Associate Professor
Director of Undergraduate Programs
Climate Change, Synoptic Climatology, Arctic Climate, Surface-Atmosphere Interactions
Research
- Climate Change
- Surface-Atmosphere Interactions
- High-Latitude Climate
- Land Cover/Land Use Change
- Atmospheric Teleconnections
- Quantitative Methods
Selected Publications
- Ford, T.W. and O.W. Frauenfeld, 2016: Surface-Atmosphere Moisture Interactions in the Frozen Ground Regions of Eurasia. Scientific Reports, 6, 19163, doi:10.1038/srep19163
- Chen, L. and O.W. Frauenfeld, 2016: Impacts of Urbanization on Future Climate in China. Climate Dynamics, 47(1), 345-357, doi:10.1007/s00382-015-2840-6
- Garstang, M., R. E. Davis, K. Leggett, O. W. Frauenfeld, S. Greco, E. Zipser, and M. Petersen, 2014: Response of African elephants (Loxodonta Africana) to seasonal changes in rainfall. PLoS ONE, 9(10), e108736, doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0108736.
- Chen, L. and O. W. Frauenfeld, 2014: Surface Air Temperature Changes over the 20th and 21st Centuries in China Simulated by 20 CMIP5 Models. Journal of Climate, 27(11), 3920-3937, doi:10.1175/JCLI-D-13-00465.1.
- Frauenfeld, O. W. and T. Zhang, 2011: An observational 71-year history of seasonally frozen ground changes in the Eurasian high latitudes. Environmental Research Letters, 6, 044024, doi:10.1088/1748-9326/6/4/044024. [Open Access PDF] [News Article]
Education
Ph.D., Environmental Sciences, University of Virginia
M.S., Environmental Sciences, University of Virginia
B.A., Environmental Sciences and Spanish, University of Virginia
Awards
Dean's Distinguished Achievement Award for Teaching, College of Geosciences, Texas A&M University, 2014
Montague-Center for Teaching Excellence Scholar, College of Geosciences, Texas A&M University, 2013–2014
John Russell Mather Paper of the Year Award, Climate Specialty Group of the Association of American Geographers, 2006
Additional Information
Experience
- Associate Professor of Geography, Texas A&M University, 2016-Present
- Assistant Professor of Geography, Texas A&M University, 2010–2016
- Affiliate Scientist, National Snow and Ice Data Center, University of Colorado, 2010–Present
- Research Scientist I and II, Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, Division of Cryospheric and Polar Processes, University of Colorado, 2003–2009
- Association of American Geographers, 1999–present
- Climate Specialty Group, 1999–present
- Cryosphere Specialty Group, 2004–present
- American Geophysical Union, 1999–present
- American Meteorological Society, 1999–present
- U.S. Permafrost Association, 2003–present
Graduate Students
Bradley Barger, M.S. Candidate
Nicole Casamassina, M.S. Candidate
Rhett Douris, M.S. Candidate
Victoria Ford, Ph.D. Candidate
Daniel Vecellio, Ph.D. Candidate
