Kevin Trenberth
| Kevin E. Trenberth | |
|---|---|
| Born |
November 8, 1944 Christchurch, New Zealand |
| Residence |
New Zealand United States |
| Fields | Meteorologist Atmospheric Scientist Climate Scientist |
| Institutions | New Zealand Meteorological Service University of Illinois National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) |
| Alma mater | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Sc.D. 1972) |
| Thesis | Dynamic coupling of the stratosphere with the troposphere and sudden stratospheric warmings. (1972) |
| Doctoral advisor | Edward Norton Lorenz |
| Known for |
Interannual variability of climate and El Niño Diagram showing the Earth's energy balance |
Interannual variability of climate and El Niño
IPCC Lead Author 1995, 2001, 2007
Earth's energy budget
Water Cycle
Global Climate Change
Attribution of Climate Change
Reanalysis
Kevin Edward Trenberth (born November 8, 1944) is part of the Climate Analysis Section at the US NCAR National Center for Atmospheric Research. He was a lead author of the 2001 and 2007 IPCC Scientific Assessment of Climate Change (see IPCC Fourth Assessment Report) and serves on the Scientific Steering Group for the Climate Variability and Predictability (CLIVAR) program. He chaired the WCRP Observation and Assimilation Panel from 2004 to 2010 and chaired the Global Energy and Water Exchanges (GEWEX) scientific steering group from 2010-2013 (member 2007-14). In addition, he served on the Joint Scientific Committee of the World Climate Research Programme, and has made significant contributions to research into El Niño-Southern Oscillation.
Kevin's work is highly cited and he has an h-index of 100 (100 papers have over 100 citations).
He is a fellow of the American Meteorological Society (AMS), the American Association for Advancement of Science, the American Geophysical Union, and an honorary fellow of the Royal Society of New Zealand Royal Society of New Zealand. In 2000 he received the Jule G. Charney award Jule G. Charney from the American Meteorological Society American Meteorological Society; in 2003 he was given the NCAR NCAR Distinguished Achievement Award; in 2013 he was awarded the Prince Sultan Bin Abdulaziz International Prize for Water, and he received the 2013 Climate Communication Prize from AGU American Geophysical Union.
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