Berrien Moore III (November 12, 1941 – December 17, 2024) was an American mathematician and earth scientist who served as the director of the Institute for the Study of Earth, Oceans, and Space at the

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and the founding director of

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. Moore was born in

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in 1941 and earned his bachelor's degree from the

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and a

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in mathematics from the

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on 1969. In June 2010, he accepted a set of linked positions at the

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: Vice President, Weather & Climate Programs, Director,

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, and Dean
College of Atmospheric and Geographic Sciences
He held the Chesapeake Energy Corporation Chair in Climate Studies. Moore was a coordinating lead author of the final chapter of the Third Assessment Report of the

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(IPCC), an organisation that shared the

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. Among his other honors are the 2007 Dryden Lectureship in Research from the

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and

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. Moore held a Ph.D. in

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from the

. Berrien Moore III died on December 17, 2024 in Norman, Oklahoma.

Selected publications

* Cardoso, M. F., G. C. Hurtt, B. Moore, C. A. Nobre and H. Bain (2005), Field Work and Statistical Analyses for Enhanced Interpretation of Satellite Fire Data, Remote Sens. Env., 98, 212–227, . * Li, C., S. E. Frolking, X. Xiao, B. Moore, S. H. Boles, J. Qiu, Y. Huang, W. A. Salas and R. Sass (2005), Modeling Impacts of Farming Management Alternatives on CO₂, CH₄ and N₂O Emissions: A Case Study for Water Management of Rice Agriculture of China, Global Biogeochem. Cycles, 19(3), . * Moore, B (2002), Challenges of a Changing Earth. In: Steffen W, Jäger J, Carson D and Bradshaw C(eds) Challenges of a Changing Earth. Proceedings of the Global Change Open Science Conference, Amsterdam, NL, 10–13 July 2001. Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg New York Tokyo. * Xiao, X., B. Moore, X. Qin, Z. Shen and S. H. Boles (2002), Large-scale observation of alpine snow and ice cover in Asia: using multi-temporal VEGETATION sensor data, Int. J. Remote Sens., 23(11), 2213–2228. * Sharma, K. P., B. Moore and C. J. Vörösmarty (2000), Anthropogenic, Climatic, and Hydrologic Trends in the Kosi Basin, Himalaya,

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, 47, 141–165. * Moore, B. and B.H. Braswell (1994), The lifetime of excess atmospheric carbon dioxide. Global Biogeochemical Cycles, 8:23–38. * Moore, B. and B.H. Braswell (1994), Planetary metabolism: Understanding the carbon cycle. Ambio. A Journal of the Human Environment, 23:4–12. * Moore, B., C.J. Vörösmarty, and A.L. Schloss. 1997. Equilibrium responses of global net primary production and carbon storage to doubled atmospheric carbon dioxide: Sensitivity to changes in vegetation nitrogen concentration. Global Biogeochemical Cycles 11: 173–189 * Moore, B., B. Bolin, A. Bjorkstrom, K. Holmen, and C. Ringo (1989), Ocean carbon models and inverse methods. In D.L.T. Anderson and J. Willebrand (eds.), Oceanic Circulation Models: Combining Data and Dynamics. Kluwer Academic Publishers. * Moore, B., R. D. Boone, J. E. Hobbie, R. A. Houghton, J. M. Melillo, B. J. Peterson, G. R. Shaver, C. J. Vörösmarty and G. M. Woodwell (1981), A simple model for analysis of the role of terrestrial ecosystems in the global carbon budget, pp. 365–385. In: B. Bolin (ed.), Modeling the Global Carbon Cycle, SCOPE 16. John Wiley and Sons, New York.

References

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