Robert J Mera

PhD Candidate
Teaching & Research Assistant
5130 Jordan Hall
Marine, Earth, & Atmospheric Sciences
Purdue University Land Surface Lab
North Carolina State University
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Education Background

• B.S. Atmospheric Sciences, University of North Carolina at Asheville, 2003
• Minor in Spanish Literature
• M.S. Atmospheric Sciences, North Carolina State University, 2006

Research History & Interests

Undergraduate:

• An Economic Perspective of 82-83 and 97-98 El Nino Impacts on Ecuador

Graduate:

• Regional Climate Modeling
• Climatology applications
• Ensemble-based climate model skill and economic value
• Crop modeling
• Dynamical Land Surface model - crop model coupling

In addition, I'm currently involved in several crop-climate related projects with Purdue University.

Publications

Potential individual versus simultaneous climate change effects on soybean (C3) and maize (C4) crops: An
agrotechnology model based study
Roberto Mera, Dev Niyogi, Gregory Buol, Gail Wilkerson & Fredrick Semazzi
Global and Planetary Change, November 2006

An Extended Procedure for Implementing the Relative Operating Characteristic Graphical Method
Fredrick H. M. Semazzi, and Roberto J. Mera
Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology, Semptember 2006

M.S. Thesis: The Effect of Multiple Environmental Changes on Crop Model Response and Potential Improvements of Dynamical Land Surface Models

Teaching Experience

• MEA 135 Fall 2006
• MEA 135 Spring 2007