Thomas R. Karl

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Thomas R. Karl (Born 22 November 1951, Evergreen Park, Illinois) is the director of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s National Climatic Data Center.

1 Opinions
2 Awards
3 Service
4 Papers
5 External links

[edit] Opinions

Karl is the Director of NCDC and has participated in the IPCC reports. NCDC's webpage says the following:

Internationally, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), under the auspices of the United Nations (UN), World Meteorological Organization (WMO), and the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP), is the most senior and authoritative body providing scientific advice to global policy makers. [1].

[edit] Awards

Verner E. Suomi Award by the American Meteorological Society [2]
Amer. Assoc. of State Climatologists, Landsberg Award(1993)
Amer. Meteor. Soc. Editors Award, J. Climate (1988)
Dept. of Commerce Gold Medal (1991)
NOAA Administrator's Award (1989)
Dept. of Commerce Bronze Medal (1988)

[edit] Service

Editor Journal of Climate
Associate Editor Climatic Change
National Research Council
Climate Research Committee (1991-present)
Panel on EOSDIS (1992-94)
Panel on Policy Implications of Greenhouse Warming (1990-1992)
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change: Lead Author 1995, 1992, 1990
Public Affairs: Numerous news media interviews, testimony to U.S. Congress and briefings to cabinet level officials and Vice President of the US.

[edit] Papers

Karl, T.R., R.W. Knight, and B. Baker. 2000. The record breaking global temperatures of 1997 and 1998: Evidence for an increase in the rate of global warming. Geophysical Research Letters 27(March 1):719-722. (press release)