«Canadian
climatology PhD» «Dr Timothy Ball» Lubos, and Foxnews.
Now — in the spirit of scientific inquiry — try this string into Google: «
climatology PhD» «Dr Timothy Ball»
Ball's bio that appeared in the Calgary Herald and elsewhere contained false statements about his own background, specifically a claim to be Canada's first
climatology PhD and to have been a professor at University of Winnipeg for 28 years (in fact it was 8 years).
On April 19, 2006, the Herald published an article by Tim Ball, whom the newspaper identified as the first
climatology PhD in Canada and a climatology professor at the University of Winnipeg for 28 years.
Even further, Ball once claimed he was «one of the first
climatology PhD's in the world.»
(By the way, I had a look at the CV of the Alaskan site's staff climatologist: A 2002
climatology PhD from UMinnesota, she has yet to publish a peer - reviewed study of any kind, her dissertation was on the subject of snow fences, and her BA and MS were in meteorology.
Not exact matches
Emma Miopia
PhD, Researcher at the University of Freelandia «Ocular facial perception of micro
climatology»
David Legates,
PhD / CCM is a Professor of
Climatology at the University of Delaware and has been studying climate and its changes for 35 years.
Peter Link, BS, MS,
PhD (Geology,
Climatology), Geol / Paleoclimatology, retired, Active in Geol - paleoclimatology, Tulsa University and Industry, Evergreen, Colorado, U.S.A.
Timothy F. Ball,
PhD, environmental consultant and former
climatology professor - University of Winnipeg, Science Advisory Board member, ICSC, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
Marcel Leroux,
PhD, Professor Emeritus of
Climatology, University of Lyon, former director of Laboratory of
Climatology, Risks and Environment, France
In it, Johnson demonstrates that Tim Ball got a
PhD in geography, on a topic of historical geography and meteorology, not in
climatology as Ball claimed.
When was the first time that a
PhD in
climatology was issued?
Alex holds a
PhD in Atmospheric Science and an MSc in
Climatology from the University of British Columbia (UBC).
Ball inflates credentials Ball and organizations he is affiliated with have repeatedly made the claim that he is the «first Canadian
PhD in
climatology.»
Dr. Timothy F. Ball,
PhD, Environmental Consultant Professor of
Climatology (Ret'd) Chairman, NRSP 205 - 27 Songhees Road Victoria, British Columbia, V9A 7M6 Web: http://www.nrsp.com/
Small problem with that line of reasoning: people who are certifiably climatologists — those arguably having Masters /
PhD degrees specifically focused on
climatology / climate science — are quite few in number overall.
When I sought my
PhD essentially only two centers of
climatology existed, Reid Bryson's center in Wisconsin and Hubert Lamb's Climatic Research Unit (CRU) at East Anglia.
John Maunder,
PhD, Climatologist, former President of the Commission for
Climatology of the World Meteorological Organization (89 - 97), New Zealand
Marcel Leroux,
PhD, Professor Emeritus of
Climatology, University of Lyon, France; former director of Laboratory of
Climatology, Risks and Environment, CNRS
Muzaffer Ege Alper,
PhD, Research Scientist I am interested in the development of Bayesian methodology with applications to
climatology and other applied sciences.