Faculty
Wayne M. Wendland
- Emeritus Professor of Geography and former
- State Climatologist, Illinois State Water Survey
Ph.D. 1972, University of Wisconsin-Madison (meteorology) - Research Interests: Climate variation, both in space and time;
- primarily Holocene climate change.
- Interpretation of present climate.
- E-mail: wayne@sparc.sws.uiuc.edu
Wayne Wendland is involved in a number of research projects, all being a component of climate and climate change, including studies of climate data quality; the distribution and frequency of climate events in Illinois; reconstruction of Holocene climates, specifically floods from tree-rings; and airmass climatology.
Recent Publications
Wendland, W.M. and W. Armstrong, 1993. Calibration of Maximum-Minimum resistance and liquid-in-glass thermometer records. J. Meteor. and Ocean.Tech. 10:233-237.
Wendland, W.M. and H. Hoffman, 1993. Illinois tornadoes prior to 1916. Trans., Illinois Acad. Sci. 86(1 & 2):1-10.
Wendland, W.M., 1993. Kansas climate with global warming: Agricultural and other economic impacts. Trans., KS Acad. Sci. 96(3 & 4):161-166.
Wendland, W.M., 1994. Paleoclimates: A Guide to Climates of the Future. In "Sustainable Agriculture in the American Midwest." G. McIsaac and W.R. Edwards, eds. Univ. of Illinois Press, pp. 215-230.
Wendland, W.M., 1995. Environmental History at Lubbock Lake and the Episodic Nature of Holocene Climates. In "Ancient Peoples and Landscapes." E. Johnson, ed. Museum of Texas Tech. University, pp. 341-348.
Wendland, W.M., 1995. Climate Variability--Past, Prfesent and Future. Submitted for publication.