Jonathan M. Gregory
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| name = Jonathan Gregory
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| birth_place = Welwyn Garden City
| fields = {{hlist|climate change|Sea level change|Climate sensitivity}}
| workplaces = {{ubl|Met Office |University of Reading |Hadley Centre for Climate Prediction and Research|University of East Anglia}}
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| education = Stanborough School
| alma_mater = {{ubl|University of Oxford (BA)|University of Birmingham (PhD)}}
| thesis_title = The VA1 trigger processor and a study of jet production
| thesis_url = http://copac.jisc.ac.uk/id/45542538?style=html
| thesis_year = 1990
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| awards = BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award (2018)
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| website = {{URL |metoffice.gov.uk/research/people/jonathan-gregory}}
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Jonathan Michael Gregory {{post-nominals|FRS}} is a climate modeller working on mechanisms of global and large-scale change in climate and sea level on multidecadal and longer timescales{{Scopus id }}{{cite web|url =http://www.met.rdg.ac.uk/~jonathan|title =Jonathan Gregory NCAS|url-status =dead|archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20050407185936/http://www.met.rdg.ac.uk/~jonathan/|archive-date =2005-04-07}} at the Met Office and the University of Reading.{{Google scholar id}}
Education
Gregory was educated at Stanborough School, Welwyn Garden City{{citation needed|date=February 2018}} and the University of Oxford.{{cite web|url=https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/research/people/jonathan-gregory|title=Professor Jonathan Gregory|website=metoffice.gov.uk}} He completed his postgraduate study at the University of Birmingham where he was awarded a Doctor of Philosophy degree in experimental particle physics in 1990{{cite thesis|degree=PhD|publisher=University of Birmingham|url=https://findit.bham.ac.uk/44BIR_VU1:CSCOP_44BIR_DEEP:44BIR_ALEPH_DS000526680|title=The VA1 trigger processor and a study of jet production|first= Jonathan Michael|last=Gregory|date=1990|website=findit.bham.ac.uk|oclc=911147976}} for work on the UA1 experiment at CERN.{{cite web|url=http://www.met.rdg.ac.uk/~jonathan/aboutme.html|title=About me|website=met.rdg.ac.uk|year=2017|first=Jonathan|last=Gregory}}
Career and Research
Gregory is currently{{when|date=February 2018}} a senior scientist in the Climate Division of the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) National Centre for Atmospheric Science (NCAS-Climate), located in the Department of Meteorology at the University of Reading; and a research fellow in climate change at the Met Office Hadley Centre for Climate Prediction and Research.{{cite web|url =http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/research/our-scientists/understanding-climate|title =Understanding Climate Change|publisher =Met Office|url-status =dead|archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20111018083842/http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/research/our-scientists/understanding-climate|archive-date =2011-10-18}}
A 2004 study, led by Gregory and published in the journal Nature, predicted that the Greenland ice sheet is likely to be eliminated as a consequence of global warming, resulting in a rise in global sea-levels by 7.1 meters over the next 1000 years or more.{{cite web|url=https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn4864-greenland-ice-cap-doomed-to-meltdown.html |title=Greenland ice cap 'doomed to meltdown'|publisher=New Scientist|first=Fred|last=Pearce|year=2004|author-link=Fred Pearce|website=newscientist.com}} Accessed June 18, 2011
He was a co-ordinating Lead Author of the 2001 IPCC Third Assessment Report chapter 11 Changes in Sea Level,{{Cite web |url=http://www.grida.no/climate/ipcc_tar/wg1/408.htm |title=Climate Change 2001: The Scientific Basis |access-date=2005-03-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050206031628/http://www.grida.no/climate/ipcc_tar/wg1/408.htm |archive-date=2005-02-06 |url-status=dead }} and a contributing author to the sea level chapter in the IPCC Second Assessment Report".{{cite web
|year=1995
|title=IPCC Second Assessment: Climate Change 1995. A Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
|publisher=IPCC website
|author=Bolin, Bert
|author-link=Bert Bolin
|page=68
|url=http://www.ipcc.ch/pdf/climate-changes-1995/ipcc-2nd-assessment/2nd-assessment-en.pdf
|access-date=2011-08-29
|display-authors=etal
|archive-date=13 September 2018
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180913173945/http://www.ipcc.ch/pdf/climate-changes-1995/ipcc-2nd-assessment/2nd-assessment-en.pdf
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}} Gregory was also a co-Lead Author of the 2007 IPCC Fourth Assessment Report chapter 5 Observations: Oceanic Climate Change and Sea Level,[http://www.ipcc.ch/publications_and_data/ar4/wg1/en/ch5.html Chapter 5: Observations: Oceanic Climate Change and Sea Level] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170620210108/http://www.ipcc.ch/publications_and_data/ar4/wg1/en/ch5.html |date=20 June 2017 }}, IPCC Fourth Assessment Report, 2007, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Accessed June 18, 2011 and chapter 10 Global Climate Projections.[http://www.ipcc.ch/publications_and_data/ar4/wg1/en/ch10.html Chapter 10: Global Climate Projections] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160415020743/http://www.ipcc.ch/publications_and_data/ar4/wg1/en/ch10.html |date=2016-04-15 }}, IPCC Fourth Assessment Report, 2007, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Accessed July 29, 2011
=Selected publications =
Gregory's research collaborators include Tom Wigley, Phil Jones John Mitchell. His publications include:
- Coastal and global averaged sea level rise for 1950 to 2000{{cite journal|last1=White|first1=Neil J.|title=Coastal and global averaged sea level rise for 1950 to 2000|journal=Geophysical Research Letters|volume=32|issue=1|year=2005|pages=L01601|issn=0094-8276|doi=10.1029/2004GL021391|bibcode=2005GeoRL..32.1601W|s2cid=129347952 |doi-access=free}}
- On the consistent scaling of terms in the sea ice dynamics equation{{cite journal|last1=Connolley|first1=W. M.|last2=Gregory|first2=J. M.|last3=Hunke|first3=E.|last4=McLaren|first4=A. J.|title=On the Consistent Scaling of Terms in the Sea-Ice Dynamics Equation|journal=Journal of Physical Oceanography|volume=34|issue=7|year=2004|pages=1776–1780|issn=0022-3670|doi=10.1175/1520-0485(2004)034<1776:OTCSOT>2.0.CO;2|bibcode=2004JPO....34.1776C|doi-access=free}}
- Simulated and observed decadal variability in ocean heat content{{cite journal|last1=Gregory|first1=J. M.|title=Simulated and observed decadal variability in ocean heat content|journal=Geophysical Research Letters|volume=31|issue=15|year=2004|pages=L15312|issn=0094-8276|doi=10.1029/2004GL020258|bibcode=2004GeoRL..3115312G|doi-access=free}}
- Threatened loss of the Greenland ice-sheet{{cite journal|last1=Gregory|first1=Jonathan M.|last2=Huybrechts|first2=Philippe|last3=Raper|first3=Sarah C. B.|title=Threatened loss of the Greenland ice-sheet|journal=Nature|volume=428|issue=6983|year=2004|pages=616|issn=0028-0836|doi=10.1038/428616a|pmid=15071587|s2cid=4421590|url=http://epic.awi.de/10326/1/Gre2004c.pdf}}
- The role of the Atlantic freshwater balance in the hyteresis of the meridional overturning circulation{{cite journal|last1=Gregory|first1=J. M.|last2=Saenko|first2=O. A.|last3=Weaver|first3=A. J.|title=The role of the Atlantic freshwater balance in the hysteresis of the meridional overturning circulation|journal=Climate Dynamics|volume=21|issue=7–8|year=2003|pages=707–717|issn=0930-7575|doi=10.1007/s00382-003-0359-8|bibcode=2003ClDy...21..707G|s2cid=129633010}}
- An observationally based estimate of the climate sensitivity{{cite journal|last1=Gregory|first1=J. M.|last2=Stouffer|first2=R. J.|last3=Raper|first3=S. C. B.|last4=Stott|first4=P. A.|last5=Rayner|first5=N. A.|title=An Observationally Based Estimate of the Climate Sensitivity|journal=Journal of Climate|volume=15|issue=22|year=2002|pages=3117–3121|issn=0894-8755|doi=10.1175/1520-0442(2002)015<3117:AOBEOT>2.0.CO;2|bibcode=2002JCli...15.3117G|citeseerx=10.1.1.468.8654|s2cid=18325826 }}
- Church, J. A. and J. M. Gregory, 2001. Sea level change In: Encyclopedia of Ocean Sciences. J. H. Steele and K. K. Turekian eds. Academic Press, LondonEncyclopedia of Ocean Sciences {{ISBN missing}}
- Comparison of results from several AOGCMs for global and regional sea-level change 1900-2100{{cite journal|last1=Gregory|first1=J. M.|last2=Church|first2=J. A.|last3=Boer|first3=G. J.|last4=Dixon|first4=K. W.|last5=Flato|first5=G. M.|last6=Jackett|first6=D. R.|last7=Lowe|first7=J. A.|last8=O'Farrell|first8=S. P.|last9=Roeckner|first9=E.|last10=Russell|first10=G. L.|last11=Stouffer|first11=R. J.|last12=Winton|first12=M.|title=Comparison of results from several AOGCMs for global and regional sea-level change 1900-2100|journal=Climate Dynamics|volume=18|issue=3–4|year=2001|pages=225–240|issn=0930-7575|doi=10.1007/s003820100180|bibcode=2001ClDy...18..225G|s2cid=5961236}}
=Awards and honours =
In 2010 Gregory was awarded an Advanced Grant by the European Research Council (ERC) to carry out research on sea level change.[http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/research/people/jonathan-gregory Jonathan Gregory, researcher profile], Met Office. Accessed June 18, 2011[http://ncas-climate.nerc.ac.uk/news-and-publications/189?task=view Advanced ERC Fellow] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091220201105/http://ncas-climate.nerc.ac.uk/news-and-publications/189?task=view |date=2009-12-20 }}, Latest News, National Centre for Atmospheric Science, Natural Environment Research Council. Accessed June 18, 2011 In 2017 Jonathan Gregory was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS).{{cite web|url=https://royalsociety.org/people/Jonathan-gregory-13390|title=Jonathan Gregory FRS|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170523130108/https://royalsociety.org/people/jonathan-gregory-13390/|archive-date=2017-05-23|publisher=Royal Society|website=royalsociety.org|location=London|year=2017|author=Anon}} One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from the royalsociety.org website where: {{blockquote|“All text published under the heading 'Biography' on Fellow profile pages is available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.” --{{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161111170346/https://royalsociety.org/about-us/terms-conditions-policies/|title=Royal Society Terms, conditions and policies|date=2016-11-11}}}} The 2007 Nobel Peace Prize was shared by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and Al Gore for their work on climate change.[http://www.innovations-report.com/html/reports/earth_sciences/report-92886.html Scientists from the National Centre for Atmospheric Science Share in the Nobel Peace Prize], Innovations Report, October 16, 2007. Accessed June 18, 2011
He has received the 2018 BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award in the category of Climate Change, jointly with Anny Cazenave and John A. Church for their outstanding contributions, the committee states, “to detecting, understanding and projecting the response of global and regional sea level to anthropogenic climate change.”{{citation needed|date=February 2019}}
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