Faculty
William Gutowski
Professor
Synoptic Meteorology, Global Climate Change
3021 Agronomy
Dept. of Geological and Atmospheric Sciences
Iowa State University
Ames, IA 50011
515-294-5632
Email: gutowski@iastate.edu
Education
BS, Yale, Astronomy and Physics, 1976
PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Meteorology, 1984
Research
Dr. Gutowski's research concentrates on the role of atmospheric
dynamics in climate. Central focuses are the dynamics of the hydrologic
cycle and regional climate. Because processes on a wide range of spatial
and temporal scales are important for both of these, his research
program entails a variety of modeling and data analysis approaches.
His work includes regional modeling of African, Arctic and East Asian
climates and has significant collaboration with scientists in these
regions. Much of his work is through the Regional
Climate Modeling Laboratory (PIRCS), which he coordinates with
Dr. Eugene Takle and Dr. Ray Arritt (Agronomy Department).
Courses
Meteorology
452x/552x
Physics of Climate.
Meteorology
454
Dynamic Meteorology II: Planetary boundary layer, linear
perturbation theory, atmospheric wave motions, baroclinic and convective
instability, mesoscale circulations.
Meteorology
455/555
Dynamic Meteorology III: General circulation of the atmosphere,
including energy, momentum and hydrologic balances. Weather forecast
and analysis systems.
Active Research Grants
Gutowski, W. J., Jr., R. W. Arritt and E. S. Takle: Collaborative
research: One- and Two-Way Coupling of Atmospheric and Hydrologic
Models. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. [ISU
component of a multi-institutional grant to the Cooperative Institute
for Research in Environmental Sciences of the University of Colorado,
the Water Resources Division of the U. S. Geological Survey and Iowa
State.]
Arritt, R. W., W. J. Gutowski, and E. S. Takle: Multi-model ensemble
simulations of the North American Monsoon System. National Oceanic
and Atmospheric Administration.
Prusa, J., and W. J. Gutowski:
Continuous dynamic grid adaptation in a global atmospheric model.
Department of Energy.
Hewitson, B., PI, with E. Afiesiema, S. Jain, J. Intsiful, A. Sarr,
R. Walawege, B. Garrangange, H. Rautenbach, C. Jack, W. Gutowski,
R. Crane, R. Jones, D. Hudson, 2001: Regional climate change scenarios
for southern and eastern Africa: Downscaling for impact applications.
AIACC [grant to University of Cape Town, South Africa].
L. Hinzman, D. Kane, M. Nolan, K. Yoshikawa, J. Cassano, A. Lynch,
W. Gutowski, 2002: Detection and Attribution of Changes in Hydrologic
Regimes of Mackenzie, the Kuparuk and the Lena River Basins. National
Science Foundation [primary grant to University of Alaska/Fairbanks,
with NSF subgrant to Iowa State University].
Selected Referred Publications
Cohen, D. M., M. Person, R. Daannen, S. Locke, D. Dhalstromnb,
V. Zabiel, D. O. Rosenberry, H. Wright, E. Ito, J. L. Nieber and W.
J. Gutowski, 2005: Groundwater supported evapotranspiration within
glaciated watersheds under conditions of cliamte change. J. Hydrology
(submitted).
Fu, C. B., S. Y. Wang, Z. Xiong, W. J. Gutowski, D. K. Lee, J.McGregor,
Y.Sato, H. Kato, J.-W. Kim, M.-S. Su, 2005: Regional Climate Model
Intercomparison Project for Asia (RMIP). Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc.
(in press).
Iselin, J.P., W. J. Gutowski and J.M. Prusa, 2004: Tracer advection
using dynamic grid adaptation and MM5. Mon. Wea. Rev. (in
press).
Otles, Z., and W. J. Gutowski, 2004: Atmospheric stability effects
on Penman-Monteith evapotranspiration estimates Pure Appl. Geophys.
(in press).
Pan, Z., R.W. Arritt, E.S. Takle, W.J. Gutowski, C.J. Anderson and
M. Segal, 2004: Altered hydrologic feedback in a warming climate introduces
a "warming hole". Geophys. Res. Lett., 31, L17109,
doi:10.1029/2004GL020528.
Gutowski, W. J., F. Otieno, R. W. Arritt, E. S. Takle and Z. Pan,
2004: Diagnosis and attribution of a seasonal precipitation deficit
in a U.S. regional climate simulation. J. Hydrometeor., 5,
230-242.
Publications
Invited
Presentations
Pictures
from my family's stay in South Africa (July 2001 - January 2002) during
my sabbatical at the University of Cape Town.