Kevin Trenberth

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Kevin Edward Trenberth (born November 8, 1944 in Christchurch ) is a meteorologist and atmospheric scientist. He is currently a Distinguished Senior Scientist in the Climate Analysis Department at the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder, Colorado . Trenberth is the author of over 500 scientific publications and is one of the 20 most frequently cited authors in the field of geophysics .

Professional background

Trenberth made his sc. D. in 1972 at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology .

Act

He was one of the main authors of the second assessment report of 1995 and the third assessment report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change from 2001. From 1999 to 2006 he worked for the "Joint Scientific Committee of the World Climate Research Program (WCRP)". From 2004 to 2010 he chaired the “WCRP Observation and Assimilation Panel” and now heads the “Global Energy and Water Cycle Experiment (GEWEX) scientific steering group”. He also worked on many national committees. Trenberth is a member of the American Meteorological Society (AMS), the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and the American Geophysical Union . He researches the topic of climate variability and climate change , the water cycle and its changes, and works on the development of climate models .

Awards

Kevin Trenberth is an honorary member of the Royal Society of New Zealand . In 2000 he received the “Jule G. Charney Award” from the AMS. In 2003 he received the “NCAR Distinguished Achievement Award” and in 2013 the “Prince Sultan Bin Abdulaziz International Prize for Water”. The American Geophysical Union honored him with the Climate Communication Prize in the same year and the Roger Revelle Medal in 2017 .

Works

Trenberth is the author of the book "Climate System Modeling", published for the first time in 1992 ( ISBN 978-0-521-12837-7 , 788 pages) and has contributed to 60 books and book chapters. Of his 520 scientific articles, 235 publications were placed in recognized scientific journals .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Honors Program of the American Geophysical Union 2013 climate communication prize winner Kevin E. Trenberth

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personal data
SURNAME Trenberth, Kevin
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Trenberth, Kevin Edward (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION New Zealand meteorologist and atmospheric scientist
DATE OF BIRTH November 8, 1944
PLACE OF BIRTH Christchurch