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Michael Wehner
Staff Scientist, Computing Research Division
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
1 Cyclotron Road, MS-50F
Berkeley, CA 94720
(510) 495-2527
[email protected]
Education and Training:
Ph.D., 1983, University of Wisconsin-Madison (Nuclear Engineering)
M.S., 1980, University of Wisconsin-Madison (Nuclear Engineering)
B.S., 1978, University of Delaware, Graduated with High Honors (Physics)
Research and Professional Experience:
2002-present: Staff Scientist, Scientific Computing Group, Computational Research Division,
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA
1998-2002: Physicist, Program for Climate Modeling and Intercomparison, Lawrence Livermore
National Laboratory, Livermore, CA
1991-1998: Physicist, Climate System Modeling group, A-division, Lawrence Livermore
National Laboratory, Livermore, CA
1985-1991: Physicist, Code Development group, B-division, Lawrence Livermore National
Laboratory, Livermore, CA
1983-1984: Post doctoral Research Associate, Nuclear Engineering Department, University of
Wisconsin-Madison
Selected Publications since 2007:
Easterling, D.R. and M.F. Wehner (2009) Is the climate warming or cooling?, Geophysical
Review Letters VOL. 36, L08706, doi:10.1029/2009GL037810, 2009
Wehner, M.F. (2009) Sources of uncertainty in the extreme value statistics of climate data.
Submitted to Extremes
Wehner, M.F. ,R. Smith, P. Duffy, ,G. Bala, The effect of horizontal resolution on simulation of
very extreme US precipitation events in a global atmosphere model. In revision for Climate
Dynamics
N. P. Gillett, D. A. Stone, P. A. Stott,T. Nozawa, A. U. Karpechk , G. C. Hegerl, M. F. Wehner,
P.D. Jones, (2008) Attribution of polar warming to Human influence, Nature Geoscience, doi:
10.1038/ngeo338
Gutowski, W.J., G.C. Hegerl, G.J. Holland, T.R. Knutson, L.O. Mearns, R.J. Stouffer, P.J.
Webster, M.F. Wehner, F.W. Zwiers, 2008: Causes of Observed Changes in Extremes and
Projections of Future Changes in Weather and Climate Extremes in a Changing Climate.
Regions of Focus: North America, Hawaii, Caribbean, and U.S. Pacific Islands. T.R. Karl, G.A.
Meehl, C.D. Miller, S.J. Hassol, A.M. Waple, and W.L. Murray (eds.). A Report by the U.S.
Climate Change Science Program and the Subcommittee on Global Change Research,
Washington, DC.
B. D. Santer, C. Mears, F. J. Wentz, K. E. Taylor, P. J. Gleckler, T. M. L. Wigley, T. P. Barnett,
J. S. Boyle, W. Brüggemann, N. P. Gillett, S. A. Klein, G. A. Meehl, Nozawa, D. W. Pierce, P.
A. Stott, W. M. Washington, and M. F. Wehner ,“Identification of Human-Induced Changes in
Atmospheric Moisture Content”, (2007), Proceedings National Academy of Sciences, 107,
15248-15253
Synergistic Activities:
Member of Lead Author team, US Climate Change Science Program Synthesis and Assessment
Report 3.3, “Weather and Climate Extremes in a Changing Climate. Regions of Focus: North
America, Hawaii, Caribbean, and U.S. Pacific Islands.”
Member of Lead Author team, , US Climate Change Science Program, Unified Synthesis Report,
“Global Climate Change in the United States”
Collaborators and Co-editors:
Richard. Smith, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Phil Duffy, LLNL
G. Bala, Bangolore, India
William Gutowski, University of Iowa
Gabi Hegerl, University of Edinburgh
G.J. Holland, NCAR
T.R. Knutson, GFDL
L.O. Mearns, NCAR
R.J. Stouffer, NCAR
P.J. Webster, Georgia Institute of Technology
F.W. Zwiers, Environment Canada
B. D. Santer, LLNL
C. Mears, RSS Inc, Santa Rosa, CA
F. J. Wentz, RSS Inc, Santa Rosa, CA
K. E. Taylor, LLNL
P. J. Gleckler, LLNL
T. M. L. Wigley, NCAR
T. P. Barnett, Scripp Institute of Oceanography
J. S. Boyle, LLNL
W. Brüggemann, MPI Hamburg
N. P. Gillett, University of East Anglia
S. A. Klein, LLNL
G. A. Meehl, NCAR
T Nozawa, Japan
D. W. Pierce, Scripp Institute of Oceanography
P. A. Stott, Met Office
W. M. Washington, NCAR
D. A. Stone, University of Oxford
A. U. Karpechk,
Leonid Oliker, LBNL
John Shalf, LBNL
Thomas C Peterson, NOAA
Tom Karl NOAA
Jerry Melillo, Marine Biological Laboratory
Marjorie McGuirk, NOAA;
Tamara Houston, NOAA
Andrew Horvitz, NOAA
David M. Anderson, NOAA
Donald F. Boesch, University of Maryland
Virginia Burkett, U.S. Geological Survey
Lynne M. Carter, Adaptation Network
Stewart J. Cohen, Environment Canada and University of British Columbia
Nancy B. Grimm, Arizona State University
Jerry L. Hatfield, U.S. Department of Agriculture
Katharine Hayhoe, Texas Tech University
Anthony Janetos, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Jack A. Kaye, NASA
Jay Lawrimore, NOAA
Jim McCarthy, Harvard University
Dave McGuire, U.S. Geological Survey/University of Alaska Fairbanks
Ed Miles, University of Washington
Evan Mills, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Jonathan T. Overpeck, University of Arizona
Jonathan Patz, University of Wisconsin at Madison
Roger Pulwarty, NOAA Climate Program Office
Michael J. Savonis, U.S. Department of Transportation
H.G. “Gerry” Schwartz, Jr., Consultant/Transportation
Eileen Shea, NOAA
John Stone, Carleton University
Bradley H. Udall, NOAA
John Walsh, University of Alaska Fairbanks
Thomas J. Wilbanks, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Don Wuebbles, University of Illinois
Graduate and Postdoctoral Advisors and Advisees:
Sue Kemball-Cook
G. Bala, Bangolore, India
Yu-Heng Tseng, National Taiwan University