Anthony Brazel

1972 - Ph.D. (Geography) University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
1965 - M.A. (Geography) Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ
1963 - B.A. (Mathematics) Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ

Physical geography and climatology, with applications to urban environments, regional climate change, applied climatology

Urban climate of Phoenix - microclimate using fixed sites, mobile transects, and surface/overflight thermography (with Environmental Fluid Dynamics Program in Engineering).

Impacts of the global, regional, and urban climate on ecological variations (Central Arizona Phoenix Long-Term Ecological Research - National Science Foundation). Leader CAP LTER Climate and Ecosystem Response Integrated Project Area .

Neighborhood-scale microclimate and water loss in the City of Phoenix (Decision Center for a Desert City, National Science Foundation).

Regional Southwest USA 20-21st century climate change.

Fellow, Arizona-Nevada Academy of Science
Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science

Brazel, A. J., and G. M. Heisler. 2009. Climatology at Urban Long-Term Ecological Research Sites: Baltimore Ecosystem Study and Central Arizona-Phoenix. Geography Compass , 3(1): 22-44.

Sun, C. Y. , A. J. Brazel, W. T. L. Chow, B. Hedquist, and L. Prashad. 2009. Desert heat island study in winter by mobile transect and remote sensing techniques. Theoretical and Applied Climatology, 96(3): DOI 10.1007/s00704-009-0120-2.

Brazel, A. 2008. Urban Climate. In Climate Change and Variation: A Primer for Teachers, ed. W. A. Dando. National Council for Geographic Education.

Brazel, A., and P. Gober. 2007. Urban-scale climate change: effects on water use. Southwest Hydrology, 6(5): 10-11.

Brazel, A., P. Gober, S. J. Lee, S. Grossman-Clarke, J. Zehnder, B. Hedquist, and B. Comparri. 2007. Determinants of changes in the regional urban heat island (1990-2004) within Metropolitan Phoenix. Climate Research, 33:171-182.

Jenerette, G. D., S. L. Harlan, A. Brazel, N. Jones, L. Larsen, and W. L. Stefanov. 2007. Regional relationships between surface temperature, vegetation, and human settlement in a rapidly urbanizing ecosystem. Landscape Ecology, 22:353-365.

Stefanov, W., and A. J. Brazel. 2007. Challenges in characterizing and mitigating urban heat islands - a role for integrated approaches including remote sensing. In Applied Remote Sensing for Urban Planning, Governance and Sustainability, eds. M. Netzband, W.L. Stefanov, and C. Redman, 219-223. Berlin Heidelberg: Springer-Verlag.

Golden, J., Brazel, A.J., Salmond, J., and Laws, D. 2006. Energy and water sustainability: the role of urban climate change from metropolitan infrastructure, Journal of Engineering for Sustainable Development. 1(1):55-70.

Harlan, S. H., Brazel, A.J., Prashad, L., Stefanov,W. L., and Larsen, L. 2006. Neighborhood microclimates and vulnerability to heat stress, Social Science and Medicine. 63:2847-2863.

Hartz, D.A., Prashad, L., Hedquist, B., Golden, J., and Brazel, A.J. 2006. Linking satellite images and hand-held infrared thermography to observed neighborhood climate conditions, Remote Sensing of the Environment. 104:190-200.

Brazel, A.J., Fernando, H.J.S., Hunt, J.C.R., Selover, N., Hedquist, B.C., & Pardyjak, E. 2005. "Evening transition observations in Phoenix, Arizona." Journal of Applied Meteorology. 44:99-112.

Brazel, A.J. and Quatrocchi, D. 2005. "Urban Climatology." In Encyclopedia of World Climatology, ed. J. E. Oliver, 766-779. Springer Publications.

Hawkins, T., Brazel, A.J., Stefanov, W.L., Bigler, W. and Saffell, E. 2004. "The Role of Rural Variability in Urban Heat Island Determination for Phoenix, Arizona," Journal of Applied Meteorology. 43(3):476-486.

Brazel, A.J. and Ellis, A.W. 2003. "The climate of central Arizona and Phoenix Long-Term Ecological Research site (CAP LTER) and links to ENSO." In Climate variability and ecosystem response in long-term ecological research sites eds. D. Greenland, D. Goodwin, and R. Smith. Oxford University Press.

• Introduction to Physical Geography
• Advanced Research Methods in Geography
• Urban Climate Seminar
• Ecological Climatology

Member Scholarship Committee, International Association for Urban Climatology
Former member, Board of the Urban Environment, American Meteorological Society
Local Arrangements Committee American Meteorological Society Urban Symposium, January 2009