Wigley, Tom M.L.

Lead Author: Cutler J. Cleveland (other articles)
Article Topic: Climate change
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Last Updated: August 24, 2008
Tom M. L. Wigley.
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Tom M. L. Wigley.

Tom M. L. Wigley (1940-) is an Australian mathematical physicist and climatologist who made many important contributions to climate and carbon-cycle modeling and to climate data analysis. He made important contributions to a diverse collection of topics in climatology including data analysis; climate impacts on agriculture and water resources; paleoclimatology; and modeling of climate, sea level, and the carbon cycle. He was a lead scientist in most major scientific reviews of climate change science, including the studies by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).

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Cleveland, Cutler (Lead Author); Peter Saundry (Topic Editor). 2008. "Wigley, Tom M.L.." In: Encyclopedia of Earth. Eds. Cutler J. Cleveland (Washington, D.C.: Environmental Information Coalition, National Council for Science and the Environment). [First published in the Encyclopedia of Earth November 14, 2006; Last revised August 24, 2008; Retrieved November 7, 2009]. <http://www.eoearth.org/article/Wigley,_Tom_M.L.>
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