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Appendix A Committee and Staff Biographies
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... Professor Alley studies past climate change by analyzing ice cores from Greenland and Antarctica. He has demonstrated that exceptionally large climate changes have occurred in as little as a single year.
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... She has documented terrestrial abrupt climate changes and then used general circulation models (GCMs) to explore the sensitivity of the models to various rapid forcings, including changes in ocean temperature.
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... Current projects include the development of low-order coupled climate models, investigations on climate change and biogeochemical cycles, and studies documenting CO2 variations during abrupt climate change. He was a Coordinating Lead Author of the chapter "Physical climate processes and feedbacks" in "Climate Change 2001: The Scientific Basis," a Contribution of Working Group I to the Third Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Pane!
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... Dr. Wallace is a member of the National Academy of Sciences and has chaired several National Research Council panels including the Pane!
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... Ms. Carlisle, who was formerly with the Ocean Studies Board, has worked on studies regarding marine protected areas, fisheries stock assessments, polar geophysical data sets, monitoring plans in the Gulf of Alaska, and other topics.


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