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John Michael Wallace
John Michael Wallace
(born October 28, 1940), is a professor of
Atmospheric Science
s at the
University of Washington
, as well as the former director of the
Joint Institute for the Study of the Atmosphere and Ocean
(JISAO)—a joint research venture between the University of Washington and the
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
(NOAA). His research concerns understanding global climate and its variations using observations and covers the
quasi biennial oscillation
,
Pacific decadal oscillation
and the annular
modes
of the
Arctic oscillation
and the
Antarctic oscillation
, and the dominant spatial patterns in month-to-month and year-to-year climate variability, including the one through which
El Niño
phenomenon in the tropical Pacific influences climate over
North America
. He is also the coauthor with
Peter V. Hobbs
of what is generally considered the standard introductory textbook in the field:
Atmospheric Science: An Introductory Survey
. He was the third most cited geoscientist during the period 1973–2007.
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