Steven Ghan
Retired climate scientist, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory - Richland, Washington, USARichland, Washington, USA
I’ve not completely forsaken flying, but I’ve reduced it considerably. An analysis of my air travel for work concluded that I was flying much less than most while being one of the most productive scientists in my division. Since retiring six months ago I did fly to Spain (my wife loves foreign travel, which will be hard to give up), but have taken the train up and down the West Coast and will be taking the train to AGU and back (with my wife) this year.
Steven Ghan was a climate scientist at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory from 1990 to 2018 and PNNL Lab Fellow since 2011, following five years at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and receiving his bachelors degree in Atmospheric Sciences from the University of Washington in 1979 and his doctorate in Meteorology from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1988. He is internationally recognized for his expertise in representing aerosol particles and their affects on clouds and climate in global climate models. He has authored more than 180 publications in scientific journals, is cited in the top 1% of all earth scientists, and served as an editor of the Journal of Geophysical Research – Atmospheres from 2007 to 2016 and as Editor-in-Chief from 2012 to 2016. He has contributed to three climate change assessments by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, which in 2008 was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for the assessments. He is a Fellow of the American Geophysical Union. He leads the Tri-Cities Washington Chapter of Citizens Climate Lobby.