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James King
Geography
Indiana University-Bloomington
Assistant Professor
https://geographie.umontreal.ca/repertoire-departement/vue/king-james-stephen/
Education
Ph.D., 2006, University of Guelph
B.S., 2002, University of Guelph
Research Foci
- Climate effects of mineral aerosols
- Measurement and modeling of sediment transport dynamics
- Role of vegetation in semi-arid environments
- Saline lakes as indicators for environmental degradation
Representative Publications
- Nield, J. M., J. King, B. Jacobs (2014), Detecting surface moisture in aeolian environments using terrestrial laser scanning, Aeolian Research, 12, 9-17.
- Nield, J. M., J. King, G.F.S. Wiggs, J. Leyland, R.G. Bryant, R.C. Chiverrell, S.E. Darby, F.D. Eckardt, D.S.G. Thomas, L.H. Vircavs, R. Washington (2013), Estimating aerodynamic roughness over complex surface terrain, Journal of Geophysical ResearchAtmos., 118, 12,948–12,961.
- Chalbot, M-C., G Nikolich, V Etyemezian, DW Dubois, J King, D Shafer, G Gamboa da Costa, JF Hinton, IG Kavouras (2012) Soil humic-like organic compounds in prescribed fire emissions using nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy, Environmental Pollution, 181, 167-171.
- Kavouras, I.G., G. Nikolich, V. Etyemezian, D.W. DuBois, J. King, D. Shafer (2012) In situ observations of soil minerals and organic matter in the early phases of prescribed fires,Journal of Geophysical Research Atmos., 117, 12, D12313.
- King, J., Etyemezian, V., Sweeney, M., Buck, B. and Nikolich, G. (2011) Dust emission variability at the Salton Sea, California, USA. Aeolian Research, 3(1): 67-79.
- Buck, B.J., King, J. and Etyemezian, V. (2011) Effects of salt mineralogy on dust emissions, Salton Sea, California. Soil Science Society of America Journal, 75(5): 1958-1972.
- Gillies, J.A., Nickling, W.G., King, J. and Lancaster, N. (2010) Modeling aeolian sediment transport thresholds on physically rough martian surfaces: A shear stress partitioning approach. Geomorphology, 121(1-2): 15-21.
- King, J., Nickling, W.G. and Gillies, J.A. (2008) Investigations of the law-of-the-wall over sparse roughness elements. Journal of Geophysical Research, 113: F02S07.
- Gillies, J.A., Nickling, W.G. and King, J. (2007) Shear stress partitioning in the atmospheric inertial sublayer.Boundary-Layer Meteorology, 122(2): 367-396.
- King, J., Nickling, W.G. and Gillies, J.A. (2006) Shear stress ratio measurements within mesquite dominated landscapes of the Chihuahuan Desert, New Mexico, USA. Geomorphology, 82(3-4): 229-244.
- King, J., Nickling, W.G. and Gillies, J.A. (2005) Representation of vegetation and other non-erodible elements in aeolian shear stress partitioning models for predicting transport threshold. Journal of Geophysical Research, 110, F04015.
Website Content Contributions
Activities (2)
Sensitivity Analysis of Wind Strength part of Sedimentary Geology:Sedimentology, Geomorphology, and Paleontology 2014:Activities
This problem set introduces univariate and bivariate sensitivity analysis using the horizontal velocity profile of the wind in Matlab. This can be easily adapted for river flow, wind chill temperature, etc.
Drag Coefficient Estimates Using a Smoke Wind Tunnel part of Sedimentary Geology:Sedimentology, Geomorphology, and Paleontology 2014:Activities
This lab exercise utilizes a small (and relatively easy to make) wind tunnel with a fog tracer that helps students visualize the flow dynamics around obstacles. In this exercise the use of cylinders perpendicular ...
Other Contribution (1)
Desert Landscapes and Dynamics part of Sedimentary Geology:Sedimentology, Geomorphology, and Paleontology 2014:Courses
This course is designed as a 15-week 3-hour per week lecture and in-class lab focused on the group-learning of desert landscape processes, its interaction with humans, and dynamics with past and future climates. It ...