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Geography Department > Faculty > Thomas Giambelluca

Thomas Giambelluca

Education

B.S. (cum laude), Geography and Mathematics, University of Miami, Florida, 1974
M.A., Geography, University of Miami, 1977
Ph.D., Geography, University of Hawai`i at Manoa, 1983. 

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Research interests 

The focus of my research is on the interaction between the atmosphere and the land surface in areas affected by human use. On the basis of field research in the Amazon Basin and northern Thailand, I am studying the effects of tropical deforestation on climate and hydrology. Here in Hawai`i, I am conducting field and modeling projects on climate and natural vegetation, restoration of degraded lands, and water resource management under changing land use and a warming climate.

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Courses Taught

GEOG 101 Physical Geography
GEOG 101L Physical Geography Laboratory
GEOG 300 Introduction to Climatology
GEOG 401 Implications of Global Change
GEOG 402 Agricultural Climatology
GEOG 405 Water in the Environment
GEOG 600 Graduate Seminar in Climatology
GEOG 750 Graduate Seminar in Biogeography

Graduate Advising

Graduate students under my supervision are involved in field and modeling studies of climatic and hydrologic processes in Hawai`i, Southeast Asia, and Amazonia. Together we work as a team, with students simultaneously working on their individual research and collaborating with me and other students in related studies. I hope to continue to find students interested in working in this kind of cooperative scheme.

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Publications

Ziegler, A.D., Sutherland, R.A., and Giambelluca, T.W. (Accepted). "Runoff generation and sediment transport on unpaved roads, paths, and agricultural land surfaces in northern Thailand," Earth Surface Processes and Land Forms.

Ziegler, A.D., Chun-Smith, A.A., Perry, J.L., Egan, J.R., Garcia, S.K.N., and Giambelluca, T.W. (In press). "Assessment of the Native Hawaiian Plant Society Restoration Projects, Kaho`olawe, Island, Hawai`i," Ecological Restoration.

Ziegler, A.D., Warren, S.D., Perry, J.L., and Giambelluca, T.W. (In press). "Reassessment of revegetation strategies for Kaho`olawe Island, Hawai`i," Journal of Range Management.

Giambelluca, T.W., Fox, J., Yarnasarn, S., Onibutr, P., and Nullet, M.A. 1999. "Dry-season radiation balance of land covers replacing forest in northern Thailand," Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 95:53-65. [Text]

Woodcock, D.W., Perry, J.L., and Giambelluca, T.W. 1999. "Occurrence of indigenous species in a middle-elevation Melaleuca plantation on O`ahu (Hawaiian Islands)," Pacific Science 53:159-167.

Giambelluca, T.W., and Schroeder, T.A. 1998. "Climate," In S.P. Juvik, J.O. Juvik, and T.R. Paradise (eds.), Atlas of Hawai`i. University of Hawai`i Press. [Ordering information]

Loope, L.L. and Giambelluca, T.W. 1998. "Vulnerability of island tropical montane cloud forests to climate change, with special reference to East Maui, Hawaii," Climatic Change 39:503-517.

Ziegler, A.D., and Giambelluca, T.W. 1998. "Influence of revegetation efforts on hydrologic response and erosion, Kaho`olawe Island, Hawai`i," Journal of Land Degradation and Development 9:189-206.

Nakao, P., Perry, L.J., Chun-Smith, A.A., Giambelluca, T.W., and Ziegler, A.D. 1998. "Status of Erythrina sandwicensis in the NifTAL experiment site, Kaho`olawe, Hawai`i: A reassessment," Newsletter of the Hawaiian Botanical Society 36:57,59-63.

Ziegler, A.D., and Giambelluca, T.W. 1997. "Importance of rural roads as sources areas for runoff in mountainous areas of northern Thailand," Journal of Hydrology 196:204-229. [Abstract]

Giambelluca, T.W., H?lscher, D., Bastos, T.X., Fraz?o, R.R., Nullet, M.A., and Ziegler, A.D. 1997. "Observations of albedo and radation balance over post-forest land surfaces in eastern Amazon Basin,"  Journal of Climate 10:919-928. [Abstract].

Ziegler, A.D., and Giambelluca, T.W. 1997. "Hydrologic change and accelerated erosion in northern Thailand: Simulating the impacts of rural roads and agriculture," Explorations in Southeast Asian Studies 1:36-47. [Text]

Giambelluca, T.W., Ridgley, M.A., and Nullet, M.A. 1996. "Water balance, climate change, and land-use planning in the Pearl Harbor Basin, Hawai`i," International Journal of Water Resources Development 12:515-530.

Giambelluca, T.W., Tran, L.T., Ziegler, A.L., Menard, T.P., and Nullet, M.A. 1996. "Soil-vegetation-atmosphere processes: Simulation and field measurement for deforested sites in northern Thailand," Journal of Geophysical Research (Atmospheres) 101:25,867-25,885.

Goldstein, G., Drake, D.R., Melcher, P., Giambelluca, T.W., and Heraux, J. 1996. "Photosynthetic gas exchange and temperature-induced damage in seedlings of the tropical alpine species Argyroxiphium sandwicense," Oecologia 106:298-307.

Loague, K., Bernknopf, R.L., Green, R.E., and Giambelluca, T.W. 1996. "Uncertainty of groundwater vulnerability assessments for agricultural regions in Hawaii: Review," Journal of Environmental Quality 25:475-490.

Giambelluca, T.W., Loague, K., Green, R.E., and Nullet, M.A. 1996. "Uncertainty in recharge estimation: Impacts on groundwater vulnerability assessments for the Pearl Harbor Basin, O`ahu, Hawai`i," Journal of Contaminant Hydrology 23:85-112.

Giambelluca, T.W. 1996. "Tropical land cover change: Characterizing the post-forest land surface," In T.W. Giambelluca and A. Henderson-Sellers (eds.), Climate Change: Developing Southern Hemisphere Perspectives. John Wiley and Sons, UK, pp. 293-318. [Book information]

Loague, K., Lloyd, D., Giambelluca, T.W., Nguyen, A., and Sakata, B. 1996. "Land misuse and hydrologic response: Kaho`olawe, Hawai`i," Pacific Science 50:1-35.

Loague, K., Miyahira, R.N., Green, R.E., Oki, D.S., Giambelluca, T.W., and Schneider, R.C. 1995. "Chemical leaching near the Waiawa Shaft, Oahu, Hawaii: 2. Modeling results," Ground Water 33:124-138.

Loague, K., Miyahira, R.N., Oki, D.S., Green, R.E., Schneider, R.C., and Giambelluca, T.W. 1994. "Chemical leaching near the Waiawa Shaft, Oahu, Hawaii: 1. Field experiments and laboratory analysis," Ground Water 32:986-996.

Melcher, P.J., Goldstein, G., Meinzer, F.C., Minyard, B., Giambelluca, T.W., and Loope, L. 1994. "Determinants of thermal balance in the Hawaiian giant rosette plant, Argyroxiphium sandwicense," Oecologia 98:412- 418.

Giambelluca, T., and Sanderson, M. 1993. "The water balance and climatic classification," Chapter 4, M. Sanderson, ed., Prevailing Trade Winds, Weather and Climate in Hawai`i, University of Hawaii Press, Honolulu, x+126 pp.

Giambelluca, T. 1993. "Climate and groundwater," Chapter 5, Part IV., M. Sanderson, ed., Prevailing Trade Winds, Weather and Climate in Hawai`i, University of Hawaii Press, Honolulu, x+126 pp.

Giambelluca, T.W., McKenna, D., and Ekern, P.C. 1992. "An automated recording atmometer: 1. Calibration and testing," Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 62:109-125.

Giambelluca, T.W., and Nullet, D. 1992. "An Automated recording atmometer: 2. Evaporation measurement on a high elevation transect in Hawaii," Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 62:127-138.

Giambelluca, T.W., and Nullet, D. 1992. "Evaporation at high elevations in Hawaii," Journal of Hydrology 136:219-235.

Ridgley, M.A., and Giambelluca, T.W. 1992. "Urbanization, land-use planning, and groundwater management on central Oahu, Hawaii," Environment and Planning B 19:317-336.

Nullet, D., and Giambelluca, T.W. 1992. "Radiation climatology through the trade-wind inversion," Physical Geography 13(1):66-80.

Giambelluca T.W., and Nullet, D. 1991. "Influence of the trade-wind inversion on the climate of a leeward mountain slope in Hawaii," Climate Research 1(3):207-216.

Ridgley, M.A., and Giambelluca, T.W. 1991. "Drought, groundwater management and land use planning: the case of central Oahu, Hawaii," Applied Geography 11:289-307.

Nullet, D., and Giambelluca T.W. 1990. "Winter evaporation on a mountain slope, Hawaii," Journal of Hydrology 112:257-265.

Loague, K.M., Green, R.E., Giambelluca, T.W., Liang, T.C., and Yost, R.S. 1990. "Impact of uncertainty in soil, climatic, and chemical information in a pesticide leaching assessment," Journal of Contaminant Hydrology 5:171-194.

Loague, K.M., Giambelluca, T.W., Green, R.E., Liu, C.C.K., Liang, T.C., and Oki, D.S. 1989. "Simulation of organic chemical movement in Hawaii soils with PRZM: 2. Predicting deep penetration of DBCP, EDB, and TCP," Pacific Science 43(4):362-383.

Oki, D.S., and Giambelluca, T.W. 1989. "Groundwater contamination by nematicides: Influence of recharge timing under pineapple crop," Water Resources Bulletin 25(2):285-294.

Giambelluca, T.W., Nullet, D., and Nullet, M.A. 1988. "Agricultural drought on south-central Pacific islands," Professional Geographer 40(4):404-415.

Nullet, D., and Giambelluca, T.W. 1988. "Risk analysis of seasonal agricultural drought on low Pacific islands" Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 42:229-239.

Oki, D.S., and Giambelluca, T.W. 1987. "DBCP, EDB, and TCP contamination of groundwater in Hawaii," Ground Water 25(6):693-702.

Giambelluca, T.W., and Oki, D.S. 1987. "Temporal dissagregation of monthly rainfall data for water balance modeling." In S.I. Solomon, M. Beran, and W. Hogg (eds.), The Influence of Climate Changes and Climatic Variability on Hydrological Regime and Water Resources. IAHS Press, UK, pp. 255-267.

Giambelluca, T.W. 1986. "Land use effects on the water balance of a tropical island," National Geographic Research 2(2):125-151.