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Andrew Dessler

January 01, 1970

Andrew Emory Dessler (born 1964) is a climate scientist. He is Professor of Atmospheric Sciences and holder of the Reta A. Haynes Chair in Geoscience at Texas A&M University. He is also the Director of the Texas Center for Climate Studies. His research subject areas include climate impacts, global climate physics, atmospheric chemistry, climate change and climate change policy.[2]

Andrew Dessler
Born1964 (age 59–60)
Houston, Texas, U.S.
Alma materRice University,
Harvard University
Scientific career
FieldsAtmospheric Science, climatology
InstitutionsUniversity of Maryland,
Texas A&M University
Thesis In situ stratospheric ozone measurements[1]  (1994)
Doctoral advisorJames G. Anderson
Andrew Dessler's voice
recorded in February 2014
Websiteandrewdessler.com

Early life and education edit

Dessler was born in 1964, in Houston, Texas to Alex Dessler and Lorraine Barbara Dessler.[3] He received a B.A. in physics from Rice University in 1986 and an M.A. and Ph.D in chemistry from Harvard University in 1990 and 1994.[2][4] His doctoral thesis was titled In situ stratospheric ozone measurements.[1]

Career edit

Dessler worked in the energy group at The First Boston Corporation doing mergers and acquisitions analysis in the mid-1980s.[5] He left his job as an investment banker on Wall Street in 1988 to go to graduate school in chemistry.[6] After receiving his Ph.D. in 1994, Dessler did two years of Postdoctoral research at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center and then spent nine years on the research faculty of the University of Maryland from 1996 to 2005.[7] Dessler went on to become an Associate Professor of Atmospheric Sciences at Texas A&M University from 2005 to 2007 and has been a tenured Professor of Atmospheric Sciences there since 2007.[2]

He served as an editor for the American Geophysical Union Books Board from 1997 to 2002, and an associate editor for the Journal of Geophysical Research in 2002.[8]

Dessler also served as a Senior Policy Analyst in the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy for the last year of the Clinton administration. That experience was the basis for the book he co-authored, The Science and Politics of Global Climate Change: A Guide to the Debate.[7]

He also published a blog for Grist magazine from 2006 to 2009.[9] He later stated, "At first, I was enamoured with blogging, until I realized how repetitive it was to keep answering the same questions. I decided I wanted a more high-impact way to spend my time."[10] The New York Times said the results of his 2004 article in the Journal of Climate written with Ken Minschwaner placed them, "in the middle between the skeptics and those who argue that warming caused by burning of fossil fuels could be extremely severe."[11] The authors wrote a joint letter to the editor in response objecting to the impression given by the article that their "research goes against the consensus scientific view that global warming is a serious concern." They went on to state their work did not argue against the seriousness of the problem and that the potential effects were so serious "that slight overestimates of this warming make little difference -- just as reducing the size of a firing squad from 10 shooters to nine makes little difference to the person being executed."[12] A 2009 article in Science showed "warming from rising carbon dioxide should also lead to increased water vapor and additional warming, doubling the warming effect of the carbon dioxide." according to Kenneth Chang of The New York Times.[13]

Currently, Dessler is an editor of the Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society[14] and president-elect of the Global Environmental Change section of the American Geophysical Union.[15] He is also the Director of the Texas Center for Climate Studies[16] and holder of the Rita A. Haynes Chair in Geosciences at Texas A&M University.[17]

Books edit

Dessler and Edward Parson co-authored, The Science and Politics of Global Climate Change: A Guide to the Debate in 2006 (2nd ed. 2009). It was described as, "a fascinating hybrid of science and policy directed at a broad or nonspecialist audience" by Wendy Gordon in a 2008 review in Eos. Gordon's review was positive concluding, "I could comfortably recommend this book to friend and colleagues." and that it would be "an excellent resource for a high school of college-level survey course in either environmental studies or public policy."[18] It also received a favorable review in the Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society by Paul Higgins. Higgins noted the book's, "careful reasoning and thoughtful presentation" and stated it was a sound guide to the climate change debate.[19] Concluding a generally positive review Randall Wigle writing in Canadian Public Policy stated, "...I believe it is a good candidate for a primer for multidisciplinary classes devoted to climate change policy, but it would have been an even better one with less advocacy of one side of the argument."[20] Maria Ivanova wrote in Global Environmental Politics that the book's scholarly value was indisputable.[21] Writing in New Scientist in 2006 Adrian Barnett said, "Free copies should be shipped to anyone who doubts the reality of climate change, starting with presidents in denial."[22] The book also received very positive reviews in Chromatographia, the Times Higher Education Supplement (THES) and Environmental Sciences.[23][24][25]

In 2012 Dessler wrote Introduction to Modern Climate Change "a textbook for non-science majors that uniquely immerses the reader in the science, impacts, economics, policies and political debate associated with climate change."[26] It received an award from the American Meteorological Society in 2014.[26] It was favorably reviewed by Cameron Reed in Physics & Society who said, "The writing is clear, has a nice balance of formal and informal prose, and includes occasional elements of dry humor to lighten discussions of otherwise very serious issues."[27] It is used in classes in environmental sciences and the science and policy of climate change.[28][29][30][31]

Climate change policy edit

...the climate is warming...humans are in the driver's seat...if nothing is done to rein in emissions, temperatures will likely increase enough to profoundly change the planet.

— Andrew Dessler

Dessler has been consulted by newspapers and has given talks on climate change and government policy. On January 16, 2014 he testified before the US Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works.[32] He stated that with almost 200 years of study by the scientific community of the climate system a robust understanding has emerged. He continued stating, the climate is warming and "humans are now in the driver's seat". He concluded, "We know that, over the next century, if nothing is done to rein in emissions, temperatures will likely increase enough to profoundly change the planet."[33] He gave a talk at the Goddard Space Flight Center in 2013 titled, "The Alternate Reality of Climate Skeptics" in which he explained how "climate skeptics have constructed an alternate reality to believe it [sic]. In this way, the debate over climate change turns into a debate over which reality should be believed."[34] In 2010 when US Senator James Inhofe attempted to block the US Environmental Protection Agency from regulating greenhouse gases under the Clean Air Act, Dessler told reporters he was confident that individual errors don't invalidate the scientific consensus that global temperature is rising stating, "That's not how science works." He asserted his confidence that the climate is warming due to human activity and that this will have "catastrophic impacts" stating, "The evidence includes a mountain of data." Dessler cited replication by multiple institutions as support.[35]

Dessler has suggested that scientists advocating for climate change mitigation should tell their personal stories and that this would reveal the strategy of ad hominem attacks by climate change deniers, an attempt to portray scientists to audiences as "not 'like them.'" He said by revealing their backstory scientists can build trust and show people that they share their values.[36] In December 2013 Dessler spoke at a workshop about his experiences with a request for all of his emails at Texas A&M from the American Tradition Institute's Chris Horner using the Texas Public Information Act.[37][38] He had received support from Scott Mandia of the Climate Science Legal Defense Fund, the Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility and the Union of Concerned Scientists.[37]

Texas and politics edit

When then presidential candidate Rick Perry suggested that scientists were frequently questioning "that manmade global warming is what is causing the climate to change." Dessler was interviewed by NPR to represent the mainstream scientific consensus.[39] With Perry's home state suffering a severe drought, Dessler (a native Texan) did not attribute the extreme weather that year (2011) to climate change, but he said, "We can be confident we’ve made this hellish summer worse than it would have been."[40]

Clouds and climate change edit

See also: Greenhouse gas: Role of water vapor

A front page article in The New York Times examining the theory that clouds might offset the effects of increased greenhouse gasses found that his analysis in a 2011 article in Geophysical Research Letters "offered some evidence that clouds will exacerbate the long-term planetary warming"[41][42] Following the publication of the New York Times article "Dessler became a target of climate science critics" and was interviewed on the PBS show Frontline for the episode "Climate of Doubt" which explored "the massive shift in public opinion on climate change."[37][43] As a visiting fellow at the Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences in 2013 and 2014 he is undertaking a project titled, "Understanding long-term variations in stratospheric water vapor."[44] In a November 2013 article in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America Dessler and colleagues provide observational evidence of a positive feedback effect of stratospheric water vapor and global warming.[45][46]

Personal life edit

Dessler was described as an avid glider pilot in 2006.[7] He is married with two children and lives in College Station, Texas.[47]

Awards and honors edit

Publications edit

Books authored edit

  • The Chemistry and Physics of Stratospheric Ozone. San Diego: Academic Press. 2000. ISBN 9780122120510.
  • Introduction to Modern Climate Change. New York: Cambridge University Press. 2012. ISBN 9781107001893.

Books co-authored edit

—; Parson, Edward Anthony (2006). The Science and Politics of Global Climate Change: A Guide to the Debate (1st ed.). New York: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9780521831703. (2009. 2nd ed. ISBN 9780521519243).

Selected articles edit

  • Weinstock, E.M.; Hintsa, E.J.; —; Oliver, J.F.; et al. (November 1994). "New fast response photofragment fluorescence hygrometer for use on the NASA ER‐2 and the Perseus remotely piloted aircraft". Review of Scientific Instruments. 65 (11): 3544–54. Bibcode:1994RScI...65.3544W. doi:10.1063/1.1144536.
  • Salawitch, R.J.; Wofsy, S.C.; Wennberg, P.O.; Cohen, R.C.; et al. (November 15, 1994). "The diurnal variation of hydrogen, nitrogen, and chlorine radicals: Implications for the heterogeneous production of HNO2" (PDF). Geophysical Research Letters. 21 (23): 2551–4. Bibcode:1994GeoRL..21.2551S. doi:10.1029/94GL02782.
  • Fahey, D.W.; Keim, E.R.; Woodbridge, E.L.; Gao, R.S.; et al. (February 20, 1995). "In situ observations in aircraft exhaust plumes in the lower stratosphere at midlatitudes". Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres. 100 (D2): 3065–74. Bibcode:1995JGR...100.3065F. doi:10.1029/94JD02298.
  • —; Hintsa, E.J.; Weinstock, E.M.; Anderson, J.G.; et al. (November 20, 1995). "Mechanisms controlling water vapor in the lower stratosphere: "A tale of two stratospheres"". Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres. 100 (D11): 23167–72. Bibcode:1995JGR...10023167D. doi:10.1029/95JD02455.
  • — (November 15, 1998). "A reexamination of the "stratospheric fountain" hypothesis". Geophysical Research Letters. 25 (22): 4165–8. Bibcode:1998GeoRL..25.4165D. doi:10.1029/1998GL900120.
  • Sherwood, S.C.; — (August 15, 2000). "On the control of stratospheric humidity". Geophysical Research Letters. 27 (16): 2513–6. Bibcode:2000GeoRL..27.2513S. doi:10.1029/2000GL011438.
  • Sherwood, S.C.; — (April 2001). "A model for transport across the tropical tropopause". Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences. 58 (7): 765–79. Bibcode:2001JAtS...58..765S. CiteSeerX 10.1.1.514.5310. doi:10.1175/1520-0469(2001)058<0765:AMFTAT>2.0.CO;2.
  • — (February 16, 2002). "The effect of deep, tropical convection on the tropical tropopause layer". Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres. 107 (D3): ACH 6–1–ACH 6–5. Bibcode:2002JGRD..107.4033D. doi:10.1029/2001JD000511.
  • —; Yang, P. (April 2003). "The distribution of tropical thin cirrus clouds inferred from Terra MODIS data". Journal of Climate. 16 (8): 1241–7. Bibcode:2003JCli...16.1241D. doi:10.1175/1520-0442(2003)16<1241:TDOTTC>2.0.CO;2.
  • Minschwaner, K.; — (March 2004). "Water vapor feedback in the tropical upper troposphere: Model results and observations". Journal of Climate. 17 (6): 1272–82. Bibcode:2004JCli...17.1272M. doi:10.1175/1520-0442(2004)017<1272:WVFITT>2.0.CO;2.
  • —; Zhang, Z.; Yang, P. (October 2008). "Water-vapor climate feedback inferred from climate fluctuations, 2003–2008". Geophysical Research Letters. 35 (20): L20704. Bibcode:2008GeoRL..3520704D. doi:10.1029/2008GL035333. S2CID 16219995.
  • — (2009). "Energy for air capture". Nature Geoscience. 2 (12): 811. Bibcode:2009NatGe...2..811D. doi:10.1038/ngeo691.
  • —; Sherwood, S.C. (February 20, 2009). "A matter of humidity". Science. 323 (5917): 1020–1. doi:10.1126/science.1171264. PMID 19229026. S2CID 10362192.
  • Fueglistaler, S.; —; Dunkerton, T.J.; Folkins, I.; et al. (March 2009). "Tropical tropopause layer". Reviews of Geophysics. 47 (1): RG1004. Bibcode:2009RvGeo..47.1004F. doi:10.1029/2008RG000267.
  • — (December 10, 2010). "A determination of the cloud feedback from climate variations over the past decade". Science. 330 (6010): 1523–7. Bibcode:2010Sci...330.1523D. doi:10.1126/science.1192546. PMID 21148386. S2CID 42791798.

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External links edit

  • Is the climate sensitivity less than 2°C? on YouTube. A short video on climate feedback by Dessler.
  • Dessler and Singer talk about climate change on YouTube. A debate between Dessler and climate change denier Fred Singer at Texas A&M on 2013-02-13.
  • Andrew Dessler on Twitter  

January 01, 1970
andrew, dessler, andrew, emory, dessler, born, 1964, climate, scientist, professor, atmospheric, sciences, holder, reta, haynes, chair, geoscience, texas, university, also, director, texas, center, climate, studies, research, subject, areas, include, climate, . Andrew Emory Dessler born 1964 is a climate scientist He is Professor of Atmospheric Sciences and holder of the Reta A Haynes Chair in Geoscience at Texas A amp M University He is also the Director of the Texas Center for Climate Studies His research subject areas include climate impacts global climate physics atmospheric chemistry climate change and climate change policy 2 Andrew DesslerBorn1964 age 59 60 Houston Texas U S Alma materRice University Harvard UniversityScientific careerFieldsAtmospheric Science climatologyInstitutionsUniversity of Maryland Texas A amp M UniversityThesisIn situ stratospheric ozone measurements 1 1994 Doctoral advisorJames G AndersonAndrew Dessler s voice source source track recorded in February 2014Websiteandrewdessler wbr com Contents 1 Early life and education 2 Career 3 Books 4 Climate change policy 4 1 Texas and politics 4 2 Clouds and climate change 5 Personal life 6 Awards and honors 7 Publications 7 1 Books authored 7 2 Books co authored 7 3 Selected articles 8 References 9 External linksEarly life and education editDessler was born in 1964 in Houston Texas to Alex Dessler and Lorraine Barbara Dessler 3 He received a B A in physics from Rice University in 1986 and an M A and Ph D in chemistry from Harvard University in 1990 and 1994 2 4 His doctoral thesis was titled In situ stratospheric ozone measurements 1 Career editDessler worked in the energy group at The First Boston Corporation doing mergers and acquisitions analysis in the mid 1980s 5 He left his job as an investment banker on Wall Street in 1988 to go to graduate school in chemistry 6 After receiving his Ph D in 1994 Dessler did two years of Postdoctoral research at NASA s Goddard Space Flight Center and then spent nine years on the research faculty of the University of Maryland from 1996 to 2005 7 Dessler went on to become an Associate Professor of Atmospheric Sciences at Texas A amp M University from 2005 to 2007 and has been a tenured Professor of Atmospheric Sciences there since 2007 2 He served as an editor for the American Geophysical Union Books Board from 1997 to 2002 and an associate editor for the Journal of Geophysical Research in 2002 8 Dessler also served as a Senior Policy Analyst in the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy for the last year of the Clinton administration That experience was the basis for the book he co authored The Science and Politics of Global Climate Change A Guide to the Debate 7 He also published a blog for Grist magazine from 2006 to 2009 9 He later stated At first I was enamoured with blogging until I realized how repetitive it was to keep answering the same questions I decided I wanted a more high impact way to spend my time 10 The New York Times said the results of his 2004 article in the Journal of Climate written with Ken Minschwaner placed them in the middle between the skeptics and those who argue that warming caused by burning of fossil fuels could be extremely severe 11 The authors wrote a joint letter to the editor in response objecting to the impression given by the article that their research goes against the consensus scientific view that global warming is a serious concern They went on to state their work did not argue against the seriousness of the problem and that the potential effects were so serious that slight overestimates of this warming make little difference just as reducing the size of a firing squad from 10 shooters to nine makes little difference to the person being executed 12 A 2009 article in Science showed warming from rising carbon dioxide should also lead to increased water vapor and additional warming doubling the warming effect of the carbon dioxide according to Kenneth Chang of The New York Times 13 Currently Dessler is an editor of the Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society 14 and president elect of the Global Environmental Change section of the American Geophysical Union 15 He is also the Director of the Texas Center for Climate Studies 16 and holder of the Rita A Haynes Chair in Geosciences at Texas A amp M University 17 Books editDessler and Edward Parson co authored The Science and Politics of Global Climate Change A Guide to the Debate in 2006 2nd ed 2009 It was described as a fascinating hybrid of science and policy directed at a broad or nonspecialist audience by Wendy Gordon in a 2008 review in Eos Gordon s review was positive concluding I could comfortably recommend this book to friend and colleagues and that it would be an excellent resource for a high school of college level survey course in either environmental studies or public policy 18 It also received a favorable review in the Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society by Paul Higgins Higgins noted the book s careful reasoning and thoughtful presentation and stated it was a sound guide to the climate change debate 19 Concluding a generally positive review Randall Wigle writing in Canadian Public Policy stated I believe it is a good candidate for a primer for multidisciplinary classes devoted to climate change policy but it would have been an even better one with less advocacy of one side of the argument 20 Maria Ivanova wrote in Global Environmental Politics that the book s scholarly value was indisputable 21 Writing in New Scientist in 2006 Adrian Barnett said Free copies should be shipped to anyone who doubts the reality of climate change starting with presidents in denial 22 The book also received very positive reviews in Chromatographia the Times Higher Education Supplement THES and Environmental Sciences 23 24 25 In 2012 Dessler wrote Introduction to Modern Climate Change a textbook for non science majors that uniquely immerses the reader in the science impacts economics policies and political debate associated with climate change 26 It received an award from the American Meteorological Society in 2014 26 It was favorably reviewed by Cameron Reed in Physics amp Society who said The writing is clear has a nice balance of formal and informal prose and includes occasional elements of dry humor to lighten discussions of otherwise very serious issues 27 It is used in classes in environmental sciences and the science and policy of climate change 28 29 30 31 Climate change policy edit the climate is warming humans are in the driver s seat if nothing is done to rein in emissions temperatures will likely increase enough to profoundly change the planet Andrew Dessler Dessler has been consulted by newspapers and has given talks on climate change and government policy On January 16 2014 he testified before the US Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works 32 He stated that with almost 200 years of study by the scientific community of the climate system a robust understanding has emerged He continued stating the climate is warming and humans are now in the driver s seat He concluded We know that over the next century if nothing is done to rein in emissions temperatures will likely increase enough to profoundly change the planet 33 He gave a talk at the Goddard Space Flight Center in 2013 titled The Alternate Reality of Climate Skeptics in which he explained how climate skeptics have constructed an alternate reality to believe it sic In this way the debate over climate change turns into a debate over which reality should be believed 34 In 2010 when US Senator James Inhofe attempted to block the US Environmental Protection Agency from regulating greenhouse gases under the Clean Air Act Dessler told reporters he was confident that individual errors don t invalidate the scientific consensus that global temperature is rising stating That s not how science works He asserted his confidence that the climate is warming due to human activity and that this will have catastrophic impacts stating The evidence includes a mountain of data Dessler cited replication by multiple institutions as support 35 Dessler has suggested that scientists advocating for climate change mitigation should tell their personal stories and that this would reveal the strategy of ad hominem attacks by climate change deniers an attempt to portray scientists to audiences as not like them He said by revealing their backstory scientists can build trust and show people that they share their values 36 In December 2013 Dessler spoke at a workshop about his experiences with a request for all of his emails at Texas A amp M from the American Tradition Institute s Chris Horner using the Texas Public Information Act 37 38 He had received support from Scott Mandia of the Climate Science Legal Defense Fund the Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility and the Union of Concerned Scientists 37 Texas and politics edit When then presidential candidate Rick Perry suggested that scientists were frequently questioning that manmade global warming is what is causing the climate to change Dessler was interviewed by NPR to represent the mainstream scientific consensus 39 With Perry s home state suffering a severe drought Dessler a native Texan did not attribute the extreme weather that year 2011 to climate change but he said We can be confident we ve made this hellish summer worse than it would have been 40 Clouds and climate change edit See also Greenhouse gas Role of water vapor A front page article in The New York Times examining the theory that clouds might offset the effects of increased greenhouse gasses found that his analysis in a 2011 article in Geophysical Research Letters offered some evidence that clouds will exacerbate the long term planetary warming 41 42 Following the publication of the New York Times article Dessler became a target of climate science critics and was interviewed on the PBS show Frontline for the episode Climate of Doubt which explored the massive shift in public opinion on climate change 37 43 As a visiting fellow at the Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences in 2013 and 2014 he is undertaking a project titled Understanding long term variations in stratospheric water vapor 44 In a November 2013 article in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America Dessler and colleagues provide observational evidence of a positive feedback effect of stratospheric water vapor and global warming 45 46 Personal life editDessler was described as an avid glider pilot in 2006 7 He is married with two children and lives in College Station Texas 47 Awards and honors edit1991 1994 NASA Graduate Student Fellowship in Global Change Research 4 1993 American Geophysical Union Atmospheric Sciences Section Outstanding Student Paper Award 4 1994 1996 National Research Council Research Associateship 4 48 1999 NASA New Investigator Award 4 1999 NASA Goddard Laboratory for Atmospheres Best Senior Author Publication Award 4 2006 Aldo Leopold Leadership Program Fellowship Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment Stanford University 4 49 2011 Google Science Communication Fellow 10 50 51 2011 Texas A amp M University Sigma Xi Outstanding Science Communicator Award 52 2012 Atmospheric Sciences Section Ascent Award American Geophysical Union 53 54 2012 H Burr Steinbach Visiting Scholar Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute 55 2012 Thompson Lecturer National Center for Atmospheric Research 56 2013 Visiting Fellow Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences 44 2014 Louis J Battan Author s Award American Meteorological Society 26 2019 Fellow of the American Geophysical Union 57 2022 Friend of the Planet award from the National Center for Science Education NCSE 58 Publications editBooks authored edit The Chemistry and Physics of Stratospheric Ozone San Diego Academic Press 2000 ISBN 9780122120510 Introduction to Modern Climate Change New York Cambridge University Press 2012 ISBN 9781107001893 Books co authored edit Parson Edward Anthony 2006 The Science and Politics of Global Climate Change A Guide to the Debate 1st ed New York Cambridge University Press ISBN 9780521831703 2009 2nd ed ISBN 9780521519243 Selected articles edit Weinstock E M Hintsa E J Oliver J F et al November 1994 New fast response photofragment fluorescence hygrometer for use on the NASA ER 2 and the Perseus remotely piloted aircraft Review of Scientific Instruments 65 11 3544 54 Bibcode 1994RScI 65 3544W doi 10 1063 1 1144536 Salawitch R J Wofsy S C Wennberg P O Cohen R C et al November 15 1994 The diurnal variation of hydrogen nitrogen and chlorine radicals Implications for the heterogeneous production of HNO2 PDF Geophysical Research Letters 21 23 2551 4 Bibcode 1994GeoRL 21 2551S doi 10 1029 94GL02782 Fahey D W Keim E R Woodbridge E L Gao R S et al February 20 1995 In situ observations in aircraft exhaust plumes in the lower stratosphere at midlatitudes Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres 100 D2 3065 74 Bibcode 1995JGR 100 3065F doi 10 1029 94JD02298 Hintsa E J Weinstock E M Anderson J G et al November 20 1995 Mechanisms controlling water vapor in the lower stratosphere A tale of two stratospheres Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres 100 D11 23167 72 Bibcode 1995JGR 10023167D doi 10 1029 95JD02455 November 15 1998 A reexamination of the stratospheric fountain hypothesis Geophysical Research Letters 25 22 4165 8 Bibcode 1998GeoRL 25 4165D doi 10 1029 1998GL900120 Sherwood S C August 15 2000 On the control of stratospheric humidity Geophysical Research Letters 27 16 2513 6 Bibcode 2000GeoRL 27 2513S doi 10 1029 2000GL011438 Sherwood S C April 2001 A model for transport across the tropical tropopause Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences 58 7 765 79 Bibcode 2001JAtS 58 765S CiteSeerX 10 1 1 514 5310 doi 10 1175 1520 0469 2001 058 lt 0765 AMFTAT gt 2 0 CO 2 February 16 2002 The effect of deep tropical convection on the tropical tropopause layer Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres 107 D3 ACH 6 1 ACH 6 5 Bibcode 2002JGRD 107 4033D doi 10 1029 2001JD000511 Yang P April 2003 The distribution of tropical thin cirrus clouds inferred from Terra MODIS data Journal of Climate 16 8 1241 7 Bibcode 2003JCli 16 1241D doi 10 1175 1520 0442 2003 16 lt 1241 TDOTTC gt 2 0 CO 2 Minschwaner K March 2004 Water vapor feedback in the tropical upper troposphere Model results and observations Journal of Climate 17 6 1272 82 Bibcode 2004JCli 17 1272M doi 10 1175 1520 0442 2004 017 lt 1272 WVFITT gt 2 0 CO 2 Zhang Z Yang P October 2008 Water vapor climate feedback inferred from climate fluctuations 2003 2008 Geophysical Research Letters 35 20 L20704 Bibcode 2008GeoRL 3520704D doi 10 1029 2008GL035333 S2CID 16219995 2009 Energy for air capture Nature Geoscience 2 12 811 Bibcode 2009NatGe 2 811D doi 10 1038 ngeo691 Sherwood S C February 20 2009 A matter of humidity Science 323 5917 1020 1 doi 10 1126 science 1171264 PMID 19229026 S2CID 10362192 Fueglistaler S Dunkerton T J Folkins I et al March 2009 Tropical tropopause layer Reviews of Geophysics 47 1 RG1004 Bibcode 2009RvGeo 47 1004F doi 10 1029 2008RG000267 December 10 2010 A determination of the cloud feedback from climate variations over the past decade Science 330 6010 1523 7 Bibcode 2010Sci 330 1523D doi 10 1126 science 1192546 PMID 21148386 S2CID 42791798 References edit a b Dessler Andrew 1994 In situ stratospheric ozone measurements Ph D thesis Harvard University OCLC 31829636 Abstract a b c Profile Dr Andrew Dessler Department of Atmospheric Sciences website College of Geosciences Texas A amp M University Archived from the original on 2022 06 29 Retrieved 2022 08 19 Andrew Emory Dessler FamilySearch org Texas Birth Index 1903 1997 Intellectual Reserve Retrieved 2013 07 29 a b c d e f g 2009 Academic Program Review PDF Department of Atmospheric Sciences College of Geosciences Texas A amp M University 2009 p 85 Archived from the original PDF on 2013 07 05 Retrieved 2013 07 28 Dessler 2012 Introduction Dessler Andrew September 2 2011 Perry shoots the messenger on climate change Houston Chronicle McClatchy Tribune News Service Retrieved 2013 07 28 a b c 4th International Conference on SF6 and the Environment Speaker Biographies PDF United States Environmental Protection Agency 2006 Archived from the original PDF on 2008 10 13 Retrieved 2013 07 28 2009 Academic Program Review 2009 p 86 Andrew Dessler s Posts Grist Magazine Retrieved 2013 07 28 a b Gewin Virginia March 9 2011 Turning point Andrew Dessler Nature 471 7337 257 doi 10 1038 nj7337 257a Study disputes idea on global warming The New York Times Associated Press March 18 2004 Retrieved 2013 07 29 Dessler A E Minschwaner K March 23 2004 Global warming study The New York Times Letter to the Editor Retrieved 2013 07 29 Chang Kenneth December 15 2009 Weather device also tracks greenhouse gas The New York Times Retrieved 2013 07 29 BAMS Editors and Staff Contacts American Meteorological Society Archived from the original on 2022 08 19 AGU Current Section Executive Committee Archived from the original on 2022 08 19 Contact Us Texas A amp M University The College of Geosciences Archived from the original on 2022 08 19 Chairs amp PRofessorships Texas A amp M University Archived from the original on 2022 08 19 Gordon Wendy S 2008 The Science and Politics of Global Climate Change A Guide to the Debate Eos Transactions American Geophysical Union book review 89 36 335 Bibcode 2008EOSTr 89 335G doi 10 1029 2008eo360010 Higgins Paul A T 2007 The Science and Politics of Global Climate Change A Guide to the Debate Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society book review 88 4 572 3 Wigle Randall M 2006 The Science and Politics of Global Climate Change A Guide to the Debate Canadian Public Policy book review 32 4 443 4 doi 10 2307 4128717 JSTOR 4128717 Ivanova Maria 2007 The Science and Politics of Global Climate Change A Guide to the Debate PDF Global Environmental Politics book review 7 2 145 7 doi 10 1162 glep 2007 7 2 145 S2CID 154256565 Barnett Adrian February 25 2006 For people who live in greenhouses New Scientist No 2540 p 54 Adlard E R 2006 The Science and Politics of Global Climate Change A Guide to the Debate Chromatographia book review 63 11 12 641 642 doi 10 1365 s10337 006 0834 6 S2CID 189825736 Reay Dave May 26 2006 Tell gran just how hot it is Times Higher Education Supplement THES Corbera Esteve 2006 The Science and Politics of Global Climate Change A Guide to the Debate Environmental Sciences book review 3 4 289 91 doi 10 1080 15693430600819154 a b c 2014 Honorary Members Awards Lecturers and Fellows www2 ametsoc org American Meteorological Society p 3 Retrieved 2014 03 03 Reed Cameron April 2013 Introduction to Modern Climate Change Physics amp Society book review American Physical Society Retrieved 2014 03 04 ENVS 330 000 Climatology Spring 2013 Emory University course catalog Atlanta GA Emory University Retrieved 2013 08 01 Gerber Edwin Fall 2013 The Science and Policy of Climate Change PDF College of Arts and Science New York University Archived from the original PDF on 2016 03 04 Retrieved 2014 03 04 GEG6214 Science and Politics of Climate Change School of Geography Queen Mary University of London Archived from the original on 2014 03 04 Retrieved 2014 03 04 Mark Bryan G 2014 Geography 3901H Global Climate and Environmental Change Spring 2014 Syllabus PDF Ohio State University Archived from the original PDF on 2014 03 04 Retrieved 2014 03 04 Dessler Andrew January 16 2014 Climate Change Policy video of testimony before the US Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works C SPAN Event occurs at 02 58 45 Dessler Andrew What we know about climate change epw senate gov written testimony US Senate Retrieved 2014 03 03 614 Visiting Lecturer Bonus Lecture The Alternate Reality of Climate Skeptics Sciences and Exploration Directorate website Goddard Space Flight Center NASA April 18 2013 Retrieved 2013 07 28 Climate science controversy flares in EPA budget hearing Environment News Service February 23 2010 Retrieved 2014 03 04 Dessler Andrew September 20 2013 What scientists should talk about Their personal stories Climate Consensus The 97 The Guardian Retrieved 2014 03 04 a b c Ogburn Stephanie Paige January 21 2014 Climate scientists facing skeptics demands for personal emails learn how to cope Environment amp Energy Publishing ClimateWire Retrieved 2014 03 04 Sturgis Sue July 19 2012 Climate science attack group turns sights on Texas professors Facing South Institute for Southern Studies Archived from the original on March 28 2014 Retrieved March 4 2014 Burnett John September 7 2011 Drought Wildfires Haven t Changed Perry s Climate Change Views blog NPR Retrieved 2013 07 29 Keller Bill October 10 2011 Life without government blog The New York Times Retrieved 2013 07 28 Gillis Justin April 30 2012 Clouds effect on climate change is last bastion for dissenters The New York Times Retrieved 2013 07 28 Dessler Andrew E October 1 2011 Cloud variations and the Earth s energy budget Geophysical Research Letters 38 9 L19701 Bibcode 2011GeoRL 3819701D CiteSeerX 10 1 1 362 5742 doi 10 1029 2011GL049236 Upin Catherine Hockenberry John October 23 2012 Climate of Doubt Frontline PBS transcript Retrieved 2013 07 29 Transcript of interview August 14 2012 a b Andrew Dessler CIRES Visiting Fellow Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences CIRES Archived from the original on 2014 03 04 Retrieved 2014 03 04 Dessler A E Schoeberl M R Wanga T Davis S M et al 2013 Stratospheric water vapor feedback Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 110 45 18087 91 Bibcode 2013PNAS 11018087D doi 10 1073 pnas 1310344110 PMC 3831493 PMID 24082126 Water vapor in the upper atmosphere amplifies global warming CSD News amp Events Chemical Sciences Division CSD Earth System Research Laboratories Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration NOAA US Dept of Commerce September 30 2013 About the author www andrewdessler com Retrieved 2018 10 24 Dessler Andrew Emory National Research Council Associateships Program Directory National Academy of Sciences 2008 Retrieved 2013 07 29 The Leopold Leadership Program Fellows Andrew Dessler Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment Stanford University Retrieved 2014 03 04 Making sense of science Introducing the Google Science Communication Fellows Google official blog February 15 2011 Retrieved 2013 07 28 Riedel Karen 2011 Andrew Dessler named Google Science Communication Fellow Press release College of Geosciences Texas A amp M University Retrieved 2013 07 28 Sigma Xi Announces Recipients of 2011 Awards Texas A amp M University Marketing and Communications Archive Texas A amp M University Archived from the original on 2014 03 06 Retrieved 2014 03 03 Webster Peter J 2013 Dessler Jimenez Klein and Nenes receive 2012 Atmospheric Sciences Ascent awards Citation for Andrew E Dessler Eos Transactions American Geophysical Union 94 45 413 Bibcode 2013EOSTr 94Q 413W doi 10 1002 2013EO450008 West Lowell July 16 2011 Texas A amp M atmospheric scientist receives national award Geosciences News Texas A amp M University Archived from the original on March 6 2014 Retrieved 2014 03 03 H Burr Steinbach Visiting Scholars Program Past Visiting Scholars Massachusetts Institute of Technology Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Joint Program Archived from the original on 2016 06 03 Retrieved 2014 03 03 Advanced Study Program Thompson Lecture Series Archive National Center for Atmospheric Research University Corporation for Atmospheric Research Archived from the original on 2014 01 22 Retrieved 2014 03 03 Bell Robin Holmes Mary 2019 2019 Class of AGU Fellows Announced Eos 100 doi 10 1029 2019eo131029 Retrieved 2020 06 19 Branch Glenn August 26 2022 Friend of Darwin and Friend of the Planet awards for 2022 ncse ngo National Center for Science Education Archived from the original on 15 September 2022 Retrieved 18 September 2022 External links editComplete list of publications Is the climate sensitivity less than 2 C on YouTube A short video on climate feedback by Dessler Dessler and Singer talk about climate change on YouTube A debate between Dessler and climate change denier Fred Singer at Texas A amp M on 2013 02 13 Andrew Dessler on Twitter nbsp Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Andrew Dessler amp oldid 1211608370, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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