Director, Voeikov Main Geophysical Observatory (MGO) of the Russian Federal Service for Hydrometeorology and Environmental Monitoring (Roshydromet), St.Petersburg (since 2007),
Head of the Roshydromet Climate Centre (since 2012),
Doctor of Sciences (DSc) degree received from Voeikov Main Geophysical Observatory (2006); Specialty: physics of atmosphere and hydrosphere. Thesis “Study of high-latitude climate dynamics using atmosphere-ocean general circulation models”.
Education:
1985-1988: Postgraduate programme, Shirshov Inst. of Oceanology, USSR Academy of Sciences, Leningrad.
1986-1992: Special Dept. of Mathematics for M.Sc.'s, St.Petersburg State Univ. Diploma (M.Sc.), 1992; Specialty: mathematics.
1982-1989: Dept. of Roman-German Philology, Kalinin State Univ. (by corresp.). Diploma (M.A.), 1989; Specialty: English literature.
1978-1983: Dept. of Oceanology, Leningrad Hydrometeorological Inst. Diploma (M.Sc.), 1983; Specialty: oceanology.
Professional record
2007-present: Director, MGO, St.Petersburg.
2000-2007: Head, Department of Dynamic Meteorology, MGO, St.Petersburg.
1992-2000: Senior research scientist, Climate modelling group, MGO, St.Petersburg.
1988-1992: Research associate, Climate modelling group, MGO, St.Petersburg.
1985-1988: PhD student, Shirshov Institute of Oceanology, USSR Academy of Sciences, Leningrad.
1983-1985: Officer, meteorological support group, Air Forces of the USSR.
Scientific field:
Global and regional climate 3D modelling; high-latitude climate dynamics; climatic risks; adaptation to climate change
Publications:
Altogether over 120 publications in peer-reviewed literature.
Lead Author of the 3rd (2001), 4th (2007), 5th (2013-2014) and Review Editor of the 6th IPCC Assessment reports. Lead Author of climate assessment reports of the Arctic Council (ACIA-2005; SWIPA-2011, 2017). Lead Author of the First and Co-Editor of the Second Roshydromet’s National Assessments “Climate change and their impacts over the territory of Russian Federation” (2008; 2014); Author and co-Editor of the “Assessment of macroeconomic impacts of climate change over the territory of Russian Federation till 2030 and beyond” (2011); Author and Editor of the “Report on climate risks over the territory of Russian Federation” (2017)
Other experience
Since 2019 – member, Science Advisory Panel, World Meteorological Organization (WMO)
Since 2016 – member, Adaptation Committee, UNFCCC
2018: co-author, World Climate Research Programme Strategic Plan 2019-2028 (approved by the 18th World Meteorological Congress, 2019).
2009-2018: Member (2013-2016 – Vice-Chair), Joint Scientific Committee of the World Climate Research Programme (WCRP JSC)
2006-2018: Member, Scientific Advisory Committee, APCC (Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Climate Center)
2017: co-Lead author of the Concept of the Russian National Adaptation Plan
2007-2015: Officer, International Association of Meteorology and Atmospheric Sciences (IAMAS) of the International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics (IUGG)
2010: Coordinating Lead Author, the Draft of the Russian Comprehensive Plan of Weather and Climate Scientific Research (at the request of the Security Council of Russian Federation of 17 March 2010)
2008-2009: Coordinating Lead Author, the Draft of the Climate Doctrine of Russian Federation (signed by the RF President D. Medvedev on 17 December 2009)
2007-2008: Member, WCRP CliC Scientific Steering Group.
2000-2005: Member, Working Group on Numerical Experimentation (WGNE), JSC/CAS, WCRP.
Government Awards:
“Order of Friendship” by the President of Russian Federation (2010).
Selected recent publications:
Overland, J., E. Dunlea, J.E. Box, R. Corell, M. Forsius, V. Kattsov, M.S. Olsen, J.Pawlak, L.-O. Reiersen, M. Wang, 2019: The urgency of Arctic change. Polar Science. In press.
Pavlova V.N., Shkolnik I.M., Pikaleva A.A., Efimov S.V., Karachenkova A.A., Kattsov V.M., 2019: Future changes in spring wheat yield in the European Russia as inferred from a large ensemble of high-resolution climate projections. Environmental Research Letters. In press.
Meleshko V.P., Kattsov V.M., Mirvis V.M., Baidin A.V., Pavlova T.V., Govorkova V.A., 2018: Does a connection exist between Arctic sea ice decrease and frequency increase of anomalously cold winters in Eurasia? A synthesis of modern research. Meteor. Gidrologia (Russian Meteorology and Hydrology), No.11, 49-67.
Smith, D.M., J.A. Screen, C. Deser, J. Cohen, J.C. Fyfe, J. García-Serrano, T. Jung, V. Kattsov, D. Matei, R. Msadek, Y. Peings, M. Sigmond, J. Ukita, J.-H. Yoon, X. Zhang, 2018: The Polar Amplification Model Intercomparison Project (PAMIP) contribution to CMIP6: investigating the causes and consequences of polar amplification. Geosci. Model Dev. Discuss., https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-2018-82.
Sporyshev P.V., Kattsov V.M., Gulev S.K., 2018: Arctic surface air temperature change: model simulation validity and near-term probabilistic prediction. Doklady Akademii Nauk (Transactions of the Academy of Sciences), 479, No.5, 569-573.
Khlebnikova E.I., Kattsov V.M., Pikaleva A.A., Shkolnik I.M., 2018: An assessment of changes of climate impacts on economical development of Russian Arctic territory in the XXI century. Meteor. Gidrologia (Russian Meteorology and Hydrology), No.6, 5-19.
Kattsov V.M. (Ed.): Akenteva, E.M., E.I. Aleksandrov, G.V. Alexeev, O.A. Anisimov, Zh.A. Balonishnikova, O.N. Bulygina, V.Yu. Georgievsky, M.D. Dokukin, S.V. Yefimov, N.E. Ivanov, Kh.M. Kalov, V.M. Kattsov, A.A. Kiselev, A.V. Klepikov, M.V. Klyueva, N.V. Kobysheva, V.V. Oganesyan, V.N. Pavlova, T.V.Pavlova, A.A. Postnov, V.V. Stadnik, S.A. Soldatenko, E.I. Khlebnikova, A.L. Shalygin, I.M. Shkolnik, 2017: A Report on climatic risks over the territory of Russian Federation. Climate Centre of Roshydromet, 106 pp.
Kattsov V.M. (Ed.): Kattsov, V.M., B.N. Porfiriev, V.A. Govorkova, D.O. Eliseev, S.V. Efimov, A.A. Kiselev, V.P. Meleshko, T.V. Pavlova, A.A. Pikaleva, B.A. Revich, P.V. Sporyshev, N.E. Terentiev, E.I. Khlebnikova, I.M. Shkolnik, 2017: Arctic Climate Change: the place of climate science in planning adaptation. Climate Centre of Roshydromet, 104 pp.
Kattsov V.M., Porfiriev B.N., 2017: Adaptation of Russia to climate change: a concept of the National Plan. Trudy GGO (MGO Proceedings), 586, 7-20.
Kattsov, V.M., I.M. Shkolnik, S.V. Efimov, 2017: Climate change projections in the Russian regions: the detailing in physical and probability spaces. Meteor. Gidrologia (Russian Meteorology and Hydrology), No. 7, 68-80
Overland J., Walsh J., Kattsov V., Barber D., Box J.E., Brown R., Mård J., Olsen M.S., Romanovsky V., 2017. SWIPA 2017 Synthesis: summary and implications of findings. In: Snow, Water, Ice and Permafrost in the Arctic (SWIPA) 2017. pp. 257-268. Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme (AMAP), Oslo, Norway.
Overland J., Walsh J., Kattsov V., 2017. Trends and feedbacks. In: Snow, Water, Ice and Permafrost in the Arctic (SWIPA) 2017. pp. 9-23. Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme (AMAP), Oslo, Norway.
Kattsov, V.M., I.M. Shkolnik, S.V. Efimov, A.V. Konstantinov, V.N. Pavlova, T.V. Pavlova, E.I. Khlebnikova, A.A. Pikaleva, A.V. Baidin, V.A. Borisenko, 2016: Development of a technique for regional climate probabilistic projections over the territory of Russia aimed at building scenarios of climate impacts on economy sectors. Pt 1: Task definition and numerical experiments. Trudy GGO (MGO Proceedings), 583, 7-29.
Meleshko, V.P., V. M. Kattsov, A.V. Baydin, T. V. Pavlova, V.A. Govorkova, 2016: Expected change of hydrologic cycle in Northern Eurasia due to disappearance of multiyear sea ice in the Arctic Ocean. Meteor. Gidrologia (Russian Meteorology and Hydrology), No. 11, 5-21.