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Texas A&M University
814B O&M
MS 3147,
College Station, Texas 77843

Courses:

  • GEOG 203 - Planet Earth
  • GEOG 324W - Global Climatic Regions
  • GEOG 689 - Arctic Climates

Graduate Students:

Liang Chen, Ph.D. candidate

Manuel Hernandez, M.S. candidate

Laura Quirk, M.S. candidate

Dr. Oliver W. Frauenfeld

Assistant Professor

Ph.D., Environmental Sciences, University of Virginia, 2003

M.S., Environmental Sciences, University of Virginia, 1999

B.A., Environmental Sciences and Spanish, University of Virginia, 1995

Research Interests

  • Climate Change
  • Surface-Atmosphere Interactions
  • High-Latitude Climate
  • Land Cover/Land Use Change
  • Atmospheric Teleconnections
  • Quantitative Methods

Experience

  • Assistant Professor of Geography, Texas A&M University, 2010–Present
  • Affiliate Scientist, National Snow and Ice Data Center, University of Colorado, 2010-Present
  • Research Scientist I and II, Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, Division of Cryospheric and Polar Processes, University of Colorado, 2003–2009
  • DuPont Fellow, University of Virginia, 2001–2002
  • Dean's Fellow, University of Virginia, 2000–2001
  • Research Assistant, Department of Environmental Sciences, University of Virginia, 1999–2000
  • Instructor, Department of Environmental Sciences, University of Virginia, summer 1998 and 1999
  • Head Teaching Assistant, Department of Environmental Sciences, University of Virginia, 1998–1999
  • Teaching Assistant, Department of Environmental Sciences, University of Virginia, 1997–1999
  • Research Assistant, Virginia State Climatology Office, University of Virginia, 1996–1999

Selected Publications

  • Frauenfeld, O. W., and R. E. Davis, 2012: Interactions Between Pacific Sea-Surface Temperatures and the Northern Hemisphere Circumpolar Vortex. Publications in Climatology, 65(1), 28pp.
  • Frauenfeld, O. W. and T. Zhang, 2011: An observational 71-year history of seasonally frozen ground changes in the Eurasian high latitudes. Environ. Res. Lett., 6, 044024, doi:10.1088/1748-9326/6/4/044024. [Open Access PDF] [News Article]
  • Frauenfeld, O. W., P. C. Knappenberger, and P. J. Michaels, 2011: A Reconstruction of Annual Greenland Ice Melt Extent, 1784–2009. J. Geophys. Res., 116, D08104, doi:10.1029/2010JD014918.
  • Mahmood, R., and co-authors (incl. O. W. Frauenfeld), 2010: Impacts of Land Use Land Cover Change on Climate and Future Research Priorities. Bull. Amer. Meteorol. Soc., 91(1), 37-46, doi:10.1175/2009BAMS2769.1.
  • Ma, L., T. Zhang, O. W. Frauenfeld, B. Ye, D. Yang, and D. Qin, 2009: Evaluation of Precipitation from the ERA-40, NCEP-1, and NCEP-2 Reanalyses, and CMAP-1, CMAP-2, and GPCP-2 with Ground-based Measurements in China. J. Geophys. Res., 114, D09105, doi:10.1029/2008JD011178.
  • Bojariu, R., R. Garcia-Herrera, L. Gimeno, T. Zhang, and O. W. Frauenfeld, 2008: Cryosphere-atmosphere interaction related to NAO variability and change. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 1146, 50–59, doi:10.1196/annals.1446.018.
  • Ma, L., T. Zhang, Q. Li, O. W. Frauenfeld, and D. Qin, 2008: Correction to "Evaluation of ERA-40, NCEP-1, and NCEP-2 reanalysis air temperatures with ground-based measurements in China." J. Geophys. Res., 113, D18199, doi:10.1029/2008JD010981.
  • Ma, L., T. Zhang, Q. Li, O. W. Frauenfeld, and D. Qin, 2008: Evaluation of ERA-40, NCEP-1, and NCEP-2 Reanalysis Air Temperatures with Ground-based Measurements in China. J. Geophys. Res., 113, D15115, doi:10.1029/2007JD009549.
  • Frauenfeld, O. W., T. Zhang, and J. L. McCreight, 2007: Northern Hemisphere Freezing/Thawing Index Variations over the Twentieth Century. Int. J. Climatol., 27(1), 47–63, doi:10.1002/joc.1372.
  • Chudinova, S. M., O. W. Frauenfeld, R. G. Barry, T. Zhang, and V. A. Sorokovikov, 2006: Relationship between air and soil temperature trends and periodicities in the permafrost regions of Russia. J. Geophys. Res., 111, F02008, doi:10.1029/2005JF000342.
  • Zhang, T., O. W. Frauenfeld, M. C. Serreze, A. J. Etringer, C. Oelke, J. L. McCreight, R. G. Barry, D. Gilichinsky, D. Yang, H. Ye, L. Feng, and S. Chudinova, 2005: Spatial and temporal variability in active layer thickness over the Russian Arctic Drainage Basin. J. Geophys. Res., 110, D16101, doi:10.1029/2004JD005642.
  • Frauenfeld, O. W., R. E. Davis, and M. E. Mann, 2005: A Distinctly Interdecadal Signal of Pacific Ocean-Atmosphere Interaction. J. Climate, 18(11), 1709–1718, doi:10.1175/JCLI3367.1.
  • Frauenfeld, O. W., T. Zhang, and M. C. Serreze, 2005: Climate change and variability using European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts reanalysis (ERA-40) temperatures on the Tibetan Plateau. J. Geophys. Res., 110, D02101, doi:10.1029/2004JD005230.
  • Michaels, P. J., P. C. Knappenberger, O. W. Frauenfeld, and R. E. Davis, 2004: Trends in precipitation on the wettest days of the year across the contiguous USA. Int. J. Climatol., 24(15), 1873–1882, doi:10.1002/joc.1102.
  • Frauenfeld, O. W., T. Zhang, R. G. Barry, and D. Gilichinsky, 2004: Interdecadal Changes in Seasonal Freeze and Thaw Depths in Russia. J. Geophys. Res., 109, D05101, doi:10.1029/2003JD004245.
  • Frauenfeld, O. W. and R. E. Davis, 2003: Northern Hemisphere Circumpolar Vortex Trends and Climate Change Implications. J. Geophys. Res., 108(D14), 4423, doi:10.1029/2002JD002958.
  • Frauenfeld, O. W. and R. E. Davis, 2002: Midlatitude Circulation Patterns Associated with Decadal and Interannual Pacific Ocean Variability. Geophys. Res. Lett., 29(24), 2221, doi:10.1029/2002GL015743.
  • Michaels, P. J., P. C. Knappenberger, O. W. Frauenfeld, and R. E. Davis, 2002: Revised 21st Century Temperature Increases. Climate Res., 23(1), 1–9, doi:10.3354/cr023001.
  • Frauenfeld, O. W. and R. E. Davis, 2000: The Influence of El Niño-Southern Oscillation Events on the Northern Hemisphere 500 hPa Circumpolar Vortex. Geophys. Res. Lett., 27(4), 537–540, doi:10.1029/1999GL010996.

Affiliations

  • American Meteorological Society, 1999–present
  • Association of American Geographers, 1999–present
    • Climate Specialty Group, 1999–present
    • Cryosphere Specialty Group, 2004–present
  • American Geophysical Union, 1999–present
  • U.S. Permafrost Association, 2003–present
  • European Geophysical Union, 2006–2007