Articles in Refereed Journals
Paaijmans K., M. B. Thomas, J. Blanford, R. Crane, M. Mann, L. Ning and K. Schreiber. Downscaling reveals diverse effects of anthropogenic climate warming on the potential for local environments to support malaria transmission. Climatic Change, 125(3-4):479-488 (2014)
Hewitson, B.C., J. Daron, R.G. Crane, M.F. Zermoglio, C. Jack. Interrogating empirical-statistical downscaling. Climatic Change, 122(4):539-554 (2014)
Singh, R., T. Wagener, R. Crane, M.E. Mann, L. Ning. A vulnerability driven approach to identify adverse climate and land use change combinations for critical hydrologic indicator thresholds—Application to a watershed in Pennsylvania, USA. Water Resources Research, DOI: 10.1002/2013WR014988 (2014)
Blanford, J. I., Blanford, S., Paaijmans, K., Schreiber, K., Crane, R., Mann, M. and Thomas, M. B. Implications of temperature variation for malaria parasite development across Africa. Nature Scientific Reports, 3: 1300 (2013)
Ning, L., M. E. Mann, R. G. Crane, T. Wagener, R. Najjar, R. Singh. Probabilistic Projections of Anthropogenic Climate Impacts on Precipitation for the Mid-Atlantic Region of the United States. J. Climate, 25:5273-5291 (2012).
Ning, L., M. E. Mann, R. G. Crane, T. Wagener. Probabilistic Projections of Climate Change for the Mid-Atlantic Region of the United States—Validation of Precipitation Downscaling During the Historical Era. J. Climate, 25:509-526 (2012).
Singh, R., T. Wagener, K. van Werkhoven, M. E. Mann, and R. Crane. A trading-space-for-time approach to probabilistic continuous streamflow predictions in a changing climate – accounting for changing watershed behavior. Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci., 15:3591–3603 (2011).
Hewitson, B. C. and R. G. Crane. Consensus between GCM climate change projections with empirical downscaling: Precipitation downscaling over South Africa Int. J. Climatology, 26:1315-1337 (2006).
Hewitson, B. C. and R. G. Crane. Gridded area-averaged daily precipitation via conditional interpolation. J. Climate, 18:41-57 (2005).
Crane, R. G. and B. C. Hewitson. Clustering and upscaling of station precipitation records to regional patterns using self-organizing maps (SOMs). Climate Research, 25:95-107 (2003).
Hewitson, B. C. and R. G. Crane. Self-Organizing Maps: Applications to synoptic climatology. Climate Research, 22:13-26 (2002).
Crane, R. G., B. Yarnal, E. Barron, and B. C. Hewitson. Scale interactions and regional climate: Examples from the Suaquehanna River Basin. Human and Ecological Risk Assessment, 8(1):147-158 (2002).
Polsky, C., J. Allard, N. Currit, R. Crane, B. Yarnal. The Mid-Atlantic Region and its climate: Past, present, and future. Climate Research, 14: 161–173 (2000).
Crane, R. G. and B. C. Hewitson. CO2 precipitation changes for the Susquehanna basin: Downscaling from the GENESIS general circulation model. Int. J. Climatology, 18: 65-76 (1998).
Hewitson, B. C. and R. G. Crane. Climate downscaling techniques and applications. Climate Research, 7: 85-95 (1996).
McGinnis, D. R. and R. G. Crane. A Multivariate Analysis of Arctic Climate in GCMs. J. Climate, 7: 1240-1250 (1994).
Crane, R. G. and M. R. Anderson. Springtime microwave emissivity changes in the southern Kara Sea. J. Geophys. Res. 99 (C7): 14,303-14,309 (1994).
Hewitson, B. C. and R. G. Crane. Large‑scale atmospheric controls on local precipitation in tropical Mexico. Geophys. Res. Let., 19(18):1835‑1838 (1992).
Hewitson, B. C. and R. G. Crane. Regional Climates in the GISS GCM: Synoptic‑Scale Circulation. J. Climate, 5:1002‑1011 (1992).
Hewitson, B. C. and R. G. Crane. Regional‑scale climate prediction from the GISS GCM. Global and Planetary Change, 97:249‑267 (1992).
Walsh, J. E. and R. G. Crane. A Comparison of GCM Simulations of Arctic Climate. Geophys. Res. Let., 19(1):29‑32 (1992).
Crane, R. G. and M. R. Anderson. Spring Melt Patterns in the Kara/Barents Sea: 1984. GeoJournal, 18(1):25‑33 (1989).
Crane, R. G. and R. G. Barry. Comparison of the MSL Synoptic Pressure Patterns of the Arctic as Observed and Simulated by the GISS General Circulation Model. Meteorol. Atmos. Phys., 39:169‑183 (1988).
Yarnal, B., R. G. Crane, A. M. Carleton and L. S. Kalkstein. A New Challenge for Climate Studies in Geography. Prof. Geog., 39:465‑473 (1987).
Barry, R. G., R. G. Crane, A. Schweiger and J. Newell. Arctic Cloudiness in Spring from Satellite Imagery. J. Climatology, 7:423‑451 (1987).
Key, J. and R. G. Crane. A Comparison of Synoptic Classification Schemes Based on ‘Objective’ Procedures. J. Climatology, 6:375‑388 (1986).
Anderson, M. R., R. G. Crane and R. G. Barry. Characteristics of Arctic Ocean Ice Determined from SMMR Data for 1979: Case Studies in the Seasonal Sea Ice Zone. Adv. Space Res., 5:257‑261 (1985).
Shine, K. P. and R. G. Crane. The Sensitivity of a One‑Dimensional Thermodynamic Sea Ice Model to Changes in Cloudiness. J. Geophys. Res., 89:10,615‑10,622 (1984).
Barry, R. G., R. G. Crane, R. Weaver and M. R. Anderson. Sea Ice and Snow Cover Data: Availability Needs and Problems. Annals of Glaciology, 5:9‑15 (1984).
Crane, R. G. and M. R. Anderson. Satellite Discrimination of Snow/Cloud Surfaces. Int. J. Remote Sensing, 5:213‑223 (1984).
Crane, R. G. and R. G. Barry. The Influence of Clouds on Climate with a Focus on Significant Interactions in High Latitudes. J. Climatology, 4:71‑93 (1983).
Crane, R. G. Atmosphere‑Sea Ice Interactions in the Beaufort/Chukchi Sea and in the European Sector of the Arctic. J. Geophys.. Res., 88:4505‑4523 (1983).
Crane, R. G., R. G. Barry and H. J. Zwally. Analysis of Atmosphere‑Sea Ice Interaction in the Arctic Basin Using ESMR Microwave Data. Int. J. Remote Sensing, 3:259‑276 (1982).
Crane, R. G. Surface‑Atmosphere Interactions Over the Polar Oceans. Prog. Phys. Geog., 5:186‑216 (1981).
Barry, R. G., D. L. Elliot and R. G. Crane. The Palaeoclimatic Interpretation of Exotic Pollen Peaks in Holocene Records from the Eastern Canadian Arctic: A Discussion. Rev. Palaeobot. Palynology, 33:153‑167 (1981).
Crane, R. G. Synoptic Controls on the Energy Budget Regime of an Ablating Fast Ice Surface. Arch. Met. Geoph. Biokl. ser.A, 28:53‑70 (1979).
Crane, R. G. Seasonal Variations of Sea Ice Extent in the Davis Strait‑Labrador Sea Area and Relationships with Synoptic Scale Atmospheric Circulation. Arctic, 31:434‑447 (1978).
Books and Book Chapters
Hewitson, B. C., R. G. Crane & M. A. Tadross: Regional Climate Scenarios for Impact Assessment. In Otter, L., Olago, D. O. and Niang L. (Eds.) Global Change Processes and Impacts in Africa: A Synthesis. START, Washington: p 56-71.
Kump, L. R., J. F. Kasting and R.G. Crane. The Earth System, Prentice-Hall, New Jersey (1999; 2nd Edition, 2003; 3rd Edition, 2010).
Giorgi, F. , Christensen, J. , Hulme, M. , von Storch, H. , Whetton, P. , Jones, R. , Mearns, L. , Fu, C. , Arritt, R. , Bates, B. , Benestad, R. , Boer, G. , Buishand, A. , Castro, M. , Chen, D. , Cramer, W. , Crane, R. , Crossly, J. , Dehn, M. , Dethloff, K. , Dippner, J. , Emori, S. , Francisco, R. , Fyfe, J. , Gerstengarbe, F. , Gutowski, W. , Gyalistras, D. , Hanssen-Bauer, I. , Hantel, M. , Hassell, D. , Heimann, D. , Jack, C. , Jacobeit, J. , Kato, H. , Katz, R. , Kauker, F. , Knutson, T. , Lal, M. , Landsea, C. , Laprise, R. , Leung, L. , Lynch, A. , May, W. , McGregor, J. , Miller, N. , Murphy, J. , Ribalaygua, J. , Rinke, A. , Rummukainen, M. , Semazzi, F. , Walsh, K. , Werner, P. , Widmann, M. , Wilby, R. , Wild, M. and Xue, Y. Regional Climate Information- Evaluation and Projections , Climate Change 2001: The Scientific Basis. Contribution of Working Group to the Third Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change [Houghton, J.T. et al. (eds)]. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, United Kingdom and New York, US, 881 p., ISBN: 0521 01495. (2001).
Hewitson, B. C. and R. G. Crane, (Eds.) Neural Computing: Applications in Geography, Kluwar Academic Publishers, Dordrecht (1994).
Includes:
Hewitson, B. C. and R. G. Crane. Looks and Uses. In Hewitson, B. C. and R. G. Crane, (Eds.) Neural Computing: Applications in Geography, Kluwar Academic Publishers, Dordrecht (1994).
Hewitson, B. C. and R. G. Crane. Precipitation Controls in Southern Mexico. In Hewitson, B. C. and R. G. Crane, (Eds.) Neural Computing: Applications in Geography, Kluwar Academic Publishers, Dordrecht (1994).
Crane, R. G. General Circulation Model Studies of Global Warming. In Majumdar, S. K., L. S. Kalkstein, B. Yarnal, E. W. Miller and L. M. Rosenfeld (Eds.) Global Climate Change: Implications, Challenges, and Mitigation Measures, Pennsylvania Academy of Science: 189-208 (1992).
Conference Proceedings
Singh, R., T. Wagener, R.G. Crane, M.E. Mann and L. Ning. Considering uncertainty in climate change projections through a new decision-centric approach to global change impact assessment on water resources tested in a Pennsylvania watershed. In proceeding of: American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2013, abstract #H21H-1152, At San Francisco, USA (2013).
Singh, T. Wagener, K. van Werkhoven, M. E.Mann, R. Crane, L. Ning. A robust decision making framework for identifying dominant controls on indicators of hydrologic alteration under environmental change. Geophysical Research Abstracts, Vol. 15, EGU2013-3628, EGU General Assembly 2013 (2013).
Bulick, S., E. Smithwick, C. Barthel, R. G. Crane. Scientific engagement within informal and transformative learning environments in a global context. 97th Ecological Society of America Annual Convention, Portland, USA (2012).
Singh, R., T. Wagener, K. V. Werkhoven, M. E. Mann, R. G. Crane, L. Ning. Trading space for time: A non-stationary approach to probabilistic flow predictions in a changing climate. American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco (2010).
Crane, R. G. Ice variability in the Bering Sea. In Pursuit of Agviq. Environment and Natural Resources Institute, University of Alaska, Anchorage (2001).
Crane, R. G., et al. Collegiate and Professional Education. Chapter 13 in Butler, D. and J. Estes, et al. Potential User Model Development Effort. Proceedings of a Workshop held at Leesburg, Virginia, NASA, Office of Mission to Planet Earth. (1995).
Butler, D. and J. Estes, et al. Potential User Model Development Effort. Proceedings of a Workshop held at Leesburg, Virginia, NASA, Office of Mission to Planet Earth (1995).
Crane, R. G. and W. E. Walsh. A Comparison of Global Climate Model Simulations of Polar Regions. Conference on Climate Variability. American Meteorological Society, Boston, Mass.: (1991).
Crane, R. G. and B. C. Hewitson. Regional Climates in the GISS GCM. Second Symposium on Global Change Studies. American Meteorological Society, Boston, Mass.: 78‑82 (1991).
Crane, R. G. and M. R. Anderson. Synoptic Ice Melt from Nimbus‑7 SMMR. Polar Meteorology and Oceanography. American Meteorological Society, Boston, Mass.: 36‑39 (1988).
Anderson, M. R. and R. G. Crane. Arctic Atmosphere ‑ Ice Interaction Studies Using Nimbus‑7 SMMR. Satellite/Remote Sensing and Applications. American Meteorological Society, Boston, Mass.: 132‑136 (1984).
Crane, R. G. Satellite Interpretation of Cloud Cover Over Snow Surfaces. Remote Sensing and the Atmosphere. The Remote Sensing Society, University of Reading, England: 300‑307 (1982).
Henderson‑Sellers, A., R. G. Barry, R. G. Crane, N. A. Hughes and K. Shine. Cloud‑Cryosphere Interactions Near the Coastal Sea Ice Boundary: Data Retrieval and Climatic Sensitivity. First International Conference on Meteorology and Air/Sea Interaction of the Coastal Zone. American Meteorological Society, Boston, Mass.: 395‑397 (1982).
Institutional Publications
Shortle, J., D. Abler, S. Blumsack, R. Crane, Z. Kaufman, M. McDill, R. Najjar, R. Ready, T. Wagener, and D. Wardrop. Pennsylvania Climate Impact Assessment. Report to the Department of Environmental Protection. June 29, 2009.
Goodison, B. E., R. D. Brown, and R. G. Crane. Cryospheric Systems. Chapter Six in King, M. D. (Ed.) EOS Science Plan: The State of Science in the EOS Program. NASA (1999).
Crane, R. G. Workshop on Cryospheric Data Rescue and Access. Glaciological Data, 25: 275-294 (1993).
Crane, R. G. Remote Sensing and Polar Climate. Earth and Mineral Sciences, 55: 38‑41 (1986).
Jenne, R. L., R. G. Crane and P. A. Mackinnon. Snow and Ice Data Sets for Climate and Water Resource Studies with Particular Reference to North America. Glaciological Data, 5: 7‑24 (1979).
Crane, R. G. Inventory of Snow Cover and Sea Ice Data. Glaciological Data, 7: 171pp (1979).
Barry, R. G., J. Jacobs, R. Weaver, R. Keen and R. G. Crane. Energy Budget Studies in Relation to Fast‑Ice Breakup Processes in Davis Strait: A Climatological Overview. INSTAAR Occasional Paper No. 26: 284pp (1978).
Other
Crane, R. G. (Guest Editor) Polar Sea Ice ‑ Atmosphere Interactions. GeoJournal, 18(1):6‑8 Editorial (1989).