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Robert C. Balling, Jr.

Professor

COOR 5564
(480) 522-9202

Additional
Affiliation(s):

MAS-GIS program director, School of Geographical Sciences

Education:

1979 - Ph.D. (Geography) University of Oklahoma
1975 - M.A. (Geography) Bowling Green State University
1974 - A.B. (Geography) Wittenberg University

Research Interests:

Climatology, global climate change, GIS

Selected Publications:

Drezner, T. D., and R. C. Balling, Jr.. 2008. Regeneration Cycles of the Keystone Species Carnegiea gigantea are Linked to Worldwide Volcanism. Journal of Vegetation Science, 19:587-596.

Ellis, A. W., T. W. Hawkins, R. C. Balling, Jr., and P. Gober. 2008. Estimating Future Runoff Levels for a Semi-Arid Fluvial System in Central Arizona. Climate Research, 35:227-239.

Lee, S. J., R. C. Balling, Jr., and P. Gober. 2008. Bayesian Maximum Entropy Mapping and the Soft Data Problem in Urban Climate Research. Annals of the Association of American Geographers, 98(2): 309-322.

Walker, J. S., R. C. Balling, Jr., J. M. Briggs, M. Katti, P. S. Warren, and E. A. Wentz. 2008. Birds of a Feather: Interpolating Distribution Patterns of Urban Birds. Computers, Environment and Urban Systems, 32:19-28.

Balling, R. C. Jr., and Gregory B. Goodrich. 2007. Analysis of Drought Determinants for the Colorado River Basin. Climatic Change, 82:179-194.

Brommer, D., R. S. Cerveny, and R. C. Balling, Jr. 2007. Characteristics of long-duration precipitation events across the United States. Geophysical Research Letters, 34(22): L22712.

Sen Roy, S., and R. C. Balling, Jr. 2007. Diurnal Variations in Summer Season Precipitation in India. International Journal of Climatology , 27:969-976.