Gabriel Katul

Research Area(s): Hydrology
Atmospheric Science

Professor Katul's experience lies in Micrometeorology and surface hydrology, Carbon and water cycling, and Environmental fluid dynamics.

Contact via gaby@duke.edu or +1 919 613 8033 (office phone)
Visit via http://www.nicholas.duke.edu/people/faculty/katul/homepage.html or 318 Lev Sci Res Ctr (office location)

TEACHING (Fall 2008)

ENVIRON 234L.001, WATERSHED HYDROLOGY, MWF 10:20 AM-11:10 AM
ENVIRON 234L.01L, WATERSHED HYDROLOGY, W 01:15 PM-02:45 PM
ENVIRON 264.01, APPL DIFF EQUA ENV SCI, MW 11:40 AM-12:55 PM

Representative Publications (More Publications)

1. Detto, M. and Katul, G.G., Simplified expressions for adjusting higher-order turbulent statistics obtained from open path gas analyzers, Boundary-Layer Meteorology, vol. 122 no. 1 (2007), ppt. 205 - 216 , [s10546-006-9105-1] [abs]
   
2. Poggi, D., G.G. Katul, J.D. Albertson, and L. Ridolfi, An experimental investigation of turbulent flows over a hilly surface, Physics of Fluids, vol. 19 (2007)
   
3. Poggi, D., and G.G. Katul, The ejection-sweep cycle over gentle hills covered with bare and forested surfaces, Boundary-Layer Meteorology, vol. 122 (2007), ppt. 493-515
   
4. Stoy, P.C., S. Palmroth, A.C. Oishi, E. Ward, M.B.S. Siqueira, J-Y. Juang, K.A. Novick, K. Johnsen, G.G. Katul, R. Oren, Are ecosystem carbon inputs and outputs coupled at short time scales? A case study from adjacent pine and hardwood forests using impulse-response analysis, Plant, Cell and Environment, (2007)
   
5. Juang J-Y, A. Porporato, P.C. Stoy, M.B.S. Siqueira, A.C. Oishi, M. Detto, H.S. Kim, and G.G. Katul, Hydrologic and atmospheric controls on convective precipitation events in a southeastern US mosaic landscape, Water Resources Research, (2007)
   
6. Juang J-Y, G.G. Katul, A. Porporato, P.C. Stoy, M.B.S. Siqueira, H.S. Kim, and R. Oren, Eco-hydrological controls on summertime convective rainfall triggers., Global Change Biology, vol. 13 (2007), ppt. 1-10
   
7. Daly, E., G. G. Katul, and A. Porporato, Water, carbon, and nutrient cycling in the soil-plant atmosphere continuum, , vol. 29-1 (2007), ppt. 29-42
   
8. Chuang, Yao-Li and Oren, Ram and Bertozzi, Andrea L. and Phillips, Nathan and Katul, Gabriel G., The porous media model for the hydraulic system of a conifer tree: Linking sap flux data to transpiration rate, Ecological Modelling, vol. 191 no. 3-4 (2006), ppt. 447 - 468 , [027] [abs]
   
9. Poggi, Davide and Katul, Gabriel and Albertson, John, Scalar dispersion within a model canopy: Measurements and three-dimensional Lagrangian models, Advances in Water Resources, vol. 29 no. 2 (2006), ppt. 326 - 335 , [017] [abs]
   
10. Katul, G., Porporato, A., Cava, D., and Siqueira, M.B., An analysis of intermittency, scaling, and surface renewal in atmospheric surface layer turbulence, Physica D: Nonlinear Phenomena, vol. 215 no. 2 (2006), ppt. 117 - 126 , [004] [abs]
    
11. Cava, D. and Katul, G.G. and Scrimieri, A. and Poggi, D. and Cescatti, A. and Giostra, U., Buoyancy and the sensible heat flux budget within dense canopies, Boundary-Layer Meteorology, vol. 118 no. 1 (2006), ppt. 217 - 240 , [s10546-005-4736-1] [abs]
    
12. Katul, Gabriel and Poggi, Davide and Cava, Daniela and Finnigan, John, The relative importance of ejections and sweeps to momentum transfer in the atmospheric boundary layer, Boundary-Layer Meteorology, vol. 120 no. 3 (2006), ppt. 367 - 375 , [s10546-006-9064-6] [abs]
    
13. Katul, G. G., F. Ruggeri, and B. Vidakovic, BAMS filtering and applications to denoising ozone concentration measurements, Journal of Statistical Planning and Inference, vol. 136 (2006), ppt. 2395 - 2405
    
14. Siqueira, M.B., G.G. Katul, A. Sampson, P. Stoy, J.Y. Juang, H. McCarthy, and R. Oren, Multi-scale model inter-comparison of CO2 and H2O exchange rates above a maturing southeastern pine forest, Global Change Biology, vol. 12 (2006), ppt. 1-19
    
15. Stoy, P., G.G. Katul, M.B.S. Siqueira, J.Y Juang, K.A. Novick, H.R. McCarthy, A.C. Oishi, J.M. Uebelherr, H-S Kim, and R. Oren, Separating the effects of climate and vegetation on evapotranspiration along a successional chronosequence in the southeastern U.S., Global Change Biology, vol. 12 (2006)
    
16. Poggi, D. and G.G. Katul, Two-dimensional scalar spectra in the deeper layers of a dense and uniform model canopy, Boundary-Layer Meteorology, vol. 121 (2006), ppt. 267 - 281
    
17. Williams, C., S. Ladeau, R. Oren, and G.G. Katul, Modeling seed dispersal distances: implications for transgenic Pinus taeda, Ecological Applications, vol. 16 no. 1 (2006), ppt. 117-124
    
18. Detto, M., N. Montaldo, J.D. Albertson, M. Mancini, and G. Katul, Soil moisture and vegetation controls on evapotranspiration in a heterogeneous Mediterranean ecosystem on Sardinia, Italy, Water Resources Research, vol. 42 (2006)
    
19. Katul, G.G., C.G. Williams, M. Siqueira, D. Poggi, A. Porporato, H. McCarthy, and R. Oren, Dispersal of Transgenic Conifer Pollen, , (2006)
    
20. Vidakovic, B. and Katul, G. and Ruggeri, F., Denoising ozone concentration measurements with BAMS filtering, J. Stat. Plan. Inference (Netherlands), vol. 136 no. 7 (2006), ppt. 2395 - 405 , [016] [abs]
    
21. Juang, J.Y. and Katul, G.G. and Siqueira, M.B.S. and Stoy, P.C. and Palmroth, S. and McCarthy, H.R. and Kim, H.-S. and Oren, R., Modeling nighttime ecosystem respiration from measured CO₂ concentration and air temperature profiles using inverse methods, J. Geophys. Res, D, Atmos. (USA), vol. 111 no. D8 (2006), ppt. 16 pp. - , [2005JD005976] [abs]
    
22. Katul, G.G. and Finnigan, J.J. and Poggi, D. and Leuning, R. and Belcher, S.E., The influence of hilly terrain on canopy-atmosphere carbon dioxide exchange, Bound.-Layer Meteorol. (Netherlands), vol. 118 no. 1 (2006), ppt. 189 - 216 , [s10546-005-6436-2] [abs]