Brent Lofgren

Current Research Projects:
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• Hydrologic Effects of Shifting Probability Functions for High Precipitation Events Project
• Dynamical Modeling of Great Lakes Regional Climate

Recent GLERL Publications:
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• Ge, J., J. Qi, and B.M. LOFGREN. Use of vegetation properties from EOS observations for land-climate modeling in East Africa. Journal of Geophysical Research 113(D15101, doi:10.1029/2007JD009628):15 pp. (2008). http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/pubs/fulltext/2008/20080023.pdf
• LOFGREN, B.M., and P. Bieniek. Large-scale 700 hPa height patterns associated with cyclone passage and strong winds on Lake Erie. Journal of Great Lakes Research 34:36-53 (2008). http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/pubs/fulltext/2008/20080011.pdf
• Schertzer, W.M., R.A. ASSEL, D. BELETSKY, T.E. CROLEY II, B.M. LOFGREN, J.H. SAYLOR, and D.J. SCHWAB. Lake Huron climatology, inter-lake exchange and mean circulation. Aquatic Ecosystem Health and Management 11(2):144-152 (2008).
• Olson, J. M., G. Alagarswamy, J. A. Andresen, D. J. Campbell, A. Y. Davis, J. Ge, M. Huebner, B. M. LOFGREN, D. P. Lusch, N. J. Moore, B. C. Pijanowski, J. Qi, P. K. Thornton, N. M. Torbick, and J. Wang. Integrating diverse methods to understand climate-land interactions in East Africa. Geoforum 39:898-911 (2008).
• Ge, J., J. Qi, B.M. LOFGREN, N. Moore, N. Torbick, and J.M. Olson. Impacts of land use/cover classification accuracy on regional climate simulations. Journal of Geophysical Research 112(D05107, doi:10.1029/2006JD007404):12 (2007). http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/pubs/fulltext/2007/20070003.pdf
• LOFGREN, B.M. Land surface roughness effects on lake effect precipitation. Journal of Great Lakes Research 32:839-851 (2006). http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/pubs/fulltext/2006/20060045.pdf
• LOFGREN, B. M. Development of the second-generation Hydrosphere-Atmosphere Research Model (CHARM) for the Laurentian Great Lakes region. Proceedings, 19th Conference on Hydrology, 85th Annual Meeting of the American Meteorological Society, San Diego, CA, January 9-13, 2005. American Meteorological Society, 3 pp. (2005). http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/pubs/fulltext/2005/20050021.pdf
• LOFGREN, B. M. CLIP: Climate-Land Interaction Project - Investigating human-climate interactions in East Africa. Proceedings, 16th Conference on Climate Variability and Change, 85th Annual Meeting of the American Meteorological Society, San Diego, CA, January 9-13, 2005. 3 pp. (2005). http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/pubs/fulltext/2005/20050020.pdf
• LOFGREN, B. M. A model for simulation of the climate and hydrology of the Great Lakes basin. Journal of Geophysical Research 109(D18108):20 pp. (2004). http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/pubs/fulltext/2004/20040028.pdf

Recent Presentations:
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• LOFGREN, B.M. Focus the Nation Event, Sienna Heights University, Adrian, MI, January 31, 2008 (2008).
• LOFGREN, B.M. Climate and land use in East Africa: A modeling approach to closing the feedback loop. Earth System Research Laboratory Seminar Series, NOAA Earth System Research Laboratory, Boulder, CO, January 4, 2007. (2007).
• LOFGREN, B.M. From global to regional: The Great Lakes in a climate change context. Kent State Water Resources Conference, Kent State University, Kent, OH, April 3, 2007. (2007).
• LOFGREN, B.M. Thinking regionally about a global trend: The Great Lakes in the context of climate change. Great Lakes Mini-Workshop on Climate Change, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, March 14, 2007. (2007).
• LOFGREN, B.M. Development and simulation of climate using an improved Great Lakes regional model. 50th Annual Conference of the International Association for Great Lakes Research, Penn State University, University Park, PA, May 28-31, 2007. (2007).
• *LOFGREN, B.M., T.E. CROLEY II, D.J. SCHWAB, and D. BELETSKY. Climate products for the Great Lakes region. Workshop on Climate Science and Services, NOAA Coastal Services Center, Charleston, SC, April 11, 2007. (2007).
• *Schertzer, W., R.A. ASSEL, D. BELETSKY, T.E. CROLEY II, B.M. LOFGREN, J. SAYLOR, and D.J. SCHWAB. Overview of physical limnology, hydrology, and climate characteristics of Lake Huron. Physical Limnology, Hydrology, and Climate, Second International Symposium on the Lake Huron Ecosystem: The State of Lake Huron, Ecosystem Change, Habitat, Contaminants, and Management, Honey Harbour, Ontario, Canada, October 11-13, 2006. (2007).
• LOFGREN, B. M. Climate, weather, and physical-biological coupling research in a Great Lakes context. NOAA/Earth System Research Laboratory Physical Sciences Division Seminar Series, NOAA ESRL, Boulder, CO, Marcy 1, 2006. (2006).
• LOFGREN, B. M. Climate and weather research in a Great Lakes context (with a little ice and snow if you're good). Cryospheric and Polar Processes Seminar Series, National Snow and ice Data Center, Boulder, CO, May 5, 2006. (2006).
• *LOFGREN, B. M., and T. E. CROLEY II. Climate and hydrologic research at the Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory (GLERL). National Weather Service Sub-Regional Climate Services Meeting, West Lafayette, IN, July 18-19, 2006. (2006).
• *Moore, N. J., B. M. LOFGREN, N. Torbick, J. Wang, and J. A. Andresen. Modeling changes in energy budget variability and distribution due to land cover parameterization in East Africa. Integrated land Ecosystem-Atmosphere Processes Study. 1st ILEAPS Science Conference, Boulder, CO, January 21-26, 2006. International Geosphere-Biosphere Program, (2006).
• *Pijanowski, B. C., M. Huebner, and B. M. LOFGREN. Sources, characterization, and communication of uncertainty in climate impacts. U.S. Climate Change Science Program (CCSP) Workshop "Climate Science in Support of Decision Making", Arlington, VA, November 15, 2005. U.S. Climate Change Science Program, (2005).