The Laboratory for Applied Climate Research

Director: Dr. Douglas W. Gamble

Purpose: The primary objective of LACR is to involve students and university faculty in applied climatology field research of island and coastal environments. Through field research and frequent student-faculty interaction, an alternative to traditional classroom activities is offered, ultimately producing a unique, quality academic environment based upon experiential learning.

Facilities: LACR is equipped with-state-of-the-art meteorological field equipment and computing facilities. The equipment includes 2 Campbell Scientific Metdata1 weather stations, 2 Rainwise WS 2000 Wireless weather stations, 1 Davis Vantage Pro 2 weather station, multiple Davis tipping bucket rain gauges and data loggers, over 50 Onset temperature sensors and data loggers, sling psychrometers, infrared temperature guns, hand held anemometers, and stream discharge gages. To supplement data collected with this equipment, LACR also houses an extensive climate data library, including special collections of Caribbean climate data and tropical cave climate data. Computing resources associated with the laboratory including a Dell Precision 600 Workstation and software for statistical, meteorological, GIS, and remote sensing analysis.

If you are interested in becoming involved in LACR activities or desire more information about the facility please feel free to contact Dr. Gamble.

Field research on San Salvador, Bahamas.

 

Recent and Current Research Assistants

Undergraduate:

Justin Arnette, Class '02, Current Employer -- USACE, Wilmington Office

Adam Faircloth, Class '03, Current Employer -- USACE, Wilmington Office

David Glenn, Class'03, Current Status -- PhD Student University of South Carolina

Jim Jacaruso, Class'02, Current Employer -- USACE, Wilmington Office

Ryan D. Jordan, Class '04, Current Employer -- MTV (Los Angeles)

Paul Pascarosa, Class'04, Current Employer -- Map Environmental (Virginia Beach)

Melanie Wemple, Class '05, Current Employer -- CompuServe

Chris Thompson, Class '07

Marc Lithman, Class '08, Current Status -- M.A. Student UNC Wilmington

Matt Ball, Class '08, Current Employer -- Montana Job Corps

Anthony Neri, Class '09, Current Employer -- Mass Mutual

Kathleen Yetka, Class '09

 

Graduate:

Micheal Crump, Class '02, Current Employer -- Regional Hydrologist, U.S. Forest Service (Atlanta, Georgia)

Brian Simpson, Class'05, Current Employer -- Land Management Corp. (Wilmington)

 

Recent LACR Grants and Contracts:

Gamble, D.W., 2007-2010.  National Science Foundation, Geography and Regional Science Program and Climate and Long-term Dynamics Program .  RUI: Physical Mechanisms Behind the Caribbean Mid-summer Drought.  Collaborative Submission with S. Curtis, East Carolina University.

Gamble, D.W., 2007.  Renaissance Computing Institute (RENCI), UNC Chapel Hill.  Brunswick County Flood Monitoring.

J. Herstine, D.W. Gamble, C. Dumas, M. Imperial, and S. Meinhold, 2006.  Mini-Grant, NC Sea Grant Program.  An assessment of public awareness of rip currents in New Hanover County, NC.

Douglas W. Gamble and Lynn Leonard, 2004-2005.  Contract, Coastal Services Center, National Ocean Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.  Coastal Climatology Products for Recreation and Tourism End-Users in Southeastern North Carolina. 

Brown, M.E., D.W. Gamble, D. Brommer, P.G. Dixon, and D.B. Parnell, 2004.  Quick Response Grant, Natural Hazards Research and Applications Information Center, University of Colorado. Field Evaluation of Hurricane Frances Damage to Water Resources, Karst Environments, Tourism Infrastructure, and Emergency Response of San Salvador Island, Bahamas. 

 Michael J. Janis and Douglas W. Gamble, 2003. Coastal Services Center, National Ocean Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Charleston, SC.  Workshop and Planning for a Coastal Climatology of the Southeastern United States.

Michael A. Crump, 2002.  Graduate Research Grant, Department of Earth Sciences, UNC at Wilmington, Wilmington, NC.  A Hydroclimatic Analysis of Water Resources on San Salvador, Bahamas. 

Michael A. Crump, 2002.  Graduate Research Grant, Southeastern Geological Society of America.  A Hydroclimatic Analysis of Water Resources on San Salvador, Bahamas” 

Michael A. Crump, 2002.  Summer Graduate Research Stipend, Graduate School, UNC at Wilmington, Wilmington, NC.  A Hydroclimatic Analysis of Water Resources on San Salvador, Bahamas.

Michael A. Crump, 2001.  Graduate Research Grant, Department of Earth Sciences, UNC at Wilmington, Wilmington, NC.  A Hydroclimatic Analysis of Water Resources on San Salvador, Bahamas.

Michael A. Crump, 2001.  Graduate Research Grant, Southeastern Geological Society of America.  A Hydroclimatic Analysis of Water Resources on San Salvador, Bahamas. 

Douglas W. Gamble, 2001.  General Research Grant, Association of American Geographers, Washington, D.C.  Water Resource Development and San Salvador Island: A Baseline Study of Spatial Variability in Precipitation.

Nathan Joseph, and Steven Still, 2001.  Undergraduate Student Travel Award, Honors Scholar Program, University of North Carolina at Wilmington, Wilmington, NC.  Measurement of Spatial Variability in Precipitation on San Salvador Island, Bahamas. 

Adam Faircloth, and Abram Lambertson, 2000.  Undergraduate Student Travel Award, Honors Scholar Program, University of North Carolina at Wilmington, Wilmington, NC.  Measurement of Spatial Variability in Precipitation on San Salvador Island, Bahamas.  

 

 

 

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