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Member Since 2001
Piers Forster
Professor, University of Leeds
Member, Climate Communication Prize Committee
Professional Experience
University of Leeds
Professor
2005 - Present
Education
University of Reading
Doctorate
1994
Honors & Awards
Union Fellow
Received December 2019
Citation
For outstanding contributions to the development of knowledge on radiative forcing, Earth’s energy balance and climate sensitivity.
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Publications
Adjustments to Climate Perturbations—Mechanisms, Implications, Observational Constraints
Since the 5th Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (AR5) an extended concept of the energetic analysis of climate cha...
October 16, 2024
Inequalities in Air Pollution Exposure and Attributable Mort...
December 15, 2023
Amplified Interhemispheric Rainfall Contrast in Boreal Summe...
November 27, 2023
Changes in IPCC Scenario Assessment Emulators Between SR1.5 ...
October 18, 2022
Errors in Simple Climate Model Emulations of Past and Future...
August 11, 2022
AGU Abstracts
Estimating the Contrail Cirrus Climate Effect Under Future Fuel Use Pathways Using Global Climate Modelling
AIRCRAFT EMISSIONS AND CONTRAIL CIRRUS: IMPACTS ON AIR QUALITY AND CLIMATE I POSTER
atmospheric sciences | 13 december 2024
Weiyu Zhang, Alexandru Rap, WUHU FENG, Lynnette Dr...
The aviation industry is currently under pressure to find the most appropriate ways to reach its goal of net-zero emissions by 2050. While there are s...
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An Observational Estimate of the Pattern Effect on Climate Sensitivity: The Importance of the Eastern Tropical Pacific and Land Areas
CLIMATE SENSITIVITY AND FEEDBACKS: ADVANCES AND NEW PARADIGMS I ORAL
atmospheric sciences | 11 december 2024
David W. Thompson, Maria Rugenstein, Piers Forste...
The patterns associated with the top-of-the-atmosphere radiative response to surface temperature are typically explored through two relationships: 1) ...
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Emergent Constraints on Climate Sensitivity Based on Recent Warming are Biased Low by Sea-Surface Temperature Pattern Effects
CLIMATE SENSITIVITY AND FEEDBACKS: ADVANCES AND NEW PARADIGMS III ORAL
atmospheric sciences | 16 december 2022
Kyle Armour, Cristian Proistosescu, Yue Dong, Lily...
IPCC AR6 used the rate of recent global warming as a strong emergent constraint on equilibrium climate sensitivity (ECS) and transient climate respons...
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Volunteer Experience
2024 - 2025
Member
Climate Communication Prize Committee
2023 - 2023
Member
Climate Communication Prize Committee
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