Timeline Exploration -- Timeframe: 2000 - 2010
Timeline Exploration -- Timeframe: 2000 - 2013
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Biographical Highlights
- 2000 Research involves use of the Parallel Climate Model (PCM) and the Community Climate System Model (CCSM) to study the impacts of climate change in the 21st century.
- 2002 Elected to the National Academy of Engineering.
- 2002 Appointed to the Science Advisory Panel of the U.S. Commission on Ocean Policy and the National Academies of Science Coordinating Committee on Global Change.
- 2003 Elected to the American Philisophical Society.
- 2004 Received Reed College's prestigious Vollum Award for Distinguished Accomplishment in Science and Technology.
- 2005 [On the future of climate models] From Warren's book, Odyssey in Climate Modeling, Global Warming, and Advising Five Presidents.
"Over time, climate models will become Earth System Models as they bring in biological cycle processes such as the carbon and nitrogen cycles."
- 2006 Charles Franklin Brooks Award for decades of service to the AMS and as a representative of the atmospheric sciences community at the highest level of policymakers.
- 2010 Receives the National Medal of Science, the highest scientific honor bestowed by the U.S. President, for his fundamental contributions to the understanding of Earth's coupled climate system through numerical simulation, leadership in U.S. science policy, and inspiring mentorship of young people of all backgrounds and origins.
- 2012 Warren appears on a PBS special, "A Night with Warren Washington, an event organized by the ScienceMakers.
- 2013 Warren receives an Honorary Doctorate from the University of Massachusetts.
- 2013 Warren delivers the Bert Bolin lecture in Stockholm.
Documents
- 2000 Letter of congratulations from Representative Mark Udall. (read)
- 2000 Appointment Affidavit and article regarding Warren's second term of service under U.S. President Bill Clinton on the National Science Board. (read)
- 2002 Remarks by Warren, NSB (National Science Board) Chair, to the Council of Scientific Society Presidents. (read)
- 2007 Article in UCAR's Staffnotes about the Warren Washington Symposium on Climate Modeling, Prediction, and Science Policy. (read)
- 2007 Letter thanking Warren for his expertise, sent by then Senator Barack Obama for Warren's participation on the Climate Change Panel during the Congressional Black Caucus Annual Legislative Conference (September 26 - 29, 2007). (read)
Photographs, Figures, Posters
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 | 2001 | Warren chairing an NSB meeting. |
 | 2002 | Photo taken upon Warren's election to the National Academy of Engineering. |
 | 2003 | The John Vincent Atanasoff Computer 100th Birthday celebration at Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa on October 31, 2003. With Warren in photo is founder of the Gordon Bell Prize, Gordon Bell, senior researcher at Microsoft Bay Area Research Center in San Francisco, CA. |
 | 2003 | Mary Washington, Warren, and Bert Semtner, professor in the Department of Oceanography at the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, California, recall some of their many interactions with Bernie O'Lear during his retirement party. |
 | 2003 | National Science Board Awards Dinner, May 21, 2003, at the U.S. Department of State. From left - Jack Colwell, Rita Colwell, Neal Lane, Joni Lane, Mary Washington, and Warren. |
 | 2005 | Warren signing his autobiography. |
 | 2005 | Warren with Harry van Loon. |
 | 2006 | Warren with his Honorary Doctorate Medal from Oregon State University. |
 | 2006 | Warren with a Significant Opportunities in Atmospheric Research and Science (SOARS) student, Kimberly Trent. |
| 2006 | Warren receiving an Honorary Doctorate Medal from Oregon State University. |
 | 2006 | Warren Washington visited Oregon State University special collections library and while there had an opportunity to hold Linus Pauling's two Nobel prizes. Pauling is the only individual to have been awarded two Noble prizes. |
 | 2007 | Warren (foreground) and his wife, Mary, take in one of the symposium talks during his 2007 symposium, Warren Washington Symposium on Climate Modeling, Prediction, and Science Policy. |
 | 2007 | Warren is invited by then Senator Obama to attend the Congressional Black Caucus Annual Conference in Washington, DC in the summer of 2007. The Panel that Senator Obama and his staff organized was on the subject of climate change. |
 | 2007 | Warren gifting his papers to NCAR. Pictured l-r: Diane Rabson (archivist), Larry Winter (NCAR Deputy Director), Rick Anthes (UCAR President), and Warren, seated. |
 | 2007 | When Warren was unable to present at the the 2007 American Geophysical Union (AGU) conference session entitled, Navigating a Career in the Geosciences: Strategies for Success, this poster honoring his efforts was presented. Rachel Young and colleagues (The Earth Institute at Columbia University, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory) prepared the poster. |
 | 2008 | Warren giving a Martin Luther King celebration lecture at the University of Michigan, Spring 2008. |
 | 2008 | Warren giving a Martin Luther King celebration lecture at the University of Michigan, Spring 2008. |
 | 2009 | Jerry Meehl (NCAR) and Warren at the 2009 annual meeting of the American Meteorological Society where they jointly received one its highest awards, the Jule Charney award. |
 | 2009 | Warren's American Academy of Arts and Sciences certificate that was designed by President John Adams. It is the same as given to George Washington and Thomas Jefferson. |
 | 2009 | Warren signing the book making him a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences; this is the same book that was signed by the founders of the United States. |
 | 2009 | Martin Luther King's letter of acceptance to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. |
 | 2009 | Warren in front of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences wall of acceptance letters. |
 | 2010 | Warren receives the National Medal of Science |
 | 2012 | "A Night with Warren Washington." Warren is interviewed by Dr. Ralph J. Cicerone for the ScienceMakers project, to be broadcast on PBS in Fall 2012. |
Websites/Web Media
| Web Info | Screenshot | Web URL | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Warren M. Washington Symposium: Symposium on Climate Modeling, Prediction, and Scientific Policy, 2007. | Original URL | ||
 | 2008 | Warren receives the Bates College Honorary Degree and gives a commencement address. | Download | Original URL |
| 2010 | Warren M. Washington Symposium at the American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting, 2010. | Original URL | ||
 | 2010 | Warren receives the National Medal of Science. | Download | Original URL |
Animations, Movies, Audio
| Media Info | Availability | Media Type | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 2005 | Warren and colleagues in climate change video. | Download | feature_movie |
 | 2007 | CCSM3 animation, prepared by Gary Strand, of four different IPCC report scenarios, including the affects of major volcanoes. More information here: http://www.cgd.ucar.edu/ccr/strandwg/ccsm3_visualization.html | Download | computer_animation |
 | 2007 | Warren Washington Symposium on Climate Modeling, Prediction, and Science Policy. Opening Remarks (Speaker: Jim Hurrell) Requires Real Player to view. | Download | webcast |
| 2007 | Warren Washington Symposium on Climate Modeling, Prediction, and Science Policy. Warren's welcome. (Speaker: Warren Washington). Requires Real Player to view. | Download | webcast |
| 2007 | Warren Washington Symposium on Climate Modeling, Prediction, and Science Policy. Warren Washington's Unique Contributions for the Development of NCAR General Circulation Model (GCM). (Speaker: Akira Kasahara). Requires Real Player to view. | Download | webcast |
| 2007 | Warren Washington Symposium on Climate Modeling, Prediction, and Science Policy. Orbital Forcing of Monsoons: Climate Model Experiments from 1981-2007. (Speaker: John Kutzbach). Requires Real Player to view. | Download | webcast |
| 2007 | Warren Washington Symposium on Climate Modeling, Prediction, and Science Policy. IPCC and Paleoclimate: Global Change Paleoclimatology. (Speaker: Bette Otto-Bliesner). Requires Real Player to view. | Download | webcast |
| 2007 | Warren Washington Symposium on Climate Modeling, Prediction, and Science Policy. Panel on the Evolution of Climate Modeling. (Speakers: Bette Otto-Bliesner, Akira Kasahara, John Kutzbach, Warren Washington). Requires Real Player to view. | Download | webcast |
| 2007 | Warren Washington Symposium on Climate Modeling, Prediction, and Science Policy. Climate Change and Policy Implications. (Speaker: Ari Patrinos). Requires Real Player to view. | Download | webcast |
| 2007 | Warren Washington Symposium on Climate Modeling, Prediction, and Science Policy. A Tribute to Warren Washington: Geoengineering. (Speaker: Kevin Trenberth). Requires Real Player to view. | Download | webcast |
| 2007 | Warren Washington Symposium on Climate Modeling, Prediction, and Science Policy. Climate Change Modeling: Past, Present, Future. (Speaker: Gerald Meehl). Requires Real Player to view. | Download | webcast |
| 2007 | Warren Washington Symposium on Climate Modeling, Prediction, and Science Policy. Tribute to Dr. Warren Washington: The Lure of Computation and Modeling. (Speaker: John Drake). Requires Real Player to view. | Download | webcast |
| 2007 | Warren Washington Symposium on Climate Modeling, Prediction, and Science Policy. The Intersection of Science, Computational Science, and Information Technology: The Warren Washington Legacy. (Speaker: David C. Bader). Requires Real Player to view. | Download | webcast |
| 2007 | Warren Washington Symposium on Climate Modeling, Prediction, and Science Policy. Urban Effects of Climate: Can We Learn Anything about Climate Change from Urban Climate Studies and Modeling? (Speaker: Marshall Shepherd). Requires Real Player to view. | Download | webcast |
| 2007 | Warren Washington Symposium on Climate Modeling, Prediction, and Science Policy. Climate and Society: There Is Still More Work To Do (Speaker: Greg Jenkins). Requires Real Player to view. | Download | webcast |
| 2007 | Warren Washington Symposium on Climate Modeling, Prediction, and Science Policy. Risk, Wealth, and Communications - Climate Policy Implications (Speaker: Jim Baker). Requires Real Player to view. | Download | webcast |
| 2007 | Warren Washington Symposium on Climate Modeling, Prediction, and Science Policy. Finding Warren: Any Fingerprints? (Speaker: Stephen H. Schneider). Requires Real Player to view. | Download | webcast |
| 2007 | Warren Washington Symposium on Climate Modeling, Prediction, and Science Policy. A Model Scientist for Global Change (Speaker: Neil Lane). Requires Real Player to view. | Download | webcast |
| 2007 | Warren Washington Symposium on Climate Modeling, Prediction, and Science Policy. Playing the Game: Making the Rules (Speaker: Shirley Malcom). Requires Real Player to view. | Download | webcast |
| 2007 | Warren Washington Symposium on Climate Modeling, Prediction, and Science Policy. Oh What a Lovely Climate Change: A Quick Look at Environmental Injustices (Speaker: Mickey Glantz). Requires Real Player to view. | Download | webcast |
| 2007 | Warren Washington Symposium on Climate Modeling, Prediction, and Science Policy. Panel on the Policy Implications of Climate Change (Speakers: Mickey Glantz, Warren Washington, Neil Lane, Shirley Malcom, John H. Schneider). Requires Real Player to view. | Download | webcast |
| 2007 | Warren Washington Symposium on Climate Modeling, Prediction, and Science Policy. Closing Remarks (Speakers: Warren Washington. Requires Real Player to view. | Download | webcast |
 | 2010 | Warren receives the National Medal of Science | Download | webcast |
Publications (Published and Refereed)
Below are the 5 most recent publication(s) for the timeframe 2000 to 2010. Would you like to see the full results?
Washington, W. M., R. Knutti, G. A. Meehl, H. Teng, C. Tebaldi, D. M. Lawrence, L. E. Buja, W. Gary. Strand, 2009: How much climate change can be avoided by mitigation?. Geophys. Res. Lett., 36, doi: 10.1029/2008GL037074, L08703
Washington, W. M., J. Drake, L. E. Buja, D. Anderson, D. Bader, R. Dickinson, D. Erickson, P. R. Gent, S. Ghan, P. Jones, R. Jacob, 2009: The use of the Climate-science Computational end Station (CCES) development and grand challenge team for the next IPCC assessment: An operational plan. J. Phys.: Conf. Series, 125, 012024
Washington, W. M., L. E. Buja, A. Craig, 2008: The computational future for climate and Earth system models: On the path to petaflop and beyond. Phil. Trans. R. Soc. A, 367, doi: 10.1098/rsta.2008.0219, 833-846
Santer, B. D., C. Mears, F. J. Wentz, K. E. Taylor, P. J. Gleckler, T. M. L. Wigley, T. P. Barnett, J. S. Boyle, W. Brueggemann, N. P. Gillett, S. A. Klein, G. A. Meehl, T. Nozawa, D. W. Pierce, P. A. Stott, W. M. Washington, M. F. Wehner, 2007: Identification of human-induced changes in atmospheric moisture content. Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci., 104, doi: 10.1073/pnas.0702872104, 15248-15253
Teng, H., W. M. Washington, G. A. Meehl, 2007: Interannual variations and future change of wintertime extratropical cyclone activity over North America in CCSM3. Clim. Dyn., 10.1007/s00382-007-0314-1