John K. Creilson
"Jack"

Lecturer and Manager - Climate System Research Center
Department of Geosciences
University of Massachusetts
Amherst, MA 01003
413-545-0659
jack@geo.umass.edu

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Education:
B.S. in Industrial Engineering and Operations Research (1987) from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA
M.S. in Environmental Science with a focus in atmospheric science (2001) from Rutgers University, New  Brunswick, NJ.

Before UMass:
From 1988 to 1997, I was a Systems Engineer and Program Analyst for the Defense Contract Management Command.

Then from 2001 to 2009, I was a Research Meteorologist and Research Scientist at NASA Langley Research Center
in Hampton VA. While there, I conducted research analyzing the interannual variability of tropospheric ozone from
satellites. I also performed research looking at the relationship between crop yield, tropospheric ozone
(from both surface and satellite), and climate.

Here at UMass:
I serve as the Manager of the Climate System Research Center, supporting the climatological research efforts of
faculty members, post-doctoral research associates and graduate students through programming,
data analysis, and graphics. I also have responsibility for maintaining all hardware and software in the lab, as well as
being the outreach focal point for the Climate Center.

I'm also a Lecturer in the Department of Geosciences and teach the Fall Climatology course (GEO-SCI 354).

My main research interest is conducting phenological research analyzing the effect of greenhouse gases on crop yield;
as well as studying the interannual variability of the regional and global distribution of tropospheric trace gases from
space and how these distributions relate to both the prevailing meteorology and large scale climatological indices
(e.g., ENSO, NAO), and ultimately to their impacts on air quality and human health.

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Fishman, J., K.W. Bowman, J.P. Burrows, A. Richter, K.V. Chance, D.P. Edwards, R.V. Martin, G.A. Morris, R.B. Pierce, J.R. Ziemke, J.A. Al-Saadi, J.K. Creilson, T.K. Schaack, and A.M. Thompson, Remote Sensing
of Tropospheric Pollution from Space, Bull. Amer. Met. Soc., 89(6), 805-821, 2008.

Creilson, J.K., M.R. Pippin, B.L. Henderson, I.H. Ladd, J. Fishman, D. Votápková, and I. Krpcová, Surface Ozone Measured at GLOBE Schools in the Czech Republic: A Demonstration of the Importance of Student
Contribution to the Larger Science Picture, Bull. Amer. Met. Soc., 89(4), 505-514, 2008.

Creilson, J.K., J. Fishman, and A.E. Wozniak, Arctic Oscillation Induced Variability in Satellite-Derived Tropospheric Ozone, Geophys. Res. Lett., 32, L14822, doi:10.1029/2005GL023016, 2005.

Fishman, J., J.K. Creilson, A.E. Wozniak, and P.J. Crutzen, The interannual variability of stratospheric and tropospheric ozone determined from satellite measurements, J. Geophys. Res., 110, D20306,
doi:10.1029/2005JD005868, 2005.

Wozniak, A.E., J. Fishman, P.-H. Wang, and J.K. Creilson, The Distribution of Stratospheric Column Ozone (SCO) Determined from Satellite Observations: Validation of Solar Backscattered Ultraviolet
(SBUV) Measurements in Support of the Tropospheric Ozone Residual (TOR) Method, J. Geophys. Res, 110, D20305, doi:10.1029/2005JD005842, 2005.

Creilson, J. K., J. Fishman, and A. E. Wozniak, Intercontinental transport of tropospheric ozone: A study of its seasonal variability across the North Atlantic utilizing tropospheric ozone residuals and its
relationship to the North Atlantic Oscillation, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 3, 2053-2066, 2003.

Szykman, J., D. Mintz, J. Creilson, and M. Wayland, Impact of April 2001 Asian Dust Event on Particulate Matter Concentrations in the United States, National Air Quality and Emission Trends Report 2003 Special
Studies Edition, Report No. EPA-454/R-03-008, S1-S12, 2003.

Fishman, J., A. E. Wozniak, and J. K. Creilson, Global distribution of tropospheric ozone from satellite measurements using the empirically corrected tropospheric ozone residual technique: Identification of the
regional aspects of air pollution, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 3, 893-907, 2003.

Pierce, R. B., et al., Regional Air Quality Modeling System (RAQMS) predictions of the tropospheric ozone budget over East Asia, J. Geophys. Res., 108(D21), doi:10.1029/JD003176, 2003.

Creilson, J. K., D. A. Robinson, and S. Hartley, Western Atlantic sea surface temperatures and northeastern Unites States precipitation, 1896-1995, Proceedings of the Symposium on Climate Variability, the
Oceans, and Societal Impact, Albuquerque, NM, American Meteorological Society, 2001.