Steven C. Wofsy is an American atmospheric and hydrospheric scientist, currently Abbott Lawrence Rotch Professor of Atmospheric and Environmental Science at

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and an Elected Fellow of the

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. He was elected to the

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in 2011 and was awarded the Roger Revelle Medal in 2012. Wofsy is one of the foremost global experts in measuring atmospheric gas concentrations, including

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concentrations, with spaceborne sensors. Along with

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chief scientist Steven Hamburg, he was a co-initiator of the MethaneSAT initiative.https://www.volts.wtf/p/whats-the-deal-with-these-methane

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Wofsy's lab page
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