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Born April 7, 1953.
EDUCATION:Reading University, B.Sc.; holds a Ph.D.
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Meterologist, climatologist, educator, and writer. Met Office, scientist, 1974-86; British Antarctic Survey, Climate Variability and Modeling, work package manager and research scientist, 1986—. United Kingdom Meteorological Office, researcher and meteorologist, 1974-86. University of Malaya, visiting professor. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR) Action Group on Prediction of Changes in the Physical and Biological Environment of the Antarctic, cochair, Web site manager, and editor of SCAR ACCE Report.
MEMBER:International Association of Meteorology and Atmospheric Sciences (deputy secretary general, 2003-11; vice president, beginning 2011, president), International Commission on Polar Meteorology (president of International Commission, 1995-2003), Royal Meteorological Society, European Geophysical Society, Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (chair of advisory group on Antarctic Climate Change and the Environment), Scientific Committee on Oceanic Research (executive committee).
AWARDS:International Journal of Climatology Prize, Royal Meteorological Society, 2005; SCAR Medal for Excellence in Antarctic Research, 2010.
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Contributor to books, including Eighth Conference on Climate Variations, Denver, Colorado, September 1999, American Meteorological Society (Boston, MA), 1999; Sixth Conference on Polar Meteorology and Oceanography, San Diego, May 2001, American Meteorological Society (Boston, MA), 2001; Encyclopedia of Atmospheric Sciences, Academic Press (London, England), 2002; Encyclopedia of the Arctic, Volume 3, Routledge (New York, NY), 2007; Proceedings of a Seminar Held at ECMWF on Polar Meteorology, 4-8 September 2006, ECMWF (Reading, England), 2007; Climate Change 2013: The Physical Science Basis; Contribution of Working Group I to the Fifth Assessment of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Cambridge University Press (Cambridge, England), 2013; Scientific and Geopolitical Interests in Arctic and Antarctic, LIGHTS Research Foundation (New Delhi, India), 2013. Contributor to journals and periodicals, including Geophysics Research Letters, Polar Research, Journal of Geophysical Research, International Journal of Climatology, Journal of Applied Meteorology, Journal of Geophysics Research, Science, Nature, and Reviews of Geophysics. Weather Journal, editor, 1990-93.
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British weather scientist John Turner has been “a meteorologist for over forty years, first at the Met. Office and since 1986 at the British Antarctic Survey,” as he explains in an autobiographical statement appearing on the British Antarctic Survey (BAS) Web site. He writes: “I have a B.Sc in meteorology and physics and a Ph.D in Antarctic climate variability. At the Met. Office I was involved in the development of numerical weather prediction models, satellite meteorology and operational weather forecasting, while at BAS I have carried out research into high-latitude precipitation, polar lows, teleconnections between the Antarctic and lower latitudes and weather forecasting in the Antarctic. I have had a long involvement with the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR).” He has specialized in “high-latitude precipitation, polar lows, teleconnections between the Antarctic and lower latitudes and weather forecasting in the Antarctic,” according to the Scientific Committee on Oceanic Research Web site. He is the coauthor of Antarctic Meteorology and Climatology and the coeditor of the volumes Polar Lows: Mesoscale Weather Systems in the Polar Regions; The International Antarctic Weather Forecasting Handbook; Polar Meteorology—Understanding Global Impacts; Antarctic Climate Change and the Environment: A Contribution to the International Polar Year 2007- 2008; and Climate Change in the Polar Regions.
With J.C. King, Turner is the author of Antarctic Meteorology and Climatology. In this work, the authors present a detailed survey of the climate and meteorology of the Antarctic. They begin by explaining how Antarctic atmosphere is observed and measured, and include a summary of relevant measurements. In the next section, Turner and King address the many natural processes that maintain the Antarctic climate, assessing both large-scale and small-scale conditions. Finally, they look at how the climate of Antarctica has varied over the years and the significant effect that global warming is having on Antarctica. They further highlight links between elements of the Antarctic climate, such as the atmosphere, oceans, and ice, and the global climate system.
Turner served as the editor, with Erik A. Rasmussen, of the essay collection Polar Lows: Mesoscale Weather Systems in the Polar Regions. In this book, the contributors examine the characteristics of weather systems known as polar lows, small weather phenomena that occur in the higher latitudes of polar regions. The book covers topics such as the structure of polar lows, their climatological distribution, the reasons why they develop, and the forecasting of polar low-weather systems.
In Climate Change in the Polar Regions, Turner and Gareth J. Marshall share some of the most recent research on the subject of global warming and the way it affects weather at both the North Pole and the South Pole. “In this ambitious, cross-disciplinary volume,” Turner and Marshall “synthesize what is known about climate change in the Arctic and Antarctic and compare the changes that have occurred in the two polar regions,” stated Olav Orheim in the journal Polar Research. “The authors examine recent changes in light of those that have taken place over the course of the last million years and tackle the difficulties involved in teasing apart natural from anthropogenic change.”
The book, asserted Roger G. Barry in Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research, “fills a gap in the polar climate literature. There are ongoing rapid changes in the climate of both the Arctic and Antarctic, with major impacts on sea ice, glaciers and ice caps, the two major ice sheets, permafrost, and plant and animal life on land and in the ocean.” Unfortunately, as Orheim noted, climate is changing so quickly that the research is quickly becoming obsolete. “The polar regions are now changing so rapidly, and so much research is being undertaken,” Orheim concluded, “that it may be practically impossible to publish an up-to-date book on this crucially important subject.” Nonetheless, Turner and Marshall’s volume, opined J.T. Andrews in Choice, “could serve as a useful resource for senior undergraduate or graduate courses dealing with climate change.”
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Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research, February, 2012, Roger G. Barry, review of Climate Change in the Polar Regions, p. 151.
Choice, February, 2012, J.T. Andrews, review of Climate Change in the Polar Regions, p. 1093.
ONLINE
British Antarctic Survey Website, https://www.bas.ac.uk/ (February 1, 2017), author profile.
International Association of Meteorological and Atmospheric Sciences Website, http://www.iamas.org/ (January 28, 2013), author biography.
Polar Research, http:/ /www.polarresearch.net/ (March 2, 2012), Olav Orheim, review of Climate Change in the Polar Regions.
Scientific Committee on Oceanic Research Web site, http://www.scor-int.org/ (February 1, 2017), author profile.
University of Trier Website, http://www.uni-trier.de/ (January 28, 2013), author biography.
John Turner
Contemporary Authors Online, 2013
Updated: September 06, 2013
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Born: April 07, 1953
Nationality: British
Occupation: Meteorologist
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(With J.C. King) Antarctic Meteorology and Climatology, Cambridge University Press (New York, NY), 1997.
(Editor, with Erik A. Rasmussen) Polar Lows: Mesoscale Weather Systems in the Polar Regions, Cambridge University Press (New York, NY), 2003.
(With Gareth J. Marshall) Climate Change in the Polar Regions, Cambridge University Press (New York, NY), 2011.
Contributor to journals and periodicals, including Geophysics Research Letters, Polar Research, Journal of Geophysical Research, International Journal of Climatology, Journal of Applied Meteorology, Journal of Geophysics Research, Science, Nature, and Reviews of Geophysics.
Weather Journal, editor, 1990-93.
Climatologist and educator. Met Office, scientist, 1974-86; British Antarctic Survey, Climate Variability and Modeling, work package manager and research scientist, 1986--. United Kingdom Meteorological Office, researcher and meteorologist, 1974-86. University of Malaya, visiting professor. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR) Action Group on Prediction of Changes in the Physical and Biological Environment of the Antarctic, cochair, Web site manager, and editor of SCAR ACCE Report.
International Journal of Climatology Prize, Royal Meteorological Society, 2005; SCAR Medal for Excellence in Antarctic Research, 2010.
Born April 7, 1953. Education: Reading University, B.Sc.; holds a Ph.D. Memberships: European Geophysical Society, International Commission on Polar Meteorology (president of International Commission, 1995-2003), Royal Meteorological Society, International Association of Meteorology and Atmospheric Sciences (deputy secretary general, 2003-11; vice president, 2011--). Addresses: Office: British Antarctic Survey, Madingley Rd., High Cross, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire CB3 0ET, England. E-mail: j.turner@bas.ac.uk.
"Sidelights"
John Turner is a climatologist and educator who specializes in the climatic history of the Antarctic and the world's polar regions. He is a project manager and researcher at the British Antarctic Survey. Turner's group, Climate Variability and Modeling, studies how Antarctica's climate has changed over the past fifty years and makes predictions on how it will change over the next century. On the British Antarctic Survey Web site, Turner identifies his research interests as Antarctic precipitation and the connections between atmospheric circulation and the data contained in ice cores; climatic variability in the Antarctic regions; mesoscale weather systems in the Arctic and Antarctic; and how Antarctic sea ice affects atmospheric circulation. Earlier in his career, Turner worked for the United Kingdom Meteorological Office, where he worked in satellite meteorology and developed numerical models of weather prediction.
Turner is active with the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR), serving as the cochair of the organization's Action Group on Prediction of Changes in the Physical and Biological Environment of the Antarctic. He also serves as SCAR's Web site manager. Turner has been a visiting professor at the University of Malaya. He holds a B.Sc. in meteorology and physics from Reading University and a Ph.D. in Antarctic climate variability.
With J.C. King, Turner is the author of Antarctic Meteorology and Climatology, In this work, the authors present a detailed survey of the climate and meteorology of the Antarctic. They begin by explaining how Antarctic atmosphere is observed and measured, and include a summary of relevant measurements. In the next section, Turner and King address the many natural processes that maintain the Antarctic climate, assessing both large-scale and small-scale conditions. Finally, they look at how the climate of Antarctica has varied over the years and the significant effect that global warming is having on Antarctica. They further highlight links between elements of the Antarctic climate, such as the atmosphere, oceans, and ice, and the global climate system.
Turner served as the editor, with Erik A. Rasmussen, of the essay collection Polar Lows: Mesoscale Weather Systems in the Polar Regions. In this book, the contributors examine the characteristics of weather systems known as polar lows, small weather phenomena that occur in the higher latitudes of polar regions. The book covers topics such as the structure of polar lows, their climatological distribution, the reasons why they develop, and the forecasting of polar low-weather systems.
Turner collaborated with climate scientist Gareth J. Marshall on the book Climate Change in the Polar Regions. In eight chapters, Turner and Marshall examine the climate of the Earth's polar regions, how it has changed throughout history, and what future polar weather patterns might be like. The authors carefully establish the history of the polar regions' weather, with a specific focus on the polar atmosphere. They include in-depth data on polar climate and its significance. They explain high-latitude polar climate and the ways the climate changes there. Turner and Marshall assess polar climate over three diverse time periods: the previous million years, the previous 12,000 years, and the modern period during which precise measurements could be made with sophisticated tools and instruments. They also offer several possible ways polar climate may change and develop over the next one hundred years, particularly if the concentrations of greenhouse gas in the atmosphere continue to increase and global warming persists. The authors round out their text with suggestions for areas of polar climate research that need to be addressed in the coming years. Choice reviewer J.T. Andrews called the book a "useful resource for senior undergraduate or graduate courses dealing with climate change and/or polar regions."
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FURTHER READINGS ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
PERIODICALS
Choice, February, 2012, J.T. Andrews, review of Climate Change in the Polar Regions, p. 1093.
ONLINE
British Antarctic Survey Web site, http://www.antarctica.ac.uk/ (January 28, 2013), autobiography of John Turner.
International Association of Meteorological and Atmospheric Sciences Web site, http://www.iamas.org/ (January 28, 2013), biography of John Turner.
University of Trier Web site, http://www.uni-trier.de/ (January 28, 2013), biography of John Turner.*
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"John Turner." Contemporary Authors Online, Gale, 2013. Biography in Context, link.galegroup.com/apps/doc/H1000303880/BIC1?u=schlager&xid=f08b7ce7. Accessed 3 Nov. 2017.
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have been a meteorologist for over 40 years, first at the Met. Office and since 1986 at the British Antarctic Survey. I have a B.Sc in Meteorology and Physics and a Ph.D in Antarctic Climate Variability. At the Met. Office I was involved in the development of numerical weather prediction models, satellite meteorology and operational weather forecasting, while at BAS I have carried out research into high-latitude precipitation, polar lows, teleconnections between the Antarctic and lower latitudes and weather forecasting in the Antarctic.
I have had a long involvement with the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR) and have been active in several SCAR committees. I’m currently a member of the Antarctic Climate 2100 (AntClim21) Steering Committee and chair the Antarctic Climate Change and the Environment Advisory Group.
I’ve also been heavily involved with the International Association of Meteorology and Atmospheric Sciences (IAMAS) and was President of the IAMAS International Commission on Polar Meteorology from 1995 to 2003. I’m currently the President of IAMAS.
I have been awarded the International Journal of Climatology Prize of the Royal Meteorological Society and the SCAR Medal for Excellence in Antarctic Research.
Research interests
Tropical – high latitude climate linkages
Sea ice variability and change
Antarctic climate change
High latitude weather systems