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William D. Sellers
Born(1928-08-18)August 18, 1928
Edward Lorenz

William D. Sellers (18 August 1928 – 27 August 2014)

CO2 in the atmosphere on the Earth's climate.[3]
He published the textbook "Physical Climatology".

Biography

Sellers was born in

Edward Lorenz. In 1965 he published the book "Physical Climatology".[4] Celebrating the books's 25th anniversary, J. Graham Cogley wrote of Sellers and Russian climatologist Mikhail Budyko's work:

"These works have been tremendously influential upon the thinking of most climatologists, and have been invaluable in explaining the atmospheric engine to several generations of students. Most of the changes which we expect in our world in the near future will involve some aspect of physical climatology."[5]

As Professor Emeritus at the University of Arizona

, Sellers retired in 1997.

See also

Publications

A selection of Sellers books and Journal Publications:

  • 1965 Physical Climatology.
  • 1969 A global climatic model based on the energy balance of the Earth-atmosphere system. Journal of Applied Meteorology Vol. 8
  • 1973 A new global climatic model. Journal of Applied Meteorology Vol. 12
  • 1974 A reassessment of the effect of CO2 variations on a simple global climate model. Journal of Applied Meteorology Vol. 13
  • 1988 El Niño and its effect on precipitation in Arizona and western New Mexico. Journal of Climatology Vol. 8

References

  1. ^ "In Memoriam: Gordon Tullock and William Sellers". UA@Work. The University of Arizona. Retrieved 8 February 2016.
  2. doi:10.1175/1520-0450(1969)008<0392:AGCMBO>2.0.CO;2
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  3. doi:10.1175/1520-0450(1974)013<0831:AROTEO>2.0.CO;2
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  4. ISBN 978-0226746999
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  5. doi:10.1016/0921-8181(90)90001-S
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