Recent Presentations
(revised 4/24/08)

 

Willmott, C.J. and K. Matsuura, 2008.  Ambiguities inherent in sums-of-squares-based statistics. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Association of American Geographers, Boston (April).

 

Nickl, E. and C.J. Willmott, 2008.  A new approach to the estimation of precipitation fields in mountainous environments.  Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Association of American Geographers, Boston (April).

 

Robeson, S.M. and C.J. Willmott, 2008.  Using geographic box plots to estimate climatic change.  Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Association of American Geographers, Boston (April).

 

Janis, M. and T. Lavin, 2008.  Biometeorological models for vectors of West Nile Virus in the Southeastern United States.  Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Association of American Geographers, Boston (April).

 

Willmott, C.J., 2007.  Geostatistical issues in estimating and mapping climate and climatic change from weather-station records.  Lecture presented to the Graduate School of Geography and the Department of International Development, Community, and Environment, Clark University, Worcester, MA (September 28).

 

Willmott, C.J., 2007.  Geostatistical issues in estimating and mapping climate and climatic change from weather station records.  Lecture presented to the Department of Land, Air and Water Resources, University of California, Davis, CA (April 10).

 

Willmott, C.J., 2006.  Estimating climate and climatic change from lousy weather station networks: two air-temperature examples.  Banquet lecture given at the annual meeting of the Pennsylvania Geographical Society, Salisbury, MD (October 27). 

 

Willmott, C.J. and K. Matsuura, 2006.  Comparison of three dimensioned measures of average model-performance error.  Presentation made to the Physical Ocean Science and Engineering (POSE) Program, University of Delaware, Newark (October 20).

 

Willmott, C.J. and K. Matsuura, 2006.  Comparison of three dimensioned measures of average model-performance error.  Lecture given to the Geography Department, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH (October 18).

 

Willmott, C.J. and K. Matsuura, 2006.  Comparison of the root-mean-square error (RMSE) and the mean-absolute error (MAE) as measures of average model performance. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Association of American Geographers, Chicago (March).

 

Nickl, E. and C.J. Willmott, 2006. Teleconnections and climate in the Peruvian Andes.  Paper presented at the 86th annual meeting of the American Meteorological Society, Atlanta (January).

 

Willmott, C.J., 2005. On the use of dimensioned measures of average error in evaluating and comparing estimated climate fields.  Lecture given to the Water Systems Group at the University of New Hampshire, Durham (June 28).

 

Willmott, C.J., 2005. On the use of dimensioned measures of average error in evaluating interpolated climate fields. Lecture given to the Geography Department at the University of California, Santa Barbara (April 21).

 

Nickl, E. and C.J. Willmott, 2005.  Teleconnections and climate in the Peruvian Andes.  Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Association of American Geographers, Denver (April).

 

Willmott, C.J., 2004. On the use of dimensioned measures of average error in comparing climate fields.  Lecture given at the Center for Ocean-Land-Atmosphere Studies, Calverton, Maryland (November 1).

 

Willmott, C.J. and K. Matsuura, 2004. On the use of dimensioned measures of average error in the evaluation of model performance.  Seminar-series lecture given to the Geography Department at the University of Delaware, Newark (September 17). 

 

Zimmermann, P.A. and C.J. Willmott, 2004. A refined rules-based model for distributing human populations at high spatial resolutions. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Association of American Geographers, Philadelphia (March).

 

Johnson, M.L. and C.J. Willmott, 2004.  Bias corrected raingage observations intercompared with satellite precipitation estimates. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Association of American Geographers, Philadelphia (March).

 

Nickl, E. and C.J. Willmott, 2004.  Teleconnections and climate in the Peruvian Andes.  Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Association of American Geographers, Philadelphia (March).

 

Willmott, C.J., 2004.  The climatic water budget and the in-service education of a “young Turk.” Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Association of American Geographers, Philadelphia (March).

 

Willmott, C.J., 2003. Estimating climate and climatic change from lousy weather-station networks. Edwin Way Teale Lecture on Nature and the Environment, University of Connecticut, Storrs (February 2003).

 

Zimmermann, P.A. and C.J. Willmott, 2003. Using environmental variables to distribute human populations spatially, with an evaluation in California.  Poster presented at the annual meeting of the American Geophysical Union, San Francisco (December).

 

Zimmermann, P.A. and C.J. Willmott, 2002. Revised rules for spatially distributing population for climate research. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Association of American Geographers, Los Angeles (March).

 

Stevenson, M.L., K. Matsuura, P.A. Zimmermann, and C.J. Willmott, 2002.  New raingage-based, gridded precipitation fields for the Tropics. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Association of American Geographers, Los Angeles (March).

 

Willmott, C.J., 2002. Estimating climate and climatic change from weather-station records.  Lecture in Geography, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb (September).

 

Willmott, C.J., 2002. Estimating climate and climatic change from weather-station records. Advances in Environmental Science Seminar, Environmental Research Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Chicago (September).

 

Matsuura, K. and C.J. Willmott, 2001. Fifty years of land-surface air-temperature change from weather-station records. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Association of American Geographers, New York (March).

 

Zimmermann, P.A. and C.J. Willmott, 2001. A rules-based approach to high-resolution population mapping for use in climate research. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Association of American Geographers, New York (March).

 

Stevenson, M.L. and C.J. Willmott, 2001. An analysis of sub-grid-scale variability in satellite derived, gridded precipitation fields. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Association of American Geographers, New York (March).

 

Willmott, C.J., 2001. Estimating climate and climatic change from lousy weather-station networks. E. Willard and Ruby S. Miller Distinguished Lecture in Geography, Pennsylvania State University, State College (April).

 

Stevenson, M.L., K. Matsuura, P.A. Zimmermann, and C.J. Willmott, 2001.  Estimating monthly precipitation over the tropical land surface from raingage records. Poster paper presented at the Fall meeting of the American Geophysical Union, San Francisco (December).

 

Zimmermann, P.A., K. Matsuura, M.L. Stevenson and C.J. Willmott, 2000. Climatic water availability and human population density.  Poster presented at the fall meeting of the American Geophysical Union, San Francisco (December).

 

Willmott, C.J., 2000.  Temperature fields.  Presentation made at the NSF-ARCSS Hydrology Workshop held at the National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis, Santa Barbara, CA (September).

 

Willmott, C.J., 2000.  Estimating climate and climatic change from lousy weather-station networks. Edward J. Taaffe Colloquium Lecture, Department of Geography, the Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio (May 11).

 

Stevenson, M.L. and C.J. Willmott, 2000. Estimating rainfall over the Amazon Basin from satellite and in situ measurements.  Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Association of American Geographers, Pittsburgh (April).