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Philip D. Jones (born 1952) is a climatologist at the University of East Anglia, notable for maintaining the time series of the instrumental temperature record;[1] this work figured prominently in the IPCC TAR SPM.[2] He was director of the Climatic Research Unit[3] and a Professor in the School of Environmental Sciences at the University of East Anglia in Norwich. He holds a BA in Environmental Sciences from the University of Lancaster, and an MSc and PhD from the University of Newcastle upon Tyne. His PhD was titled "A spatially distributed catchment model for flood forecasting and river regulation with particular reference to the River Tyne". His research interests are instrumental climate change, palaeoclimatology, detection of climate change and the extension of riverflow records in the UK. He was a contributing author to the IPCC TAR chapter 12 Detection of Climate Change and Attribution of Causes. Together with Michael E. Mann he has published on the temperature record of the past 1000 years.

On November 21, 2009, the Associated Press[4] confirmed reports of a computer breach at the Climatic Research Unit in which documents and e-mails, including at least one written by Jones,[5] were stolen and posted to the Internet. Jones said in a statement[6] that "[t]he word 'trick' was used here colloquially as in a clever thing to do. It is ludicrous to suggest that it refers to anything untoward." He did not address his use of the phrase "to hide the decline." [4][7][8]

On 1 December the UEA announced that Jones would temporarily stand aside as director until the completion of an independent Review resulting from allegations of inappropriate scientific conduct following the hacking and publication of emails from the Unit.[3]

Awards

  • Hans Oeschger Medal from the European Geophysical Society in 2002[9] "for his remarkable contribution and sustained effort in reconstructing the climate of the last 250 years at the global and regional scales"
  • International Journal of Climatology prize of the Royal Meteorological Society for papers published in the last five years in 2001[10]
  • Outstanding Scientific Paper Award by the Environmental Research Laboratories / NOAA for being a coauthor on the paper "A search for Human Influences on the Thermal Structure of the Atmosphere," by Ben Santer et al. in Nature, 382, 39-46 (1996)

Publications

  • Jones, P. D.; Mann, M. E. (2004), "Climate over past millennia" (PDF), Reviews of Geophysics, 42 (RG2002): 42, doi:10.1029/2003RG000143, retrieved 2007-04-18
  • Mann, Michael E.; Jones, Philip D. (2003), "Global Surface Temperatures over the Past Two Millennia" (PDF), Geophysical Research Letters, 30 (15): CLM 5–1~5–4, doi:10.1029/2003GL017814, retrieved 2007-04-18
  • Jones, P. D.; Moberg, A. (2003), "Hemispheric and Large-Scale Surface Air Temperature Variations: An Extensive Revision and an Update to 2001" (PDF), Journal of Climate, 16 (2): 206–223, doi:10.1175/1520-0442(2003)016<0206:HALSSA>2.0.CO;2, retrieved 2007-04-18
  • Jones, P. D.; Osborn, T.J. (2003), "Estimating Sampling Errors in Large-Scale Temperature Averages" (PDF), Journal of Climate, 10 (10): 2548–2568, doi:10.1175/1520-0442(1997)010<2548:ESEILS>2.0.CO;2, retrieved 2007-04-18 {{citation}}: |first3= missing |last3= (help); |first4= missing |last4= (help)

Notes

  1. ^ Jones, Phil. "Temperature". Climatic Research Unit. Retrieved 23 November 2009. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)
  2. ^ "Climate Change 2001: Working Group I: The Scientific Basis". UNEP/GRID-Arendal. Retrieved 23 November 2009.
  3. ^ a b "Professor Phil Jones has today announced that he will stand aside as Director of the Climatic Research Unit until the completion of an independent review resulting from allegations following the incident" (Press release). Climatic Research Unit at University of East Anglia. Dec 1, 2009. Retrieved 2009-12-01.
  4. ^ a b "Hackers leak climate change e-mails from key research unit, stoke debate on global warming". Associated Press. 2009-11-21. Retrieved 2009-11-24. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
  5. ^ "Climatic Research Unit update". University of East Anglia. 2009-11. Retrieved 2009-11-23. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  6. ^ "Comment from Professor Phil Jones, Director of the Climatic Research Unit:". University of East Anglia.
  7. ^ Stringer, David. "Scientist: Leak of climate e-mails appalling". Associated Press. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
  8. ^ "Hackers skewed climate-change emails: scientists". CBC News. Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. 26 November 2009. Retrieved 3 December 2009.
  9. ^ "EGS Hans Oeschger Medallist - 2002". European Geosciences Union. Retrieved 23 November 2009.
  10. ^ "Nomination Form for Awards/Prizes of The Royal Meteorological Society". The Royal Meteorological Society. Retrieved 23 November 2009.
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