KNMI homepage 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 -
• EURO4M (EU-FP7 project) European reanalysis and observations for monitoring
• ENSEMBLES (EU-FP6 project) Ensembles-based Predictions of Climate Changes and their Impacts
  
• ECA&D (EUMETNET project) European Climate Assessment & Dataset
• Climate scenarios for the Netherlands (KNMI project)
  


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 Met Office Hadley Centre Science Review Group
• Member of the Scientific Advisory Board for the Swiss Centre for Climate Systems Modeling (C2SM)

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., E. Manzini, P. Braconnot, F. Doblas-Reyes, T.A. Buishand and A. Morse: Evaluation of the ENSEMBLES Prediction System. In: Van der Linden, P., and J.F.B. Mitchell (eds.), 2009: ENSEMBLES: Climate Change and its Impacts: Summary of research and results from the ENSEMBLES project, Met Office Hadley Centre, FitzRoy Road, Exeter EX1 3PB, UK. 95-106. full text
• 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: Climate of the Netherlands significantly changes, Supplements to the KNMI'06 scenarios. The Weather Magazine ("Weer"), 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

2006 -
• International Journal of Climatology Award for 2005, Royal Meteorological Society, UK

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: 6 January 2010