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Aondover TarhuleAppointments at the University of Oklahoma: Instructor of Geography Courses Physical Geography Bio Dr. Aondover Tarhule joined the Geography Department in 1999 following a one-year postdoctoral fellowship at Queens University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada. His expertise is in physical hydrology (specifically the analysis of extreme events such as floods and droughts). His research interests include hydro-climatic reconstruction and rural water issues particularly in the Sahel Savanna zone of West Africa. Dr. Tarhule applies geo-electric techniques to investigate various water issues in shallow alluvial aquifers. An on-going project is exploring the feasibility of using tree-ring analysis to reconstruct floods and droughts in the Sahel. Education Ph.D., Geography, McMaster University, 1997 Dissertation: "Droughts, Rainfall and Rural Water Supply in Northern Nigeria" Concentration: Extreme Events in Hydrology: Floods and Droughts; The Hydrology of Arid Environments M.Sc., Geography, McMaster University, 1993 M.Sc., Environmental and Resources Planning, University of Jos, 1991 B.Sc., Geography (First Class Honours), University of Jos, 1988 Research Experience Post-Doctoral Fellow (Science Advisory Research Council), Queens University, Kingston, 1998. Exploring the use of dendrochronology for hydroclimatic reconstruction in the West African Sahel Savanna region Post-Doctoral Fellow (Rockefeller Foundation), University of Jos, Nigeria, 1997. Quantitative estimation of groundwater recharge from a seasonal stream in semi-arid Nigeria. Awards/Grants NSF Grant: Application of Tree-rings Analysis for Hydro-climatic Reconstruction in the Sahel ($42,000), 1999 Queens University Science Advisory Research Council Post-Doctoral Fellowship ($25,000), 1998 Rockefeller Foundation Post-Doctoral Research Fellowship, ($32,000), 1997 Rockefeller Foundation Sub-Saharan African Dissertation Internship Award ($20,000), 1994 Reviewed Publications Tarhule, A and Woo, M-K. (2000) "Observations on the dynamics of rural water supply from natural sources: a village example in semi-arid Nigeria". Journal of Mitigation, Accepted December, 1999. Tarhule, A. and Woo, M-K (1999) Reply to comment on "Towards an interpretation of historical droughts in northern Nigeria", Climatic Change, 41, 261-262 Tarhule, A. and Woo, M-K. (1998) Changes in rainfall characteristics in northern Nigeria, International Journal of Climatology, 18, 1261-1271. Tarhule, A. and Woo, M-K. (1997) Towards an interpretation of historical droughts in northern Nigeria, Climatic Change, 37, 601-616. Tarhule, A. and Woo, M-K. (1997) Characteristics and use of shallow wells in a stream fadama: a case study in northern Nigeria, Applied Geography, 17, 29-42. Woo, M-K. and Tarhule, A. (1994) Streamflow droughts of northern Nigerian rivers, Hydrological Sciences Journal, 39, 19-34. Conference Presentations Tarhule, Aondover (1998) Hydro-geologic investigations of a fadama (alluvial) aquifer in northeastern Nigeria. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting and Exposition of the Geological Society of America, October 26-29. Metro-Toronto Convention Center, Toronto, Ontario, Canada Tarhule, Aondover (1998) An investigation of the water resources potential of a fadama (alluvial aquifer in northeastern Nigeria. Paper presented at the 94th Annual meeting of the Association of American Geographers Convention, March 25-29, Boston Massachusetts, USA Woo, M-K. and Tarhule, A. (1998) Coping with drought: Sources of rural water supply for a village in semi-arid Nigeria. Paper presented at the International Geographical Union. Study Group on Environmental Change and Extreme Hydrological Events, August 28-29, 1998. Centro de Estudos Geograficos, University of Lisbon, Portugal Tarhule, Aondover and Woo, M-K. (1996) Hydrological and Agricultural Implications of Rainfall Trends in northern Nigeria. Paper presented at the International Conference on Tropical Meteorology, Climatology and Hydrology, May 22-24, Brussels, Belgium. Tarhule, Aondover and Woo, M-K. (1995) The Role of Shallow Ground Water in Semi-Arid Environments: Case Study of north-eastern Nigeria. Paper presented at the International Symposium on African Drought, July 31 - August 4, ICTP, Trieste, Italy. Tarhule, Aondover and Woo, M-K. (1993) Streamflow drought in northern Nigeria. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Canadian Association of Geographers, Ontario Division (CAGONT) and the East Lakes Division of the Association of American Geographers (ELDAAG), University of Windsor, October 29-31. Tarhule, Aondover and Woo, M-K. (1993) Analysis of streamflow drought in northern Nigeria. Paper presented at the first Annual McMaster/University at Buffalo Graduate Conference in Geography, March 5-6, University of Buffalo, New York.
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