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Member Since 1989
Andrew E. Dessler
Professor, Texas A&M University College Station
President, Global Environmental Change Executive Committee; Section President, Council; Chair, Global Environmental Change Awards Committee; Committee Chair, Bert Bolin Environmental Change Award & Lecture; Chair, GEC Early Career Award Committee; Committee Chair, Stephen Schneider Lecture Committee; Committee Chair, Tyndall History of Global Environmental Change Lecture Committee; Committee Chair, Piers J. Sellers Global Environmental Change Mid-Career Award Committee; Immediate Past President, Global Environmental Change Executive Committee
Professional Experience
Texas A&M University College Station
Professor
2020 - Present
Honors & Awards
Publications
Evolution of the Climate Forcing During the Two Years After the Hunga Tonga‐Hunga Ha'apai Eruption
We calculate the climate forcing for the 2 ys after the 15 January 2022, Hunga Tonga‐Hunga Ha'apai (Hunga) eruption. We use satellite ob...
July 24, 2024
Evaluating Cloud Feedback Components in Observations and The...
January 22, 2024
Improved Surface Urban Heat Impact Assessment Using GOES Sat...
January 08, 2024
The Estimated Climate Impact of the Hunga Tonga‐Hunga Ha'apa...
September 26, 2023
Future Temperature‐Related Deaths in the U.S.: The Impact of...
August 15, 2023
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
2025 - 2026
Immediate Past President
Global Environmental Change Executive Committee
2023 - 2024
Chair
GEC Early Career Award Committee
2023 - 2024
Chair
Global Environmental Change Awards Committee
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