Aiguo Dai

Aiguo Dai
Native name 戴爱国
Education Nanjing University, University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Columbia University
Scientific career
Fields Atmospheric science, climatology
Institutions University at Albany, SUNY, National Center for Atmospheric Research
Thesis Global precipitation variability and its relationship with other climate changes (1996)

Aiguo Dai (Chinese: 戴爱国) is a Chinese-American atmospheric scientist and professor in the Department of Atmospheric and Environmental Sciences at the University at Albany, SUNY.[1] Before joining the University at Albany in 2012 as an associate professor, he worked at the National Center for Atmospheric Research, which he first joined in 1999 as a project scientist.[2]

Work

An ISI highly cited researcher, Dai's areas of research include climate variability and projecting future climate change, such as changes in the global water cycle and droughts.[1][3][4] For example, he published a study in 2010 projecting that many heavily populated areas of the world (such as southern Europe and northern Africa) could see severe drought before 2100.[5] He has also published a study showing that the difference between the global warming hiatus and model predictions was largely due to the Interdecadal Pacific Oscillation.[6] He has also studied changes in drought worldwide under global warming, finding that drought has gotten worse since 1923.[7][8]

References

  1. 1 2 "Aiguo Dai". University at Albany, SUNY. Retrieved 9 June 2017.
  2. ↑ "Autobiography". Aiguo Dai Website. National Center for Atmospheric Research. Retrieved 9 June 2017.
  3. ↑ Casey, Michael (12 February 2015). "Mega-droughts to become the new normal". CBS News. Retrieved 9 June 2017.
  4. ↑ Goldenberg, Suzanne (22 April 2009). "Climate change threatens Ganges, Niger and other mighty rivers". The Guardian. Retrieved 10 June 2017.
  5. ↑ Zabarenko, Deborah (19 October 2010). "Drought could hit world's populous areas: study". Reuters. Retrieved 9 June 2017.
  6. ↑ Mooney, Chris (14 April 2015). "The Pacific Ocean has been slowing global warming down. That could be about to change". The Washington Post. Retrieved 9 June 2017.
  7. ↑ Dai, Aiguo (5 August 2012). "Increasing drought under global warming in observations and models". Nature Climate Change. 3 (1): 52–58. doi:10.1038/nclimate1633.
  8. ↑ "Cloud nein". The Economist. 1 December 2012. Retrieved 10 June 2017.


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