Dr. Peter R. Waylen
Professor
Areas of Specialization
- Hydrology
- Climatology
- Quantitative Methods
Educational Background
- PhD -- Geography, McMaster University, 1982
- MA -- Geography, McMaster University, 1976
- BS -- Geography, London School of Economics, 1975
Recent Courses
- GEO 2200 Physical Geography
GEO 3280 Principles of Geographic Hydrology
GEO 3930 El Niño Environmental Issues
GEO 4285 Models in Geographic Hydrology
GEO 6938 Models in Geographic Hydrology
Recent Publications
Research Papers
D. Coley and P.R. Waylen, 2006. 'Forecasting Seasonal Low Flow Characteristics of the Arcadia River, Florida, Conditioned upon Pacific Sea Surface Temperatures.' Journal of American Water Resources Association, 42(4), 851-862.
G. Poveda, P.R. Waylen and R. Pulwarty,2006. 'Annual and Interannual Variability of Present Climate in Northern South America and Southern Mesoamerica.' Paleogeography, Paleoclimatology, Paleoecology. 234, 3-27.
N. Hoyos, P.R. Waylen and A Jaramillo, 2005. Seasonal and Spatial Patterns of Erosivity in a Tropical Watershed of the Colombian Andes. Journal of Hydrology. 314, 177-191.
P.R. Waylen and M.J. Harrison, 2005, The Coincidence of Daily Rainfall Events in Liberia, Costa Rica and Tropical Cyclones in the Caribbean Basin. International Journal of Climatology. 25, 1665-1674.
Quesada, M. E., and P. R. Waylen. 2004. Ocurrencia de Caudales Maximos en Cuencas Hidrograficas Ubicadas en Vertientes Opuestas, Costa Rica. Ingeniería Hidráulica en México XIX (3): 129-138.
Meindl, C., D. Alderman, and P. R. Waylen. 2002. On the Importance of Environmental Claims-Making: The Role of James O. Wright in Promoting the Drainage of Florida’s Everglades in the Early Twentieth Century. Annals of the Association of American Geographers 92 (4): 682-701.
Waylen, P. R., and G. Poveda. 2002. El Niño-Southern Oscillation and Aspects of Western South American Hydro-Climatology. Hydrological Processes 16: 1247-1260.
Books and Book Chapters
Poveda, G., O. J. Mesa, and P. R. Waylen. 2003. Non-Linear Forecasting
of River Flows in Colombia Based Upon ENSO, and its Associated Economic
Value for Hydropower Generation. In Climate and Water: Transboundary
Challenges in the Americas, ed. H. F. Diaz and B. Morehouse, 351-372.
Dordrecht, Netherlands: Kluwer.
Waylen, P. R., and M. E. Quesada. 2002. The Effect of Atlantic and Pacific Sea Surface Temperatures on the Mid-Summer Drought of Costa Rica. In Environmental Change and Water Sustainability, ed. J. M. García-Ruiz, J. A. A. A. Jones and J. Arnáez, 197-209. Zaragoza, Spain: Instituto Pirenaico de Ecología, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas.
Graduate Students Currently Supervised.
- Carlos Cañas
M.S. Modelling the Influence of Highflows on the Distribution of Fish Larvae in the Río Madre de Dios, Peru. - Stephen Howell
Ph.D. Statistical Models to Forecast Seasonal Precipitation Totals in Costa Rica. - Matthew Marsik
Ph.D. GIS-based Hydrologic Model of Flooding and Land Use Change, Quebrada Estero, San Ramón, Costa Rica. - Kwadwo Owusu
Ph.D. Modelling Monthly and Seasonal Rainfall Variability during the Late Rainy season of Mid-Ghana. - Michael Selover
M.S. Temporal Changes in Regional Rainfall Characteristics in Thailand.
In My Own Words
Dr. Peter Waylen is a physical geographer specializing in hydrology, particularly the analysis of spatial variations in the statistics describing interannual and interseasonal variability of hydrometeorological variables. He has published papers on flood and drought frequency, thunder and hail occurrences, cold spells and freezes, and annual and seasonal precipitation totals, in Geographic (e.g. Canadian Geographer, Professional Geographer, Transactions I.B.G.) and related disciplinary journals, in both hydrology (e.g. Water Resources Research, J. of Hydrology) and climatology (e.g. Int. J. of Climatology, J. of Climate, J. of Climate and Applied Meteorology). The research involves a combination of climatology, hydrology and the application of statistical theory, the results of which are applied over regions of interest. Recent research funded by NSF, NOAA and the Inter-American Institute investigated the influence of El Niño - Southern Oscillation and other macro-climatic indicators on precipitation and stream flow in Central and South America, and Thailand/Cambodia.
Dr. Waylen is also a member of, the consortium of faculty at Florida universities interested in the effects of El Niño, the University of Florida's Center for Latin American Studies, the Land Use Environmental Change Institute, the Inter-disciplinary Program in Hydrosciences and the School of Natural Environment. He is a Professional Hydrologist, certified by the American Institute of Hydrology.
