Warren E. Heilman
Title: Research Meteorologist
Unit: Climate, Fire, and Carbon Cycle Sciences
Previous Unit: Atmospheric-Ecosystem Interactions
Address: Northern Research Station
Stephen S. Nisbet Bldg., 1407 S. Harrison Road, Room 220
East Lansing, MI 48823
Phone: 517-355-7740; ext. 110
E-mail: Contact Warren E. Heilman
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Education
- Iowa State University, Ph.D. Meteorology, 1988
- Iowa State University, M.S. Meteorology, 1984
- South Dakota State University, B.S. Physics, 1979
Civic & Professional Affiliations
American Meteorological Society, Sigma Pi Sigma (Society of Physics Students)
Current Research
My current research is focused on (1) developing new predictive tools for fire-weather, fire behavior, and air quality in support of the Forest Service's Fire and Fuels R&D Strategy, (2) examining the effects of current and future landscape change on air pollution (ozone) patterns and resulting forest health in the north Central and Northeastern U.S., (3) determining the role of global climate factors and regional climate variability in affecting forest health in that region, and (4) examining the impact of increasing greenhouse gas concentrations on forest microclimates and the potential feedbacks to vegetation as it responds to those gases.
Why is This Important
This research is important because it
- increases our fundamental understanding of how the atmosphere interacts with forest and rangeland ecosystems,
- increases our understanding of those atmospheric processes that impact disturbance frequency and severity, and
- lays the foundation for the development of new predictive tools to anticipate weather and climate-related disturbances and their effects on ecosystem health and human health and safety.
Future Research
In support of the Forest Service’s Fire and Fuels R&D Strategy and the new Northern Station’s priority research themes, my future research ideas include an examination of
- atmospheric turbulence processes involved in extreme fire behavior,
- the dynamics of pollutant formation and transport in the vicinity of wildland and prescribed fires, and
- the interacting effects of regional climate change/variability, landscape change, and pollutant emissions on forest health in the Great Lakes region.
Featured Publications
Additional
Online Publications
- Percy, K.E.; Nosal, M.; Heilman, W.; Dann, T.; Sober, J.; Legge, A.H.; Karnosky, D.F. 2007. New exposure-based metric approach for evaluating O3 risk to North American aspen forests
- Clements, Craig B.; Zhong, Shiyuan; Goodrick, Scott; Li, Ju; Potter, Brian E.; Bian, Xindi; Heilman, Warren E.; Charney, Joseph J.; Perna, Ryan; Jang, Meongdo; Lee, Daegyun; Patel, Monica; Street, Susan; Aumann, Glenn. 2007. Observing the dynamics of Wildland grass fires: Fireflux - a field validation experiment
- Clark, Kenneth; Skowronski, Nick; Pan, Yude; Van Tuyl, Steve; Heilman, Warren. 2006. Fire research in the pine barrens of New Jersey
- Kubiske, Mark E.; Quinn, Vanessa A.; Heilman, Warren E.; McDonald, Evan P.; Marquardt, Paula E.; Teclaw, Ron M.; Friend, Alexander L.; Karnosky, David F. 2006. Interannual climatic variation mediates elevated CO2 and O3 effects on forest growth
- Percy, K.; Nosal, M.; Heilman, W.; Dann, T.; Sober, J.; Karnosky, D. 2005. The North American ozone air quality standard: efficacy and performance with two northern hardwood forest tree species
- Heilman, Warren E.; Bian, Xindi; Charney, Joseph J.; Potter, Brian E. 2003. Combining the Haines Index and turbulent kinetic energy for fire-weather predictions.
- Charney, Joseph J.; Bian, Xindi; Potter, Brian E.; Heilman, Warren E. 2003. Low Level Impacts on Fire Evolution in the Mack Lake and Other Severe Wildfires
- Charney, Joseph J.; Bian, Xindi; Potter, Brian E.; Heilman, Warren E. 2003. Low level jet impacts on fire evolutions in the Mack Lake and other severe wildfires.
- Charney, Joseph J.; Bian, Xindi; Potter, Brian E.; Heilman, Warren E. 2003. Mesoscale Simulations During the Double Trouble State Park Wildfire in East-Central New Jersey on June 2, 2002
- Heilman, Warren E.; Bian, Xindi; Charney, Joseph J.; Potter, Brian E. 2003. National Fire Plan--Eastern Area Modeling Consortium: Research, product development, and partnerships.
- Fast, Jerome D.; Heilman, Warren E. 2003. The Effect of Lake Temperatures and Emissions on Ozone Exposure in the Western Great Lakes Region
- Charney, Joseph J.; Bian, Xindi; Potter, Brian E.; Heilman, Warren E. 2003. The role of a stratospheric intrusion in the evolution of the Double Trouble State Park wildfire .
- Karnosky, D. F.; Zak, D. R.; Pregitzer, K. S.; Awmack, C. S.; Bockheim, J. G.; Dickson, R. E.; Hendrey, G. R.; Host, G. E.; King, J. S.; Kopper, B. J.; Kruger, E. L.; Kubiske, M. E.; Lindroth, R. L.; Mattson, W. J.; McDonald, E. P.; Noormets, A.; Oksanen, E.; Parsons, W. F. J.; Percy, K. E.; Podila, G. K.; Riemenschneider, D. E.; Sharma, P.; Thakur, R.; Sôber, A.; Sôber, J.; Jones, W. S.; Anttonen, S.; Vapaavuori, E.; Mankovska, B.; Heilman, W.; Isebrands, J. G. 2003. Tropospheric 03 moderates responses of temperate hardwood forests to elevated CO2: a synthesis of molecular to ecosystem results from the Aspen FACE project
- Auclair, Allan N.D.; Heilman, Warren E.; Busalacchi, Peter. 2002. Monitoring the effects of extreme climate disturbances on forest health in the northeast U.S.
- Heilman, Warren E.; Hom, John; Potter, Brian E. 2000. Climate and atmospheric deposition patterns and trends
- Dickson, R.E.; Lewin, K.F.; Isebrands, J.G.; Coleman, M.D.; Heilman, W.E.; Riemenschneider, D.E.; Sober, J.; Host, G.E.; Zak, D.R.; Hendrey, G.R.; Pregitzer, K.S.; Karnosky, D.F. 2000. Forest atmosphere carbon transfer and storage (FACTS-II) the aspen Free-air CO2 and O3 Enrichment (FACE) project: an overview.
- Heilman, Warren E.; Zasada, John. 2000. Modeling the Atmospheric Dynamics within and Above Vegetation Layers
- Heilman, Warren E. 1999. Aquatic conditions
- Hunt, Cliff F.; Heilman, Warren E. 1999. Chapter 2: particulate matter (PM10) in the air
- Hunt, Cliff F.; Heilman, Warren E. 1999. Chapter 5: Acid deposition
- Haack, Robert A.; Therese, Poland M.; Heilman, Warren E. 1998. Using Historical Temperature Records To Adjust The Federal Quarantine Of The Pine Shoot Beetle
- Heilman, Warren E. 1996. Overview of current research on atmospheric interactions with wildland fires
- Heilman, Warren E. 1996. Synoptic circulation and temperature pattern during severe wildland fires
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11/19/2008