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{{short description|British climatologist and mathematician}}
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| nationality = British<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/environment/blog/2009/jul/06/gavin-schmidt-climate-change|title=Gavin Schmidt: a climatologist trying to give out the right signals amid the noise|work=[[The Guardian]]|date=6 July 2009}}</ref>
| nationality = British<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/environment/blog/2009/jul/06/gavin-schmidt-climate-change|title=Gavin Schmidt: a climatologist trying to give out the right signals amid the noise|work=[[The Guardian]]|date=6 July 2009}}</ref>
| education = BA (Oxon); PhD (London), both in mathematics
| education = BA (Oxon); PhD (London), both in mathematics
| alma_mater = [[Jesus College, Oxford]]<br/> [[University College London]].
| alma_mater = [[Jesus College, Oxford]]<br /> [[University College London]].
| employer = [[Goddard Institute for Space Studies]]
| employer = [[Goddard Institute for Space Studies]]
| occupation = Climate modeller, Climatologist
| occupation = Climate modeller, Climatologist
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'''Gavin A. Schmidt''' is a [[climatologist]], climate modeler and Director of the [[NASA]] [[Goddard Institute for Space Studies]] (GISS) in New York, and co-founder of the award-winning climate science blog [[RealClimate]].<ref name=NASAGISS>{{cite web|url=http://www.giss.nasa.gov/staff/gschmidt/|title=Dr. Gavin A. Schmidt|publisher=NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies|access-date=12 May 2015}}</ref>
'''Gavin A. Schmidt''' is a British [[climatologist]], climate modeler and Director of the [[NASA]] [[Goddard Institute for Space Studies]] (GISS) in New York, and co-founder of the climate science blog [[RealClimate]].<ref name=NASAGISS>{{cite web|url=http://www.giss.nasa.gov/staff/gschmidt/|title=Dr. Gavin A. Schmidt|publisher=NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies|access-date=12 May 2015}}</ref>


==Work==
==Work==
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|title=Contributor's Biography page
|title=Contributor's Biography page
|work=RealClimate
|work=RealClimate
|access-date=2008-03-20
|date=6 December 2004
|access-date=2008-03-20
}}</ref> Schmidt worked on the variability of the ocean circulation and [[climate]], using [[climate model|general circulation models]] (GCMs). He has also worked on ways to reconcile [[paleoclimatology|paleo-data]] with models. He helped develop the GISS [[ocean]] and coupled [[Global climate model|GCM]]s to improve the representation of the present day climate, while investigating their response to [[climate forcing]].<ref>
}}</ref> Schmidt worked on the variability of the ocean circulation and [[climate]], using [[climate model|general circulation models]] (GCMs). He has also worked on ways to reconcile [[paleoclimatology|paleo-data]] with models. He helped develop the GISS [[ocean]] and coupled [[Global climate model|GCM]]s to improve the representation of the present day climate, while investigating their response to [[climate forcing]].<ref>{{cite journal
{{cite journal
|url=http://pubs.giss.nasa.gov/abstracts/2007/Hansen_etal_1.html
|author=Hansen, J.
|author=Hansen, J.
|display-authors=etal
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|volume=7
|volume=7
|issue=9
|issue=9
|pages=2287–2312
|pages=2287–2312
|doi=10.5194/acp-7-2287-2007
|doi=10.5194/acp-7-2287-2007
|arxiv=physics/0610115
|arxiv=physics/0610115
|bibcode=2007ACP.....7.2287H
|bibcode=2007ACP.....7.2287H
|s2cid=14992639
|s2cid=14992639
|doi-access=free
}}<br/>
}}<br />
{{cite journal
{{cite journal
|url=http://pubs.giss.nasa.gov/abstracts/2006/Koch_etal.html
|author=Koch, D., G.A. Schmidt, C.V. Field
|author=Koch, D., G.A. Schmidt, C.V. Field
|date=2006
|date=2006
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|issue=D06206
|issue=D06206
|pages=D06206
|pages=D06206
|doi=10.1029/2004JD005550
|doi=10.1029/2004JD005550
|bibcode=2006JGRD..111.6206K
|bibcode=2006JGRD..111.6206K
|doi-access=free
|doi-access=free
}}<br/>
}}<br />
{{cite journal
{{cite journal
|url=http://pubs.giss.nasa.gov/abstracts/2006/Schmidt_etal_1.html
|author=Schmidt, G.A.
|author=Schmidt, G.A.
|display-authors=etal
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|volume=19
|volume=19
|issue=2
|issue=2
|pages=153–192
|pages=153–192
|doi=10.1175/JCLI3612.1
|doi=10.1175/JCLI3612.1
|bibcode=2006JCli...19..153S
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NASA named Schmidt to head GISS in June 2014. He stepped into the position left vacant after the retirement of long-time director [[James E. Hansen]], becoming the third person to hold the post.<ref>{{cite web|title=NASA Names Schmidt Director of the Goddard Institute for Space Studies|url=http://www.nasa.gov/press/2014/june/nasa-names-schmidt-director-of-the-goddard-institute-for-space-studies/#.U5dRIPlnVJJ|website=www.nasa.gov|publisher=NASA|access-date=2014-06-10|date=June 9, 2014}}</ref>
As of 2024, Schmidt heads NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies.<ref>https://www.axios.com/2024/03/21/climate-extreme-heat-2023 {{Bare URL inline|date=August 2024}}</ref> He was named for the director position in June 2014 as its then deputy director, becoming to the third person to hold this post, which had been vacant after the retirement of [[James E. Hansen]].<ref>{{cite web |date=June 9, 2014 |title=NASA Names Schmidt Director of the Goddard Institute for Space Studies |url=http://www.nasa.gov/press/2014/june/nasa-names-schmidt-director-of-the-goddard-institute-for-space-studies/#.U5dRIPlnVJJ |access-date=2024-03-22 |website=www.nasa.gov |publisher=NASA}}</ref> In an interview with Science News, Schmidt said that he wanted to continue the institute's work on climate modeling and to expand its work on climate impacts and astrobiology.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Kintisch|first1=Eli|title='Unflappable' Science 'Warrior' Chosen to Lead Key NASA Climate Lab|url=https://www.science.org/content/article/unflappable-science-warrior-chosen-lead-key-nasa-climate-lab|website=news.sciencemag.org/|access-date=2014-06-10|date=June 9, 2014}}</ref>
In an interview with Science News, Schmidt said that he wanted to continue the institute's work on climate modeling and to expand its work on climate impacts and astrobiology.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Kintisch|first1=Eli|title='Unflappable' Science 'Warrior' Chosen to Lead Key NASA Climate Lab|url=https://www.science.org/content/article/unflappable-science-warrior-chosen-lead-key-nasa-climate-lab|website=news.sciencemag.org/|access-date=2014-06-10|date=June 9, 2014}}</ref>


===Research===
===Research===
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|publisher=realclimate.org
|publisher=realclimate.org
|access-date=12 April 2013
|access-date=12 April 2013
}}</ref> During the 2009-2010 [[Climatic Research Unit email controversy]] he strongly defended the scientists involved, including [[Michael E. Mann]] and [[Phil Jones (climatologist)|Phil Jones]]. Journalist [[Fred Pearce]] noted, "''Schmidt wrote that the emails merely showed how scientists interact in private''", and that "''Gravity isn't a useful theory because Newton was a nice man.''"<ref>[[Fred Pearce|Pearce, Fred]], ''The Climate Files: The Battle for the Truth about Global Warming'', (2010) [[Guardian Books]], {{ISBN|978-0-85265-229-9}}, p. XII, pp. 181–182.</ref>
}}</ref> During the 2009-2010 [[Climatic Research Unit email controversy]], he strongly defended the scientists involved, including [[Michael E. Mann]] and [[Phil Jones (climatologist)|Phil Jones]]. Journalist [[Fred Pearce]] noted, "''Schmidt wrote that the emails merely showed how scientists interact in private''", and that "''Gravity isn't a useful theory because Newton was a nice man.''"<ref>[[Fred Pearce|Pearce, Fred]], ''The Climate Files: The Battle for the Truth about Global Warming'', (2010) [[Guardian Books]], {{ISBN|978-0-85265-229-9}}, p. XII, pp. 181–182.</ref>


Schmidt was ''EarthSky Science Communicator of the Year'' in 2011.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://earthsky.org/press/gavin-schmidt-is-the-earthsky-science-communicator-of-the-the-year|title=Gavin Schmidt is the EarthSky Science Communicator of the Year|publisher=EarthSky|date=15 January 2012}}</ref>
Schmidt was ''EarthSky Science Communicator of the Year'' in 2011.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://earthsky.org/press/gavin-schmidt-is-the-earthsky-science-communicator-of-the-the-year|title=Gavin Schmidt is the EarthSky Science Communicator of the Year|publisher=EarthSky|date=15 January 2012}}</ref>


==Awards==
==Awards==
In October 2011, the [[American Geophysical Union]] awarded Schmidt the inaugural ''Climate Communications Prize'', for his work on communicating climate-change issues to the public. The award news release noted his outreach work including co-founding and contributing to the [[RealClimate]] blog.<ref name="agu prize">
In 2011, the [[American Geophysical Union]] awarded Schmidt the inaugural ''Climate Communications Prize'', for his work on communicating climate-change issues to the public. The award news release noted his outreach work including co-founding and contributing to the [[RealClimate]] blog.<ref name="agu prize">
{{Cite web
{{Cite web
| title = Inaugural Climate Communications Prize Winner Announced
| title = Inaugural Climate Communications Prize Winner Announced
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| publisher =State of the Planet blog, [[The Earth Institute]], [[Columbia University]]
| publisher =State of the Planet blog, [[The Earth Institute]], [[Columbia University]]
| date =18 October 2011
| date =18 October 2011
| access-date = 2 December 2011 }}</ref> He was a contributing author<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ipcc.ch/publications_and_data/ar4/wg1/en/annexessannex-ii.html|title=Annex II: Contributors to the IPCC WGI Fourth Assessment Report|author=IPCC AR4|year=2007|access-date=2015-05-13|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150518092728/http://www.ipcc.ch/publications_and_data/ar4/wg1/en/annexessannex-ii.html|archive-date=2015-05-18|url-status=dead}}</ref> of the [[IPCC Fourth Assessment Report|Fourth Assessment Report]] of the [[Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change|Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)]]; the work of the IPCC, including the contributions of many scientists, was recognised by the joint award of the [[2007 Nobel Peace Prize]]. Schmidt was named in November 2004 as one of [[Scientific American]]'s "Top 50 Research Leaders" of the year.<ref>
| access-date = 2 December 2011 }}</ref> He was a contributing author<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ipcc.ch/publications_and_data/ar4/wg1/en/annexessannex-ii.html|title=Annex II: Contributors to the IPCC WGI Fourth Assessment Report|author=IPCC AR4|year=2007|access-date=2015-05-13|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150518092728/http://www.ipcc.ch/publications_and_data/ar4/wg1/en/annexessannex-ii.html|archive-date=2015-05-18|url-status=dead}}</ref> of the [[IPCC Fourth Assessment Report|Fourth Assessment Report]] of the [[Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change|Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)]]; the work of the IPCC, including the contributions of many scientists, was recognised by the joint award of the [[2007 Nobel Peace Prize]]. Schmidt was named as one of [[Scientific American]]'s "Top 50 Research Leaders" of the year 2004.<ref>
{{cite web
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|pages=305
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His [[Erdős number]] is four.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://zbmath.org/collaboration-distance/?a=erdos.pal&b=schmidt.gavin-a | title=Collaboration Distance - zbMATH Open }}</ref>


===Selected publications===
===Selected publications===
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*{{cite journal |author1=Benestad, R.E. |author2=G.A. Schmidt |title=Solar trends and global warming |journal=J. Geophys. Res. |volume=114 |pages=D14101 |date=2009 |issue=D14 |doi=10.1029/2008JD011639 |bibcode=2009JGRD..11414101B |doi-access=free }}
*{{cite journal |author1=Benestad, R.E. |author2=G.A. Schmidt |title=Solar trends and global warming |journal=J. Geophys. Res. |volume=114 |pages=D14101 |date=2009 |issue=D14 |doi=10.1029/2008JD011639 |bibcode=2009JGRD..11414101B |doi-access=free }}
*{{cite journal |author=Jones, P.D., K.R. Briffa, T.J. Osborn, J.M. Lough, T.D. van Ommen, B.M. Vinther, J. Luterbacher, E.R. Wahl, F.W. Zwiers, M.E. Mann, G.A. Schmidt, C.M. Ammann, B.M. Buckley, K.M. Cobb, J. Esper, H. Goosse, N. Graham, E. Jansen, T. Kiefer, C. Kull, M. Küttel, E. Mosley-Thompson, J.T. Overpeck, N. Riedwyl, M. Schulz, A.W. Tudhope, R. Villalba, H. Wanner, E. Wolff, and E. Xoplaki |title=High-resolution palaeoclimatology of the last millennium: A review of current status and future prospects |journal=[[The Holocene]] |volume=19 |pages=3–49 |date=2009 |issue=1 |doi=10.1177/0959683608098952 |url=http://pubs.giss.nasa.gov/docs/2009/2009_Jones_etal_2.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111021025239/http://pubs.giss.nasa.gov/docs/2009/2009_Jones_etal_2.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=2011-10-21 |bibcode=2009Holoc..19....3J |s2cid=129606908 }}
*{{cite journal |author=Jones, P.D., K.R. Briffa, T.J. Osborn, J.M. Lough, T.D. van Ommen, B.M. Vinther, J. Luterbacher, E.R. Wahl, F.W. Zwiers, M.E. Mann, G.A. Schmidt, C.M. Ammann, B.M. Buckley, K.M. Cobb, J. Esper, H. Goosse, N. Graham, E. Jansen, T. Kiefer, C. Kull, M. Küttel, E. Mosley-Thompson, J.T. Overpeck, N. Riedwyl, M. Schulz, A.W. Tudhope, R. Villalba, H. Wanner, E. Wolff, and E. Xoplaki |title=High-resolution palaeoclimatology of the last millennium: A review of current status and future prospects |journal=[[The Holocene]] |volume=19 |pages=3–49 |date=2009 |issue=1 |doi=10.1177/0959683608098952 |url=http://pubs.giss.nasa.gov/docs/2009/2009_Jones_etal_2.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111021025239/http://pubs.giss.nasa.gov/docs/2009/2009_Jones_etal_2.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=2011-10-21 |bibcode=2009Holoc..19....3J |s2cid=129606908 }}
*{{cite journal |author=Santer, B.D., [[Peter Thorne (climatologist)|P.W. Thorne]], L. Haimberger, K.E. Taylor, T.M.L. Wigley, J.R. Lanzante, S. Solomon, M. Free, P.J. Gleckler, P.D. Jones, T.R. Karl, S.A. Klein, C. Mears, D. Nychka, G.A. Schmidt, S.C. Sherwood, and F.J. Wentz |title=Consistency of modelled and observed temperature trends in the tropical troposphere |journal=Int. J. Climatol. |volume=28 |pages=1703–22 |date=2008 |issue=13 |doi=10.1002/joc.1756 |url=http://pubs.giss.nasa.gov/docs/2008/2008_Santer_etal.pdf |bibcode=2008IJCli..28.1703S |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111022061359/http://pubs.giss.nasa.gov/docs/2008/2008_Santer_etal.pdf |archive-date=2011-10-22 }}
*{{cite journal |author=Santer, B.D., [[Peter Thorne (climatologist)|P.W. Thorne]], L. Haimberger, K.E. Taylor, T.M.L. Wigley, J.R. Lanzante, S. Solomon, M. Free, P.J. Gleckler, P.D. Jones, T.R. Karl, S.A. Klein, C. Mears, D. Nychka, G.A. Schmidt, S.C. Sherwood, and F.J. Wentz |title=Consistency of modelled and observed temperature trends in the tropical troposphere |journal=Int. J. Climatol. |volume=28 |pages=1703–22 |date=2008 |issue=13 |doi=10.1002/joc.1756 |url=http://pubs.giss.nasa.gov/docs/2008/2008_Santer_etal.pdf |bibcode=2008IJCli..28.1703S |s2cid=14941858 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111022061359/http://pubs.giss.nasa.gov/docs/2008/2008_Santer_etal.pdf |archive-date=2011-10-22 }}
*{{cite journal |author=Schmidt, G.A., R. Ruedy, J.E. Hansen, I. Aleinov, N. Bell, M. Bauer, S. Bauer, B. Cairns, V. Canuto, Y. Cheng, A. Del Genio, G. Faluvegi, A.D. Friend, T.M. Hall, Y. Hu, M. Kelley, N.Y. Kiang, D. Koch, A.A. Lacis, J. Lerner, K.K. Lo, R.L. Miller, L. Nazarenko, V. Oinas, Ja. Perlwitz, Ju. Perlwitz, D. Rind, A. Romanou, G.L. Russell, Mki. Sato, D.T. Shindell, P.H. Stone, S. Sun, N. Tausnev, D. Thresher, and M.-S. Yao |title=Present day atmospheric simulations using GISS ModelE: Comparison to in-situ, satellite and reanalysis data |journal=J. Climate |volume=19 |pages=153–192 |date=2006 |issue=2 |doi=10.1175/JCLI3612.1 |url=http://pubs.giss.nasa.gov/docs/2006/2006_Schmidt_etal_1.pdf |bibcode=2006JCli...19..153S |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111015003555/http://pubs.giss.nasa.gov/docs/2006/2006_Schmidt_etal_1.pdf |archive-date=2011-10-15 }}
*{{cite journal |author=Schmidt, G.A., R. Ruedy, J.E. Hansen, I. Aleinov, N. Bell, M. Bauer, S. Bauer, B. Cairns, V. Canuto, Y. Cheng, A. Del Genio, G. Faluvegi, A.D. Friend, T.M. Hall, Y. Hu, M. Kelley, N.Y. Kiang, D. Koch, A.A. Lacis, J. Lerner, K.K. Lo, R.L. Miller, L. Nazarenko, V. Oinas, Ja. Perlwitz, Ju. Perlwitz, D. Rind, A. Romanou, G.L. Russell, Mki. Sato, D.T. Shindell, P.H. Stone, S. Sun, N. Tausnev, D. Thresher, and M.-S. Yao |title=Present day atmospheric simulations using GISS ModelE: Comparison to in-situ, satellite and reanalysis data |journal=J. Climate |volume=19 |pages=153–192 |date=2006 |issue=2 |doi=10.1175/JCLI3612.1 |url=http://pubs.giss.nasa.gov/docs/2006/2006_Schmidt_etal_1.pdf |bibcode=2006JCli...19..153S |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111015003555/http://pubs.giss.nasa.gov/docs/2006/2006_Schmidt_etal_1.pdf |archive-date=2011-10-15 }}


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== External links ==
== External links ==
*[http://www.giss.nasa.gov/staff/gschmidt/ Gavin Schmidt's homepage at NASA GISS]
*[http://www.giss.nasa.gov/staff/gschmidt/ Gavin Schmidt's homepage at NASA GISS]
*[http://realclimate.org RealClimate]
*[https://www.realclimate.org/index.php/archives/author/gavin/ Contributions at RealClimate]
* {{TED speaker}}
* {{TED speaker}}
** {{TED talk | gavin_schmidt_the_emergent_patterns_of_climate_change | Gavin Schmidt: The emergent patterns of climate change }} (2014)


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Gavin Schmidt
Gavin A. Schmidt
NationalityBritish[1]
EducationBA (Oxon); PhD (London), both in mathematics
Alma materJesus College, Oxford
University College London.
Occupation(s)Climate modeller, Climatologist
EmployerGoddard Institute for Space Studies
WebsiteSchmidt's homepage

Gavin A. Schmidt is a British climatologist, climate modeler and Director of the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS) in New York, and co-founder of the climate science blog RealClimate.[2]

Work

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He was educated at The Corsham School, earned a BA (Hons) in mathematics at Jesus College, Oxford, and a PhD in applied mathematics at University College London.[3] Schmidt worked on the variability of the ocean circulation and climate, using general circulation models (GCMs). He has also worked on ways to reconcile paleo-data with models. He helped develop the GISS ocean and coupled GCMs to improve the representation of the present day climate, while investigating their response to climate forcing.[4]

As of 2024, Schmidt heads NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies.[5] He was named for the director position in June 2014 as its then deputy director, becoming to the third person to hold this post, which had been vacant after the retirement of James E. Hansen.[6] In an interview with Science News, Schmidt said that he wanted to continue the institute's work on climate modeling and to expand its work on climate impacts and astrobiology.[7]

Research

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His main research interest is climate variability, both its internal and the response to climate forcing, investigated via ocean-atmosphere general circulation models. He also uses these to study palaeoclimate by working on methods to compare palaeo-data with model output. Schmidt helps to develop the GISS ocean and coupled GCMs (ModelE). This model has been "isotopically enabled" to carry oxygen-18 tracers, allowing the model to simulate the pattern of δ18O observed in ice cores, cave records and ocean sediments.[2]

Media and outreach

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Schmidt has appeared on various occasions in the media, often he is asked about his expertise on climate related study findings, current events or gives lectures.[2] Schmidt worked with the American Museum of Natural History, the College de France, and the New York Academy of Sciences for education and outreach.[3] Schmidt and eight other colleagues founded in 2004 the RealClimate blog. The blog provides critical commentary on climate science with the scope on outreach to the public and for journalists.[2][8] Additionally, the blog features frequent guest posts by experts in their field. Articles and commentary have defended scientific research against allegations made about the hockey stick graph.[9] During the 2009-2010 Climatic Research Unit email controversy, he strongly defended the scientists involved, including Michael E. Mann and Phil Jones. Journalist Fred Pearce noted, "Schmidt wrote that the emails merely showed how scientists interact in private", and that "Gravity isn't a useful theory because Newton was a nice man."[10]

Schmidt was EarthSky Science Communicator of the Year in 2011.[11]

Awards

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In 2011, the American Geophysical Union awarded Schmidt the inaugural Climate Communications Prize, for his work on communicating climate-change issues to the public. The award news release noted his outreach work including co-founding and contributing to the RealClimate blog.[12][13] He was a contributing author[14] of the Fourth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC); the work of the IPCC, including the contributions of many scientists, was recognised by the joint award of the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize. Schmidt was named as one of Scientific American's "Top 50 Research Leaders" of the year 2004.[15]

Publications

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Schmidt has published over 100 studies in peer-reviewed journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Science, and Nature, on various climate related topics.[3][16]

He is the co-author, with Joshua Wolfe, of Climate Change: Picturing the Science (2009), which has a foreword by Jeffrey D. Sachs. The book combines images of the effects of climate change with scientific explanations.[17]

His Erdős number is four.[18]

Selected publications

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  • Lenssen, Nathan J. L., Gavin A. Schmidt, James E. Hansen, Matthew J. Menne, Avraham Persin, Reto Ruedy, and Daniel Zyss (2019). "Improvements in the GISTEMP Uncertainty Model," Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 214(12), pp. 6307-6326.
  • Schmidt, G. (2010). "Does science progress? Glibert Plass redux" (PDF). American Scientist. 98 (1): 64–5. doi:10.1511/2010.82.58. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-10-22.
  • Schmidt, G.A.; J. Wolfe (2009). Climate Change: Picturing the Science. W.W. Norton. ISBN 978-0-393-33125-7.
  • Benestad, R.E.; G.A. Schmidt (2009). "Solar trends and global warming". J. Geophys. Res. 114 (D14): D14101. Bibcode:2009JGRD..11414101B. doi:10.1029/2008JD011639.
  • Jones, P.D., K.R. Briffa, T.J. Osborn, J.M. Lough, T.D. van Ommen, B.M. Vinther, J. Luterbacher, E.R. Wahl, F.W. Zwiers, M.E. Mann, G.A. Schmidt, C.M. Ammann, B.M. Buckley, K.M. Cobb, J. Esper, H. Goosse, N. Graham, E. Jansen, T. Kiefer, C. Kull, M. Küttel, E. Mosley-Thompson, J.T. Overpeck, N. Riedwyl, M. Schulz, A.W. Tudhope, R. Villalba, H. Wanner, E. Wolff, and E. Xoplaki (2009). "High-resolution palaeoclimatology of the last millennium: A review of current status and future prospects" (PDF). The Holocene. 19 (1): 3–49. Bibcode:2009Holoc..19....3J. doi:10.1177/0959683608098952. S2CID 129606908. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-10-21.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  • Santer, B.D., P.W. Thorne, L. Haimberger, K.E. Taylor, T.M.L. Wigley, J.R. Lanzante, S. Solomon, M. Free, P.J. Gleckler, P.D. Jones, T.R. Karl, S.A. Klein, C. Mears, D. Nychka, G.A. Schmidt, S.C. Sherwood, and F.J. Wentz (2008). "Consistency of modelled and observed temperature trends in the tropical troposphere" (PDF). Int. J. Climatol. 28 (13): 1703–22. Bibcode:2008IJCli..28.1703S. doi:10.1002/joc.1756. S2CID 14941858. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-10-22.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  • Schmidt, G.A., R. Ruedy, J.E. Hansen, I. Aleinov, N. Bell, M. Bauer, S. Bauer, B. Cairns, V. Canuto, Y. Cheng, A. Del Genio, G. Faluvegi, A.D. Friend, T.M. Hall, Y. Hu, M. Kelley, N.Y. Kiang, D. Koch, A.A. Lacis, J. Lerner, K.K. Lo, R.L. Miller, L. Nazarenko, V. Oinas, Ja. Perlwitz, Ju. Perlwitz, D. Rind, A. Romanou, G.L. Russell, Mki. Sato, D.T. Shindell, P.H. Stone, S. Sun, N. Tausnev, D. Thresher, and M.-S. Yao (2006). "Present day atmospheric simulations using GISS ModelE: Comparison to in-situ, satellite and reanalysis data" (PDF). J. Climate. 19 (2): 153–192. Bibcode:2006JCli...19..153S. doi:10.1175/JCLI3612.1. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-10-15.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

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