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David Nowak
Title: Project Leader / Research Forester
Unit: Urban Forests, Human Health, and Environmental Quality
Previous Unit: Effects of Urban Forests and their Management on Human Health and Environmental Quality
Address: Northern Research Station
c/o SUNY ESF, 5 Moon Library
Syracuse, NY 13210
Phone: 315-448-3212
E-mail: Contact David Nowak
Education
- Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley
- MS and BS SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry
Civic & Professional Affiliations
Air and Waste Management Association, American Society of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, International Society of Arboriculture, Society of American Foresters
Current Research
The goal of my research program is to investigate what makes up the vegetation in cities and town and what environmental or ecosystem services this vegetation provides to local and regional populations. The research initiates field studies and develops computer models to assess the urban forest structure, functions, and values for urban areas across the globe. One of the research goals is to integrate urban forest ecosystem services (e.g., air quality improvement) within various environmental regulations (e.g., Clean Air Act). Tools are also being developed to aid in management and planning decisions to sustain urban forest health and services. Long-term monitoring programs are investigating how and why urban forest change through time so better management plans can be developed to sustain this important resource. Specific research projects include:
- Assessments of changes in urbanization and urban forest structure and functions nationally
- Local assessments of urban forest structure and functions: air pollution removal; carbon storage and sequestration; biogenic emissions; building of energy conservation; water flows and water quality
- Effects of urban forests on air and water quality
- Long-term monitoring of urban vegetation locally and nationally (proposed Urban Forest Inventory and Analysis Program)
- Development of UFORE model?computer model to assess urban forest structure, function, and value
- Functional species selection program
Future Research
Future research will continue to focus on urban forest change, structure, functions, and modeling of ecosystem services.
Featured Publications
- Nowak, David J.; Hoehn, Robert E. III; Crane, Daniel E.; Stevens, Jack C.; Walton, Jeffrey T. 2006. Assessing urban forest effects and values, Washington, D.C.'s urban forest. Assessing urban forest effects and values, Washington, D.C.'s urban forest. Resour. Bull. NRS-1. Newtown Square, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northern Research Station. 24 p.
- Nowak, David J.; Hoehn, Robert E., III; Crane, Daniel E.; Stevens, Jack C.; Walton, Jeffrey T. 2006. Assessing urban forest effects and values, Casper's urban forest. Resour. Bull. NRS-4. Newtown Square, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northern Research Station. 20 p.
- Nowak, David J.; Crane, Daniel E.; Stevens, Jack C. 2006. Air pollution removal by urban trees and shrubs in the United States. Urban Forestry and Urban Greening 4:115-123
Additional Online Publications
- Escobedo, Francisco J.; Wagner, John E.; Nowak, David J.; De la Maza, Carmen Luz; Rodriguez, Manuel; Crane, Daniel E. 2008. Analyzing the cost effectiveness of Santiago, Chile's policy of using urban forests to improve air quality
- Nowak, David J.; Hoehn, Robert E., III; Crane, Daniel E.; Stevens, Jack C.; Walton, Jeffrey T. 2007. Assessing urban forest effects and values, New York City's urban forest
- Nowak, David J.; Hoehn, Robert E., III; Crane, Daniel E.; Stevens, Jack C.; Walton, Jeffrey T. 2007. Assessing urban forest effects and values, Philladelphia's urban forest
- Nowak, David J.; Hoehn, Robert E., III; Crane, Daniel E.; Stevens, Jack C.; Walton, Jeffrey T. 2007. Assessing urban forest effects and values, San Francisco's urban forest
- Heisler, Gordon; Walton, Jeffrey; Yesilonis, Ian; Nowak, David; Pouyat, Richard; Grant, Richard; Grimmond, Sue; Hyde, Karla; Bacon, Gregory. 2007. Empirical modeling and mapping of below-canopy air temperatures in Baltimore, MD and vicinity
- Nowak, David ; Buckelew Cumming, Anne; Twardus, Daniel; Hoehn, Robert; Mielke, Manfred. 2007. National Forest Health Monitoring Program, Monitoring Urban Forests in Indiana: Pilot Study 2002, Part 2: Statewide Estimates Using the UFORE Model
- Cumming, Anne Buckelew; Nowak, David; Twardus, Daniel; Hoehn, Robert ; Mielke, Manfred; Rideout, Richard. 2007. National Forest Health Monitoring Program, Urban Forests Of Wisconsin: Pilot Monitoring Project 2002
- Nowak, David J.; Hoehn, Robert; Crane, Daniel E. 2007. Oxygen production by urban trees in the United States
- Myeong, Soojeong; Nowak, David J.; Duggin, Michael J. 2006. A temporal analysis of urban forest carbon storage using remote sensing
- Nowak, David J.; Hoehn, Robert E. III; Crane, Daniel E.; Stevens, Jack C.; Walton, Jeffrey T. 2006. Assessing urban forest effects and values, Minneapolis' urban forest
- Pouyat, Richard V.; Yesilonis, Ian D.; Nowak, David J. 2006. Carbon storage by urban soils in the United States
- Nowak, David J. 2006. Institutionalizing urban forestry as a "biotechnology" to improve environmental quality
- Jouraeva, Venera A.; Johnson, David L.; Hassett, John P.; Nowak, David J.; Shipunova, Natalia A.; Barbarossa, Dana. 2006. Role of sooty mold fungi in degradation of polycycllic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHS) in soil
- Escobedo, Francisco J.; Nowak, David J.; Wagner, John E.; Luz De la Maza, Carmen; Rodríguez, Manuel; Crane, Daniel E.; Hernández, Jamie. 2006. The socioeconomics and management of Santiago de Chile's public urban forests
- Nowak, David J.; Twardus, Daniel; Hoehn, Robert; Mielke, Manfred; Smith, Bill; Walton, Jeffery T.; Crane , Daniel E.; Cumming, Anne; Stevens, Jack C. 2006. Urban Forest Health Monitoring in the United States
- Pataki, D.E.; Alig, R.J.; Fung, A.S.; Golubiewski, E.; Kennedy, C.A.; McPherson, E.G.; Nowak, D.J.; Pouyat, R.V.; Romero Lankao, P. 2006. Urban ecosystems and the North American carbon cycle
- Nowak, David J.; Smith, Peter D.; Merritt, Michael; Giedraitis, John; Walton, Jeffrey T.; Hoehn, Robert E.; Stevens, Jack C.; Crane, Daniel E.; Estes, Mark; Stetson, Stephen; Burditt, Charles; Hitchcock, David; Holtcamp, Wendee. 2005. Houston's Regional Forest
- Woodall, Christopher; Johnson, Dan; Gallion, Joey; Perry, Charles; Butler, Brett; Piva, Ron; Jepsen, Ed; Nowak, Dave; Marshall, Phil. 2005. Indiana's forests 1999-2003 (Part A)
- Nowak, David J.; Walton, Jeffrey T. 2005. Projected Urban Growth (2000?2050) and Its Estimated Impact on the US Forest Resource
- Nowak, Dr. David J. 2005. Strategic tree planting as an EPA encouraged pollutant reduction strategy: how urban trees can obtain credit in state implementation plans
- Nowak, David J.; Walton, Jeffrey T.; Dwyer, John F.; Kaya, Latif G.; Myeong, Soojeong. 2005. The Increasing Influence of Urban Environments on US Forest Management
- Thompson, J.R.; Nowak, D.J.; Crane, D.E.; Hunkins, J.A. 2004. Iowa, U.S., communities benefit from a tree-planting program: characteristics of recently planted trees
- Nowak, David J.; Kuroda, Miki; Crane, Daniel E. 2004. Tree mortality rates and tree population projections in Baltimore, Maryland, USA
- Heisler, Gordon M.; Grant, Richard H.; Nowak, David J.; Gao, Wei; Crane, Daniel E.; Walton, Jeffery T. 2003. Inclusion of an ultraviolet radiation transfer component in an urban forest effects model for predicting tree influences on potential below-canopy exposure to UVB radiation
- Dwyer, John F.; Nowak, David J.; Noble, Mary Heather. 2003. Sustaining Urban Forests
- Myeong, Soojeong; Nowak, David J.; Hopkins, Paul F.; Brock, Robert H. 2003. Urban cover mapping using digital, high-resolution aerial imagery
- Nowak, David J.; Crane, Daniel E.; Stevens, Jack C.; Ibarra, Myriam. 2002. Brooklyn's urban forest
- Nowak, David J.; Crane, Daniel E. 2002. Carbon storage and sequestration by urban trees in the USA
- Nowak, David J.; Crane, Daniel E.; Dwyer, John F. 2002. Compensatory value of urban trees in the United States
- Jouraeva, Venera A.; Johnson, David L.; Hassett, John P.; Nowak, David J. 2002. Differences in accumulation of PAHs and metals on the leaves of Tilia x euchlora and Pyrus calleryana
- Nowak, David J.; Stevens, Jack C.; Sisinni, Susan M.; Luley, Christopher J. 2002. Effects of urban tree management and species selection on atmospheric carbon dioxide
- Dwyer, John F.; Nowak, David J.; Watson, Gary W. 2002. Future Directions for Urban Forestry Research in the United States
- Nowak, David J.; Crane, Daniel E.; Walton, Jeffrey T.; Twardus, Daniel B.; Dwyer, John F. 2002. Understanding and quantifying urban forest structure, functions, and value
- Nowak, David J.; Noble, Mary H.; Sisinni, Susan M.; Dwyer, John F. 2001. Assessing the US Urban Forest Resources
- Nowak, David J.; Pasek, Judith E.; Sequeira, Ronaldo A.; Crane, Daniel E.; Mastro, Victor C. 2001. Potential effect of Anoplophora glabripennis (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) on urban trees in the United States
- Nowak, David J.; O'Connor, Paul R.; [Compilers]. 2001. Syracuse urban forest master plan: guiding the city's forest resource into the 21st century
- Nowak, David J.; Dwyer, John F. 2001. Urban forest structure, benefits, and value
- Dwyer, John F.; Nowak, David J.; Watson, Gary W. 2001. Urban forestry research in the United State: the state of art and future prospects
- Dwyer, John F.; Nowak, David J. 2000. A National Assessment of the Urban Forest: An Overview
- Nowak, David J.; Civerolo, Kevin L.; Rao, S. Trivikrama; Sistla, Gopal; Luley, Christopher J.; Crane, Daniel E. 2000. A modeling study of the impact of urban trees on ozone
- Dwyer, John F.; Nowak, David J.; Noble, Mary Heather; Sisinni, Susan M. 2000. Connecting people with ecosystems in the 21st century: an assessment of our nation's urban forests.
- Dwyer, John F.; Childs, Gina M.; Nowak, David J. 2000. Forestry in urban and urbanizing areas of the United States; connecting people with forest in the 21st century
- Nowak, David J.; Crane, Daniel E. 2000. The Urban Forest Effects (UFORE) model: quantifying urban forest structure and functions
- Johnson, D. L.; Nowak, D. J.; Jouraeva, V. A. 1999. Characterizing individual particles on tree leaves using computer automated scanning electron microscopy
- Nowak, David J.; McHale, Patrick J.; Ibarra, Myriam; Crane, Daniel; Stevens, Jack C.; Luley, Chris J. 1998. Modeling the effects of urban vegetation on air pollution
- Onstad, David W.; Nowak, David J.; Jeffords, Michael R. 1997. Potential defoliation of trees by outbreak populations of gypsy moth in the Chicago area
- McPherson, E. Gregory; Nowak, David; Heisler, Gordon; Grimmond, Sue; Souch, Catherine; Grant, Rich; Rowntree, Rowan. 1997. Quantifying urban forest structure, function, and value: the Chicago Urban Forest Climate Project
- Nowak, David J. 1996. Estimating leaf area and leaf biomass of open-grown deciduous urban trees
- Nowak, David J.; Rowntree, Rowan A.; McPherson, E. Gregory; Sisinni, Susan M.; Kirkmann, Esther R.; Stevens, Jack C. 1996. Measuring and analyzing urban tree cover
- McPherson, Gregory E.; Nowak, David J.; Rowntree, Rowan A.; [Editors]. 1994. Chicago's urban forest ecosystem: results of the Chicago Urban Forest Climate Project
- Nowak, David J. 1994. Understanding the structure
- Nowak, David J. 1993. Atmospheric carbon reduction by urban trees
- McPherson, Gregory E.; Nowak, David J.; Sacamano, Paul L.; Prichard, Scott E.; Makra, Edith M. 1993. Chicago's evolving urban forest: initial report of the Chicago Urban Forest Climate Project
- Nowak, David J. 1993. Compensatory value of an urban forest: an application of the tree-value formula
- Nowak, David J. 1993. Historical vegetation change in Oakland and its implications for urban forest management
- Nowak, David J.; McBride, Joe R. 1993. Testing microdensitometric ability to determine Monterey pine urban tree stress
- Nowak, David J.; McBride, Joe R. 1992. Differences in Monterey pine pest populations in urban and natural forests
- Nowak, David J.; Sydnor, Davis T. 1992. Popularity of tree species and cultivars in the United States
- Nowak, David J.; McBride, Joe R. 1991. Comparison of Monterey pine stress in urban and natural forests
- Rowntree, Rowan A.; Nowak, David J. 1991. Quantifying the role of urban forests in removing atmospheric carbon dioxide
- Nowak, David J. 1990. Height diameter relations of maple street trees
- Nowak, David J.; Rowntree, Rowan A. 1990. History and range of Norway maple
- Nowak, David J.; McBride, Joe R.; Beatty, Russell A. 1990. Newly planted street tree growth and mortality
- Nowak, David J. 1990. Street tree pruning and removal needs
- McBride, Joe R.; Nowak, David J. 1989. Urban park tree inventories
Last Modified: 11/19/2008