Prof. Andrew John Weaver
Fellow
Current Employer
University of Victoria
Election Year
2001
Academy
Academy of Science
Discipline
Atmospheric Sciences
Department
School of Earth and Ocean Sciences
Keywords
Climate modelling, climate dynamics, paleoclimate, physical oceanography, atmospheric science, climate policy
Andrew Weaver is a world leader in the science of climate dynamics and an authority on computer modelling of past, present and future climate systems. Using coupled models of the Earth's climate system, he has explored the mechanisms that control modern climate and those that controlled climate variability in the geological past. He is an extremely effective spokesperson on global change issues.