Dr. Roy Spencer

Principal Research Scientist, University of Alabama in Huntsville, University of Alabama in Huntsville

Dr. Roy Spencer is a principal research scientist for University of Alabama in Huntsville. In the past, he has served as Senior Scientist for Climate Studies at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, where here he directed research into the development and application of satellite passive microwave remote sensing techniques for measuring global temperature, water vapor, and precipitation.  He currently is the U.S. Science Team Leader for the Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer (AMSR-E) on NASA's Aqua satellite.  Dr. Spencer is the recipient of NASA's Medal for Exceptional Scientific Achievement and the American Meteorological Society's Special Award for his satellite-based temperature monitoring work. He is the author of numerous scientific articles that have appeared in Science, Nature, Journal of Climate, Monthly Weather Review, Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, Journal of Climate and Applied Meteorology, Remote Sensing Reviews, Advances in Space Research, and Climatic Change. Dr. Spencer received his Ph.D. in Meteorology from the University of Wisconsin in 1981

Select Works

• "Global Warming as a Response to the Pacific Decadal Oscillation," Dr. Roy Spencer, December 15, 2008
• "Satellite Temperature Data," Dr. John R. Christy and Dr. Roy Spencer, April 17, 2006
• "Some Convergence of Global Warming Estimates," Dr. Roy Spencer, August 11, 2005