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Overview

Gregory C. Wiles is affiliated with the College of Wooster in the United States and has contributed extensively to the fields of Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science. Their research focuses primarily on tree-ring climate responses, geology and paleoclimatology, plant water relations and carbon dynamics, as well as forest ecology and management.

The scientist has published work on multiple topics including climate variability and models, diatoms and algae research, and remote sensing and LiDAR applications. Their engagement with atmospheric science and global and planetary change subfields support a broad interdisciplinary approach to environmental studies.

Recent scholarly papers by Gregory C. Wiles include:

  • "A Spatiotemporal Assessment of Extreme Cold in Northwestern North America Following the Unidentified 1809 CE Volcanic Eruption" (2023), published in Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology
  • "Ecosystems at Glacier Margins Can Serve as Climate-Change Laboratories" (2022), published in Geophysical Research Letters
  • "Late-Glacial and Holocene Lake-Level Fluctuations on the Kenai Lowland, Reconstructed from Satellite-Fen Peat Deposits and Ice-Shoved Ramparts, Kenai Peninsula, Alaska" (2022), published in Quaternary
  • "Is the modern-day dieback of yellow-cedar unprecedented?" (2021), published in Canadian Journal of Forest Research
  • "A 420-Year Perspective on Winter Lake Erie Levels" (2023), published in Geophysical Research Letters

Their frequent coauthors include Benjamin V. Gaglioti, N. Wiesenberg, Nick Wiesenberg, Daniel H. Mann, and Thomas V. Lowell.

Major venues in which Gregory C. Wiles has published multiple works include:

  • Geophysical Research Letters
  • Dendrochronologia
  • Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology

Main fields of study associated with their work are:

  • Earth and Planetary Sciences
  • Environmental Science

Subfields of particular research concentration are:

  • Atmospheric Science
  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Nature and Landscape Conservation
  • Ecology
  • Biomaterials

Key topics covered in their research portfolio include:

  • Tree-ring climate responses
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics
  • Forest ecology and management
  • Climate variability and models
  • Diatoms and Algae Research
  • Remote Sensing and LiDAR Applications

Best Publications

  • Holocene glacier fluctuations

    Olga N. Solomina;Raymond S. Bradley;Dominic A. Hodgson;Susan Ivy-Ochs;Susan Ivy-Ochs

  • Tree-ring estimates of Pacific decadal climate variability

    R. D'Arrigo;R. Villalba;G. Wiles

  • Glacier fluctuations during the past 2000 years

    Olga N. Solomina;Raymond S. Bradley;Vincent Jomelli;Aslaug Geirsdottir

  • Holocene coastal glaciation of Alaska

    Parker E Calkin;Gregory C Wiles;David J Barclay

  • Holocene glacier fluctuations in Alaska

    David J. Barclay;Gregory C. Wiles;Parker E. Calkin

  • Boreal temperature variability inferred from maximum latewood density and tree-ring width data, Wrangell Mountain region, Alaska

    Nicole K. Davi;Gordon C. Jacoby;Gregory C. Wiles

  • Late Holocene, high-resolution glacial chronologies and climate, Kenai Mountains, Alaska

    Gregory C. Wiles;Parker E. Calkin

  • Divergent tree growth response to recent climatic warming, Lake Clark National Park and Preserve, Alaska

    William W. Driscoll;Gregory C. Wiles;Rosanne D. D'Arrigo;Martin Wilmking

  • Century-scale solar variability and Alaskan temperature change over the past millennium

    Gregory C. Wiles;Rosanne D. D'Arrigo;Ricardo Villalba;Parker E. Calkin

  • Tree-ring-dated 'Little Ice Age' histories of maritime glaciers from western Prince William Sound, Alaska

    Gregory C. Wiles;David J. Barclay;Parker E. Calkin

  • Expansion of alpine glaciers in Pacific North America in the first millennium A.D

    Alberto V. Reyes;Gregory C. Wiles;Dan J. Smith;David J. Barclay

  • Century to millennial-scale temperature variations for the last two thousand years indicated from glacial geologic records of Southern Alaska

    Gregory C. Wiles;David J. Barclay;Parker E. Calkin;Thomas V. Lowell

  • Gulf of Alaska atmosphere-ocean variability over recent centuries inferred from coastal tree-ring records

    G. C. Wiles;R. D. D'Arrigo;G. C. Jacoby

  • Tropical-North Pacific Climate Linkages over the Past Four Centuries*

    Rosanne D'Arrigo;Rob Wilson;Clara Deser;Gregory Wiles

  • Surface air temperature variability reconstructed with tree rings for the Gulf of Alaska over the past 1200 years

    Gregory C. Wiles;Rosanne D.D. D'Arrigo;David Barclay;Rob S. Wilson

  • Late Holocene glacier fluctuations in the Wrangell Mountains, Alaska

    Gregory C. Wiles;Gordon C. Jacoby;Nicole K. Davi;Ryan P. McAllister

  • Historical and Holocene glacier–climate variations: General concepts and overview

    O. Solomina;W. Haeberli;C. Kull;G. Wiles

  • Temperature changes along the Gulf of Alaska and the Pacific Northwest coast modeled from coastal tree rings

    Gregory C. Wiles;Rosanne D. D'Arrigo;Gordon C. Jacoby

  • Decadal-Scale Climatic Variability Along the Extratropical Western Coast of the Americas: Evidence from Tree-Ring Records

    R. Villalba;R.D. D'Arrigo;E.R. Cook;G.C. Jacoby

  • A 1119-year tree-ring-width chronology from western Prince William Sound, southern Alaska

    David J. Barclay;Gregory C. Wiles;Parker E. Calkin

Frequent Co-Authors

Rosanne D'Arrigo
Rosanne D'Arrigo Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
Gordon C. Jacoby
Gordon C. Jacoby Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
Nicole Davi
Nicole Davi Columbia University
Rob Wilson
Rob Wilson University of St Andrews
Ricardo Villalba
Ricardo Villalba National Scientific and Technical Research Council
Daniel H. Mann
Daniel H. Mann University of Alaska Fairbanks
Kevin J. Anchukaitis
Kevin J. Anchukaitis University of Arizona
Thomas V. Lowell
Thomas V. Lowell University of Cincinnati
Edward R. Cook
Edward R. Cook Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
Benjamin M. Jones
Benjamin M. Jones University of Alaska Fairbanks

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