John A. Harrington, Jr.

Title: Professor

Curriculum Vitae: vita-Sep04.pdf

Address: Phone:

Department of Geography
254 E Seaton Hall
Manhattan, KS 66506-2904

(785) 532-3405 = Office Phone
(785) 532-6727 = Department Phone
(785) 532-7310 = Department Fax

Degrees:

Ph.D. (Geography) Michigan State University (1980), Advisor: Dr. Jay Harman
M.A. (Geography) University of Minnesota (1974), Advisor: Dr. Richard Skaggs
B.S. (Geography) Michigan State University (1972)

Research Interests:

Synoptic Climatology and Meteorology
Precipitation Climatology
Climate Variability and Human Dimensions of Global/Local Change
Climate Classification
Ecological Climatology and Biogeography
Remote Sensing of Vegetation
Water Quality Remote Sensing
Remote Sensing of Changing Rural Landscapes
Natural Resource Applications of Geographic Information Systems
Applied Geography

Selected Courses Taught:

Climatology (GEOG 535)
Environmental Geography I (GEOG 220)
Human Impact on the Environment (GEOG 760)
Remote Sensing (GEOG 705)
Advanced Remote Sensing (GEOG 711)
Climate of the Great Plains (GEOG 735)
History and Philosophy of Geography (GEOG 820)

Selected Awards and Special Appointments:

2003
2002-03
2002
2000-2003
2000-2002
1998-2001
1995-97
1994-97
1992-96
1992
1987-95
1986-88
1985
1984-1985
1983-1984
1982-85
1981-82
1981

Member, National Academy of Science Workshop Steering Committee
Chair, Great Plains/Rocky Mountain Division of the AAG
Member, Assoc. of American Geographers Nominating Committee
Member, Assoc. of American Geographers Commission of College Geography
Climatology Editor, Physical Geography
Director, Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences Secondary Major, Kansas State
Director, Climate Specialty Group, AAG
Board of Directors, Applied Geography Conferences
Member, Remote Sensing Committee, Society for Range Management
Associate Director, Colorado Geographic Alliance Summer Institute
Honors Committee, Climate Specialty Group, AAG (Chair 87-93)
Director, Digital Mapping Laboratory, New Mexico State University
Remote Sensing Specialist, Conservation and Survey, University of Nebraska
Committee on Faculty Compensation, Oklahoma
Faculty Senate, Oklahoma
Chair, Vice-Chair, Geography Section - Oklahoma Academy of Science
Program Committee - 1982 AAG Meetings
Summer Research Scientist, Oklahoma Climatological Survey
Distinguished Faculty Award Committee, College of Social Sciences, Michigan State

Graduate Advisees - Ph.D.

2001	Leathers, Nancy J., Ph.D. Dissertation: “A Furnace Wind Climatology for the Central United States.”
	Marzen, Luke J., Ph.D. Dissertation; “An Analysis of Vegetation Change and Rehabilitation Approaches after the 1980 Eruption of Mount St. Helens ” (L.M.B. Harrington, Co-advisor)

2000	Hutchinson, J.M. Shawn, Ph.D. Dissertation: “Estimating Tallgrass Prairie Soil Moisture Using Active Satellite Microwave Imagery and Optical Sensor Inputs.”

1994	Yan, Yuk. Y., Ph.D. Dissertation: "Spatial and Temporal Analyses of Weather Stress Indicies of Indiana." (J.E. Oliver, Co-advisor)
1993	Repic, Randall L., Ph.D. Dissertation: "An Assessment of Spectral Response Curves for Coal Strip Mine Lakes in Southwestern Indiana."

Graduate Advisees - M.A.

2004	Bowles, Erik H., “An Applied Climatology of Heat Stress Events in the Central United States: A Spatial and Temporal Assessment Using the Temperature-Humidity Index.”

2003	Zimney, Michael S., “Hierarchical Diffusion of Geographic Information Systems in Kansas”
2002	Kroemer, Ryan M., “Assessing Aquifer Vulnerability in Phelps County, Nebraska and Finney County, Kansas Using DRASTIC and LPI Indicies”
	Wood, M. James, “Spatial and Statistical Analysis of Palmer’s Climatic Instability Index”

2001	Frank, Katrina L., “Potential Effects of Warm Season Climate Change on Livestock Production in the United States ”
1999	Guinotte, John, “A Model for Predicting Coral Reef Habitats in the Tropical Western Atlantic and Eastern Pacific”
	Blocker, James, “An Examination of Remotely Sensed Derived Vegetation Indexes and Maneuver Damage at Fort Riley, Kansas”

1998	Holden, Gerold, I., Jr., “Impact of Increased Atmospheric CO2 on the Greening of the Sand-Sage Prairie, Finney County Kansas”
1997	Hutchinson, J.M. Shawn “RADAR Backscatter - Soil Moisture Relationships over Tall Grass Prairie”
	Wardlow, Brian D., M.A. Thesis: “Temporal Monitoring of Suspended Sediment Patterns Using Landsat Thematic Mapper Imagery - A Study of Tuttle Creek Reservoir, Kansas”

1994	Doering, David. E., M.A. Thesis: "Geographic Perspectives of Sand Dune Stability at the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore"
	Peters, W. Ted, M.A. Thesis: "An Evaluation of Special Transforms for Improving the Vegetation Classification for the Gap Analysis Project in Indiana."

	Foster, Scott P., M.A. Thesis: "The Utilization of Two Raingauge Networks for Modeling Flooding Along the Little Washita River, October 17-21, 1983."

1992	Bierly, Gregory D., M.A. Thesis: "A Climatology of Transition Season Colorado Cyclones: 1961-1990."
1991	Johnson (DeSmidt), Amy M., M.A. Thesis: "Principal Component Analysis of Landsat TM Data for Water Quality Assessment."
1984	Walsh, Michael F., M.A. Thesis: "Spatial and Temporal Transfer of Classification Algorithms Developed for Landsat MSS Digital Data.
	Cartin, Kevin F., M.A. Thesis: "The Digital Image Analysis System: Microcomputer Software For Digital Processing of Landsat Data."

	Brown, Brock J., M.A. Thesis: "A Synoptic Climatology of Bimodality in Warm Season Precipitation Profiles From Central North America."

1981	Barrios, Eduardo A., M.A. Thesis: "A Multivariate Statistical Taxonomy of the Climate of Venezuela."
	Cantwell, Hal D., M.A. Thesis: "The Changing Phytosociology of the Oak-Hickory Forest of the Ozark Mountains of Oklahoma."

1980	Dunn, Charles W., Jr., M.A. Thesis: "Identifying the Prairie-Forest Transition Using Remote Sensing: A Comparative Analysis."

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Last Updated: December 8, 2003

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Department of Geography 254 E Seaton Hall Manhattan, KS 66506-2904	(785) 532-3405 = Office Phone (785) 532-6727 = Department Phone (785) 532-7310 = Department Fax