Richard Lindzen

Physicist, Academic

1940 –

26

Who is Richard Lindzen?

Richard Siegmund Lindzen is an American atmospheric physicist, known for his work in the dynamics of the middle atmosphere, atmospheric tides and ozone photochemistry. He has published more than 200 scientific papers and books. From 1983 until he retired in 2013, he was Alfred P. Sloan Professor of Meteorology at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He was a lead author of Chapter 7, 'Physical Climate Processes and Feedbacks,' of the IPCC Third Assessment Report on climate change. He has criticized the scientific consensus about climate change and what he has called "climate alarmism".

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Born
Feb 8, 1940
Webster
Also known as
  • Richard Siegmund Lindzen
  • Professor Richard Lindzen
  • Prof. Richard Lindzen
  • Dr. Richard Lindzen
  • Prof Richard Lindzen
Nationality
  • United States of America
Profession
Education
  • Harvard University
Employment
  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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