Prof. J. Ray Bates

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School of Mathematics and Statistics,
University College Dublin,
Belfield,
Dublin D04 V1W8, Ireland.

Email: Ray . Bates @ ucd . ie

Academic Qualifications

  • B.Sc. (Physics, 1st class honours), University College Dublin, 1962.
  • PhD (Meteorology), Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1969 [Thesis superviser: Jule G. Charney].

Employment History

  • Adjunct Professor of Meteorology, University College Dublin, 2004-
  • Prof. of Meteorology, Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, 1995-2004.
  • Senior Scientist and Branch Head, Lab. For Atmospheres, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland, 1987-1995.
  • Irish Meteorological Service (now Met Éireann), 1963-1987. Positions held: Forecaster, Head of Research Division, Assistant Director.

Professional Associations

  • Founder member of Irish Meteorological Society (President 2004-2008)
  • Member of European Geosciences Union (President of the Atmospheric Sciences Division 2002-2003)
  • Member of the American Meteorological Society (Elected Fellow 2000)
  • Fellow of the Royal Meteorological Society
  • Member of the American Geophysical Union

Committees and Editorial Boards

  • Member of the Academic Advisory Council, Global Warming Policy Foundation, London. 2021-.
  • Member of the Climate Change and Environmental Sciences Committee, Royal Irish Academy, 2014-2022.
  • Chairman of the Climate Change Sciences Committee, Royal Irish Academy, 2009-2013.
  • Chairman of the Scientific Advisory Committee for the RIA/EPA Tyndall Conference on the Greenhouse Effect and Global Warming, Dublin Castle, Sept. 28-30, 2011.
  • Member of Panel of Experts, Office of the Chief Scientific Adviser to the Government of Ireland, 2009-2012.
  • Member of Committee of Science & Technology, Royal Dublin Society, 2006-2014.
  • Member of Advisory Board, Tellus, 1997-2004.
  • Associate Editor, Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, 1997-2000.
  • Chairman of WMO/CAS Working Group on Short and Medium Range Weather Prediction Research, 1982-90.
  • Member of Committee on Meteorological Analysis, Prediction and Research, National Research Council, Washington, DC, 1988-90.
  • Member of International Commission on Meteorology of the Upper Atmosphere, IAMAP, 1979-87.
  • Chairman of the Scientific Advisory Committee, European Centre for Medium Range Weather Forecasts, 1978-81.