Jeff Kiehl
National Center for Atmospheric Research

Dr. Kiehl has been a scientist at the National Center for Atmospheric Research for the past 18 years. For the past 3 years he has been the head of the Climate Modeling Section at NCAR. This section develops the global atmospheric climate model called the NCAR Community Climate Model. Dr. Kiehl's has carried out research in the areas of the effects of ozone depletion on Earth's climate and the role of clouds in the climate system. More recently, Dr. Kiehl has investigated the role of aerosol particles in the climate system. In particular, particles that arise from the burning of fossil fuels. Presently, Dr. Kiehl is heading an effort to see how well we can simulate the climate of the 20th century, including the effects of greenhouse gases.

Dr. Kiehl is also co-director of the NSF Science&Technology Center for Clouds, Chemistry and Climate based at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography. He has served on the Climate Research Committee of the National Research Council, as Editor for the Journal of Geophysical Research and is a member of the Board of Reviewing Editors for Science Magazine. He was recently appointed to the Science Steering Committee for the U.S. Climate Variability (CLIVAR) board of the National Research Council. Dr. Kiehl received his Ph.D. in Atmospheric Science in 1981 from the State University of New York in Albany.