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{{Infobox person
| image              = File:John A Church February 2016.JPG
| name               = John A. Church
| honorific-suffix   = {{post-nominals|country=AUS|size=100|AO}}
| occupation         = Climatologist
| education          = [[University of Queensland]]
| employer           = UNSW
| known_for          = Physics<br>Oceanography<br>Climatology<br>Sea Level Rise
| awards             = [[James Cook Medal]], 2022
}}
'''John Alexander Church''' {{post-nominals|country=AUS|AO}} (born 1951) is an expert on [[sea level]] and its [[sea level rise|changes]].<ref>{{cite book |editor1=John A. Church |editor2=Philip L. Woodworth |editor3=Thorkild Aarup |editor4=W. Stanley Wilson |url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/37196926?selectedversion=NBD46756045 | title=Understanding sea-level rise and variability| publisher=Hoboken, NJ : Blackwell Pub. Ltd. | year=2010 |isbn=9781444323276}}</ref> He was co-convening lead author (with [[Jonathan M. Gregory]]) for the chapter on Sea Level in the [[Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change|IPCC]] Third Assessment Report. He was also a co-convening lead author for the [[IPCC Fifth Assessment Report]]. He is a member of the Joint Scientific Committee of the [[World climate research programme|WCRP]]. He was a project leader at [[CSIRO]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.acecrc.org.au/drawpage.cgi?pid=programs&sid=sea_level_rise&aid=797213|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050616072746/http://www.acecrc.org.au/drawpage.cgi?pid=programs&sid=sea_level_rise&aid=797213|url-status=dead|archive-date=2005-06-16|title=Our Programs : Sea Level Rise|last=Church|first=John|date=2005-06-16|website=Antarctic Climate and Ecosystems Cooperative Research Center|access-date=2019-01-27}}</ref> until 2016. He is currently a professor with the University of New South Wales' Climate Change Research Centre.<ref>{{cite web |title=Climate Change Research Centre |url=https://www.ccrc.unsw.edu.au/ccrc-team/academic-research/john-church |accessdate=30 June 2019}}</ref>
== Biography ==
Church graduated from the University of Queensland with a [[BSc]] in [[Physics]] in 1972. He obtained a [[Doctor of Philosophy]] in 1979.
Church has led a number of programs, including: [[CSIRO]] Division of Oceanography; Program Leader of the Oceanography Program of the [[Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions]]; Project Leader, Southern Ocean Processes Project; CSIRO Division of Marine and atmospheric Research, Polar Waters Program, Antarctic Climate and Ecosystems Cooperative Research Centre. On an international level, Church has been the Principal Investigator for the NASA/CNES [[TOPEX/Poseidon]] Extended Satellite Mission.
Currently, Church is chair of the scientific committee of the [[World Climate Research Programme]] studying sea-level rise, and is leader of the Sea level Rise Project at the Antarctic Climate and Ecosystems Cooperative Research Centre. (2007)
==Awards==
* 2006 [[Roger Revelle|Roger Revelle Medal]] by the [[Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission]]
* 2006 CSIRO Medal for Research Achievement
* 2007 [[Eureka Prize]] for Scientific Research
* 2008 Presented the [[Australian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society]] R.H. Clarke Lecture
* 2018 [[BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award]] in the category of Climate Change jointly with [[Anny Cazenave]] and [[Jonathan M. Gregory]] for their outstanding contributions, the committee states, “to detecting, understanding and projecting the response of global and regional sea level to anthropogenic climate change.”
* 2022 [[James Cook Medal]]<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hutchinson |first=Yolande |date=2022-12-08 |title=UNSW researchers excel in Royal Society of NSW Awards |url=https://newsroom.unsw.edu.au/news/science-tech/unsw-researchers-excel-royal-society-nsw-awards |access-date=2022-12-08 |website=UNSW Newsroom}}</ref>
* 2023 [[Prince Albert I Medal]]
Church is a Fellow of the [[Australian Academy of Science]], the [[Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering]] and the [[American Meteorological Society]], and is a Member of the Australian Institute of Physics. He was appointed an [[Order of Australia|Officer of the Order of Australia]] in the [[2022 Australia Day Honours]] for "distinguished service to climate science through oceanographic and sea-level research and publications".<ref>{{cite web|title=Australia Day 2022 Honours List|url=https://www.gg.gov.au/sites/default/files/2022-01/ad22_gazette_-_o_of_a.pdf|access-date=25 January 2022|publisher=Office of the Governor-General of Australia}}</ref>
== Publications ==
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* Christopher Watson, Richard Coleman, Neil White, John Church and Ramesh Govind, 2003.  Absolute Calibration of TOPEX/Poseidon and Jason-1 using GPS Buoys in Bass Strait, Australia.  Marine Geodesy (Special Issue on Jason-1 Calibration/Validation, Part 1), 26 (3-4), 285-304.
* McDougall, T. J., J. A. Church and D. R. Jackett, 2003: Does the nonlinearity of the equation of state impose an upper bound on the buoyancy frequency?  [[Journal of Marine Research]], 61, 745-764.
* Church, J.A. N.J. White, R. Coleman, K. Lambeck, and J.X. Mitrovica, 2004.  Estimates of the regional distribution of sea-level rise over the 1950 to 2000 period.  [[Journal of Climate]], 17 (13), 2609-2625.
* Christopher Watson, Richard Coleman, Neil White, John Church and Ramesh Govind, 2004.  TOPEX/Poseidon and Jason-1: absolute calibration in Bass Strait, Australia.  Marine Geodesy (Special Issue on Jason-1 Calibration/Validation, Part 1), 27 (1-2), 107-131.
* K.J.E. Walsh, H. Betts, J. Church, A.B. Pittock, K. L. McInnes, D.R. Jackett, T.J. McDougall, 2004 Using sea level rise projections for urban planning in Australia.  Journal of Coastal Research, 20(2), 586-598.
* Yoshikawa, Yasushi, John A. Church, Hiroshi Uchida and Neil J. White, 2004.  Near bottom currents and their relation to the transport in the Kuroshio Extension, [[Geophysical Research Letters]], 31(16), L16309, {{doi|10.1029/2004/GL020068}}.
* White, Neil J., John A. Church and Jonathan M. Gregory, 2005.  Coastal and global averaged sea-level rise for 1950 to 2000.  Geophysical Research Letters, 32(1), L01601, dio:10.1029/2004GL021391.
* Aoki, Shigeru, Nathaniel L. Bindoff and John A. Church, 2005.  Interdecadal water mass changes in the Southern Ocean between 30ºE and 160ºE.  Geophysical Research Letters, 32 (7), L07607, 7607-7607 Apr 14 2005
* Liu, Yun, Ming Feng, J ohn Church and Dongxiao Wang, 2005.  Effect of salinity on estimating geostrophic transport of the Indonesian Throughflow along the IX1 XBT section.  Journal of Oceanography, 61, 795-801.
* John A. Church, Neil J. White and Julie Arblaster, 2005.  Significant decadal-scale impact of volcanic eruptions on sea level and ocean heat content. ''Nature'', 438, 74-77 {{doi|10.1038/Nature04237}}.
* Church, J. A., and N. J. White (2006), A 20th century acceleration in global sea-level rise, Geophysical Research Letters, 33, L01602, {{doi|10.1029/2005GL024826}}.
* Domingues, Catia M., Susan E. Wijffels, Mathew E. Maltrud, John A. Church, Matthias Tomczak, 2006.  The role of eddies in cooling the Leeuwin Current, Geophysical Research Letters, 33, L05603, {{doi|10.1029/2005GL025216}}.
* Mata, Mauricio M., Susan Wijffels, John A. Church, Matthias Tomczak, 2006.  Statistical description of the East Australian Current low-frequency variability from the World Ocean Circulation Experiment PCM3 Current Meter Array.  Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research, 57, 273-290.
* John A. Church, Neil J. White and John R. Hunter, 2006. Sea-level Rise at tropical Pacific and Indian Ocean islands.  Global and Planetary Change, 53, 155-168. {{doi|10.1016/j.gloplacha.2006.04.001}}
* Mata, Mauricio M., Susan E. Wijffels, John A. Church, Matthias Tomczak, 2006.  Eddy shedding and energy conversions in the East Australian Current.  Journal of Geophysical Research, 111 (C9), C09034 {{doi|10.1029/2006JC003592}}.
* John Church, Neil White, John Hunter and Kathleen McInnes, 2006.  Sea Change threatened by climate change.  Australasian Science, November/December, 19-22.
* W. Cai, D. Bi, J. Church, T. Cowan, M. Dix, and L. Rotstayn, 2006. Pan-oceanic response to increasing anthropogenic aerosols: impacts on the Southern Hemisphere oceanic circulation. Geophysical Research Letters, 33, L21707, {{doi|10.1029/2006GL027513}}.
* John A. Church, John R. Hunter, Kathleen McInnes and Neil J. White, 2006. Sea-level rise around the Australian coastline and the changing frequency of extreme events.  Australian Meteorological Magazine, 27 (Nov/Dec), 19-22.
* Church, J., Wilson, S., Woodworth, P. and Aarup, T. 2007. Understanding sea level rise and variability. Meeting report. Eos, Transactions, American Geophysical Union, 88(4), 23 January 2007, 43.
==References==
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== External links ==
* {{Cite web|url=http://www.atse.org.au/index.php?sectionid=323|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050417002846/http://www.atse.org.au/index.php?sectionid=323|url-status=dead|archive-date=2005-04-17|title=Understanding 20th Century Sea-level Rise and Projections for the Future|last=Church|first=John|date=2005-04-17|website=Australian Academy of Technical Sciences and Engineering (ATSE) -Looking South: Managing Technology, Opportunities and the Global Environment|access-date=2019-01-27}}
* {{Cite web|url=http://www.acecrc.org.au/drawpage.cgi?pid=programs&sid=sea_level_rise&aid=797213|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050616072746/http://www.acecrc.org.au/drawpage.cgi?pid=programs&sid=sea_level_rise&aid=797213|url-status=dead|archive-date=2005-06-16|title=Our Programs : Sea Level Rise|last=Church|first=John|date=2005-06-16|website=Antarctic Climate and Ecosystems Cooperative Research Center|access-date=2019-01-27}}
* {{Cite web|url=http://www.marine.csiro.au/media/04releases/20apr04.html|archive-url=https://archive.today/20050622180901/http://www.marine.csiro.au/media/04releases/20apr04.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=22 June 2005|title=More storms, surges with warmer conditions|last=Antarctic Climate and Ecosystems Cooperative Research Center|date=20 April 2004|website=CSIRO Marine Research|access-date=2019-01-27}}
* {{Cite web|url=http://csiro.au/index.asp?type=mediaRelease&id=OceanChurch&stylesheet=mediaRelease|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020319083345/http://csiro.au/index.asp?type=mediaRelease&id=OceanChurch&stylesheet=mediaRelease|url-status=dead|archive-date=2002-03-19|title=The future of oceanography - Review of Ocean Circulation and Climate by Dr. John Church|date=2002-03-19|website=CSIRO|access-date=2019-01-27}}
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