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.
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.
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.
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., 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., Castro-Contreras, S., Hook, 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., Hengl, T., Ibelles, A., Johnson, K., De Jong, B., Libohova, Z., Llamas, R., Nave, L., Ornelas, J., Wills, S., Paz, F., Ressl, R., Ressl, R., Schwartz, A., Victoria, A., Vargas Ramos, R. (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>