Michael Ghil | |
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| Born | June 10, 1944 |
| Nationality | American, Israeli |
| Alma mater | Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences |
| Known for | Boolean Delay Equations, Climate Dynamics, Data Assimilation, El Niño-Southern Oscillation, Singular Spectrum Analysis |
| Awards | APS Fellow (2022) A. Wegener Medal (2012) L. F. Richardson Medal (2004) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Climate Science |
| Institutions | UCLA, École normale supérieure |
| Thesis | (1975) |
| Doctoral advisor | Peter Lax |
| Notable students | Hervé Le Treut |
Michael Ghil (born 10 June 1944 in Budapest, Hungary)[1] is an American and European mathematician and physicist, focusing on the climate sciences and their interdisciplinary aspects. He is a founder of theoretical climate dynamics, as well as of advanced data assimilation methodology.[1] He has systematically applied dynamical systems theory to planetary-scale flows, both atmospheric and oceanic. Ghil has used these methods to proceed from simple flows with high temporal regularity and spatial symmetry to the observed flows, with their complex behavior in space and time. His studies of climate variability on many time scales have used a full hierarchy of models, from the simplest ‘toy’ models all the way to atmospheric, oceanic and coupled general circulation models.[2] Recently, Ghil has also worked on modeling and data analysis in population dynamics, macroeconomics, and the climate–economy–biosphere system.
He is currently a Distinguished Research Professor at the University of California, Los Angeles and a Distinguished Professor Emeritus at the École Normale Supérieure, Paris.[3]
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