Richard Lindzen Scientist

Richard Siegmund Lindzen (born February 8, 1940) is an American atmospheric physicist, known for his work in the dynamics of the middle atmosphere, atmospheric tides and ozone photochemistry. He has published more than 200 scientific papers and books. From 1983 until he retired in 2013, he was Alfred P. Sloan Professor of Meteorology at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He was a lead author of Chapter 7, 'Physical Climate Processes and Feedbacks,' of the IPCC Third Assessment Report on climate change. He has criticized the scientific consensus about climate change and what he has called "climate alarmism".

Personal facts

Birth dateFebruary 08, 1940
Birth place
Webster Massachusetts
Education
Harvard University
Known for
Meteorology
Ozone
Iris hypothesis
Quasi-biennial oscillation
Atmospheric tide

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