Frauenfeld, Oliver
individual record
Associate Professor
Positions:
- Associate Professor, Geography, College of Geosciences
overview
Surface-Atmosphere Interactions
High-Latitude Climate
Atmospheric Circulation
Climate Change
education and training
- Ph.D. in Environmental Sciences, University of Virginia - (Charlottesville, Virginia, United States) 2003
- M.S. in Environmental Sciences, University of Virginia - (Charlottesville, Virginia, United States) 1999
- B.A. in Environmental Sciences and Spanish, University of Virginia - (Charlottesville, Virginia, United States) 1995
selected publications
Academic Articles56
- Ford, V. L., & Frauenfeld, O. W. (2022). Arctic precipitation recycling and hydrologic budget changes in response to sea ice loss. Global and Planetary Change. 209, 103752-103752.
- Du, R., Peng, X., Haodong, J., Qing, W., Wen, S., Shichao, J., ... Frauenfeld, O. W. (2022). Comparative study on active layer depth differences between hummocks and thermokarst depressions in the Eboling area of the Qilian Mountains. Journal of Glaciology and Geocryology. 44(1), 188-202.
- Jin, H., Li, X., Frauenfeld, O. W., Zhao, Y., Chen, C., Du, R., Du, J., & Peng, X. (2022). Comparisons of Statistical Downscaling Methods for Air Temperature Over the Qilian Mountains. Theoretical and Applied Climatology.
- Jin, H., Li, X., Frauenfeld, O. W., Zhao, Y., Chen, C., Du, R., Du, J., & Peng, X. (2022). Comparisons of statistical downscaling methods for air temperature over the Qilian Mountains. Theoretical and Applied Climatology. 1-14.
- Vecellio, D. J., & Frauenfeld, O. W. (2022). Surface and sub-surface drivers of autumn temperature increase over Eurasian permafrost. Climatic Change. 172(1-2), 13.
Repository Documents / Preprints2
- Jin, H., Li, X., Frauenfeld, O. W., Zhao, Y., Chen, C., Du, R., Du, J., & Peng, X. (2022). Comparisons of Statistical Downscaling Methods for Air Temperature Over the Qilian Mountains. Theoretical and Applied Climatology.
- Peng, X., Frauenfeld, O. W., Zhang, T., Wang, K., Cao, B., Zhong, X., Su, H., & Mu, C. (2016). Response of seasonal soil freeze depth to climate change across China.
in the news
- Earth’s shrinking cryosphere: Team makes first-ever global assessment Research@Texas A&M July 28, 2021
researcher on
Principal Investigator1
Co-Principal Investigator1
awards and honors
recent teaching activities
- GEOG203 Planet Earth Instructor
- GEOG324 Global Climatic Region Instructor
- GEOG485 Directed Studies Instructor
- GEOG485 Directed Studies-poland Instructor
- GEOG485 Directed Studies: In-ab Instructor
chaired theses and dissertations
- Hernandez, Manuel (2015-08). Assessment of Statistically Downscaled CMIP5 Simulations of the North American Monsoon System. (Master's Thesis)
- Chen, Liang (2015-08). The Impacts of Land Cover Change on Climate over China. (Doctoral Dissertation)
- Quirk, Laura Marie (2014-05). Assessing the Predictability of the Beaufort Sea Minimum Ice Extent in a Changing Arctic Climate Regime. (Master's Thesis)
Email
oliver.frauenfeld@tamu.edu
First Name
Oliver
Last Name
Frauenfeld
mailing address
Texas A&M University; Geography; 3147 TAMU
College Station, TX 77843-3147
USA