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'''Raymond Ward Arritt''' (September 19, 1957 – November 14, 2018) was an American agronomist whose research focused on [[agricultural meteorology]]. |
'''Raymond Ward Arritt''' (September 19, 1957 – November 14, 2018) was an American agronomist whose research focused on [[agricultural meteorology]]. |
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He taught at [[Iowa State University]] from 1993 until his death from a [[stroke]] in 2018. At Iowa State, he was responsible for operating the meteorological [[data repository]] Iowa Environmental Mesonet.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.agron.iastate.edu/research-department/dr-raymond-arritt-september-19-1957-november-14-2018 |title=Dr. Raymond Arritt; September 19, 1957 |
He taught at [[Iowa State University]] from 1993 until his death from a [[stroke]] in 2018. At Iowa State, he was responsible for operating the meteorological [[data repository]] Iowa Environmental Mesonet.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.agron.iastate.edu/research-department/dr-raymond-arritt-september-19-1957-november-14-2018 |date=November 19, 2018 |title=Dr. Raymond Arritt; September 19, 1957 – November 14, 2018 |website=[[Iowa State University]] Department of Agronomy |access-date=November 20, 2018}}</ref><ref name=isd>{{Cite news |url=http://www.iowastatedaily.com/news/raymond-arritt-professor-of-agronomy-iowa-state/article_a72f1cb0-ec17-11e8-ad40-0fe06c7f5618.html |title=Iowa State agronomy professor dead after stroke |last=Wells |first=Annelise |date=November 19, 2018 |work=[[Iowa State Daily]] |access-date=November 20, 2018}}</ref> |
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==Early life and education== |
==Early life and education== |
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Arritt was born on September 19, 1957 in [[Covington, Virginia|Covington]], [[Virginia]], to Muriel Louise Smith and Raymond Ward Arritt, Sr |
Arritt was born on September 19, 1957 in [[Covington, Virginia|Covington]], [[Virginia]], to Muriel Louise Smith and Raymond Ward Arritt, Sr. He grew up in the Virginia cities of [[Lynchburg, Virginia|Lynchburg]] and [[Richmond, Virginia|Richmond]]. He attended the [[University of Virginia]], from which he received his [[B.A.]] in [[economics]] and [[environmental science]] in 1979 and his [[M.S.]] in environmental science in 1982. In 1985, he received his [[Ph.D.]] from [[Colorado State University]] in 1985 under the supervision of [[Roger A. Pielke, Sr.]]<ref name=dignity>{{Cite web |url=https://www.dignitymemorial.com/obituaries/ames-ia/raymond-arritt-8059913 |title=Dr. Raymond Ward Arritt Obituary |website=[[Dignity Memorial]] |access-date=November 20, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://cires1.colorado.edu/science/groups/pielke/pubs/theses.html |title=Theses and Disserations |website=[[Roger A. Pielke|Pielke Research Group]] |access-date=November 20, 2018}}</ref> He then worked as a [[research associate]] at the [[Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere]] at Colorado State for three years.<ref name=mesoscale>{{Cite web |url=http://www.mesoscale.iastate.edu/arritt2.html |title=Raymond W. Arritt |website=Iowa State University |access-date=2018-11-21}}</ref> |
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==Academic career== |
==Academic career== |
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Arritt took his first academic position at the [[University of Kansas]] in 1988.<ref name=dignity/> He was an assistant professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy there until 1993, when he joined the faculty of Iowa State as an associate professor. He became a full professor at Iowa State in 2000. He was a member of the [[American Geophysical Union]], the [[American Meteorological Society]], and the [[American Society of Agronomy]].<ref name=mesoscale/> He was also a contributing author of the [[IPCC Third Assessment Report|third]] and [[IPCC Fourth Assessment Report|fourth]] [[Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change]] (IPCC) assessment reports.<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://www.nap.edu/read/12035/chapter/10 |title=Review of the U.S. Climate Change Science Program's Synthesis and Assessment Product 3.2, "Climate Projections Based on Emission Scenarios for Long-lived and Short-lived Radiatively Active Gases and Aerosols" |date=2007-09-27 |publisher=National Academies Press |pages=40 |language=en |doi=10.17226/12035}}</ref> Along with Bill Gutowski and Gene Takle, Arritt was one of three Iowa State faculty who contributed to the IPCC's Fourth Assessment Report, which led to the IPCC sharing the [[2007 Nobel Peace Prize]] with [[Al Gore]]. After the winners of this prize were announced, Arritt told the ''[[Des Moines Register]]'', "It's kind of neat: I have, like, .002 percent of a Nobel prize now - shared with about 2,000 other people".<ref>{{Cite news |title=3 professors from ISU aid climate panel |last=Rossi |first=Lisa |date=2007-10-13 |work=Des Moines Register}}</ref> |
Arritt took his first academic position at the [[University of Kansas]] in 1988.<ref name=dignity/> He was an assistant professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy there until 1993, when he joined the faculty of Iowa State as an associate professor. He became a full professor at Iowa State in 2000. He was a member of the [[American Geophysical Union]], the [[American Meteorological Society]], and the [[American Society of Agronomy]].<ref name=mesoscale/> He was also a contributing author of the [[IPCC Third Assessment Report|third]] and [[IPCC Fourth Assessment Report|fourth]] [[Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change]] (IPCC) assessment reports.<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://www.nap.edu/read/12035/chapter/10 |title=Review of the U.S. Climate Change Science Program's Synthesis and Assessment Product 3.2, "Climate Projections Based on Emission Scenarios for Long-lived and Short-lived Radiatively Active Gases and Aerosols" |date=2007-09-27 |publisher=National Academies Press |pages=40 |language=en |doi=10.17226/12035}}</ref> Along with Bill Gutowski and Gene Takle, Arritt was one of three Iowa State faculty who contributed to the IPCC's Fourth Assessment Report, which led to the IPCC sharing the [[2007 Nobel Peace Prize]] with [[Al Gore]]. After the winners of this prize were announced, Arritt told the ''[[Des Moines Register]]'', "It's kind of neat: I have, like, .002 percent of a Nobel prize now - shared with about 2,000 other people".<ref>{{Cite news |title=3 professors from ISU aid climate panel |last=Rossi |first=Lisa |url=https://nanopdf.com/download/des-moines-register-10-13-07-3-professors-from-isu-aid-climate-panel_pdf|date=2007-10-13 |work=Des Moines Register}}</ref> |
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==Research== |
==Research== |
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Revision as of 01:24, 29 November 2018
Raymond Arritt | |
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| Born | Raymond Ward Arritt September 19, 1957 |
| Died | November 14, 2018 (aged 61) |
| Cause of death | Stroke |
| Nationality | United States |
| Education | University of Virginia Colorado State University |
| Spouse |
Teresita Navarrete
(m. 1980–2018) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Agronomy Meteorology |
| Institutions | Iowa State University |
| Thesis | Numerical Studies of Thermally and Mechanically Forced Circulations Over Complex Terrain (1985) |
| Doctoral advisor | Roger A. Pielke, Sr. |
Raymond Ward Arritt (September 19, 1957 – November 14, 2018) was an American agronomist whose research focused on agricultural meteorology. He taught at Iowa State University from 1993 until his death from a stroke in 2018. At Iowa State, he was responsible for operating the meteorological data repository Iowa Environmental Mesonet.[1][2]
Early life and education
Arritt was born on September 19, 1957 in Covington, Virginia, to Muriel Louise Smith and Raymond Ward Arritt, Sr. He grew up in the Virginia cities of Lynchburg and Richmond. He attended the University of Virginia, from which he received his B.A. in economics and environmental science in 1979 and his M.S. in environmental science in 1982. In 1985, he received his Ph.D. from Colorado State University in 1985 under the supervision of Roger A. Pielke, Sr.[3][4] He then worked as a research associate at the Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere at Colorado State for three years.[5]
Academic career
Arritt took his first academic position at the University of Kansas in 1988.[3] He was an assistant professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy there until 1993, when he joined the faculty of Iowa State as an associate professor. He became a full professor at Iowa State in 2000. He was a member of the American Geophysical Union, the American Meteorological Society, and the American Society of Agronomy.[5] He was also a contributing author of the third and fourth Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) assessment reports.[6] Along with Bill Gutowski and Gene Takle, Arritt was one of three Iowa State faculty who contributed to the IPCC's Fourth Assessment Report, which led to the IPCC sharing the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize with Al Gore. After the winners of this prize were announced, Arritt told the Des Moines Register, "It's kind of neat: I have, like, .002 percent of a Nobel prize now - shared with about 2,000 other people".[7]
Research
At Iowa State, Arritt's research focused on aspects of the climate of the United States, such as increases in heavy rainfall[8] and decreases in wind speeds.[9]
Personal life and death
Arritt met Teresita Navarrete while in the final year of his undergraduate program at the University of Virginia in 1979. They married on March 29, 1980. He died on November 14, 2018, in Mercy Medical Center in Des Moines, Iowa, after experiencing a stroke.[3][2]
References
- ^ "Dr. Raymond Arritt; September 19, 1957 – November 14, 2018". Iowa State University Department of Agronomy. November 19, 2018. Retrieved November 20, 2018.
- ^ a b Wells, Annelise (November 19, 2018). "Iowa State agronomy professor dead after stroke". Iowa State Daily. Retrieved November 20, 2018.
- ^ a b c "Dr. Raymond Ward Arritt Obituary". Dignity Memorial. Retrieved November 20, 2018.
- ^ "Theses and Disserations". Pielke Research Group. Retrieved November 20, 2018.
- ^ a b "Raymond W. Arritt". Iowa State University. Retrieved 2018-11-21.
- ^ Review of the U.S. Climate Change Science Program's Synthesis and Assessment Product 3.2, "Climate Projections Based on Emission Scenarios for Long-lived and Short-lived Radiatively Active Gases and Aerosols". National Academies Press. 2007-09-27. p. 40. doi:10.17226/12035.
- ^ Rossi, Lisa (2007-10-13). "3 professors from ISU aid climate panel". Des Moines Register.
- ^ den Hond, Bas (2017-04-28). "More Intense Rains in U.S. Midwest Tied to Farm Mechanization". Eos. Retrieved 2018-11-21.
- ^ "Iowa State researchers contribute climate model to study that finds some winds decreasing". Phys.org. 2009-06-25. Retrieved 2018-11-21.
External links
- Faculty page
- Raymond Arritt publications indexed by Google Scholar