Credits

Writing Team

Coordinating Lead Authors

  • Donald J. Wuebbles
    National Science Foundation and U.S. Global Change Research Program – University of Illinois
  • David W. Fahey
    NOAA Earth System Research Lab
  • Kathy A. Hibbard
    NASA Headquarters

Lead Authors

  • Jeff R. Arnold
    U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
  • Benjamin DeAngelo
    NOAA Climate Program Office
  • Sarah Doherty
    University of Washington
  • David R. Easterling
    NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information
  • James Edmonds
    Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
  • Timothy Hall
    NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies
  • Katharine Hayhoe
    Texas Tech University
  • Forrest M. Hoffman
    Oak Ridge National Laboratory
  • Radley Horton
    Columbia University
  • Deborah Huntzinger
    Northern Arizona University
  • Libby Jewett
    NOAA Ocean Acidification Program
  • Thomas Knutson
    NOAA Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Lab
  • Robert E. Kopp
    Rutgers University
  • James P. Kossin
    NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information
  • Kenneth E. Kunkel
    North Carolina State University
  • Allegra N. LeGrande
    NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies
  • L. Ruby Leung
    Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
  • Wieslaw Maslowski
    Naval Postgraduate School
  • Carl Mears
    Remote Sensing Systems
  • Judith Perlwitz
    NOAA Earth System Research Laboratory
  • Anastasia Romanou
    Columbia University
  • Benjamin M. Sanderson
    National Center for Atmospheric Research
  • William V. Sweet
    NOAA National Ocean Service
  • Patrick C. Taylor
    NASA Langley Research Center
  • Robert J. Trapp
    University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
  • Russell S. Vose
    NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information
  • Duane E. Waliser
    NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
  • Michael F. Wehner
    Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
  • Tristram O. West
    DOE Office of Science

Review Editors

  • Linda O. Mearns
    National Center for Atmospheric Research
  • Ross J. Salawitch
    University of Maryland
  • Christopher P. Weaver
    USEPA

Contributing Authors

  • Richard Alley
    Pennsylvania State University
  • C. Taylor Armstrong
    NOAA Ocean Acidification Program
  • John Bruno
    University of North Carolina
  • Shallin Busch
    NOAA Ocean Acidification Program
  • Sarah Champion
    North Carolina State University
  • Imke Durre
    NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information
  • Dwight Gledhill
    NOAA Ocean Acidification Program
  • Justin Goldstein
    U.S. Global Change Research Program - ICF
  • Boyin Huang
    NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information
  • Hari Krishnan
    Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
  • Lisa Levin
    University of California – San Diego
  • Frank Muller-Karger
    University of South Florida
  • Alan Rhoades
    University of California – Davis
  • Laura Stevens
    North Carolina State University
  • Liqiang Sun
    North Carolina State University
  • Eugene Takle
    Iowa State
  • Paul Ullrich
    University of California – Davis
  • Eugene Wahl
    NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information
  • John Walsh
    University of Alaska – Fairbanks

Volume Editors

  • David J. Dokken
    U.S. Global Change Research Program – ICF
  • David W. Fahey
    National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
  • Kathy A. Hibbard
    National Aeronautics and Space Administration
  • Thomas K. Maycock
    Cooperative Institute for Climate and Satellites – North Carolina
  • Brooke C. Stewart
    Cooperative Institute for Climate and Satellites – North Carolina
  • Donald J. Wuebbles
    National Science Foundation and U.S. Global Change Research Program – University of Illinois

Science Steering Committee

  • Benjamin DeAngelo
    National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
  • David W. Fahey
    National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
  • Kathy A. Hibbard
    National Aeronautics and Space Administration
  • Wayne Higgins
    Department of Commerce
  • Jack Kaye
    National Aeronautics and Space Administration
  • Dorothy Koch
    Department of Energy
  • Russell S. Vose
    National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
  • Donald J. Wuebbles
    National Science Foundation and U.S. Global Change Research Program – University of Illinois

Subcommittee on Global Change Research

  • Ann Bartuska
    Chair, Department of Agriculture
  • Virginia Burkett
    Co-Chair, Department of the Interior
  • Gerald Geernaert
    Vice-Chair, Department of Energy
  • Michael Kuperberg
    Executive Director, U.S. Global Change Research Program
  • John Balbus
    Department of Health and Human Services
  • Bill Breed
    U.S. Agency for International Development
  • Pierre Comizzoli
    Smithsonian Institution
  • Wayne Higgins
    Department of Commerce
  • Scott Harper
    Department of Defense (Acting)
  • William Hohenstein
    Department of Agriculture
  • Jack Kaye
    National Aeronautics and Space Administration
  • Dorothy Koch
    Department of Energy
  • Andrew Miller
    U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
  • David Reidmiller
    U.S. Global Change Research Program
  • Trigg Talley
    Department of State
  • Michael Van Woert
    National Science Foundation
    • Liason to the Executive Office of the President
    Kimberly Miller
    Office of Management and Budget

Report Production Team

  • Bradley Akamine
    U.S. Global Change Research Program – ICF
  • Jim Biard
    Cooperative Institute for Climate and Satellites – North Carolina
  • Andrew Buddenberg
    Cooperative Institute for Climate and Satellites – North Carolina
  • Sarah Champion
    Cooperative Institute for Climate and Satellites – North Carolina
  • David J. Dokken
    U.S. Global Change Research Program – ICF
  • Amrutha Elamparuthy
    U.S. Global Change Research Program – Straughan Environmental, Inc.
  • Tyler Felgenhauer
    Cooperative Institute for Climate and Satellites – North Carolina
  • Jennifer Fulford
    TeleSolv Consulting
  • Jessicca Griffin
    Cooperative Institute for Climate and Satellites – North Carolina
  • Katharine M. Johnson
    Earth Resources Technology, Inc.
  • Angel Li
    Cooperative Institute for Climate and Satellites – North Carolina
  • Liz Love-Brotak
    NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information
  • Thomas K. Maycock
    Cooperative Institute for Climate and Satellites – North Carolina
  • Deborah Misch
    TeleSolv Consulting
  • Katie Reeves
    U.S. Global Change Research Program – ICF
  • Deborah Riddle
    NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information
  • Reid Sherman
    U.S. Global Change Research Program – Straughan Environmental, Inc.
  • Mara Sprain
    LAC Group
  • Laura Stevens
    Cooperative Institute for Climate and Satellites – North Carolina
  • Brooke C. Stewart
    Cooperative Institute for Climate and Satellites – North Carolina
  • Liqiang Sun
    Cooperative Institute for Climate and Satellites – North Carolina
  • Kathryn Tipton
    U.S. Global Change Research Program – ICF
  • Sara W. Veasey
    NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information
  • Anne M. Waple
    Studio30k

Administrative Lead Agency

Department of Commerce / National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Background Image Credits

Special thanks to the NASA Earth Observatory team for the non-captioned data products incorporated into chapter titles and web banners throughout the Climate Science Special Report.

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