Barry D. Keim

PERSONAL INFORMATION

Associate Professor and Louisiana State Climatologist
Department of Geography and Anthropology
Louisiana State University
Baton Rouge, LA 70803
Phone: 225-578-6170 ~ FAX: 225-578-2912
E-mail: keim@lsu.edu

EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND

Ph.D., Louisiana State University, 1994

INTERESTS

Extreme Climatic Events
Climatic Change and Variability
Probable Maximum Precipitation

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

Keim, B.D., R.A. Muller, and G.W. Stone. 2007. Spatiotemporal Patterns and Return Periods of Tropical Storm and Hurricane Strikes From Texas to Maine.  Journal of Climate 20(14):3498-3509

D’Almeida, C., C. Vorosmarty, G. Hurtt, J. Marengo, S.L. Dingman, B.D. Keim. 2007.  The Effects of Deforestation on the Hydrological Cycle in Amazonia: A Review on Scale and Resolution.  International Journal of Climatology 27(5):633-647

Allard, J., B.D. Keim. 2007. Spuriously Induced Temperature Trends in the Southeast United States.  Theoretical and Applied Climatology 88(1-2): 103-110. DOI 10.1007/s00704-006-0229-5

Keim, B.D., and K.D. Robbins.  2006. Occurrence Dates of North Atlantic Tropical Storms and Hurricanes: 2005 in perspective.  Geophysical Research Letters 33, L21706, doi:10.1029/2006GL027671

Shankman, D., B.D. Keim, and J. Song.  2006. Flood Frequency in China’s Poyang Lake Region: Trends and Teleconnections.  International Journal of Climatology 26:1255-1266

RESEARCH

U.S. Geological Survey, Impacts of Climate Change in the U.S. South

Minerals Management Service, Climate of the Gulf Coast at Submerged Archaeological Site

Hurricane Return Periods in the North Atlantic Basin

COURSES TAUGHT

Climatology of Extreme Events
Global Environmental Change
Physical Geography of the Atmosphere
Meteorology
Climatology