The Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Science (AOSC) has announced the appointment of Lars Peter Riishojgaard as a Full Professor. Riishojgaard has been the Director of the Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center (ESSIC) and Executive Director of the Cooperative Institute for Satellite Earth System Studies (CISESS) for almost a year, and has chosen AOSC as his tenure home.
Riishojgaard is a data assimilation scientist with notable expertise in advanced data assimilation methods that seek to increase and improve the use of satellite data in NWP-related applications. He led the development of the Physical-space Statistical Analysis System (PSAS) at the core of NASA/GSFC’s Data Assimilation Office’s efforts. In the US, Lars Peter last headed the multi-agency Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation in Boulder. Riishojgaard also has exceptional expertise in the climate policy area, honed through decades of governance and leadership of weather and climate organizations in Europe and the UN, especially WMO, where his last appointment was Director of the Global Greenhouse Gas Watch at the WMO Secretariat.
Riishojgaard is eager to engage with the AOSC academic and research community. He is scheduled to teach the undergraduate course, AOSC 365: Climate Change – Cutting through the Noise, and is actively seeking to recruit graduate students for his research endeavors.
By Sumant Nigam
