Alan Robock
Alan Robock (born 1949) is an American climatologist.
He is currently a Distinguished Professor in the Department of Environmental Sciences at Rutgers University, New Jersey.[1] He advocates nuclear disarmament and has met with Fidel Castro during a lecture trip to Cuba discuss the dangers of nuclear weapons.[2][3] He is an IPCC lead author, and was a member of the organization when it was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
Education
- B.A., University of Wisconsin, 1970 - Meteorology, Advisor: Lyle H. Horn
- S.M., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1974 - Meteorology, Advisor: Norman A. Phillips
- Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1977 - Meteorology, Advisor: Edward N. Lorenz
Research
Robock has researched nuclear winter,[4][5][6][7][8] the Toba catastrophe theory,[9] the little ice age, the effect of volcanic eruptions on climate, soil moisture, human impacts of climate change, regional atmosphere-hydrology modeling, and geoengineering.
IPCC
Robock is lead author in Working Group I for the Fifth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.
Honors
- Fellow of the American Meteorological Society, 1998.
- Listed in Who's Who in America, 1999.
- Antarctic Service Medal of the United States of America, 2006.
- Participant in the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, which was awarded a Nobel Peace Prize, 2007.
- American Meteorological Society Sigma Xi Distinguished Lecturer, 2008-2009.
- Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, 2008.
- Fellow of the American Geophysical Union,
References
- ^ "Alan Robock". Rutgers University. Retrieved 16 February 2013.
- ^ http://climate.envsci.rutgers.edu/Cuba/
- ^ http://climate.envsci.rutgers.edu/Cuba/IMG_3278.jpg
- ^ "Climatic consequences of regional nuclear conflicts" (PDF). Atmos. Chem. Phys. 7 (8): 2003–12. 2007. doi:10.5194/acp-7-2003-2007.
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"Nuclear winter revisited with a modern climate model and current nuclear arsenals: Still catastrophic consequences" (PDF). J. Geophys. Res. 112: D13107. 2007. Bibcode:2007JGRD..11213107R. doi:10.1029/2006JD008235.
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"Atmospheric effects and societal consequences of regional scale nuclear conflicts and acts of individual nuclear terrorism" (PDF). Atmos. Chem. Phys. 7 (8): 1973–2002. 2007. doi:10.5194/acp-7-1973-2007.
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"Consequences of regional-scale nuclear conflicts" (PDF). Science. 315 (5816): 1224–5. 2007. doi:10.1126/science.1137747. PMID 17332396.
{{cite journal}}: Cite uses deprecated parameter|authors=(help) - ^ Toon, Owen B.; Alan Robock; Richard P. Turco (December 2008). "Environmental consequences of nuclear war". Physics Today: 37–42. doi:10.1063/1.3047679.
- ^ Robock, A.; Ammann, C. M.; Oman, L.; Shindell, D.; Levis, S.; Stenchikov, G. (2009). "Did the Toba volcanic eruption of ∼74 ka B.P. Produce widespread glaciation?". Journal of Geophysical Research. 114: D10107. Bibcode:2009JGRD..11410107R. doi:10.1029/2008JD011652.
External links
- Faculty homepage
- Bio
- Homepage
- Work on Nuclear Winter
- 'Next Pinatubo' a test of geoengineering (BBC, 2015)
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