Christopher Landsea
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| Born | 1965 (age 51–52) |
| Nationality | United States of America |
| Citizenship | American |
| Education | Ph.D. in Atmospheric Science |
| Alma mater | Colorado State University |
| Occupation | Atmospheric scientist |
| Organization | Science and Operations Officer at the National Hurricane Center |
| Notable work |
Atlantic hurricane reanalysis National Hurricane Center: Hurricanes, Typhoons, and Tropical Cyclones: FAQ |
| Awards | American Meteorlogical Society's Banner I. Miller award (May 1993) 2007 NOAA Administrator's Award United States Department of Commerce Bronze Medal Award for Superior Federal Service (Oct 2000)(co-recipient) |
Christopher W. Landsea (born 1965) is an American meteorologist, formerly a research meteorologist with Hurricane Research Division of Atlantic Oceanographic & Meteorological Laboratory at NOAA, and now the Science and Operations Officer at the National Hurricane Center. He is a member of the American Geophysical Union and the American Meteorological Society.
Landsea earned his doctoral degree in Atmospheric Science at Colorado State University. He served as chair of the American Meteorological Society's Committee on Tropical Meteorology and Tropical Cyclone. Landsea was recognized with the American Meteorlogical Society's Banner I. Miller award for "best contribution to the science of hurricane and tropical weather forecasting."
Over the years Landsea's work has involved the general hurricane FAQ currently on the Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory website and the Atlantic hurricane reanalysis. Landsea has contributed to Science, Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, Journal of Climate, and Nature. He has been vocal on the lack of a link between global warming and current hurricane intensity change.
Landsea has published a number of research papers on cyclones and hurricanes. He is the author of Hurricanes, Typhoons, and Tropical Cyclones: FAQ. He also has been the lead scientist in the Atlantic hurricane reanalysis since 1997.
In January, 2005, Landsea withdrew from his participation in the IPCC Fourth Assessment Report, criticizing it for using "a process that I view as both being motivated by pre-conceived agendas and being scientifically unsound." Landsea claimed the IPCC had become politicized and the leadership ignored his concerns.
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