John R. Christy is a Distinguished Professor of Atmospheric Science and Director of the Earth System Science Center at the University of Alabama in Huntsville. He has served as Alabama's State Climatologist since 2000 and is best known for developing, along with Roy Spencer, a global temperature dataset from satellite microwave measurements. For this work, Christy and Spencer were awarded NASA's Medal for Exceptional Scientific Achievement in 1991 and a Special Award from the American Meteorological Society in 1996.

00:00 Introduction and Overview

00:20 Hurricane Helene and Flooding Analysis

04:02 Data-Driven Climate Insights

04:58 Fresno Temperature Trends

09:04 Urbanization and Temperature Records

10:57 U.S. Historical Climatology Network

14:13 Extreme Temperature Records

24:04 Rainfall and Atmospheric Rivers

27:53 Snowfall Measurement Techniques

28:48 Analyzing Snowfall Trends in the Western US

30:32 Mega Droughts vs. Modern Droughts

32:25 Global Atmospheric Temperatures and El Niño

36:07 Climate Models and Observations

39:56 Hydrocarbons and Climate Impact

42:03 Q&A Session

51:07 Concluding Remarks

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John’s Alabama State Climatologist site: https://www.nsstc.uah.edu/aosc/

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