Person
Pearman, Graeme Ivan (1941 - )
FAA AM
- Born
- 15 May 1941
Perth, Western Australia, Australia - Occupation
- Climate scientist and Environmental scientist
Summary
Graeme Pearman is a climate and environmental scientist whose research has been mostly in the field of atmospheric composition and in particular the global carbon cycle. He has pioneered research in areas such as the application of global transport modelling, the use of stable carbon isotopes, the extraction of fossil air from Antarctic ice cores, the extraction of carbon from tree-rings and the use of very high precision measurements of oxygen. Pearman played a central role in the design and establishment of the Cape Grim Baseline Air Pollution Station in Tasmania, which started operations in 1976. He has made significant contributions to the international debate on climate science.
Pearman was the convenor of the GREENHOUSE 87 conference in Melbourne and co-convenor of GREENHOUSE 94 in Wellington, New Zealand. He edited the CSIRO book, Greenhouse: Planning for Climate Change (1988). From 1992 to 2002 He was Chief of the CSIRO Division of Atmospheric Research.
Details
In 1988 Pearman was awarded the CSIRO Medal for Research Achievement for his work in global atmospheric chemistry and the Greenhouse Effect.
Chronology
- 1963
- Education - BSc (hons), University of Western Australia
- 1963 - 1965
- Career position - Graduate Assistant, University of Western Australia
- 1966 - 1968
- Career position - Senior Demonstrator, University of Western Australia
- 1968
- Education - Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), University of Western Australia
- 1969
- Career position - Lecturer, University of Western Australia
- 1970
- Award - CSIRO Postdoctoral Studentship, Soil Physics Department, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, U.S.A.
- 1971
- Career position - Research scientist, CSIRO Division of Meteorological Physics
- 1971 - 1974
- Career position - Research scientist, CSIRO Division of Atmospheric Physics
- 1974 - 1983
- Career position - Principal Research Scientist, CSIRO Division of Atmospheric Physics
- 1977 - 1983
- Career position - Section Leader, Atmospheric Constituents Program, CSIRO Division of Atmospheric Physics
- 1978 - 1979
- Career position - Visiting Fellow, Cooperative Institute for Research on Environmental Sciences, University of Colorado, Boulder, Coorado, U.S.A.
- 1983
- Award - Editor's Citation for Excellence in Refereeing, Journal of geophysical research
- 1983 - 1989
- Career position - Senior Principal Research Scientist, CSIRO Division of Atmospheric Physics
- 1988
- Award - CSIRO Medal for Research Achievement
- 1989 -
- Award - Fellow, Australian Academy of Science
- 1989
- Award - United Nations' Environment Program Global 500 Award
- 1989 - 1992
- Career position - Assistant Chief, CSIRO Division of Atmospheric Research
- 1992 - 2002
- Career position - Chief, CSIRO Division of Atmospheric Research
- 1993 - 1997
- Career position - Member fo the Board, CRC for Southern Hemisphere Meteorology
- 1993 - 1998
- Career position - Member, General Committee, International Council of Scientific Unions (ICSU)
- 1994 - 1996
- Career position - President, Australian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society
- 1995 - 1996
- Career position - Acting Director, CSIRO Institute of Natural Resourcesd and Environment
- 1997 -
- Award - Fellow, Royal Soceity of Victoria
- 1998 - 2004
- Career position - Chairman, National Committee for Sustainability, Australian Academy of Science
- 1999
- Award - Member of the Order of Australia (AM) for service to science,particularly in the field of atmospheric research, and to the community through promoting education on climate change issues
- 2000 - 2002
- Career position - Director of the Board, CRC for Greenhouse Accounting
- 2000 - 2002
- Career position - Member of Council, Australian Academy of Science
- 2001
- Award - Centenary Medal for service to Australian society and science in atmospheric research
- 2002 - 2003
- Career position - Director, CSIRO CLIMATE
- 2004
- Career event - Retired from CSIRO
- 2004
- Career position - CSIRO Fellow
- 2005 -
- Award - Fellow, Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering
Related entries
Published resources
Journal Articles
- Pearman, Graeme I.; Fraser, Paul J.; and Garratt, John R., 'CSIRO high-precision measurement of atmospheric CO2 concentration in Australia, part 2: Cape Grim, surface CO2 measurements and carbon cycle modelling', Historical Records of Australian Science, 28 (2) (2017), 126-39. https://doi.org/10.1071/HR17015. Details
- Pearman, Graeme I.; Garratt, John R.; and Fraser, Paul J., 'CSIRO high-precision measurement of atmospheric CO2 concentration in Australia, part 1: initial motivation, techniques and aircraft sampling', Historical Records of Australian Science, 28 (2) (2017), 111-25. https://doi.org/10.1071/HR17014. Details
Resources
- 'Pearman, G I (1941-)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-620512. Details
Resource Sections
- Ward, C., 'Graeme Ivan Pearman', in CSIROpedia, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), 2011, https://csiropedia.csiro.au/Pearman-Graeme-Ivan. Details
See also
- Ward, Colin, 'CSIRO Entrepreneurship Award', in CSIROpedia, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), 2013, https://csiropedia.csiro.au/csiro-entrepreneurship-award/. Details
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Created: 25 May 2001, Last modified: 16 April 2024