Faculty and Staff Information

Stephen J. Stadler

Professor

Physical Geography Coordinator

State Geographer of Oklahoma
Ph.D., Indiana State University, 1979

Office:
Oklahoma State University
Department of Geography

201 Scott Hall
Stillwater, OK 74078-4073

Phone: 405/744-9172 or 405/744-6250
Fax: 405/744-5620

Email: steve.stadler@okstate.edu

Personal Homepage

AREAS OF INTEREST

Climatology
Meteorology
Remote Sensing
Physical Geography

My specific interests include applied climatology, Oklahoma wind power, atmosphere/landscape interactions, atmosphere/human interactions, and geographic applications of remotely sensed data.

EDUCATION

Ph.D. Indiana State University, 1979
M.A. Geography, Miami University, 1976
B.S. Ed. Social Studies (cum laude), Miami University, 1973

PROFESSIONAL AND ACADEMIC WORK EXPERIENCE

Professor, Department of Geography, Oklahoma State University, 1993-Present
Departmental Graduate Advisor, 1994-1999 and 2003-2005.

Member of the State GIS Council, 2004-Present

Member of the Oklahoma Alliance for Geographic Education, 2004-Present

Member of the Oklahoma Mesonet Steering Committee, 1988-Present
Associate Professor, Department of Geography, Oklahoma State University, 1985-1993
Assistant Professor, Department of Geography, Oklahoma State University, 1980-1985
Temporary Assistant Professor, Department of Geography, Michigan State University, 1979-1980

GRANTS

Oklahoma Department of Commerce, "Oklahoma Wind Power Initiative" 2000-2006

US DOE, "Wind Powering America" 2004-2006

NASA TERRESTRIAL BIOSPHERE DYNAMICS, "Terrestrial Environmental Variables Derived from EOS Platform Sensors", 1998-2001. Principal Investigator. Oklahoma Department of Commerce.

OKLAHOMA DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, "Oklahoma Wind Power Assessment Initiative", 2000-01, Co-Principal Investigator.

NSF INSTRUMENTATION AND LABORATORY IMPROVEMENT "Undergraduate Simulations Laboratory", 1997-99, Co-Principal Investigator

NASA EPSCoR, "Fluxes of Water and Energy at the Land Surface, Quantifying Evapotranspiration and Soil Moisture", 1996-01, Investigator

NASA EPSCoR, "Local Air Mass Modification", 1995-96, Principal Investigator.

NSF ACADEMIC RESEARCH INFRASTRUCTURE PROGRAM, "Renovation and Modernization of Facilities for GIS and Remote Sensing Research...", 1994-98, Co-Principal Investigator

OKLAHOMA STATE REGENTS FOR HIGHER EDUCATION, 1995, 1996 "Futures in Science and Mathematics" summer academy, Co-Principal Investigator

NSF EPSCoR, Oklahoma Surface Water Hydrology Cluster, "Land/Atmosphere Interactions", 1992-95, Principal Investigator

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

S. Stadler, "Aridity Indices", "Sports Climatology", "Wind Power in Climatology" (with T. Hughes). Encyclopedia of World Climates (Dordrecht, Netherlands: Kluwer), 2005

Czajkowski, K., S.J. Stadler, and A. Walz, "Thermal Remote Sensing of Near Surface Environmental Variables: An Application over the Oklahoma Mesonet," Professional Geographer, Vol. 52, No.2, May 2000 pp 345-357.

F. Brock, K. Crawford, R. Elliott, G. Coperus, S. Stadler and H. Johnson. "The Oklahoma Mesonet: A Technical Overview" Journal of Atmosphere and Oceanic Technology, Vol. 12, No.1, February 1995, pp. 5-19.

Rabin, R.M., S.J. Stadler, P.J. Wetzel, D.J. Stensrud, and M. Gregory, "Observed Effects of Landscape Variability on Convective Clouds," Bulletin of the American Meterorological Society, Vol. 71, No.3, March 1990, cover and pp. 272-280.

Harries, K.D. and S.J. Stadler, "Assaulty and Heat Stress: Dallas as a Case Study." 1989 In: The Geography of Crime, D.J. Evans and D.T. Herbert eds. London: Routlege, pp. 35-38.

Stadler S.J., K.D. Harries, and L.S. Kalkstein," A Climatological Interpretation of Heat Stress and Criminal Assault," Proceedings of the Sixth Conference on Applied Climatology (Boston: American Meteorological Society, 1989), pp. J5-J11. Reprinted in Proceedings of the Ninth Conference on Biometeorology and Aerobiology (Boston: American Meteorological Society, 1989), pp.J5-J11.

Stadler, S.J. and Simone, M.A.., "Applied Microanalysis of Golf Course Environments", Proceedings of the Applied Geography Conference, Vol. 11, November 1988, pp. 32-42.

Harries, K.D. and S.J. Stadler, "Heat and Violence: New Findings from Dallas Field Data, 1980-1981." Journal of Applied Social Psychology. Vol. 18, No. 2, April 1988, pp. 129-138.

Stadler, S.J. and Carney, G.O. A Field Guide to Central Oklahoma, Oklahoma State University, Geography Department, 1988, 65 pp.

Last Modified: 22 August 2005

Oklahoma State University

Stillwater, Oklahoma