
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 AMENVIRON 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)
- 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]
- 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)
- 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
- 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)
- 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)
- 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
- 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
- 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]
- 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]
- 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]
- 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]
- 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]
- 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
- 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
- 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)
- 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
- 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
- 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)
- Katul, G.G., C.G. Williams, M. Siqueira, D. Poggi, A. Porporato, H. McCarthy, and R. Oren, Dispersal of Transgenic Conifer Pollen, , (2006)
- 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]
- 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 CO<sub>2</sub> concentration and air temperature profiles using inverse methods, J. Geophys. Res, D, Atmos. (USA), vol. 111 no. D8 (2006), ppt. 16 pp. - , [2005JD005976] [abs]
- 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]
Education:
- PhD, University of California at Davis, 1993
- MS, Oregon State University, 1990
- BE, American University of Beirut, Lebanon, 1988
Research Interests:
- Micrometeorology and surface hydrology, Carbon and water cycling, and Environmental fluid dynamics
Current Ph.D. Students
- Kimberly Novick
- Sally Thompson




