- Kerry Emanuel
Kerry Emanuel is an American professor of
meteorology currently working at theMassachusetts Institute of Technology in Boston. His work inatmospheric dynamics is well regarded among the meteorological community. In particular he has specialized in atmosphericconvection and the mechanisms acting to intensify hurricanes.He was named one of Time's 100 Influential People of 2006.
In a March 2008 paper published in the 'Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society', he announced he is rethinking his previous assumption of global warming as an increasing threat for more hurricane activity than normal. Other research papers have also suggested that warming seas may not be the main cause of increased hurricane activity. Another research scientist, Gabriel Vecchi, of
NOAA said of Mr. Emanuel's announcement, "While his results don't rule out the possibility that global warming has contributed to the recent increase in activity in the Atlantic, they suggest that other factors—possibly in addition to global warming—are likely to have been substantial contributors to the observed increase in activity." [cite web | url=http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/tech/news/5693436.html |title=Hurricane expert reconsiders global warming's impact |author=Eric Berger |publisher=Houston Chronicle.com | date=2008-04-12 |accessdate=2008-04-21]References
* [http://wind.mit.edu/~emanuel/home.html Homepage of Kerry Emanuel]
*Emanuel, K.A.(1994): Atmospheric Convection, "Oxford University Press". ISBN 0-19-506630-8
*Emanuel, K.A.(2005): Divine Wind: The History And Science Of Hurricanes, ISBN 0-19-514941-6
*Emanuel, K.A.(2005): [ftp://texmex.mit.edu/pub/emanuel/PAPERS/NATURE03906.pdf "Increasing destructiveness of tropical cyclones over the past 30 years"] . "Nature"
*Emanuel, K.A.(2007): [http://bostonreview.net/BR32.1/emanuel.html "Phaeton’s Reins - The human hand in climate change"] . "Boston Review".
*Emanuel, K.A.(2007): What We Know About Climate Change, "The MIT Press" A Boston Review Book. ISBN 978-0-262-05089-0
*Emanuel, K.A.(2008): [ftp://texmex.mit.edu/pub/emanuel/PAPERS/Emanuel_etal_2008.pdf "Hurricanes and Global Warming: Results from Downscaling IPCC AR4 Simulations"] . "Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society "
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