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Albert Klein Tank

Name - Dr. A.M.G. Klein Tank
Affiliation - Royal Netherlands
Meteorological Institute (KNMI)
Department - Climate Research and
Seismology
Division - Climate
Services Division
Location - De Bilt, the
Netherlands
Phone - +31 (0)30 2206 872
Fax - +31 (0)30 2210 407
Email - Albert
Klein Tank
Current
activities
Research
projects -
Memberships -
- Lead author IPCC WGI Fourth Assessment Report (AR4)
- Co-chair of the CCL/CLIVAR/JCOMM Expert
Team on Climate Change Detection and Indices
- Co-ordinator of EURO4M (EU-FP7 project)
- Member of the ENSEMBLES (EU-FP6 project) management
board; Leader Research Theme 5: Evaluation
- Member of the GEO
Science and Technology Committee
Recent
publications
Peer-reviewed journals -
- Besselaar, E.J.M. van den, A.M.G. Klein Tank and G. van der Schrier, 2009. Influence of circulation types on temperature extremes in Europe. Theor. Appl. Climatol. doi:10.1007/s00704-009-0153-6. full text
- archive
Other -
- Klein Tank, A.M.G., F.W. Zwiers and X. Zhang, 2009. Guidelines on Analysis of extremes in a changing climate in support of informed decisions for adaptation. WMO-TD No. 1500, 56 pp.full
text
- Zwiers, F., A. Klein Tank, H. Cattle and members of the ETCCDI, 2009. CLIVAR/CCl/JCOMM Expert Team on Climate Change Detection and Indices activity, CLIVAR Exchanges, Vol. 14, No. 2 and 3, 30-31. full
text
- Klein Tank, Albert, Geert Lenderink, Bernadet Overbeek and Janette Bessembinder, 2009. Klimaat Nederland verandert sterk, Aanvullingen op de KNMI'06 scenario's. Weermagazine no. 5, 20-23 (in Dutch).
- Klein Tank, Albert, 2009. IPCC report, KNMI scenarios and the Delta Committee. Meteorologica no. 2, 7-8 (in Dutch).
- archive
Awards
Background
Education -
- 2004: PhD Utrecht University
- 1983-1989: Physical Geography, Utrecht University
- 1977-1983: Marianum VWO School, Groenlo
Work experience -
- 2006-now: Scientist, KNMI, De Bilt
- 2004-2006: Head
Climate Analysis Division, KNMI, De Bilt
- 2002-2004: Scientific coordinator WMO, Geneva, Switzerland
- 1995-2004: Climatologist, KNMI, De Bilt
- 1991-1995: Scientist, NRP project Climate Scenarios, KNMI, De
Bilt
- 1990-1991: Staff member Advisory Council for Research on
Spatial Planning, Nature and the Environment (RMNO), Rijswijk
- 1989-1990: Research-assistent Utrecht University
- 1989: Trainee Battelle Pacific Northwest Labs, Richland,
Washington, USA
- 1986-1988: Student-assistent Physical Geography, Utrecht
University
Last
update: 8 October 2009