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Professor Bretherton received his doctorate in Mathematics in 1984 from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. In 1985, he joined the University of Washington's Department of Applied Mathematics and in 1988, he was jointly appointed in the Department of Atmospheric Sciences. His research primarily focuses on cloud formation turbulence and improving simulated global climate and weather forecast models. He has participated in various field experiments and observational analyses, including three-dimensional modeling of fluid flow fields and cloud dynamics. Bretherton has significantly contributed to understanding how clouds respond to and feed back on climate change. His research group has developed computer code that simulates the effects of subgrid cumulus cloud formation, which is now utilized in leading climate models. He was a lead author for the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Fifth Assessment Report in 2013 and chaired the 2012 National Academy report titled National Strategy for Advancing Climate Modeling. Bretherton also served as the director of the University of Washington's Program on Climate Change. He received the Jule G. Charney Award in 2012, which is one of the highest career honors from the American Meteorological Society, and he is a fellow of both the American Meteorological Society and the American Geophysical Union.
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