Dr Ian Watterson

Dr Ian Watterson joined CSIRO Atmospheric Research in 1989, following two-year postdoctoral appointments at the University of Reading, UK and the NOAA Aeronomy Lab, Colorado. During that time he worked on tropospheric planetary wave theory, the role of Antarctica on the Southern Hemispheric circulation, and dynamical influences on the Antarctic ozone hole. At CSIRO he has contributed to the development of global climate models and performed simulations of global warming due to greenhouse gases. His analyses of climate change in Australia contributed to several long-term research contracts, including ACCSP, SEACI, and the Electricity Sector Climate Information Project. He contributed to the development of the ACCESS climate model and to our collaboration with the UK Hadley Centre through his evaluations of climate models. He was a key contributor to the CSIRO climate projections for Australia of 2007 and 2015. He served as a lead author for the IPCC Fourth Assessment Report during 2004-7. He is a Fellow of the Australian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society and has been a Member of the American Meteorological Society since 1986. Ian is currently continuing his climate research as an Honorary Fellow in CSIRO Environment.