
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Dr. Jason T. OrtegrenAssistant Professor |
| Phone: Fax: Office: |
850-474-2491 850-857-6036 Building 13, Rm 315 |
Email:jortegren@uwf.edu |
Degree(s)
Ph.D., University of North Carolina – Greensboro, 2008
Specialities
Meteorology/Climatology, Water Resources
Courses Taught
University of West Florida
GEO 1200 Physical Geography
GEO 3250 Weather & Climate
GEO 3372 Conservation of Natural Resources
EVR 4870 Land Use Management
EVR 6390 Special Topics in Land Use Management
EVS 6196C Environmental Sampling and Analysis
Western Michigan University
GEOG 5550 Seminar in Resources Management
GEOG 3500 Resource Conservation & Environmental Management
GEOG 2250 Weather & Climate
GEOG 1000 World Ecology
GEOG 1050 Physical Geography
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). I am currently developing 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.
Publications
Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles
| 2011 | Ortegren, J.T., Knapp, P.A., Maxwell, J.T., Tyminski, W.P., and Soulé, P.T. “Ocean-Atmosphere Influences on Low-Frequency Warm-Season Drought Variability in the Gulf Coast and Southeastern U.S.A.” (In Press for Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology) |
| 2011 | Maxwell, J.T., Soulé, P.T., Ortegren, J., and Knapp, P.A. “Drought- Busting Tropical Cyclones in the Southeastern Atlantic United States: 1950-2008.” (In Press for Annals of the Association of American Geographers) |
| 2011 | Ortegren, J. T. “Tree-ring based reconstruction of summer drought in Piedmont and Coastal Plain climate divisions of the southeastern U.S., 1690-2006.” (MS in revision for Quaternary Research) |
| 2005 | Ortegren, J., Liu, ZJ, and Lennartson, G.J. “Spatial variability of temperature trends in urbanized and urbanizing areas of North Carolina.” The North Carolina Geographer 13:31-45. |
Papers Presented at Professional Meetings
| 2011 | Ortegren, J.T., and Tyminski, W.P. “Potential CO2 fertilization in open-grown longleaf pine in central North Carolina.” Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers, Seattle, WA, April 13 (poster presentation). |
| 2010 | Tyminski, W.P., and Ortegren, J.T. “Sugaring in the Piedmont of North Carolina.” Southeastern Division of the Association of American Geographers, Birmingham, AL, November 19 (poster presentation). |
| 2010 | Ortegren, J., Knapp, P.A., Maxwell, J.T., and Soulé, P.T. “Synoptic Causes of Low-Frequency Summer Drought Variability in the Southeastern U.S.A.” Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers, Washington, D.C., April 15 (paper presentation). |
| 2009 | rtegren, J., Knapp, P.A., Maxwell, J.T., and Soulé, P.T. “Homogeneous Summer Drought Regions in the Contiguous U.S.A., and Their Relative Susceptibility to Multi-Year Sustained Drought Events.” Southeastern Division of the Association of American Geographers, Knoxville, TN, November 22 (paper presentation).. |
| 2009 | Maxwell, J.T., Soulé, P.T., Ortegren, J.T., and Knapp, P.A. “Drought-Busting Tropical Cyclones in the Southeastern Atlantic United States: 1950-2008.” Southeastern Division of the Association of American Geographers, Knoxville, TN, November 22 (paper presentation). |
| 2008 | Ortegren, J. “Potential drought core zones in the Piedmont region of the southeastern U.S. identified from tree-ring records.” Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers, Boston, MA, April 19. |
| 2008 | Ortegren, J. “Long-term changes in the frequency of prolonged summer droughts in heavily populated Piedmont and Coastal Plain climate divisions of the southeastern U.S., 1690-2006.” Annual Meeting, East Lakes Division of the Association of American Geographers, St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada, October 18. |