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

• "Junk Science Week: Epic climate model failure," Dr. Roy Spencer, June 13, 2013
• "Our Chaotic Climate System," Dr. Roy Spencer, December 14, 2012
• "UAH V5.5 Global Temp. Update for Sept. 2012: +0.34 deg. C," Dr. Roy Spencer, October 5, 2012
• "Our Response to Recent Criticism of the UAH Satellite Temperatures," Dr. John R. Christy and Dr. Roy Spencer, May 9, 2012
• "UAH Global Temperature Update for April 2012: +0.30°C," Dr. Roy Spencer, May 9, 2012
• "New Evidence Our Record Warm March was Not from Global Warming," Dr. Roy Spencer, April 13, 2012
• "USHCN Surface Temperatures, 1973-2012: Dramatic Warming Adjustments, Noisy Trends," Dr. Roy Spencer, April 11, 2012
• "Could Arctic Sea Ice Decline be Caused by the Arctic Oscillation?," Dr. Roy Spencer, March 22, 2012
• "What Causes the Large Swings in Global Satellite Temperatures?," Dr. Roy Spencer, March 16, 2012
• "UAH Global Temperature Update for February 2012: -0.12 deg. C," Dr. Roy Spencer, March 2, 2012
• "Ten Years After the Warming," Dr. Roy Spencer, February 26, 2012
• "More Musings from the Greenhouse," Dr. Roy Spencer, February 19, 2012
• "UAH Global Temperature Update for January 2012: -0.09 deg. C," Dr. Roy Spencer, February 2, 2012
• "Addressing Criticisms of the UAH Temperature Dataset at 1/3 Century," Dr. Roy Spencer, December 21, 2011
• "UAH Global Temperature Update for Dec. 2011: +0.13 deg. C," Dr. Roy Spencer, December 13, 2011
• "Daubert and the Admissibility of Climate Models as Evidence in a Court of Law," Dr. Roy Spencer, December 1, 2011
• "Indirect Solar Forcing of Climate by Galactic Cosmic Rays: An Observational Estimate," Dr. Roy Spencer, May 19, 2011
• "Weak Warming of the Oceans 1955-2010 Implies Low Climate Sensitivity," Dr. Roy Spencer, May 12, 2011
• "Dump the IPCC Process, It Cannot Be Fixed," Dr. Roy Spencer, August 30, 2010
• "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