FACTSHEET: James J. O'Brien
DETAILS
Director, Center for Ocean-Atmospheric Prediction Studies, Florida State University
Robert 0. Lawton Distinguished Professor, Meteorology & Oceanography, FSU
Science Roundtable Member, Tech Central Station
Texas A&M University, Ph.D., Meteorology, 1966
Texas A&M University, M.S., Meteorology, 1964
Rutgers University, B.S., Chemistry, 1957
Bio: http://www.coaps.fsu.edu/bios/obrien.html
1957-58 Chemist, E. I. dePont de Nemours and Company, Inc.
1958-60 Weather Officer, U.S. Air Force
1960-62 Technical Representative, E. I. dePont de Nemours and Company, Inc.
1962-65 NASA Trainee, Texas A&M University
1966-67 Advanced Study Group Fellow, National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, Colorado
1967 (summer) Visiting Lecturer in Meteorology, Florida State University
1967-68 Research Scientist, National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, Colorado
1969-72 Associate Professor of Meteorology and Oceanography, Florida State University
1969- Associate Member of the Institute of Geophysical Fluid Dynamics, present Florida State University
1969-1971 Visiting Research Scientist, National Center for Atmospheric (summers) Research, Boulder, Colorado
1972-1973 Visiting Professor, Department of Oceanography, Oregon State University
1972-74 Professor of Meteorology and Oceanography, Florida State University
1974-76 Program Director, Physical Oceanography, Office of Naval Research
1972 - Professor of Meteorology and Oceanography, Florida State present University
1985- Secretary of Navy Professor, Florida State University
1991- Distinguished Research Professor, Florida State University
1994- Director, Center for Ocean-Atmospheric Prediction Studies
1996 Adjunct Professor, University of Miami, Rosenthiel School of Atmospheric and Marine Science
1999- Robert O. Lawton Distinguished Professor Award, Florida State University
QUOTES
13 September, 2005
(Q): James Glassman: Dr. O’Brien, in the wake of Hurricane Katrina – in fact, within hours after Katrina hit – we heard a good deal of criticism, mostly from supporters of the Kyoto Protocol that the President and others had not done enough to stop global warming and that this hurricane was, in some way, caused by global warming. You are an expert on hurricanes: do you think that global warming has had an affect on the intensity of hurricanes?
(A): Dr. James O’Brien: Absolutely not. All of the people who are hurricane scientists or teach about hurricanes at the graduate level that I’ve talked to agree with me.
O’Brien: With regard to people who work on hurricanes or are knowledgeable about the tropics – I don’t know of anybody who would think that global warming is causing Katrina.
Source: Capitalism Magazine (Sept 2005)
ORGANIZATIONS
Tech Central Science Foundation or Tech Central Station
Source: Tech Central Station - Science Roundtable
George C. Marshall Institute
Source: Marshall Institute Website
Fraser Institute
Source: Fraser Institute website (2007)
SOURCES
Tech Central Station - Science Roundtable
http://www.techcentralstation.com/scienceroundtable.html
Tech Central Station - Science Roundtable
http://www.techcentralstation.com/scienceroundtable.html
Marshall Institute Website
Report authored by O'Brien discusses climate change's impact on Atlantic hurricanes.
http://www.marshall.org/article.php?id=364
Marshall Institute Website
Report authored by O'Brien discusses climate change's impact on Atlantic hurricanes.
http://www.marshall.org/article.php?id=364
Fraser Institute website (2007)
http://www.fraserinstitute.ca/
Capitalism Magazine (Sept 2005)
Hurricanes and Global Warming: Interview with Dr. James J. O'Brien
by James K. Glassman (September 13, 2005)
http://www.capmag.com/article.asp?ID=4404