NATHANIEL A. BRUNSELL


Nate Brunsell
  • Professor

Contact Info

Office Phone:
Lindley Hall, room #214A

Teaching

ATMO/GEOG 731 - Land-Atmosphere Interactions
ATMO 731 - Atmospheric Turbulence
ATMO/GEOG 521- Microclimatology
ATMO 680 - Physical Meteorology
ATMO 642 - Remote Sensing of the Atmosphere

Selected Publications

Wesley, E., Brunsell, N., Saint Onge, J., Rahn, D., Kane, N., Kennedy, K. (2023). Neighborhood effects on acute pediatric asthma: Race, greenspace, and PM2.5. Annals of the Association of American Geographers - Volume in review.
Brunsell, N., Oliveira, G., Barlage, M., Shimabukuro, Y., Moraes, E., Aragão, L. (2021). Examination of seasonal water and carbon dynamics in eastern Amazonia: a comparison of Noah-MP and MODIS. Theoretical and Applied Climatology - Issue 1-2 | Volume 143. https://doi.org/10.1007/S00704-020-03435-6.
Mataveli, G., Chaves, M., Brunsell, N., Aragão, L. (2021). The emergence of a new deforestation hotspot in Amazonia. Perspectives in Ecology and Conservation - Issue 1 | Volume 19. https://doi.org/10.1016/J.PECON.2021.01.002.
Brunsell, N., Rahn, D., Mechem, D. (2021). Impact of a nocturnal low level jet on surface layer turbulent characteristics. Journal of Geophysical Research - Atmospheres - Issue 7 | Volume 126. https://doi.org/10.1029/2020JD034083.
Zheng, Y., Brunsell, N., Alfieri, J., Nyogi, D. (2021). Impacts of land cover heterogeneity and land surface parameterizations on turbulent flow and mesoscale simulations. Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00703-020-00768-9.
De Oliveira, G., Brunsell, N., Chen, J., Shimabukuro, Y., Mataveli, G., Santos, C., Stark, S., Lima, A., Aragao, L. (2021). Legacy effects following fire on surface energy, water and carbon fluxes in mature Amazonian forests. Journal of Geophysical Research - Biogeosciences - Issue 5 | Volume 126. https://doi.org/10.1029/2020JG005833.
Pereira, G., Ramos, R., Rocha, L., Brunsell, N., Merino, E., Mataveli, G., Cardozo, F. (2021). Rainfall patterns and geomorphological controls driving inundation frequency in tropical wetlands: How does the Pantanal flood?. Progress in Physical Geography. https://doi.org/10.1177/0309133320987719.
Cady, T., Rahn, D., Brunsell, N., Lyles, W. (2020). Conversion of Abandoned Property to Green Space as a Strategy to Mitigate the Urban Heat Island Investigated with Numerical Simulations. Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology - Issue 11 | Volume 59. https://doi.org/10.1175/JAMC-D-20-0093.1.
Dantas, L., Santos, C., Olinda, R., Brito, J., Santos, C., Martins, E., Oliveira, G., Brunsell, N. (2020). Rainfall Prediction in the State of Paraíba, Northeastern Brazil Using Generalized Additive Models. Water - Issue 9 | Volume 12. https://doi.org/10.3390/W12092478.
Oliveira, G., Brunsell, N., Timothy, C., Dehaan, L., Vico, G. (2020). Carbon and water relations in perennial Kernza (Thinopyrum intermedium): An overview. Plant Science - Volume 295. https://doi.org/10.1016/J.PLANTSCI.2019.110279.
Richardson, A., Mohanty, B., Goulden, M., Fisher, J., Griffis, T., Russell, E., Desai, A., Mccabe, M., Fisher, J., Fisher, J., Lee, B., Lee, B., Purdy, A., Purdy, A., Halverson, G., Halverson, G., Dohlen, M., Dohlen, M., Cawse‐Nicholson, K., Wang, A., Wang, A., Anderson, R., Castro‐Contreras, S., Anderson, R., Aragon, B., Sanchez‐Azofeifa, A., Aragon, B., Arain, M., Arain, M., Baldocchi, D., Baker, J., Baker, J., Barral, H., Barral, H., Bernacchi, C., Bernhofer, C., Bernhofer, C., Biraud, S., Biraud, S., Bohrer, G., Brunsell, N., Cappelaere, B., Cappelaere, B., Castro‐Contreras, S. (2020). ECOSTRESS: NASA's Next Generation Mission to Measure Evapotranspiration From the International Space Station. Water Resources Research - Issue 4 | Volume 56. https://doi.org/10.1029/2019WR026058.
Guevara, M., Arroyo, C., Brunsell, N., Cruz, C., Domke, G., Equihua, J., Etchevers, J., Hayes, D., Hengl, T., Ibelles, A., Johnson, K., De Jong, B., Vargas Ramos, R., Libohova, Z., Llamas, R., Nave, L., Ornelas, J., Wills, S., Paz, F., Ressl, R., Schwartz, A., Victoria, A. (2020). Soil Organic Carbon Across Mexico and the Conterminous United States (1991–2010). Global Biogeochemical Cycles - Issue 3 | Volume 34. https://doi.org/10.1029/2019GB006219.
Rosa, E., Pezzi, L., De Quadro, M., Brunsell, N. (2020). Automated detection algorithm for SACZ, Oceanic SACZ and their climatological features. Frontiers in Environmental Science - Volume 8. https://doi.org/10.3389/fenvs.2020.00018.
Mataveli, G., Silva, M., França, D., Brunsell, N., Oliveira, G., Cardozo, F., Bertani, G., Pereira, G. (2019). Characterization and Trends of Fine Particulate Matter (PM2.5) Fire Emissions in the Brazilian Cerrado during 2002–2017. Remote Sensing - Issue 19 | Volume 11. https://doi.org/10.3390/RS11192254.
Caplan, J., Gimenez, D., Hirmas, D., Brunsell, N., Blair, J., Knapp, A. (2019). Decadal-scale shifts in soil hydraulic properties as induced by altered precipitation. Science Advances - Issue 9 | Volume 5. https://doi.org/10.1126/SCIADV.AAU6635.
Wesley, E., Brunsell, N. (2019). Greenspace Pattern and the Surface Urban Heat Island: A Biophysically-Based Approach to Investigating the Effects of Urban Landscape Configuration. Remote Sensing - Issue 19 | Volume 11. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs11192322.
Mataveli, G., Pereira, G., De Oliveira, G., Seixas, H., De S. Cardozo, F., Shimabukuro, Y., Kawakubo, F., Brunsell, N. 2020 Pantanal's widespread fire: short- and long-term implications for biodiversity and conservation. Biodiversity and Conservation.

Awards & Honors

<div class="fp-award fp-container"><div class="aca-award">John C. Wright Outstanding Graduate Mentor Award. University of Kansas, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. Received: 5-01-2023.</div></div>