Benjamin Cook

Adjunct Associate Research Scientist

Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory

Biology and Paleo Environment

Lecturer

Earth and Environmental Sciences

61 Route 9W - PO Box 1000

Palisades

10964-8000

Phone:

(845) 365-8395

Fax:

(845) 365-8152

bc9z@ldeo.columbia.edu

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Fields of interest:

Drought, Climate-Ecosystem Interactions, Statistical Climatology, Climate Modeling

Education

List of degrees from highest to lowest:

Ph.D.

University of Virginia

05/2007

M.S.

University of Virginia

01/2004

B.S.

SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry

05/2001

Honors & Awards:

NOAA Climate and Global Change Postdoctoral Fellowship

Maury Environmental Sciences Prize (UVA)

Referenced in the Following News Items:

Selected Publications:

Amplification of the North American "Dust Bowl" drought through human-induced land degradation, Cook, B. I.; Miller, R. L.; Seager, R. , Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, Mar 31, Volume 106, Issue 13, p.4997-5001, (2009), DOI 10.1073/pnas.0810200106

Effects of global irrigation on the near-surface climate, Sacks, W. J.; Cook, B. I.; Buenning, N.; Levis, S.; Helkowski, J. H. , Climate Dynamics, Aug, Volume 33, Issue 2-3, p.159-175, (2009), DOI 10.1007/s00382-008-0445-z

Dust and sea surface temperature forcing of the 1930s "Dust Bowl" drought, Cook, B. I.; Miller, R. L.; Seager, R. , Geophysical Research Letters, Apr 22, Volume 35, Issue 8, p.-, (2008), Doi 10.1029/2008gl033486

Rapid vegetation responses and feedbacks amplify climate model response to snow cover changes, Cook, B. I.; Bonan, G. B.; Levis, S.; Epstein, H. E. , Climate Dynamics, Mar, Volume 30, Issue 4, p.391-406, (2008), DOI 10.1007/s00382-007-0296-z

Dust-rainfall feedbacks in the West African sahel, Hui, W. J.; Cook, B. I.; Ravi, S.; Fuentes, J. D.; D'Odorico, P. , Water Resources Research, May 14, Volume 44, Issue 5, p.-, (2008), Doi 10.1029/2008wr006885