Dr. G. Jay Lennartson

People

Dr. G. Jay Lennartson

Director of Undergraduate Studies, Senior Lecturer

gjlennar@uncg.edu

Specializations:
Environmental Planning, Environmental Hazards, Climatology, and Meteorology

Education

Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

About

Dr. Lennartson’s research interests include investigations oftropospheric ozoneconcentrations at the local, regional, and synoptic scales; and the urban heat island effect as it relates to urban form and structure.

With regard to tropospheric ozone, his research has focused on exceedances of the federal health standard for ozone in the Lake Michigan Region of the United States, and in the Southeastern United States.

His findings have been published in such internationally recognized journals as Climate Research and the International Journal of Climatology.

He has also investigated the urban heat island effect associated with edge cities in the United States.