Began teaching at NMU in 2013
Areas of Specialization
Physical Geography, Weather & Climate, Forest-Atmosphere Interaction
Education
- B.Sc., The University of Western Ontario
- M.S., Indiana University
- Ph.D., Indiana University
- Postdoctoral Fellowship, Climate Research Division, Environment Canada
Courses Taught
- GC 100 Physical Geography
- GC 205 Introduction to Geographic Research
- GC 210 Earth Hazards
- GC 235 Quantitative Methods
- GC 285 Earth's Climate: Past, Present, and Future
- GC 342 Energy & The Environment
- GC 385 Weather and Climate
- GC 488 Earth & Environmental Science Capstone Research
Select Publications
- Luo, X., Croft, H., Chen, J. M., Bartlett, P., Staebler, R. M., and Froelich, N. J. (2018). Leaf chlorophyll content as a proxy for photosynthetic parameters for estimating carbon and water fluxes at a forest site. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 248, 156-168.
- Croft, H., Chen, J. M., Froelich, N. J., Chen, B., and Staebler, R. M. (2015). Seasonal controls of canopy chlorophyll content on forest carbon uptake: implications for GPP modelling. J. Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences, doi:10.1002/2015JG002980.
- Froelich, N., Croft, H., Chen, J. M., Gonsamo, A., and Staebler, R. M. (2015). Trends of carbon, water, and energy fluxes over a mixed temperate–boreal transition forest in southern Ontario, Canada. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 211, 72-84.
- Froelich, N. J., Grimmond, C. S. B., and Schmid, H. P. (2011). Modeling nocturnal cooling below a forest canopy. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 151, 957-968.
- Froelich, N. J. and Schmid, H. P. (2006). Flow divergence and density flows above and below a deciduous forest. Part II: Below-canopy themotopographic flows. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 138, 29-43.
- Froelich, N. J., Schmid, H. P., Grimmond, C. S. B., and Su, H. –B. (2005). Flow divergence and density flows above and below a deciduous forest. Part I: Non-zero mean vertical wind above canopy. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 138, 29-43.
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