IPCC scientist to be on Art Bell tonight [View All]

http://www.coasttocoastam.com/shows/2007/05/13.html

Theoretical meteorologist Richard Somerville will discuss the implications of adding more and more carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases to the atmosphere.


http://myprofile.cos.com/somerv96

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Expertise and Research Interests

Richard Somerville is a theoretical meteorologist whose research interests include geophysical fluid dynamics, thermal convection, computational methods, predictability, atmospheric modeling, numerical weather prediction, radiative transfer, cloud physics, and climate.

Other Expertise

Richard Somerville is a Coordinating Lead Author in Working Group I for the Fourth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, which will appear in 2007. See http://www.ipcc.ch.

In addition to his work as a researcher, Richard Somerville is active in science education and outreach, beginning with teaching and advising graduate students at Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego. See http://www.sio.ucsd.edu.

He is the author of an award-winning and critically acclaimed popular book, The Forgiving Air: Understanding Environmental Change (University of California Press). This book, written accessibly for the general public, covers leading global environmental issues such as stratospheric ozone loss and anthropogenic climate change, together with energy, population and policy implications.

He has also participated extensively in teacher professional development, given Congressional testimony, briefed U. N. climate change negotiators, and advised Federal agencies on education and outreach. He chaired the Geoscience Education Working Group of the National Science Foundation, which produced the report, Geoscience Education: A Recommended Strategy, available at http://www.geo.nsf.gov/adgeo/geoedu/97_171.htm.

Richard Somerville comments frequently on climate and environmental issues for the print and broadcast media. The transcript of a Public Broadcasting System television interview is at http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/warming/debate/somerville.html.

He lectures widely to both scientific audiences and the general public. A web video version of a one-hour non-technical lecture given at the University of California, San Diego is available at http://webcast.ucsd.edu:8080/ramgen/UCSD_TV/5378CA~1.RM.

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