Mark Seeley

Mark Seeley
Professor Emeritus
[email protected]
612-625-4724
174 Borlaug Hall

1991 Upper Buford Circle
St Paul, MN 55108
United States

Education
  • BS, University of California, Berkeley - 1969
  • MS, Northern Illinois University - 1975
  • PhD, University of Nebraska - 1977

Areas of Interest

Climate and Climate Change

Biography

Dr. Seeley serves as extension climatologist/meteorologist, coordinating weather and climate educational programs with the National Weather Service, the Minnesota State Climatology Office, and various state agencies.

His faculty appointment is split between research (20%) and extension (80%) programs related to the utilization of meteorological and climatological data for agricultural production systems and management of natural resources.

He is also active in the NOAA Climate Literacy Program. He spent 1989-1990 on sabbatical leave with the United Kingdom Meteorological Office and Ministry of Agriculture. In 2002 Dr. Seeley was in Washington, D.C. as a NOAA Partner working with the National Weather Service Climate Services Division and the Climate Prediction Center.

He has served as a weekly commentator on Minnesota Public Radio's Morning Edition news program since 1992. He also writes the weekly newsletter "Minnesota WeatherTalk" and helps produce a weekly science podcast for public radio called "Jet Streaming" and occasionally contributes to the Minnesota Public Radio daily weather blog "Updraft."

Select Publications

  • Seeley, M.W. 2015. Minnesota Weather Almanac, second edition. Minnesota Historical Society Press, 330pp.
  • Beddow, Jason, Phil Pardey, and Mark Seeley. 2012. “Changing Agricultural Climate: Implications for Innovation Policies.”  White paper for USDA and the Food Policy Research Center.
  • Breneman, D. and M. Seeley. 2011. Voyageurs Skies: Weather and the Wilderness of Minnesota's National Park, Afton Press, 144pp. (winner Northeast Minnesota Book Award)
  • Minnesota Weather Almanac, Mark W. Seeley, 2006, 294 pgs. Published by the Minnesota Historical Society Press, St Paul, MN.
  • "NOAA's ThreadEx Project: Implications for Minnesota's Climate History" Mark W. Seeley, in 2009 Minnesota Weatherguide Environment Calendar published by the Freshwater Society, Navarre, MN.
  • "Weather and Climate Singularities" Mark W. Seeley, in 2008 Minnesota Weatherguide Environment Calendar published by the Freshwater Society, Navarre, MN.
  • Zin, Min, Ragsdale, D., Radcliffe, T, McCrae, I., and M. Seeley. 2006. Weather patterns that influence seasonal abundance of green peach aphid (myzus persicae) and spread of potato leaf roll virus in the northern Great Plains. Agric and Forest Meteorology, vol. 1, pp 1-11.
  • Seeley, M.W. "Great Lakes Climate and Meteorology (Parts I and II)", 2005 European Meteorological Society, ISBN 3-928903-33-0 Bulletin and Calendar, Berlin, Germany.
  • Seeley, M. W., 2004. Mother Nature Smiled: The Grand Excursion of 1854. Minnesota History, vol. 59:1 pp: 36-38.
  • Shulski, M.D. and M.W. Seeley. 2004. Application of snowfall and wind statistics to snow transport modeling for snowdrift control in Minnesota. J. App. Met. Vol 43: 1711-1721.
  • Extreme Weather Level 4 Reading Series, Mark W. Seeley, editor, a series of 5 children's books published by Bellwether Media, Minneapolis, MN. (hurricanes, tornadoes, blizzards, droughts, and ice storms).
  • Amazing Science Series by Picture Window Books, Minneapolis, MN, edited by Mark W. Seeley. 2003:
    • Shine: A Book About Sunlight
    • Splish Splash: A Book About Rain
    • Flakes and Flurries: A Book About Snow
    • Sky Shapes: A Book About Clouds
    • Nature's Fireworks: A Book About Lightning
    • Whoosh: A Book About Wind
  • Medina, H. and M. Seeley, 2003. Avian pneumovirus (APV) and other respiratory challenges in turkeys in the Midwest: An examination of environmental factors that induce a higher incidence in the Spring and Fall of the year. Proceedings of the Western Poultry Disease Conference, Sacramento, CA.