Lloyd Wesley Swift, Jr.
Education
1972 D.F. Forest Meteorology
Duke University – Durham, NC
Dissertation: Effect of Forest Cover and Mountain Physiography on the Radient Energy Balance. 87 pp.
1961 M.S. Forest Management
North Carolina State University – Raleigh, NC
Thesis: The Effect of Mountain Topography upon Solar Energy Theoretically Available for Evapotranspiration. 76 pp.
1954 B.S. Forest Management
State University of New York at Syracuse University – Syracuse, NY
Experience
Scientist Emeritus, Coweeta Hydrologic Laboratory
USDA Forest Service, Southern Research Station
1999 to present
Research Forester/Research Meteorologist
Coweeta Hydrologic Laboratory, USDA Forest Service, Southern Research Station
1958 to 1999
Junior Forester Trainee
Custer Ranger District, Black Hills National Forest
1954 to 1955
Summer Trainee
Beltsville Research Center, North East Forest Experiment Station
1951
Scientific Publications
Swift, Lloyd W., Jr. 1986. Filter strip widths for forest roads in the Southern Appalachians. Southern Journal of Applied Forestry. 10(1): 27-34.
Swift, Lloyd W., Jr.; Elliott, Katherine J.; Ottmar, Roger D.; Vihnanek, Robert E. 1993. Site preparation burning to improve southern Appalachian pine-hardwood stands: fire characteristics and soil erosion, moisture, and temperature. Canadian Journal of Forest Research. 23: 2242-2254.
Swift, Lloyd W., Jr.; Messer, James B. 1971. Forest cuttings raise temperature of small streams in the Southern Appalachians. Journal of Soil and Water Conservation. 26: 111-116.
Swift, Lloyd W., Jr.; Swank, Wayne T. 1981. Long term responses of streamflow following clearcutting and regrowth. Hydrological Sciences Bulletin. 26: 245-256.
Swift, Lloyd W., Jr.; Swank, Wayne T.; Mankin, J.B.; Luxmoore, R.J.; Goldstein, R.A. 1975. Simulation of evapotranspiration and drainage from mature and clear-cut deciduous forests and young pine plantation. Water Resources Research. 11(5): 667-673.
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