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Associate Professor
Ph.D., University of Wisconsin, 1990

Department of Geography
Callcott, Room 212
Columbia, SC 29208

Phone: (803) 777-0682   Fax: (803) 777-4972
E-mail: 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/cisa/


Recent Publications

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 Students
Susan Dunham, Ph.D. candidate
Erika Hartwig, Masters candidate
Ian Millar, Masters candidate
Krik Kabela, Ph.D. candidate

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