Gregory S. Okin

Professor

Department of Geography

University of California

Los Angeles, CA 90095

Fax: 310-206-5976

E-mail: okin at ucla dot edu

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Education


Postdoctoral Research, Department of Geography, UCSB (2001-2002)

Ph.D., Geochemistry, California Institute of Technology (2001)

M.S., Geology, California Institute of Technology (1997)

B.A., Chemistry & Philosophy (Double Major), Middlebury College (1995)

“Turning to Dust” - An article in the May, 2010 issue of Discover Magazine, highlighting the role of dust in the Earth System, what land use leads to dust emission, and what we might be able to do about it.
 

IN THE MEDIA

“Future Earth: 2025” - An episode of the MSNBC series “Future Earth” in which the potential impact of future drought in the western United States is explored.
 

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“Dust: Small-Processes with Global Consequences” - An article in Eos (the newspaper of the American Geophysical Union) that aims to summarize current questions that remain in understanding dust emission, with a call for increased among scientist who work in different fields and at different scales.
 
“Return of the Dust Bowl” - October, 2011 cover article discussing the potential for future increases in dust emission in the American West.
 
RCA Appraisal: Soil and Water Resources Conservation Act Appraisal, 2011. Results from the Okin (2008) aeolian transport model included in USDA report to Congress on the state of the Nation’s soil and water resources.


Okin, G. S., 2008, A new model of wind erosion in the presence of vegetation, Journal of Geophysical Research-Earth Surface, 113, F02S10, doi:10.1029/2007JF000758.

 
Jornada winds: Can they help re-establish NM grasslands?

Article profiling Professor Okin’s aeolian research at the Jornada LTER site

 
Article profiling aeolian research at the Jornada LTER site on the El Paso/Las Cruces CBS affiliate, aired 5/9/12
 
The Atmospheric Input of Chemicals to the Ocean - a publication by the Joint Group of Experts on the Scientific Aspects of Marine Environmental Protection (GESAMP) based on the GESAMP 38 Working Group’s research.
 
Wang, L., M. Katjiua, P. D’Odorico, G.S. Okin. 2012. The interactive nutrient and water effects on vegetation biomass at two African savanna sites with different mean annual precipitation, African Journal of Ecology.V. 50(4) 446 - 454. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2028.2012.01339.x.
 

Okin, G.S., K. D. Clarke, M. M. Lewis, 2013, Comparison of methods for estimation of absolute vegetation and soil fractional cover using MODIS normalized BRDF-adjusted reflectance data, Remote Sensing of Environment, v. 130, 266-279,10.1016/j.rse.2012.11.021.

Article profiling UCLA Ph.D. Candidate McKenzie Skile’s research on the impacts of dust on snow albedo and snowmelt in EARTH Magazine.
 

Li, J., G.S. Okin, J.E. Herrick, J. Belnap, M.E. Miller, K. Vest, A.E. Draut, 2013, Evaluation of a new model of aeolian transport in the presence of vegetation. JGR-ES. v. 118, 288-306, doi: 10.1002/jgrf.20040.

Vest, K.R., A.J. Elmore, J.M. Kaste, G.S. Okin, J. Li, 2013, Estimating total horizontal aeolian flux within shrub-invaded groundwater dependent meadows using empirical and mechanistic models. Journal of Geophysical Research-Earth Surface, In Press, DOI: 10.1002/jgrf.20048.