Kevin Trenberth
Dr. Kevin Trenberth
Head, Climate Analysis Section
Climate and Global Dynamics
NCAR
1850 Table Mesa Drive
Boulder, CO 80307
United States of America
Mailing Address:
P. O. Box 3000
-80307 Boulder
Phone: (1 303) 497 1318
Fax: (1 303) 497 1333
E-mail:
trenbert(at)ucar.eduURL Institution:
www.cgd.ucar.edu/staff/trenbert
Additional functions:
Former: Convening Lead Author IPCC WG 1 AR4;
former co-chair CLIVAR ; Concept-Heat, WCRP
Key Publications of Kevin Trenberth (up to ten) :
Trenberth, K. E. and J. W. Hurrell, 1994:Decadal atmosphere--ocean variations in the Pacific. Climate Dynamics, 9, 303--319
Kiehl, J. T., and K. E. Trenberth, 1997: Earth's annual global mean energy budget. Bull. Amer. Met. Soc., 78, 197-208
Trenberth, K. E., G. W. Branstator, D. Karoly, A. Kumar, N-C. Lau, and C. Ropelewski, 1998: Progress during TOGA in understanding and modeling global teleconnections associated with tropical sea surface temperatures. J. Geophys. Res., 103 (special TOGA issue), 14291-14324.
Trenberth, K. E., 1998: Atmospheric moisture residence times and cycling: Implications for rainfall rates with climate change. Climatic Change, 39, 667-694.
Trenberth, K. E., and J. M. Caron, 2001: Estimates of meridional atmosphere and ocean heat transports. J. Climate., 14, 3433-3443.
Trenberth, K. E., A. Dai, R. M. Rasmussen and D. B. Parsons, 2003: The changing character of precipitation. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 84, 1205-1217Trenberth, K. E., and D. P. Stepaniak, 2004: The flow of energy through the Earth's climate system. Symons Lecture 2004. Quart. J. Roy. Meteor. Soc., 130, 2677-2701
Trenberth, K. E., and A. Dai, 2007: Effects of Mount Pinatubo volcanic eruption on the hydrological cycle as an analog of geoengineering. Geophys. Res. Lttrs., 34, L15702, doi:10.1029/2007GL030524.
Trenberth, K. E., J. T. Fasullo, and J. Kiehl, 2009: Earth's global energy budget. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 90, No. 3, 311-324, doi: 10.1175/2008BAMS2634.1
Trenberth, K. E., 2011: Changes in precipitation with climate change. Climate Research, 47, 123-138, doi:10.3354/cr00953
Balmaseda, M. A., K. E. Trenberth and E. Kallen, 2013: Distinctive climate signals in reanalysis of global ocean heat content, Geophys. Res Lett., 40, 1-6, doi:10.1002/grl.50382, 2013
Trenberth, K. E., and J. T. Fasullo, 2013: An apparent hiatus in global warming? Earth's Future. Doi: 10.002/2013EF000165
Trenberth, K. E., J. T. Fasullo, and T. G. Shepherd, 2015: Attribution of climate extreme events. Nat. Clim. Change, 5, 725-730 doi: 10.1038/NCLIMATE2657
Expertise of Kevin Trenberth:
| Expertise Category | Specific Expertise |
|---|
| Expert Type | Scientific / Fundamental Research |
| Topic Atmosphere | Atmosphere |
| Meteorology |
| Climate |
| Global Warming |
| Topic Hydrosphere | Hydrosphere |
| Fresh Water Systems / Rivers / Lakes |
| Precipitation / Runoff |
| Ocean |
| Spatial Scale | Global / Hemispheric |
| Time Frame | Past |
| Recent / Today |
| Future |
| Statistical Focus | Extreme Events |
| Mean Change / Trends |
| Variability |
| Methods | Data Analysis |
Specialties of Kevin Trenberth:
climate dynamics
Last update: 1/6/24
Source of data: ProClim- Research InfoSystem (1993-2024)
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