Dr. P. A. Dirmeyer, Ph.D., University of Maryland, 1992. Dr. Dirmeyer conducts research on the role of the land surface in the climate system. This includes the development and application of land-surface models, studies of the impact of land surface variability on the predictability of climate, interactions between the terrestrial and atmospheric branches of the hydrologic cycle, and the impacts of land use change on regional and global climate.

Dr. Dirmeyer recently completed a secondment as an Associate Program Manager at the National Science Foundation in the Climate and Large-Scale Dynamics Program in the Division of Atmospheric Sciences.

Dr. Dirmeyer's Curriculum Vitae

Dr. Dirmeyer's Publications