Gregory J. Carbone

Department Chair
Professor
Ph.D., University of Wisconsin, 1990

Department of Geography
Callcott, Room 212
Columbia, SC 29208

Phone: (803) 777-0682   Fax: (803) 777-4972
email: greg.carbone@sc.edu

Areas of Interest
Climate variability and change
Climate impacts

Research
My major research project examines how the water resource community uses climate information in their decision making.http://www.cas.sc.edu/geog/research/cisa/

Recent Publications

Dow, K., R.L. Murphy, and G.J. Carbone, 2009. Consideration of User Needs and Spatial Accuracy in Drought Mapping. Journal of the American Water Resources Association 45(1):187-197. DOI: 10.1111 ⁄ j.1752-1688.2008.00270.x

Hwang, Y. and G.J. Carbone. 2009. Ensemble forecast of drought indices using a modified K-NN technique. Journal of Hydrometeorology 48(7): 1289-1301.

Carbone, G.J., J. Rhee, H. Mizzell, and R. Boyles. 2008. A regional-scale drought monitor for the Carolinas. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society 89: 20-28.

Rhee, J., J. Im, G. J. Carbone, and J. R. Jensen. 2008. Delineation of climate
regions using in-situ and remotely-sensed data for the Carolinas. Remote Sensing
of Environment 112(6): 3099-3111. DOI:10.1016/j.rse.2008.03.001.

Rhee, J., G. J. Carbone, and J. Hussey. 2008. Drought index mapping at different
spatial units. Journal of Hydrometeorology DOI: 10.1175/2008JHM983.1.

Rhee, J. and G.J. Carbone. 2007. A comparison of weekly monitoring methods of the Palmer Drought Index. Journal of Climate 20: 6033-6044. DOI: 10.1175/2007JCL1693.1

Dow, K. and G.J. Carbone. 2007. Climate science and decision making. Geography Compass 1: 10.1111/j.1749-8198.2007.00036.x

Dow, K., R.E. O’Connor, B. Yarnal, G.J. Carbone, and C.L. Jocoy. 2007. Why worry? Community water system managers’ perceptions of vulnerability. Global Environmental Change 17: 228-237.

Yow, D.M. and G.J. Carbone. 2006. The urban heat island and local temperature variations in Orlando, Florida. Southeastern Geographer 46(2): 117-141.

O'Connor, R.E., B. Yarnal,  K. Dow,  C.L. Jocoy,  and G.J. Carbone. 2005. “Feeling at-risk matters: Water managers and the decision to use forecasts.” Risk Analysis 25(5): 1265-1275.

Carbone, G.J. and K. Dow. 2005. “Water resource management and drought forecasts in South Carolina.” Journal of the American Water Resources Association 41(1): 145-155.

Carbone, G. and H. Power. 2005. “Integrating campus meteorological data in environmental courses.”  Journal of Geography 104(1): 3-8.

Mearns, L. O., G. Carbone, R. M. Doherty, E.  Tsvetsinskaya, B. A. McCarl, R. M. Adams, and L. McDaniel. 2003. “The uncertainty due to spatial scale of climate scenarios in integrated assessments: An example from U.S. agriculture.” Integrated Assessment 4(4): 225-235.

Carbone, G.J., W. Kiechle, C. Locke, L. Mearns, L. McDaniel, and M. Downton. 2003. “Response of soybeans and sorghum to varying spatial scales of climate change scenarios in the southeastern United States.” Climatic Change 60(1-2): 73-98.

Carbone, G.J., L.O. Mearns, T. Mavromatis, E.J. Sadler, and D. Stooksbury. 2003. “Evaluating CROPGRO-Soybean performance for use in climate impact studies.” Agronomy Journal 95: 537-544.

Teaching
Introduction to Weather and Climate
Climate and Society
Climate Change and Variability
Seminar in Climatology

Grad Supervision: 3 Ph.D. and 12 Masters completed

Grad Students
Susan Dunham, Ph.D. candidate
David Glenn, Ph.D. candidate
Erik Kabela, Ph.D. candidate