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Professor
Department of Physics, University of Toronto
60 St. George Street
Toronto
ON
M5S 1A7
Canada
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Background
In the early part of
his career Shepherd pioneered the application of Hamiltonian dynamics to
geophysical fluid dynamics. Subsequently he turned his attention to the
dynamics of the Earth’s middle atmosphere (stratosphere and mesosphere),
where he has become a leading authority on middle atmosphere dynamics and
climate modelling, and chemistry-climate interactions. In this capacity he
has, since its origin in 1993, led the highly successful
university-government collaboration to develop and use the Canadian Middle
Atmosphere Model (CMAM), creating an entirely new research community in
Canada. The CMAM has achieved a number of notable firsts, and is currently
regarded as one of the leading chemistry-climate models in the world.