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Member Since 1989
Andrew E. Dessler
Professor, Texas A&M University College Station
Professional Experience
Texas A&M University College Station
Professor
2020 - Present
Current Roles
President
Global Environmental Change Executive Committee
Section President
Council
Honors & Awards
Pavel S. Molchanov Climate Communications Prize
Received 2021
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Union Fellow
Received 2019
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Stephen Schneider Lecture
Received 2019
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Publications
Evaluating Cloud Feedback Components in Observations and Their Representation in Climate Models

This study quantifies the contribution of individual cloud feedbacks to the total short‐term cloud feedback in satellite observations over th...

January 22, 2024
AGU Abstracts
The Estimated Climate Impact of the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai Eruption Plume
ATMOSPHERIC AND CLIMATE IMPACTS OF THE HUNGA TONGA VOLCANIC ERUPTION III ORAL
atmospheric sciences | 14 december 2023
Mark R. Schoeberl, Yi Wang, Rei Ueyama, Andrew E. ...
On Jan. 15, 2022, the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Haapai (HT) eruption injected SO2 and water into the middle stratosphere. The SO2 is rapidly converted to aero...
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Cloud Feedbacks in Climate Models: An Evaluation Against Real-world Observations
CLIMATE SENSITIVITY AND FEEDBACKS: ADVANCES AND NEW PARADIGMS II ORAL
atmospheric sciences | 11 december 2023
Li-Wei Chao, Mark D. Zelinka, Andrew E. Dessler
This study quantifies the contributions of various cloud types to the total short-term cloud feedback in satellite observations and evaluates how they...
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Evaluation of Individual Cloud Feedbacks in CMIP6 Models Using CERES Observations
CLIMATE SENSITIVITY AND FEEDBACKS: ADVANCES AND NEW PARADIGMS IV ORAL
atmospheric sciences | 16 december 2022
Li-Wei Chao, Mark D. Zelinka, Andrew E. Dessler
Simulating clouds and their radiative response remains one of the greatest challenges in climate models due to the complexity of different cloud types...
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Volunteer Experience
2023 - 2024
Chair
Global Environmental Change Awards Committee
2023 - 2024
Chair
GEC Early Career Award Committee
2023 - 2024
Committee Chair
Piers J. Sellers Global Environmental Change Mid-Career Award Committee
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