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ASPENDALE VIC 3195 AUSTRALIA
Biography
Paul Krummel joined CSIRO in 1990. His initial work at CSIRO (with colleagues) was on the development and implementation of a soil-canopy scheme into the CSIRO general circulation models (GCMs) at the time, with validation of key parameters against observations. In 1994 his focus shifted to cloud physics and boundary layer processes, in which he was heavily involved in five major aircraft measurement campaigns during the 1994-1998 period.
Since 1999, he has been a member of the CSIRO Greenhouse and Ozone Depleting Gases team, with a wide range of responsibilities. He has played, and continues to play, a significant role in science management in CSIRO as Team, Stream and now Research Group Leader, and as the manager of the CSIRO Cape Grim program. He maintains very productive and innovative teams in a time of rapid change, reduced resources and significant external stresses. His teams continue to provide outputs that are highly valued by Australian industries, national and state governments and international organizations (UNEP, WMO, IPCC) that deliver underpinning science for policy development. On an annual basis he provides Antarctic ozone “hole” alert information to Australian stakeholders and the public.
Paul is a Cape Grim Lead Scientist for the Greenhouse Gas and Ozone Depleting Substances program and is a member of the international WMO/GAW Scientific Advisory Group for Greenhouse Gases. He is the Australian Principal Investigator on the international Advanced Global Atmospheric Gases Experiment (AGAGE) and has been an AGAGE team member since 2000, with particular responsibilities for data QA/QC, inter-laboratory comparisons, and time series analysis and interpretation. His main science focus is on the analysis and research into atmospheric trace species relating to global trends, seasonal cycles, growth rates and emissions of greenhouse and ozone depleting gases. He is an author/co-author on more than 165 publications in peer-reviewed journals, books and international reviews.
Other Interests
Strong interest in scientific programming.
Editor of Baseline, 2001-2021.
Professional Areas
Current Roles
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Research Group Leader
Atmospheric Composition & Chemistry -
Cape Grim Lead Scientist
Maintain and develop world-leading long-lived atmospheric greenhouse and ozone depleting gas measurement records at this key global observatory. Use the datasets to estimate regional and global sources and sinks of these gases in support of international treaties and protocols. -
Member of the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) Scientific Advisory Group for Greenhouse Gases
Provision of advice to the WMO Secretariat for the Atmospheric Environment Research Division on greenhouse gas observations, their quality assurance, data analysis and other relevant science matters. -
Co-Principal Investigator on the international Advanced Global Atmospheric Gases Experiment (AGAGE)
Undertake world-class non-CO2 greenhouse gas measurements at Cape Grim as part of the global AGAGE network. Contribute to the scientific outputs of AGAGE related to emissions estimates of synthetic greenhouse and ozone depleting gases.
Academic Qualifications
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1999
Master of Science, Mathematics & Meteorology
Monash University -
1989
Bachelor of Applied Science, Physics & Mathematics
Queensland University of Technology
Professional Experiences
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1996-1998
Visiting Scientist - two visiting scientist appointments to the mesoscale meteorology group, 1996 and again in 1998
NCAR
Achievements and Awards
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2006-2006
Chief Executive Study Award
CSIRO -
2008-2008
UNEP/WMO Recognition Letter for contributing to the award of the Nobel Peace Prize to the IPCC in 200
UNEP/WMO -
2010-2018
Contributed to all of the biannual State of the Climate reports jointly published by CSIRO and the Bureau of Meteorology
CSIRO/BoM
Other highlights
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2011-2011
Invited Expert/Speaker for the 3rd Asian WMO-GAW Workshop on Greenhouse Gases, Seoul, South Korea
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2013-2013
Steering Committee for the Greenhouse Gas Measurement Technology (GGMT-2013) Conference
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2015-2015
Advisory Committee for GGMT-2015
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2017-2017
Advisory Committee for GGMT-2017
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2019-2019
Keynote presenter at the AMOS-ICTMO 2019 Conference in Darwin
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2019-2019
Scientific Advisory Committee for GGMT-2019
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2006-2022
Co-author or contributing author on the 2006, 2010, 2014, 2018 and 2022 WMO/UNEP Scientific Assessments of Ozone Depletion
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2021-2021
Contributing author to IPCC Sixth Assessment Report Working Group I Chapter 2
Community and Corporate Citizenship
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2008-present
Site Office and Laboratory Allocation Committee (Chair since 2016)
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2014-present
O&A CAPEX committee
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2019-present
Deputy Site Leader for the CSIRO Aspendale site
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2020-present
Member of the Aspendale COVID Situation Management Team
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2021-present
Member of the Aspendale HSE committee
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2000-present
Floor Warden
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2016-present
STEM Professionals in Schools, Aspendale Primary School
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1991-2001
Aspendale Social Club Committee (President, 2001)
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2002-2007
Equal Employment Opportunity Officer, CSIRO
Related links
- Cape Grim greenhouse gas data
- Bureau of Meteorology Cape Grim page
- International AGAGE program
- World greenhouse gas levels made unprecedented leap in 2016
- After 30 years of the Montreal Protocol, the ozone layer is gradually healing
- Southern hemisphere joins north in breaching carbon dioxide milestone
- Forty years of measuring the world’s cleanest air reveals human fingerprints on the atmosphere
- Global stocktake shows the 43 greenhouse gases driving global warming
- Emissions of methane – a greenhouse gas far more potent than carbon dioxide – are rising dangerously
- Carbon dioxide levels over Australia rose even after COVID-19 forced global emissions down. Here’s why
Publications
We have publications by Mr Paul Krummel