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**Kerry Emanuel**
Kerry Emanuel
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Born	April 21, 1955 (age 54);
Nationality	United States
Fields	Meteorology
Institutions	Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Alma mater	Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Known for	Dynamics, hurricanes
Notable awards	Carl-Gustaf Rossby Research Medal

Kerry Emanuel (born April 21, 1955) is an American professor of meteorology currently working at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge. His work in atmospheric dynamics is well regarded among the meteorological community.^{[citation needed]}In particular he has specialized in atmospheric convection and the mechanisms acting to intensify hurricanes. He coined the term "hypercane" in 1994. In 2007, he was elected as a member of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences.^[1]

He was named one of the Time 100 influential people of 2006.^[2]

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.^[3] Gabriel Vecchi, of NOAA said of 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."^[4]

[edit] References

^ Elizabeth A. Thomson (01 May 2007). "Five from MIT elected to National Academy of Sciences". Massachusetts Institute of Technology News Office. http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2007/nas.html. Retrieved 19 January 2009.
^ Jeffery Kluger (30 April 2006). "Kerry Emanuel". Time. http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1187251,00.html. Retrieved 19 January 2009. "I didn't expect to get people's attention with this paper," he says, "but the timing, so close to Katrina, may have helped wake them up some."
^ Emanuel, Kerry (2008). "The Hurricane-Climate Connection". Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society 89 (5): ES10–ES20. doi:10.1175/BAMS-89-5-Emanuel. ftp://texmex.mit.edu/pub/emanuel/PAPERS/Haurwitz_2008.pdf. Retrieved 2009-01-19. "The weight of available evidence suggests that multidecadal variability of hurricane season tropical Atlantic SST and Northern Hemispheric surface temperature... is controlled mostly by time-varying radiative forcing owing to solar variability, major volcanic eruptions, and anthropogenic sulfate aerosols and greenhouse gases, though the response to this forcing may be modulated by natural modes of variability.".
^ Eric Berger (2008-04-12). "Hurricane expert reconsiders global warming's impact". Houston Chronicle.com. http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/tech/news/5693436.html. Retrieved 2008-04-21.

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): "Increasing destructiveness of tropical cyclones over the past 30 years". Nature
Emanuel, K.A.(2007): Phaeton’s Reins - The human hand in climate change. Boston Review.
Emanuel, K.A.(2007): What We Know About Climate Change, The MIT Press & Boston Review. ISBN 978-0-262-05089-0
Emanuel, K.A.(2008): "Hurricanes and Global Warming: Results from Downscaling IPCC AR4 Simulations". Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

[edit] External links

Emanuel's website

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[0] Elizabeth A. Thomson (01 May 2007). "Five from MIT elected to National Academy of Sciences". Massachusetts Institute of Technology News Office. http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2007/nas.html. Retrieved 19 January 2009.

[1] Jeffery Kluger (30 April 2006). "Kerry Emanuel". Time. http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1187251,00.html. Retrieved 19 January 2009. "I didn't expect to get people's attention with this paper," he says, "but the timing, so close to Katrina, may have helped wake them up some."

[2] Emanuel, Kerry (2008). "The Hurricane-Climate Connection". Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society 89 (5): ES10–ES20. doi:10.1175/BAMS-89-5-Emanuel. ftp://texmex.mit.edu/pub/emanuel/PAPERS/Haurwitz_2008.pdf. Retrieved 2009-01-19. "The weight of available evidence suggests that multidecadal variability of hurricane season tropical Atlantic SST and Northern Hemispheric surface temperature... is controlled mostly by time-varying radiative forcing owing to solar variability, major volcanic eruptions, and anthropogenic sulfate aerosols and greenhouse gases, though the response to this forcing may be modulated by natural modes of variability.".

[3] Eric Berger (2008-04-12). "Hurricane expert reconsiders global warming's impact". Houston Chronicle.com. http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/tech/news/5693436.html. Retrieved 2008-04-21.

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