Gavin Schmidt
Gavin A. Schmidt is an American climatologist . Since June 2014 he has headed the Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS) at NASA . From Thomson Reuters , he is in the list of most cited scientists in the category Geosciences out.
His focus is on developing climate models , researching the interactions between ocean currents and climate, and the climate's response to changing drivers such as increasing greenhouse gases or aerosols .
Schmidt received a BA (Hons) in mathematics at Jesus College of the University of Oxford and a PhD in applied mathematics at the University College London .
In addition to numerous publications on climate research, Schmidt regularly writes on the RealClimate blog . In 2011, he was awarded the American Geophysical Union (AGU) to the newly created in the same year and 25,000 dollars doped Climate Communication Prize . In 2018 he was made a Fellow of the AGU.
Publications
- with Joshua Wolfe: Climate Change: Picturing the Science. WW Norton, 2009, ISBN 978-0393331257
Web links
- Dr. Gavin A. Schmidt ( Memento from August 19, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) on the website of the Goddard Institute for Space Studies
- Postings by Gavin Schmidt on RealClimate
- Schmidt, Gavin on the website of the International Center for Scientific Research (CIRS)
- Gavin Schmidt: The emergent patterns of climate change , lecture as part of the TED Talk
Footnotes
- ↑ Highly cited researchers . Thomson Reuters website, 2015. Retrieved May 26, 2016.
- ↑ RealClimate: Gavin A. Schmidt . December 6, 2004
- ↑ American Geophysical Union: 2011 Climate Communication Prize Winner - Gavin A. Schmidt
- ↑ 2018 Class of AGU Fellows Announced . In: Eos , August 9, 2018. Retrieved August 10, 2018.
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Schmidt, Gavin |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Schmidt, Gavin A. |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American climatologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 20th century |