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Gavin A. Schmidt is a climatologist and climate modeler at the NASAGoddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS). He works on the variability of the ocean circulation and climate and how changes related to varying forcings relate to variations due to intrinsic (unforced) climate variability, using general circulation models (GCMs). He has also worked on ways to reconcile paleo-data with models. He has helped develop the GISS ocean and coupled GCMs to improve the representation of the present day climate while investigating their response to external forcing. The latest GISS GCM is called ModelE.
In November 2004 he was named as one of Scientific American's "Top 50 Research Leaders" for the year.
He is a founding member and contributor to RealClimate, a blog that provides commentary on climate science for the interested public and journalists.
Schmidt recently co-authored the book Climate Change: Picturing the Science with Joshua Wolfe, a photographer, with a forward provided by Jeffrey D. Sachs. The book combines images of the effects of climate change with scientific explanations.
Schmidt, G.A., and J. Wolfe 2009: Climate Change: Picturing the Science, W.W. Norton, 305 pages, ISBN 978-0393331257
References
^Hansen, J., et al. (2007). "Dangerous human-made interference with climate: A GISS modelE study.". Atmos. Chem. Phys.7: 2287-2312. http://pubs.giss.nasa.gov/abstracts/2007/Hansen_etal_1.html.
^Koch, D., G.A. Schmidt, and C.V. Field (2006). "Sulfur, sea salt and radionuclide aerosols in GISS ModelE.". J. Geophys. Res.111 (D06206). doi:10.1029/2004JD005550. http://pubs.giss.nasa.gov/abstracts/2006/Koch_etal.html.
^Schmidt, G.A., et al. (2006). "Present day atmospheric simulations using GISS ModelE: Comparison to in-situ, satellite and reanalysis data". J. Climate19: 153-192. doi:10.1175/JCLI3612.1. http://pubs.giss.nasa.gov/abstracts/2006/Schmidt_etal_1.html.
^Goddard Institute of Space Studies (9 November, 2004). "NASA Climatologists Named in Scientific American Top 50 Scientists". http://www.giss.nasa.gov/research/news/20041109/. Retrieved 2004-11-09.