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College of Natural and Social Sciences

Department of  Geography & Urban Analysis                                         

Steve LaDochy
Full-time Faculty

Office: KHC-4061  Fall 2006: MW 2-4;TuTh 2-3:15
Phone: (323) 343-2222
FAX: (323) 343-6494
Email: sladoch@calstatela.edu

COURSE LIST
 

EDUCATION

1985     Ph.D. University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada, in Geography.                 Dissertation: The Synoptic Climatology of Severe Thunderstorms in  Manitoba.

1979-80  Graduate Studies, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas, in Geography-        Meteorology.

1969     M.S. Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Co., in Atmospheric Sciences.

1967     B.A. U.C.L.A., in Meteorology.

 TEACHING

1987- present   Professor (2006), Associate Professor (1992), Geography & Urban Analysis California State University, Los Angeles.

1986-88  Adjunct Professor, Geography, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada.

1970-87  Assistant Professor, Instructor, Geography, University of Winnipeg,  Manitoba, Canada.

1980     Research, Teaching Assistant, Geography-Meteorology, University of Kansas.

RECENT PUBLICATIONS

LaDochy, S., R. Medina, W. Patzert (2007): Recent climate variability in California: Spatial and temporal variations in temperature trends, Climate Research (in print).

LaDochy, S. (2005). The disappearance of dense fog in Los Angeles: Another urban impact? Physical Geography, 26, 177-191.

LaDochy, S., J. Brown, W. Patzert and M. Selke (2004): Can U.S. west coast climate be forecast? Preprint CD-ROM, Symposium on ‘Forecasting the Weather and Climate of the Atmosphere and Ocean, Amer. Meteor. Soc., Jan. 11-14, Seattle, WA.

 Ye, H., D. Yang, T. Zhang, X. Zhang, S. LaDochy and M. Ellison (2004): The impact of climatic conditions on seasonal river discharges in Siberia, J. of Hydrometeorology vol. 5, 286-295

 LaDochy, S. (2003): Lightning, in J. Oliver (Ed.) Encyclopedia of World Climate, Dordrecht, The Netherlands: Kluwer Academic Publishers (in press).

 ----------, J. Brown and W. Patzert (2003): June gloom and heavy fogs: oceanic influences on bummer California summers, Preprint CD-ROM, 12^th Conf. On the Interaction of the Sea and Atmosphere, American Meteorological Society, Feb. 9-13, Long Beach, CA.

 ----------, P. Ramirez and R. Medina (2003): Two new undergraduate earth science web modules in air-sea interactions, Preprint CD-ROM, 12^th Symposium on Education, AMS, Feb. 9-13, Long Beach, CA.

  Small, I., G. Martin, S. LaDochy and J. Brown (2002): Topographic and synoptic influences on cold season California severe weather: Regional patterns in convective storms, 16^th Conf. On Probability and Statistics in the Atmospheric Sciences, Amer. Meteorological Society, Jan, 13-17, Orlando, FL., 146-152.

 LaDochy, S. and J. Brown (2001): Southern California severe weather phenomena: Synoptic and topographic influences,” Postprint, 2^nd Southwest Weather Symposium, Amer. Meteorol. Soc., Sept. 21-22, Tucson, AZ., 104-108.

----------, and J. Brown (2001): Topographic and synoptic influences on cold season California severe weather: Regional patterns in convective storms, Proceedings, 20^th Severe Local Storms Conference, Amer. Meteorol. Soc., Sept. 11-15, Orlando, FL., 485-488.

 Bacca, A., J. Vincent, M. Luna, F. Zhou, S. LaDochy and S. Nicolaisen (2000):   Fine-scale sampling and analysis for heavy metals and nitrogen- and sulfur-containing species in East Los Angeles, in Air Pollution VIII:  8^th International Conference On Air Pollution. Brebbia, et al. (eds.),Southampton, UK: Wessex Institute of Technology Press, 273-282.

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