Chapter 1

Introduction

 

Coordinating Lead Authors

Ulrich Cubasch

Freie Universität Berlin

Germany

Donald Wuebbles

University of Illinois

USA

Lead Authors

Deliang Chen

University of Gothenburg

Sweden

Maria Cristina Facchini

Institute of Atmospheric Sciences and Climate

Italy

David Frame

Victoria University of Wellington

New Zealand

Natalie Mahowald

Cornell University

USA

Jan-Gunnar Winther

Norwegian Polar Institute

Norway

Review Editors

Yihui Ding

China Meteorological Administration

China

Linda Mearns

National Center for Atmospheric Research

USA

Peter Wadhams

University of Cambridge

UK

Contributing Authors

  • Achim Brauer – Germany
  • Lydia Gates – Germany
  • Emily Janssen – USA
  • Frank Kaspar – Germany
  • Janina Körper – Germany
  • Valérie Masson-Delmotte – France
  • Malte Meinshausen – Australia
  • Matthew Menne – USA
  • Carolin Richter – Switzerland
  • Michael Schulz – Germany
  • Uwe Schulzweida – Germany
  • Bjorn Stevens – Germany
  • Rowan Sutton – UK
  • Kevin Trenberth – USA
  • Murat Türkes – Turkey
  • Daniel S. Ward – USA