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Timothy Osborn

Timothy John Osborn is a climatologist and Professor of Climate Science at the University of East Anglia. In January 2017 he replaced Phil Jones as the Research Director of the Climatic Research Unit.

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Timothy Osborn
Osborn in 2016
Alma materUniversity of East Anglia
Known forDirector, Climatic Research Unit at the University of East Anglia1
AwardsHugh Robert Mill Prize (2002)
Scientific career
FieldsClimatology
InstitutionsUniversity of East Anglia
ThesisInternally-generated variability in some ocean models on decadal to millennial timescales (1995)
Tom Wigley1
WebsiteProfessor Timothy Osborn

Timothy John Osborn is a climatologist and Professor of Climate Science at the University of East Anglia.2 In January 2017 he replaced Phil Jones as the Research Director of the Climatic Research Unit.1

Osborn graduated with a first-class degree in Geophysical Sciences from the University of East Anglia in 1990, and a PhD from the School of Environmental Sciences in 1995. He was awarded the Hugh Robert Mill Prize by the Royal Meteorological Society in 2002.3 He was a Lead Author of the IPCC Fifth Assessment Report4 and a Review Editor of the Sixth Assessment Report.5

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  1. "Tim Osborn to take over leadership of CRU" (Press release). University of East Anglia. 2016-12-21. Retrieved 2016-12-23.
  2. "Professor Timothy Osborn". University of East Anglia. Retrieved 30 September 2014.
  3. "Hugh Robert Mill Prize". Royal Meteorological Society. Retrieved 30 September 2014.
  4. "WORKING GROUP I - Chapter 5". Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Retrieved 30 September 2014.
  5. "IPCC Authors (beta)". apps.ipcc.ch. Retrieved 2021-08-08.