Richard P. Turco
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| Richard P. Turco | |
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| Born | 1943 (age 80–81) |
| Institutions | University of California, Los Angeles |
| Alma mater | Rutgers University University of Illinois |
| Doctoral students | Mark Z. Jacobson |
| Website www |
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Richard Peter "Rich" Turco (born 1943) is an American atmospheric scientist, and Professor at the Institute of the Environment, Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, University of California, Los Angeles.[1] He won an award in 1986, from MacArthur Fellows Program.
Works
- "Evolution of an impact-generated dust cloud and its effects on the atmosphere", Toon, O. B.; Pollack, J. B.; Ackerman, T. P.; Turco, R. P.; Mckay, C. P.; Liu, M. S., Geological implications of impacts of large asteroids and comets on the earth (A84-25651 10-42) Boulder, CO, Geological Society of America, January 1, 1982, p. 187-200.
- "Nuclear Winter in the Post-Cold War Era", Carl Sagan and Richard P. Turco, Journal of Peace Research, Vol. 30, No. 4 (Nov., 1993), pp. 369–373
- "Recent Assessments of the Environmental Consequences of Nuclear War", The Medical implications of nuclear war, Volume 1985, Editors Fredric Solomon, Robert Q. Marston, National Academies, 1986
- "Atmospheric Chemistry", Climate system modeling, Editor Kevin E. Trenberth, Cambridge University Press, 1992, ISBN 978-0-521-43231-3
- Earth under siege: from air pollution to global change, Oxford University Press, 1997, ISBN 978-0-19-507286-0
References
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External links
- UCLA Institute of the Environment website
- "Nuclear Winter", Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, Apr 1984
