Robert D. Field

PhD Student, Atmospheric Physics

Department of Physics

University of Toronto

60 St. George Street

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

M5S 1A7

Tel: (416) 655-4088

Fax: (416) 978-8905

 

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Research Interests

Climate modeling, stable water isotopes, paleoclimatology, biomass burning.

 

Education

PhD Atmospheric Physics, University of Toronto, September 2005 - present.

MSc Statistics, University of Alberta, 2005.

BSc Computing Science, University of Alberta, 1999.

 

Employment

Research Associate, Department of Rural Economy, University of Alberta, September 2004 - August 2005.

Scientific Programmer, Canadian Forest Service, May 1999 - August 2004.

 

Publications

Field, R.D., Modeled and observed controls on precipitation δ18O over Europe: from local temperature to the Northern Annular Mode, submitted.

 

Field, R.D., G.W.K. Moore, G. Holdsworth, G. A. Schmidt. A GCM-based analysis of circulation controls on δ18O in the southwest Yukon, Canada: implications for climate reconstructions in the region, submitted.

 

Hanesiak, J., R. Stewart, P. Taylor, K. Moore, D. Barber, G. McBean, W. Strapp, M. Wolde, R. Goodson, E. Hudson, D. Hudak, J. Scott, G. Liu, J. Gilligan, S. Biswas, R. Dyck, S. Fargey, R. Field, G. Gascon, M. Gordon, H. Greene, C. Hay, W. Henson, K. Hochheim, A. Laplante, M. Albarran Melzer, S. Zhang, Storm Studies in the Arctic (STAR), Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, accepted.

 

Field, R.D., G.R. van der Werf, and S.S.P. Shen, Human amplification of drought-induced biomass burning in Indonesia since 1960, Nature Geoscience, 2 (3), 185-188, doi:10.1038/ngeo443, 2009. [PDF]

 

Coverage in The New York Times and New Scientist

Nature Geoscience Backstory and press release

News releases from the University of Toronto, VU Amsterdam, NWO

 

Field, R. D., and S. S. P. Shen. Predictability of carbon emissions from biomass burning in Indonesia from 1997 to 2006, Journal of Geophysical Research-Biogeosciences, 113, G04024, doi:10.1029/2008JG000694, 2008. [PDF]

 

de Groot, W.J., R.D. Field, M.A. Brady, O. Roswintiarti, and M. Mohamad. Development of the Indonesian and Malaysian Fire Danger Rating Systems. Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change, 12, 165-180, 2007. [PDF]

 

Dymond, C.C., R.D. Field, O. Roswintiarti, and Guswanto. Calibrating components of a fire management system using satellite fire detection. Environmental Management, 35, 426-440, 2005. [PDF]

 

Field, R.D., Y. Wang, O. Roswintiarti, and Guswanto. A drought-based predictor of recent haze events in western Indonesia. Atmospheric Environment, 38, 1869-1878, 2004. [PDF]

 

Wang, Y., R.D. Field, and O. Roswintiarti. Trends in atmospheric haze induced by peat fires in Sumatra Island, Indonesia and El Nino phenomenon from 1973 to 2003. Geophysical Research Letters, 31, L04103, 2004. [PDF]