ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCE

College of Engineering and Physical Sciences

Eric Beamesderfer, Assoc. Research Scientist

Room 6022, Engineering Building
email: ebeamesd@uwyo.edu 

Education:

• B.Sc., Meteorology, California University of Pennsylvania, California, PA, 2012
• M.Sc., Atmospheric Science, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY, 2015
• Ph.D., Earth and Environmental Sciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada, 2019
• Postdoc, Land-Atmosphere Interactions, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ, 2020-2022

Selected Publications:

• Beamesderfer, E. R., Biraud, S. C., Brunsell, N. A., Friedl, M. A., et al. (2023). The role of surface energy fluxes in determining mixing layer heights. Agric. For. Meteorol., 342, 109687, doi:10.1016/j.agrformet.2023.109687.
• Arain, M. A., Xu, B., Brodeur, J. J., Khomik, M., Beamesderfer, E. R., et al. (2022). Heat and drought impact on carbon exchange in an age-sequence of temperate pine forests. Ecol. Process., 11:7, doi:10.1186/s13717-021-00349-7.
• Beamesderfer, E. R., Buechner, C., Faiola, C., Helbig, H., et al. (2022). Advancing cross-disciplinary understanding of land-atmosphere interactions. J. Geophys. Res. Biogeosci., 127, e2021JG006707, doi:10.1029/2021JG006707.
• Young, A. M., Friedl, M. A., Beamesderfer, E. R., et al., (2021). Seasonality in aerodynamic resistance across a range of North American ecosystems. Agric. For. Meteorol., 310, 108613, doi:10.1016/j.agrformet.2021.108613.
• Helbig, M., Gerken, T., Beamesderfer, E. R., Baldocchi, D. D., et al., (2021). Integrating continuous atmospheric boundary layer and tower-based flux measurements to advance understanding of land-atmosphere interactions. Agric. For. Meteorol., 307, 108509, doi:10.1016/j.agrformet.2021.108509.
• Beamesderfer, E. R., Arain, M. A., Khomik, M., Brodeur, J. J., et al., (2020). The impact of season and annual climate variations on the carbon uptake capacity of a deciduous forest within the Great Lakes Region of Canada. J. Geophys. Res. Biogeosci., 125 (9), e2019JG005389, doi:10.1029/2019JG005389.
• Beamesderfer, E. R., Arain, M. A., Khomik, M., Brodeur, J. J., et al., (2020). Response of carbon and water fluxes to meteorological and phenological variability in two eastern North American forests of similar age but contrasting species composition - a multiyear comparison. Biogeosciences, 17, 3563-3587, doi:10.5194/bg-17-3563-2020.