Climate and Land

Fernando De Sales, PhD

Assistant Professor

Department of Geography

Center for Climate and Sustainability Studies

fdesales@sdsu.edu

Research interests:

1) Land-atmosphere biophysical interactions and their role on climate.

2) Effects of land degradation (wildfires and deforestation) on climate.

3) Global warming and sustainability.

David Rother, MSc

Graduate Student

Department of Geography

drother@sdsu.edu

Research interests:

1) Wildfires and their effects on the land and ecological services

2) Applying satellite data to determine wildfire burn severity and post-fire vegetation recovery

3) Surface climate modeling

Corrie Monteverde, MSc

Graduate Student

Department of Geography

cmonteverde@sdsu.edu

Research interests:

1) Changes in precipitation and temperature regimes and how they impact farmers, growers, businesses, and communities.

2) Impacts of global warming on California's sustainability.

3) Climate modeling.

William Nicewonger

Undergraduate Student

Department of Geography

wnicewonger3854@sdsu.edu

Research interests:

1) Climate response to land-use and land-cover changes.

2) Impacts of deforestation on watershed hydrology.

3) Climate and hydrological modeling.

Former students

Zackary Werner, MSc

Graduate Student

Department of Geography

zwerner@sdsu.edu

Research interests:

1) Burned areas and their impacts on the regional climate.

2) Post-fire vegetation recovery.

3) Climate and wildfires.

Sean Quezada

Graduate Student

Department of Geography

squezada@sdsu.edu

Research interests:

1) Amazon deforestation.

2) Effects of deforestation on precipitation.

3) Water resources.

Diana Gutierrez

Environmental Scientist

Department of Geography

dianagutierrez0598@gmail.com

Research interests:

1) Environmental Sciences

2) California wildfires

3) Climate change