Justin T. Schoof
Associate Professor and Chair
Undergraduate Program Director
Department of Geography and Environmental Resources
Southern Illinois University
Carbondale, IL 62901
E-mail: jschoof@siu.edu
Telephone: (618) 453-6019


Full Curriculum Vitae
Research conducted in my group focuses on three main areas: (1) Development of regional climate projections using innovative downscaling techniques, (2) application and improvement of stochastic weather generators (statistical models that generate synthetic time series of atmospheric variables), and (3) applications of climate information to problems in other disciplines, especially those related to agriculture, energy, and human health. If you are interested in collaborating or pursuing a graduate degree in any of these research areas, please contact me using the information provided above.

My teaching interests include undergraduate courses in Physical Geography (especially Atmospheric Science) as well as Applied Statistics. Links to syllabi for these courses can be found here

Please view our NCEP-NCAR Visualization Page, which is a useful instructional resource.

Publications:

Schoof JT (2012) "Scale issues in the development of future precipitation scenarios," Journal of Contemporary Water Research and Education, 147, 8-16.

Mann D, Lant CL, Schoof JT (2012) "Using map algebra to explain and project spatial patterns of wind energy development in Iowa," Professional Geographer, 34, 219-229.

Pryor SC, Schoof JT (2010) "Importance of the SRES in projections of climate change impacts on near-surface wind regimes," Meteorologische Zeitschrift, 19,267-274.

Schoof JT, Pryor SC, Surprenant J (2010) "Development of daily precipitation projections for the United States based on probabilistic downscaling," Journal of Geophysical Research,115,D13106,doi:10.1029/2009JD013030.

Lim YK, Cocke S, Shin DW, Schoof JT, LaRow TE, O'Brien JJ (2010) "Downscaling large-scale NCEP CFS to resolve fine-scale seasonal precipitation and extremes for the crop growing seasons over the southeast United States," Climate Dynamics,doi:10.1007/s00382-009-0671.

Schoof JT, Shin DW, Cocke S, LaRow TE, Lim YK, O'Brien JJ (2009) "Dynamically and statistically downscaled seasonal temperature and precipitation hindcast ensembles for the Southeastern USA," International Journal of Climatology, 29, 243-257.

Pryor SC, Schoof JT (2008) "Changes in precipitation seasonality over the contiguous USA," Journal of Geophysical Research, 113, D21108, doi:10.1029/2008JD010251.

Schoof JT, Pryor SC (2008) "On the proper order of Markov chain model for precipitation occurrence in the contiguous United States," Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology, 47, 2477-2486.

Schoof JT (2008) "Application of the multivariate spectral weather generator to the contiguous United States," Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 148, 517-521.

Pryor SC, Barthelmie RJ, Schoof JT, Binkowski FS, Delle Monache L, Stull R (2008) "Modeling the impact of sea spray on particle concentrations in a coastal city,"Science of the Total Environment,391, 132-142.

Lim Y, Shin DW, Cocke S, LaRow TE, Schoof JT, O'Brien JJ, Chassignet E (2007) "Dynamically and statistically downscaled seasonal forecasts of maximum surface air temperature over the southeast United States," Journal of Geophysical Research,112,D24201,doi:10.1029/2007JD008764.

Brolley JM, O'Brien JJ, Schoof JT, Zierden D (2007) "Experimental drought threat forecast for Florida," Agricultural and Forest Meteorology,145, 84-96.

Schoof JT, Pryor SC, Robeson SM (2007) "Downscaling daily maximum and minimum air temperatures in the Midwestern USA: A hybrid empirical approach," International Journal of Climatology,27, 439-454.

Pryor SC, Schoof JT, Barthelmie RJ (2006) "Winds of change? Projections of near-surface winds under climate change scenarios,"Geophysical Research Letters, 33, L11702, doi:10.1029/2006GL026000.

Pryor SC, Barthelmie RJ, Schoof JT (2006) "Inter-annual variability of wind indices over Europe,"Wind Energy, 9, 27-38.

Schoof JT, Pryor SC (2006) "An evaluation of two GCMs: Simulation of North American teleconnection indices and synoptic phenomena,"International Journal of Climatology, 26, 267-282.

Schoof JT, Arguez A, Brolley J, O'Brien JJ (2005) "A new weather generator based on spectral properties of surface air temperatures ," Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 135, 241-251.

Pryor SC, Schoof JT, Barthelmie RJ (2005) "Empirical downscaling of wind speed probability distributions,"Journal of Geophysical Research - Atmospheres, 110, D19110.

Pryor SC, Schoof JT, Barthelmie RJ (2005) "Climate change impacts on wind speeds and wind energy density in northern Europe: Results from empirical downscaling of multiple AOGCMs,"Climate Research, 29, 183-198.

Pryor SC, Barthelmie RJ, Schoof JT (2005) "The impact of non-stationarities in the climate system on the definition of 'a normal wind year': A case study from the Baltic,"International Journal of Climatology, 25, 735-752.

Schoof JT, Pryor SC (2003) "Evaluation of the NCEP/NCAR reanalysis in terms of synoptic scale phenomena: A case study from the Midwestern USA,"International Journal of Climatology, 23, 1725-1741.

Schoof JT, Robeson SM (2003) "Seasonal and spatial variations of serial and cross-correlation matrices used by stochastic weather generators," Climate Research, 24, 95-102.

Schoof JT, Pryor SC (2001) "Downscaling temperature and precipitation: a comparison of regression-based methods and artificial neural networks,"International Journal of Climatology, 21, 773-790.

Pryor SC, Barthelmie RJ, Carreiro M, Davis ML, Hartley A, Jensen B, Oliphant A, Randolph JC, Schoof JT (2001) "Nitrogen deposition to and cycling in a deciduous forest". In "Optimizing Nitrogen Management in Food and Energy Production and Environmental Protection: Proceedings of the 2nd International Nitrogen Conference on Science and Policy. The Scientific World 1(S2), 245-254.

Pryor SC, Barthelmie RJ, Schoof JT, Sorensen LL, Erickson DJ (2001) "Implications of heterogeneous chemistry of nitric acid for nitrogen deposition to marine ecosystems: Observations and modeling," Water, Air, and Soil Pollution: Focus, 1, 99-107.

Grimmond CSB, Robeson SM, Schoof J (2000) "Spatial variability of below-canopy climatic conditions in a ridge-ravine landscape of a Midwestern deciduous forest," Climate Research, 15, 137-149.