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Nicola Scafetta graduated from the Universita’ di Pisa (Italy) in Physics in 1997 and from the University of North Texas with a Ph. D. in physics in 2001. From 2002 to 2005 he was a research associate and since 2005 a research scientist at the department of physics at Duke University. His interest is in theoretical and applied statistics and nonlinear models of complex processes including solar-climate physics and climate change. He has taught Astronomy at Duke University, and several undergraduate and graduate physics courses at the University of North Carolina in Greensboro, at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill and at Elon University. He is currently associated and a co-investigator of the Active Cavity Radiometer Irradiance Monitor (ACRIM). He has over 48 peer-review scientific publications of various kinds. He is a contributor author of “Climate Change Reconsidered: The Report of the Nongovernmental International Panel on Climate Change (NIPCC)” editors S. Fred Singer and Craig Idso, The Heartland Institute, 2009. He is the author with Bruce J. West of Disrupted Networks: From Physics to Climate Change, World Scientific Publishing Company, 2010. He has organized several scientific international conference sessions focusing on solar variation and climate change for the American Geophysical Union.
Email: nicola.scafetta@gmail.com
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Nicola Scafetta, PhD
Research Scientist, Duke University
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Department of Physics Duke University
Office Location: 219 FEL Office Phone: (919) 660-2643 Office Fax: (919) 660-2671
Email Address 1: ns2002@duke.edu Email Address 2: nicola.scafetta@gmail.com
Curriculum Vitae (06/Dec/2009): PDF Teaching: (web-page) |
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Interest:
My research interest is in theoretical and applied statistics and nonlinear models of complex processes with applications in several fields: astronomy, biology, climatology, economy, geology, medicine and social biology. I am currently studying solar and astronomical causes of climate change and modeling of physiological systems for diagnosing hypoxia and hyperoxia risk patients.
Collaboration:
1) Duke Center for Hyperbaric Medicine and Environmental Physiology
2) Total Solar Irradiance experiment: Active Cavity Radiometer Irradiance Monitor: ACRIM-SAT Experiment
Books:
1) (Contributor author of) “Climate Change Reconsidered: The Report of the Nongovernmental International Panel on Climate Change (NIPCC).”: editors S. Fred Singer and Craig Idso. Chicago, IL: The Heartland Institute, 2009.
2) “Climate Change and Its Causes, A Discussion About Some Key Issues”, Nicola Scafetta, SPPI original paper, March 4, 2010. PDF
This booklet discusses the limits of the Anthropogenic Global Warming Theory advocated by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. A phenomenological theory of climate change based on the physical properties of the data themselves is proposed. At least 60% of the warming of the Earth observed since 1970 appears to be induced by natural cycles which are present in the solar system. A climatic stabilization or cooling until 2030-2040 is forecast by the phenomenological model.
3) “Disrupted Networks: from physics to climate change,” Bruce J. West and Nicola Scafetta (2010).
Conference on video (All conferences):
“Climate Change and Its causes: A Discussion about Some Key Issues” Nicola Scafetta. Invited author at the U. S. Environmental Protection Agency, DC USA, February 26, 2009.
Selected Recent Publications (All publications):
N. Scafetta, “I cambi climatici e le loro cause, una discussione su alcuni punti chiave”, La Chimica e l’Industria 1, page 70-75 (2010). PDF
N. Scafetta and B. J. West, "Interpretations of climate-change data," Physics Today 11, November, page 8-10 (2009). PDF
N. Scafetta, “Empirical analysis of the solar contribution to global mean air surface temperature change,” Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics 71 1916–1923 (2009), doi:10.1016/j.jastp.2009.07.007. PDF
N. Scafetta, “Total solar irradiance satellite composites and their phenomenological effect on climate," In press on a special volume for the Geological Society of America. (2009). PDF
N. Scafetta, D. Marchi and B. J. West, “Understanding the complexity of human gait dynamics,” Chaos 19, 026108 (2009). PDF
N. Scafetta and R. Willson, “ACRIM-gap and Total Solar Irradiance (TSI) trend issue resolved using a surface magnetic flux TSI proxy model”, Geophysical Research Letter 36, L05701, doi:10.1029/2008GL036307 (2009). PDF Supporting material PDF
K. F. Froehlich, M. R. Graham, T. G. Buchman, L. G. Girling, N. Scafetta, B. J. West, E.K-Y. Walker, B.M. McManus and W. A. C. Mutch, “Physiological Noise versus White Noise to Drive a Variable Ventilator in a Porcine Model of Lung Injury,” Canadian Journal of Anesthesia 55(9) 572 - 576 (2008). PDF
N. Scafetta and B. J. West, “Is climate sensitive to solar variability?” Physics Today 3, 50-51 (2008). PDF
N. Scafetta, "Comment on ``Heat capacity, time constant, and sensitivity of Earth's climate system' by Schwartz." J. Geophys. Res., 113, D15104, doi:10.1029/2007JD009586. (2008). PDF
E. Kabela and N. Scafetta, “Solar Effect and Climate Change,” Bulletin of the american meteorological society, 89 -1, 34-35 (2008). PDF