Scott M. Robeson
Professor and Chair
Department of Geography
Indiana University
Bloomington, Indiana 47405 U.S.A.
Phone: 812-855-6303, Fax: 812-855-1661



Publications:

Hayes, J. J. and S. M. Robeson (2009) "Spatial variability of landscape pattern change following a Ponderosa Pine wildfire in northeastern New Mexico, USA," Physical Geography, 30, 410-429. PDF

Willmott, C. J., K. Matsuura, and S. M. Robeson (2009) "Ambiguities inherent in sums-of-squares-based error statistics," Atmospheric Environment, 43, 749-752. PDF

Robeson, S. M. (2008) "Applied climatology: Drought," Progress in Physical Geography, 32, 303-309. PDF

Ensor, L. A. and S. M. Robeson (2008) Statistical characteristics of daily precipitation: Comparisons of gridded and point datasets," Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology, 47, 2468-2476. PDF

Willmott, C. J., S. M. Robeson, and K. Matsuura (2007) "Geographic box plots", Physical Geography, 28, 331-344. PDF

Schoof, J. T., S. C. Pryor, and S. M. Robeson (2007) "Downscaling daily maximum and minimum temperature in the Midwestern USA: A hybrid empirical approach," International Journal of Climatology, 27, 439-454. PDF

Robeson, S. M. and L. A. Ensor (2006) "Daily precipitation grids for South America (Comment)," Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 87, 1095-1096. PDF

Robeson, S. M. and J. A. Doty (2005) "Identifying rogue air-temperature stations using cluster analysis of percentile trends," Journal of Climate, 18, 1275-1287. Abstract PDF

Robeson, S. M. (2005) "Statistical climatology," pp. 687-694 in J. E. Oliver (ed.) Encyclopedia of World Climatology. Springer, New York. PDF

Janis, M. J. and S. M. Robeson (2004) "Determining the spatial representativeness of air-temperature records using variogram-nugget time series," Physical Geography, 25, 513-530. PDF

Robeson, S. M. (2004) "Trends in time-varying percentiles of daily minimum and maximum temperature over North America," Geophysical Research Letters, 31, L04203, doi:10.1029/2003GL019019. Abstract PDF Cover Image Journal Highlight

Schoof, J. T. and S. M. Robeson (2003) "Seasonal and spatial variations of serial and cross-correlation matrices used by stochastic weather generators," Climate Research, 24, 95-102. Abstract PDF

Batistella, M., S. Robeson, and E. Moran (2003) "Settlement design, forest fragmentation, and landscape change in Rondônia, Amazônia," Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing, 69, 805-812. Abstract PDF

Robeson, S. M. (2002) "Relationships between mean and standard deviation of air temperature: Implications for global warming," Climate Research, 22, 205-213. Abstract PDF Paper of the Year Award

Robeson, S. M. (2002) "Increasing growing-season length in Illinois during the 20th century," Climatic Change, 52, 219-238. Abstract PDF

Burcsu, T. K., S. M. Robeson, and V. J. Meretsky (2001) "Identifying the distance of vegetative edge effects using Landsat TM data and geostatistical methods," Geocarto International, 16, 59-68. PDF

Grimmond, C. S. B., S. M. Robeson, and J. Schoof (2000) "Spatial variability of below-canopy climatic conditions in a ridge-ravine landscape of a Midwestern deciduous forest," Climate Research, 15, 137-149. Abstract  PDF

Hook, K. H. and S. M. Robeson (1998) "Simulation of daily total wind energy using a time-series model," Physical Geography, 19, 463-484. PDF

Robeson, S. M. and M. J. Janis (1998) "Comparison of temporal and unresolved spatial variability in multiyear averages of air temperature," Climate Research, 10, 15-26. Abstract  PDF

Robeson, S. M. (1997) "Spherical methods for spatial interpolation: Review and evaluation," Cartography and Geographic Information Systems, 24, 3-20. PDF

Robeson, S. M. (1997) "Statistical considerations," pp. 22-35 in R. D. Thompson and A. Perry (eds.) Applied Climatology: Principles and Practices, Routledge, London.

Robeson, S. M. and K. A. Shein (1997) "Spatial coherence and decay of wind speed and power in the north-central USA," Physical Geography, 18, 479-495. PDF

Robeson, S. M. and C. J. Willmott (1996) "Spherical spatial interpolation and terrestrial air temperature variability," pp. 111-115 in M.F. Goodchild et al. (eds.) GIS and Environmental Modeling: Progress and Research Issues, GIS World, Ft. Collins, CO.

Vörösmarty, C. J., C. J. Willmott, B. J. Choudhury, A. L. Schloss, T. K. Stearns, S. M. Robeson, and T. J. Dorman (1996) "Analyzing the discharge regime of a large tropical river through remote sensing, ground-based climatic data, and modeling," Water Resources Research, 32, 3137-3150. Abstract PDF

Willmott, C. J., S. M. Robeson, M. J. Janis (1996) "Comparison of methods for estimating time-averaged precipitation using data from the USA," International Journal of Climatology, 16, 1103-1115. Abstract PDF

Robeson, S. M. (1995) "A spatial resampling perspective on the depiction of global air temperature anomalies," Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 76, 1179-1183. Abstract PDF

Robeson, S. M. (1995) "Resampling of network-induced variability in estimates of terrestrial air temperature change," Climatic Change, 29, 213-229. Abstract

Willmott, C. J. and S. M. Robeson (1995) "Climatologically aided interpolation (CAI) of terrestrial air temperature," International Journal of Climatology, 15, 221-229.

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Robeson, S. M. (1994) "Influence of spatial sampling and interpolation on estimates of terrestrial air temperature change," Climate Research, 4, 119-126. PDF

Willmott, C. J., S. M. Robeson, and J. J. Feddema (1994) "Estimating continental and terrestrial precipitation averages from raingauge networks," International Journal of Climatology, 14, 403-414. PDF

Robeson, S. M. (1993) "Spatial interpolation, network bias, and terrestrial air temperature variability," Publications in Climatology, 46, 1-51. Abstract

Hanson B., K. Klink, K. Matsuura, S. M. Robeson, and C. J. Willmott (1992) "Vector correlation: Review, exposition, and geographic application," Annals of the Association of American Geographers, 82, 103-116. PDF

Willmott, C. J., S. M. Robeson, and J. J. Feddema (1991) "Influence of spatially variable instrument networks on climatic averages," Geophysical Research Letters, 18, 2249-2251. PDF

Robeson, S. M. and D. G. Steyn (1990) "Evaluation and comparison of statistical forecast models for daily maximum ozone concentrations," Atmospheric Environment, 24B, 303-312. PDF

Robeson, S. M. and D. G. Steyn (1989) "A conditional probability density function for forecasting ozone air quality data," Atmospheric Environment, 23, 689-692. PDF

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