This list of climate scientists contains famous or otherwise notable persons who have contributed to the study of climate science. The list is compiled manually, so will not be complete, up to date, or comprehensive. The list includes scientists from several specialities or disciplines.
A Waleed Abdalati, American, director of Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Studies, former chief scientist of NASA Nerilie Abram (1977–), Australian paleoclimatologist, at Australian National University Ernest Afiesimama, Nigerian weatherman, former senior associate of the International Centre for Theoretical Physics Myles Allen, head of the Climate Dynamics group at University of Oxford's Atmospheric, Oceanic and Planetary Physics Department. Lead author, IPCC Third Assessment Report. Review editor, Fourth Assessment Report. Richard Alley (1957–), Penn State College of Earth and Mineral Science, American, Earth's cryosphere and global climate change. Kevin Anderson, Director of the Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research and is an adviser to the British Government on climate change. James Annan, British climatologist with Blue Skies Research, UK Julie Arblaster, Australian climatologist at The Centre for Australian Weather and Climate Research in CSIRO David Archer, American professor of oceanography at University of Chicago Svante Arrhenius (1859–1927), Swedish, greenhouse effect
B Sallie Baliunas, American, astrophysicist, solar variation Elizabeth A. Barnes, American climate scientist working on earth science statistics Eric J. Barron (1944–), American geophysicist, President of Pennsylvania State University Roger G. Barry, (1935–2018), British-American, polar climatologist, first director of the National Snow and Ice Data Center Robin Bell, American, polar geophysicist, President-elect of the American Geophysical Union Martin Beniston (1953–), Swiss climate scientist. Lennart Bengtsson (1935–), Swedish meteorologist and climate scientist André Berger, (1942–), Belgian, modeling climatic changes at the geological and at the century time scales Richard A. Betts, Head of the Climate Impacts strategic area at the Met Office Hadley Centre John W. Birks, American atmospheric chemist and co-developer of the nuclear winter theory Jacob Bjerknes (1897–1975), Norwegian-American meteorologist Vilhelm Bjerknes (1862–1951), Norwegian, forecasting, numerical models Bert Bolin (1925–2007), Swedish meteorologist, first chair of the IPCC Gerard C. Bond (1940–2005), American geologist and paleoclimate researcher Jason Box, American professor of glaciology at Ohio State University Raymond S. Bradley, American, historical temperatures, paleoclimatology, and climate variability. Keith Briffa (1952–2017), United Kingdom, dendrochronology, temperature history. Wallace Smith Broecker (1931–2019), American, Pleistocene geochronology, radiocarbon dating, and chemical oceanography Harold E. Brooks (1959–), American meteorologist, severe convective storm and tornado climatology as well as conducive atmospheric environments Keith Browning, British meteorologist; mesoscale meteorology, sparkles
C Robert Cahalan, American, climate physics, energy balance, radiative transfer, remote sensing, solar radiation Ken Caldeira, American, climate engineering, ocean acidification, atmospheric chemistry Guy Stewart Callendar (February 1898-October 1964), English steam engineer and inventor who proposed what eventually became known as the Callendar effect, the theory that linked rising carbon dioxide concentrations in the atmosphere to global temperature Mark Cane, American, modeling and prediction of the El Niño-Southern Oscillation Anny Cazenave, French oceanographer specializing in satellite altimetry Robert D. Cess (1933–2022), American atmospheric scientist, Professor at Stony Brook University, specializing in Earth's radiation budget. Jule G. Charney (1917–1981), American meteorologist, pioneer in numerical weather modeling John Christy, director of the Earth System Science Center at The University of Alabama in Huntsville. Best known (with Roy Spencer) for developing the first version of the satellite temperature record. John A. Church (1951–), Australian oceanographer, chair of the World Climate Research Programme Ralph J. Cicerone (1943–2016), American atmospheric chemist, President of U.S. National Academy of Sciences Danielle Claar, American marine scientist studying effect of climate on coral symbionts and parasites Allison Crimmins, American, head of the National Climate Assessment Harmon Craig (1926–2003), pioneering American geochemist Paul J. Crutzen (1933–2021), Dutch, stratospheric and tropospheric chemistry, and their role in the biogeochemical cycles and climate Heidi Cullen, American meteorologist, chief scientist for Climate Central Balfour Currie OC (1902–1981), Canadian climatologist at University of Saskatchewan Judith Curry American climatologist and former chair of the School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences at the Georgia Institute of Technology
D Willi Dansgaard (1922–2011), Danish climatologist Scott Denning, American atmospheric scientist and professor at Colorado State University Andrew Dessler, American atmospheric scientist and professor at Texas A&M University P. C. S. Devara, Indian climatologist and professor at Amity University, Gurgaon Robert E. Dickinson, American climatologist, professor at University of Texas at Austin Mark Dyurgerov (died 2009), Russian-American glaciologist
E Sylvia Earle (1935–), American marine biologist Don Easterbrook (1935–), American, professor emeritus of Geology at Western Washington University Tamsin Edwards, British climate scientist at King's College London Arnt Eliassen, dynamic meteorologist Kerry Emanuel (1955–), American, atmospheric dynamics specializing in hurricanes Matthew England (1966–), Australian, physical oceanographer and climate dynamicist Ian G. Enting, Australian mathematical physicist at University of Melbourne
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