Oliver Frauenfeld
  • Professor
  • Director of Undergraduate Programs
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Biography

My research includes a broad range of topics in climate variability and climatic change. I focus primarily on surface-atmosphere interactions in the Arctic, such as the coupling between frozen ground (permafrost and seasonally frozen areas), sea ice, and other cryospheric variables with the overlying atmosphere. I am also exploring changes in western and southern Africa, with an emphasis on the biosphere and precipitation variability.

 

Additional Information

Experience

  • Professor of Geography, Texas A&M University, 2023-present
  • Associate Professor of Geography, Texas A&M University, 2016-2023
  • Assistant Professor of Geography, Texas A&M University, 2010-2016
  • Research Scientist I and II, National Snow and Ice Data Center, University of Colorado, 2003-2009

 

Graduate Students

Rhett Douris, Ph.D. Candidate
Kaitlan Gil-Najarro, M.S. Candidate
Daniel Goolsby, M.S. Candidate
Blu Patterson, M.S. Candidate

 

Links

http://frauenfeld.tamu.edu/

http://climatology.tamu.edu

Research Interests

  • Climate Change

  • Arctic Climate

  • Synoptic Climatology

  • Surface-Atmosphere Interactions

Educational Background

  • Ph.D., Environmental Sciences, University of Virginia
  • M.S., Environmental Sciences, University of Virginia
  • B.A., Environmental Sciences, University of Virginia

Awards & Honors

  • Association of Former Students Distinguished Achievement Award in Teaching (College-Level), College of Geosciences, Texas A&M University, 2020

  • Dean's Distinguished Achievement Award for Teaching, College of Geosciences, Texas A&M University, 2014

  • Montague-Center for Teaching Excellence Scholar, College of Geosciences, Texas A&M University, 2013–2014

  • John Russell Mather Paper of the Year Award, Climate Specialty Group of the Association of American Geographers, 2006

Selected Publications

    • Ford, V. L. and O. W. Frauenfeld, 2024: Internal Variability of Arctic Liquid Freshwater Content in a Coupled Climate Model Large Ensemble. Climatic Change, 177(10), 150, doi:10.1007/s10584-024-03808-0
    • Vecellio, D. J. and O. W. Frauenfeld, 2021: The Contribution of Changing Surface Thermodynamics on Twentieth and Twenty-First Century Air Temperatures Over Eurasian Permafrost. Climate Dynamics, 57(3), 933-952, doi:10.1007/s00382-021-05747-3
    • Peng, X., T. Zhang, O. W. Frauenfeld, R. Du, H. Jin, and C. Mu, 2021: A Holistic Assessment of 1979-2016 Global Cryospheric Extent. Earth's Future, 9, e2020EF001969, doi:10.1029/2020EF001969.
    • Bombardi, R. J., J. L. Kinter III, and O. W. Frauenfeld, 2019: A Gobal Gridded Dataset of the Characteristics of the Rainy and Dry Seasons. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 100(7), 1315-1328, doi:10.1175/BAMS-D-18-0177.1
    • Ford, T. W. and O. W. Frauenfeld, 2016: Surface-Atmosphere Moisture Interactions in the Frozen Ground Regions of Eurasia. Scientific Reports, 6, 19163, doi:10.1038/srep19163
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