Curriculum Vitae

William J. Parton, Jr.

Natural Resource Ecology Laboratory, Colorado State University

Fort Collins, CO 80523

Phone: (970) 491-1987; Fax: (970) 491-1965

email: billp@nrel.colostate.edu

Education:

B.S. 1966 Pennsylvania State University Meteorology

M.S. 1968 University of Oklahoma Meteorology

Ph.D. 1972 University of Oklahoma Meteorology

Professional Experience:

1989-present Professor and Senior Range and Ecosystem Science

Research Scientist Department and NREL Colorado State Univ.

1988-1989 Program Director, Division National Science Foundation

of Biotic Systems and Washington, DC 20550

Resources, Ecosystem Studies

Program

1982-1988 Senior Research Scientist NREL, Colorado State Univ.

1975-1982 Research Associate NREL, Colorado State Univ.

1974-1975 Postdoctoral Fellowship National Center for Atmospheric Research

Boulder, Colorado

1971-1974 Postdoctoral Fellowship NREL, Colorado State Univ.

1968-1971 Special Instructor University of Oklahoma

1966-1968 Research Assistant University of Oklahoma

1966-1968 Teaching Assistant University of Oklahoma

Publications

Pielke, R.A., T. Stohlgren, W. Parton, J. Moeny, N. Doesken, L. Schell, K. Redmond. 2000. Spatial representatives of temperature measurements from a single site. American Meteorological Society. Vol. 81: 826-830.

Conley, Alexis H., Elisabeth A. Holland, T.R. Seastedt, and W.J. Parton. 2000. Simulation of carbon and nitrogen cycling in an alpine tundra. Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research 32(2):147-154.

Del Grosso, Stephen J., W.J. Parton, A.R. Mosier, D.S. Ojima, and M.D. Hartman. 2000. Interaction of soil carbon sequestration and N₂O flux with different land use practices. Pp. 303-311 In J. Van Ham, A.P.M. Baede, L.A. Meyer, and R. Ybema (eds.) Non-CO₂ Greenhouse Gases: Scientific Understanding, Control and Implementation. Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, The Netherlands.

Eitzinger, J. W.J. Parton, and M. Hartman. 2000. Improvement and validation of a daily soil temperature submodel for freezing/thawing periods. Soil Science 165:525‑534.

Jackson, R.B., H.J. Schenk, E.G. Jobbagy, J. Canadell, G.D. Colello, R.E. Dickinson, T. Dunne, C.B. Field, P. Friedlingstein, M. Heimann, K. Hibbard, D.W. Kicklighter, A. Kleidon, R.P. Neilson, W.J. Parton, O.E. Sala, and M.T. Sykes. 2000. Belowground consequences of vegetation change and its treatment in models. Ecological Applications 10(2):470-483.

Kelly, R.H., W.J. Parton, M.D. Hartman, L.K. Stretch, D.S. Ojima and D.S. Schimel. 2000. Intra- and interannual variability of ecosystem processes in shortgrass-steppe: new model, verification, simulations. Journal of Geophysical Research 105 (D15): 20,093-20,1000.

McGuire, A.D., J.M. Melillo, J.T. Randerson, W.J. Parton, M. Heimann, R.A. Meier, J.S. Clein-Curley, D.W. Kicklighter, and W. Sauf. 2000. Modeling the effects of snowpack on heterotrophic respiration across northern temperate and high latitude regions: comparison with measurements of atmospheric carbon dioxide in high latitudes. Biogeochemistry 48(1): 91‑114.

Pielke, R.A., T. Stohlgren, W. Parton, J. Moeny, N. Doesken, L. Schell, and K. Redmond. 2000. Spatial representativeness of temperature measurements from a single site. Am. Meteor. Soc. 81:826-830.

Raich, J.W., W.J. Parton, A.E. Russell, R.L. Sanford, Jr., and P.M. Vitousek. 2000. Analysis of factors regulating ecosystems development on Mauna Loa using the Century model. Biogeochemistry 51:161-191.

Schimel, D.S., J.M. Melillo, H. Tian, A.D. McGuire, D. Kicklighter, T. Kittel, N. Rosenbloom, S. Running, P. Thornton, D. Ojima, W. Parton, R. Kelly, M. Sykes, R. Neilson, Brian Rizzo, and L. Pitelka. 2000. Contribution of increasing CO2 and climate to carbon storage by ecosystems in the United States. Science 287: (5460) 2004‑2006.

Ojima, D, A. Mosier, S. Del Grosso, and W.J. Parton. 2000. TRAGNET analysis and synthesis of trace gas fluxes. Global Biogeochemical Cycles, 14:995-997.

Del Grosso, S.J., W.J. Parton, A.R. Mosier, D.S. Ojima, C.S. Potter, W. Borken, R. Brumme, K. Butterbach-Bahl, P.M. Crill, K. Dobbie, and K.A. Smith. 2000. General CH₄ oxidation model and comparisons of CH₄ oxidation in natural and managed systems. Global Biogeochemical Cycles 14:999-1019.

Del Grosso, S.J., W.J. Parton, A.R. Mosier, D.S. Ojima, A.E. Kulmala, and S. Phongpan. 2000. General model for N₂O and N₂ gas emissions from soils due to denitrification. Global Biogeochemical Cycles 14:1045-1060.

Groffman, P.M., R. Brumme, K. Butterbach-Bahl, K.E. Dobbie, A.R. Mosier, D. Ojima, H. Papen, W.J. Parton, K.A. Smith, C. Wagner-Riddle. 2000. Evaluating annual nitrous oxide fluxes at the ecosystem scale. Global Biogeochemical Cycles 14:1061-1070.

Gholz, H. L., D.A. Wedin, S.M. Smitherman, M.E. Harmon, and W.J. Parton. 2000. Long-term dynamics of pine and hardwood litter in contrasting environments: toward a global model of decomposition. Global Change Biology 751-765.

Lu, L., R.A. Pielke, Sr., G.E. Liston, W.J. Parton, D. Ojima, and M. Hartman. 2001. Implementation of a two-way interactive atmospheric and ecological model and its application to the central United States. Journal of Climate 14:900-919.

Parton, W.J., J.A. Morgan, R.H. Kelly, and D.S. Ojima. 2001. Modeling Soil C responses to environmental change in grassland ecosystems. Pp. 371-396 In Follett, Kimble, and Lal, (eds.) The potential of U.S. grazing lands to sequester carbon and mitigate the greenhouse effect, CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.

Del Grosso, S.J., W.J. Parton, A.R. Mosier, M.D. Hartman, J. Brenner, D.S. Ojima, and D.S. Schimel. 2001. Simulated Interaction of Carbon Dynamics and Nitrogen Trace Gas Fluxes using the DAYCENT Model. Pp. 303-332 In Shaffer et al (eds.) Modeling Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics for Soil Management , CRC Press, Boca Raton.

Parton, W.J., E.A. Holland, S.J. Del Grosso, M.D. Hartman, R.E. Martin, A.R. Mosier, D.S. Ojima and D.S. Schimel. 2001. Generalized model for NO_x and N₂O emissions from soils. Journal of Geophysical Research 106:17403-17419.

Parton, W.J., J.A. Morgan, R.H. Kelly, D.S. Ojima. 2001. Modeling Soil C Responses to Environmental Change in Grassland Systems. Follett Book Chapter.

Cramer, W., R.J. Olson, S.D. Prince, J.M.O. Scurlock, Members of the Global Primary Production Data Initiative. 2001. Determining Present Patterns of Global Productivity. Terrestrial Global Productivity. Pp. 429-448.

Del Grosso, S.J., Parton, W.J., Mosier, A.R., Hartman, M.D., Keough, C.A., Peterson, G.A., Ojima, D.S., Schimel, D.S., 2001. Simulated effects of land use, soil texture, and precipitation on N gas emissions using DAYCENT. In: Follett, R.F., Hatfield, J.L. (Eds.), Nitrogen in the Environment: Sources, Problems, and Management. Elsevier Science Publishers, The Netherlands.

Manies, K.L., J.W. Harden, L. Kramer, and W.J. Parton. 2001. Carbon dynamics within agricultural and native sites in the Loess region of Western Iowa. Global Change Biology. Pp. 7:545-555.

Gill, R.A., Kelly, R.H., W.J. Parton, K.A. Day, R.B. Jackson, J.A. Morgan, J.M.O. Scurlock, L.L. Tieszen, J.V. Castle, D.S. Ojima, and X.S. Zhang. 2002. Using simple environmental variables to estimate belowground productivity in grasslands. Global Ecology and Biogeography

Del Grosso, S.J., D.S. Ojima, W.J. Parton, A.R. Mosier, G.A. Peterson, and D.S. Schimel. 2002. Effects of Dryland Cropping Intensification on SOM and Greenhouse Gas Exchanges Using the DAYCENT Ecosystem Model. Environmental Pollution. Pp. 116: S75-S83.

Gijsman, A.J., G. Hoogenboom, W.J. Parton, and P.C. Kerridge. 2002. Modifying DSSAT for low-input agricultural systems, using a SOM module from CENTURY. Agronomy Journal 94:492-474.