Hurrell becomes director at NCAR Sept. 2

BOULDER – James W. Hurrell has taken over as director of the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder, replacing Roger Wakimoto, who left NCAR earlier this year to lead the Directorate for Geosciences at the National Science Foundation.

Hurrell has been an associate director and senior scientist at NCAR. He will start the new job Sept. 2.

Hurrell, a climate scientist with expertise in computer modeling and large-scale atmospheric patterns, first came to NCAR as a visiting scientist in 1990. He is the former director of NCAR’s Climate and Global Dynamics division, and he has served as chief scientist of the Community Earth System Model, a computer model of Earth’s climate.

In 2011, Hurrell was named an NCAR associate director and director of the Earth System Laboratory, which focuses on weather, climate and atmospheric chemistry research.

Hurrell has authored more than 90 peer-reviewed journal articles and book chapters and has given nearly 150 professional invited and keynote talks. He has been involved in the World Climate Research Programme and the International Geosphere Biosphere Programme, as well as assessment activities of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and the U.S. Climate Change Science Program.

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