Person
Raupach, Michael (1950 - 2015)
FAA FTSE
- Born
- 30 October 1950
- Died
- 10 February 2015
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia - Occupation
- Climate scientist
Summary
Michael Raupach was one of Australia's foremost climate scientists, focusing on the interactions between climate, the carbon cycle and humans. He developed the concept of a carbon budget: the amount of CO2 that is emitted and absorbed in the global ecosystem in the course of one year. His early research was concerned with the processes by which matter and energy, particularly carbon dioxide (CO2), moved through tree canopies. His work on the quantification of this CO2 was central to his later research. Raupach became a member of the scientific steering committee of Biospheric Aspects of the Hydrological Cycle core project of International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme (IGBP) which looked at turbulent fluxes near the land surface, boundary-layer budgeting and water balance at broader scales. In 2001 he helped establish the Global Carbon Project (GCP) international collaborative effort to understand and address issues of climate change. He was a contributing author to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Fourth Assessment Report (Working Group 1). After a career of over 35 years at CSIRO, Raupach became Director of the Climate Change Institute at the Australian National University in 2014.
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Chronology
- 1971
- Education - Bachelor of Science (BSc), University of Adelaide
- 1977 - 1978
- Career position - Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Meteorology, University of Edinburgh
- 1979 - ?
- Career position - Research Scientist, CSIRO Centre of Environmental Mechanics
- 1986
- Career position - Visiting Lecturer, Department of Meteorology, University of Reading, United Kingdom
- 1987
- Award - A. J. Prescott Medal, Australian Society of Soil Science
- 1991 - 1997
- Career position - Program Leader, Atmospheric and Plant Processes, CSIRO Division for Environmental Mechanics
- 1996 - 1997
- Career position - Deputy Head, CSIRO Division for Environmental Mechanics
- 1997 - 1998
- Career position - Program Leader, Environmental Processes and Resources, CSIRO Land and Water
- 1998 - 2002
- Career position - Research Scientist, CSIRO Land and Water
- 1999 - 2006
- Career position - Member, National Committee for Earth System Science, Australian Academy of Science
- 2000 - 2008
- Career position - Founding Co-Chair, Global Carbon Project
- 2002 - 2004
- Career position - Science Leader, CSIRO Earth Observations Centre
- 2002 - 2015
- Award - Fellow, Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering
- 2005 - 2013
- Career position - Research Scientist, Marine and Atmospheric Research, CSIRO
- 2009 - 2010
- Career position - Chair, Working Group on Challenges at the Intersection of Carbon, Energy and Water, reporting to Science, Engineering and Innovation Council and the Office of the Chief Scientist of Australia
- 2009 - 2015
- Award - Fellow, Australian Academy of Science (FAA)
- 2010 - 2015
- Award - Fellow, CSIRO
- 2014 - 2015
- Career position - Director, Climate Change Institute, Australian National University
- 2016
- Award (posthumous) - Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) (posthumous) for distinguished service to science in Australia and internationally as a leader and researcher into climate change and land systems, and to professional organisations
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Published resources
Journal Articles
- 'Obituaries', Australian Academy of Science Newsletter, 100 (2015), https://www.science.org.au/publications/newsletter-100/obituaries. Details
- Anon, 'Mike Raupach was a world-class researcher', ATSE focus, 189 (2015), 49, https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-3171718708. Details
- Canadell, Pep; and Jackson, Robert B., 'Obituary: Michael R. Raupach (1950 - 2015)', Eos: Transactions of the American Geophysical Union, 97 (3) (2016), 8. https://doi.org/10.1029/2015EO040845. Details
- Steffen, Will, 'Michael Raupach (1950 - 2015): builder of the global climate budget', Nature climate change, 5 (4) (2015), 296. https://doi.org/10.1038/nclimate2591. Details
Resources
- Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q19167920. Details
- VIAF - Virtual International Authority File, OCLC, https://viaf.org/viaf/28333577. Details
- 'Raupach, M R', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1305580. Details
See also
- Officer (AO) in the General Division of the Order of Australia [Queen's Birthday 2016], Governor General's Office, Canberra, 2016, https://web.archive.org.au/awa/20190510165629mp_/https:/www.gg.gov.au/sites/default/files/files/honours/qb/qb2016/nS_29ods1A/Media%20Notes%20-%20AO.pdf. Details
- Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering, Technology in Australia 1788-1988, Online edn, Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, Melbourne, 3 May 2000, http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/tia/index_r.html. Details
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Created: 25 May 2001, Last modified: 14 March 2023
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