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John Kennedy

John Kennedy

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Environmental Sciences

D-Index
50
Citations
16477
World Ranking
4858
National Ranking
369

Overview

John Kennedy is a researcher affiliated with the Met Office in the United Kingdom, with a significant focus on environmental and earth sciences. Their work spans key areas in climate variability, atmospheric processes, and oceanographic studies, reflecting an interdisciplinary approach within environmental science and earth and planetary sciences.

The scientist's research emphasizes various topics, including:

  • Climate variability and models
  • Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics
  • Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations
  • Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes
  • Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics
  • Adsorption and biosorption for pollutant removal
  • Nanomaterials for catalytic reactions

Main fields of study for John Kennedy cover:

  • Environmental Science
  • Earth and Planetary Sciences

Subfields where they have contributed include:

  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Atmospheric Science
  • Oceanography
  • Water Science and Technology
  • Organic Chemistry

John Kennedy has collaborated extensively with several frequent co-authors, including:

  • Colin Morice
  • Rachel Killick
  • Robert Dunn
  • Lijing Cheng
  • Nick A Rayner

Their work is published frequently in the following scientific venues:

  • Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
  • Earth system science data
  • International Journal of Biological Macromolecules
  • Weather
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)

Recent publications by John Kennedy include:

  • "An Updated Assessment of Near-Surface Temperature Change From 1850: The HadCRUT5 Data Set" (2020) in Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres
  • "Indicators of Global Climate Change 2022: annual update of large-scale indicators of the state of the climate system and human influence" (2023) in Earth system science data
  • "An Evaluation of the Performance of the Twentieth Century Reanalysis Version 3" (2020) in Journal of Climate
  • "Indicators of Global Climate Change 2023: annual update of key indicators of the state of the climate system and human influence" (2024) in Earth system science data
  • "State of the UK Climate 2021" (2022) in International Journal of Climatology

Best Publications

  • Uncertainty estimates in regional and global observed temperature changes: A new data set from 1850

    Philip Brohan;John J. Kennedy;Ian Harris;Simon F. B. Tett

  • Biosphere-atmosphere transfer scheme(BATS) version 1e as coupled to the NCAR community climate model

    E. Dickinson;A. Henderson-Sellers;J. Kennedy

  • Quantifying uncertainties in global and regional temperature change using an ensemble of observational estimates: The HadCRUT4 data set

    Colin P. Morice;John J. Kennedy;Nick A. Rayner;Phil D. Jones;Phil D. Jones

  • Biosphere-atmosphere Transfer Scheme (BATS) for the NCAR Community Climate Model

    E. Dickinson;A. Henderson-Sellers;J. Kennedy;F. Wilson

  • Improved analyses of changes and uncertainties in sea surface temperature measured in Situ since the mid-nineteenth century: The HadSST2 dataset

    Nick A. Rayner;P. Brohan;D. E. Parker;C. K. Folland

  • Towards a more reliable historical reanalysis: improvements for version 3 of the Twentieth Century Reanalysis system

    Laura C. Slivinski;Laura C. Slivinski;Gilbert P. Compo;Gilbert P. Compo;Jeffrey S. Whitaker;Prashant D. Sardeshmukh;Prashant D. Sardeshmukh

  • An Updated Assessment of Near-Surface Temperature Change From 1850: The HadCRUT5 Data Set

    Colin P. Morice;John J. Kennedy;Nick A. Rayner;J. P. Winn

  • A Tripole Index for the Interdecadal Pacific Oscillation

    Benjamin J. Henley;Joelle Gergis;David J. Karoly;Scott Power

  • Ch. 2: Our Changing Climate. Climate Change Impacts in the United States: The Third National Climate Assessment

    J. Walsh;D. Wuebbles;K. Hayhoe;J. Kossin

  • Reassessing biases and other uncertainties in sea surface temperature observations measured in situ since 1850: 2. Biases and homogenization

    J. J. Kennedy;N. A. Rayner;R. O. Smith;D. E. Parker

  • Reassessing biases and other uncertainties in sea surface temperature observations measured in situ since 1850: 1. Measurement and sampling uncertainties

    J. J. Kennedy;N. A. Rayner;R. O. Smith;D. E. Parker

  • A large discontinuity in the mid-twentieth century in observed global-mean surface temperature

    David W. J. Thompson;John J. Kennedy;John M. Wallace;Phil D. Jones

  • STATE OF THE CLIMATE IN 2017

    R. Abernethy;Steven A. Ackerman;R. Adler;Adelina Albanil Encarnación

  • State of the Climate in 2014

    Arlene P. Aaron-Morrison;Steven A. Ackerman;Nicolaus G. Adams;Robert F. Adler

  • Indicators of Global Climate Change 2022: annual update of large-scale indicators of the state of the climate system and human influence

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  • El Nino and a record CO2 rise

    Richard A. Betts;Richard A. Betts;Chris D. Jones;Jeff R. Knight;Ralph F. Keeling

  • An Ensemble Data Set of Sea Surface Temperature Change From 1850: The Met Office Hadley Centre HadSST.4.0.0.0 Data Set

    J. J. Kennedy;N. A. Rayner;C. P. Atkinson;R. E. Killick

  • Application of a chitosan flocculant to water treatment

    Defang Zeng;Juanjuan Wu;John F. Kennedy

  • An Evaluation of the Performance of the Twentieth Century Reanalysis Version 3

    L. C. Slivinski;L. C. Slivinski;G. P. Compo;G. P. Compo;P. D. Sardeshmukh;P. D. Sardeshmukh;J. S. Whitaker

  • River‐Bend Bank Protection by Submerged Vanes

    A. Jacob Odgaard;John F. Kennedy

  • A review of uncertainty in in situ measurements and data sets of sea surface temperature

    John J. Kennedy

  • Indicators of Global Climate Change 2023: annual update of key indicators of the state of the climate system and human influence

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  • State of the Climate in 2018

    M. Ades;R. Adler;Laura S. Aldeco;G. Alejandra

  • Identifying Signatures of Natural Climate Variability in Time Series of Global-Mean Surface Temperature: Methodology and Insights

    David W. J. Thompson;John M. Wallace;Phil D. Jones;John J. Kennedy

  • State of the Climate in 2016

    Arlene P. Aaron-Morrison;Steven A. Ackerman;Nicolaus G. Adams;Robert F. Adler

  • An abrupt drop in Northern Hemisphere sea surface temperature around 1970

    David W. J. Thompson;John M. Wallace;John J. Kennedy;Phil D. Jones

  • [Regional Climates] Central South America 2016

    J. A. Marengo;Jhan Carlo Espinoza;L. M. Alves;J. Ronchail

Frequent Co-Authors

David Parker
David Parker Met Office
Nick Rayner
Nick Rayner Met Office
Philip Jones
Philip Jones University of East Anglia
Rob Allan
Rob Allan Met Office
Elizabeth C. Kent
Elizabeth C. Kent National Oceanography Centre
Johannes W. Kaiser
Johannes W. Kaiser German Meteorological Service
Russell S. Vose
Russell S. Vose National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Christopher J. Merchant
Christopher J. Merchant University of Reading
Marco Tedesco
Marco Tedesco Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
Catia M. Domingues
Catia M. Domingues National Oceanography Centre

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