FACULTY
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Baker Perry, Assistant Professor
296 Rankin Science West
828-262-7597
perrylb@appstate.edu
B.A., Comparative Area Studies, Duke University, 1996
M.A., Geography, Appalachian State University, 1998
Ph.D., Geography, UNC Chapel Hill, 2006
Curriculum Vitae |
Research and Teaching:
My research interests include synoptic climatology, orographic precipitation (particularly snowfall), and tropical glacier-climate interactions. Mountain regions serve to further define these broader topics, with specific interest in the Appalachians and Andes.
I am currently collaborating with Dr. Sandra Yuter (NCSU) and Dr. Douglas Miller (UNCA) to study snowfall patterns and processes in the southern Appalachian Mountains. We have installed a variety of meteorological sensors on Beech Mountain (5506’) and Poga Mountain (3740’) and received funding from the UNC General Administration to support intensive field activities during the 2007-2008 snow season, including weather balloon releases and snow particle microscopy. We presented preliminary results of the atmospheric influences on new snowfall density at the Eastern Snow Conference in May 2008. Laurence Lee (NWS) and Stephen Keighton (NWS) are also important partners in this ongoing research project.
Along with Dr. Ryan Emanuel (Geology), Dr. Howie Neufeld (Biology), Dr. James Sherman (Physics and Astronomy), and Dr. Brett Taubman (Chemistry), I am a founding member of the Appalachian Atmospheric Interdisciplinary Research (AppalAIR) Program. Our mission is to improve understanding of atmospheric properties and processes and the associated impacts on terrestrial ecosystems and climates in the southern Appalachian Mountains. We currently have instrumentation on the Appalachian campus and on Grandfather Mountain.
Dr. Charles Konrad (UNC-Chapel Hill and Southeast Regional Climate Center), Laurence Lee (NWS), David Hotz (NWS), and I are collaborating on a synoptic classification of snowfall events in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. We presented preliminary results at the CMOS/CGU/AMS/ESC Congress in St. John’s, Newfoundland in May 2007.
During the past year I have taught Introduction to Physical Geography, World Regional Geography, Geography of Asia (GHY 3015), Environmental Remote Sensing (GHY 3310), and Honors Mountain Weather and Climate (GHY 3510). In Fall 2008, I will teach Honors Physical Geography, World Regional Geography, and Global Climate Change.
Recent Publications:
Yuter, Sandra E., David A. Stark, M. Tai Bryant, Brian A. Colle, L. Baker Perry, Jonathan Blaes, Jonathan Wolfe, and Gerhard Peters. 2008. Forecasting and characterization of mixed precipitation events using the MicroRainRadar. Proceedings of the Fifth European Conference on Radar Meteorology and Hydrology, forthcoming.
Perry, L. Baker, Charles E. Konrad, David Hotz, and Laurence G. Lee. 2007. Synoptic classification of snowfall events in the Great Smoky Mountains, USA. Proceedings of the 64th Eastern Snow Conference: 207-215.
Perry, L. Baker, and Charles E. Konrad, and Thomas W. Schmidlin. 2007. Antecedent upstream air trajectories associated with northwest flow snowfall in the southern Appalachians, USA. Weather and Forecasting 22: 334-352.
Perry, L. Baker, and Charles E. Konrad. 2006. Relationships between NW flow snowfall and topography in the Southern Appalachians, USA. Climate Research 32: 35-47.
Perry, L. Baker, and Charles E. Konrad. 2006. Synoptic patterns associated with the record snowfall of 1960 in the Southern Appalachians. Proceedings of the 63rd Eastern Snow Conference: 55-64.
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