Table 1 information on Chinese experts.

From: Elicitation of US and Chinese expert judgments show consistent views on solar geoengineering

 

Expert

Affiliationa

Years of researchb

% of work on climate changec

Number of publicationsd

Level of expertise ine

Additional description of expertisef

EC

LC

NE

SG

AD

PE

IPCC authors

1

Gov

21+

76–100

21+

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

climate dynamics

2

Pol

21+

76–100

21+

5

5

4

2

2

5

N/A

3

Gov

21+

76–100

21+

2

4

1

1

5

4

climate change, climate modeling, climate forecasting

4

Gov

21+

76–100

21+

3

3

4

1

4

3

greenhouse gas emission and uptake by ecological systems

5

Uni

11–15

26–50

21+

5

3

1

1

1

3

science communication and teaching

6

Uni

11–15

76–100

21+

1

1

3

5

3

1

Earth system modeling; climate change mechanisms

7

Uni

11–15

26–50

21+

1

1

1

1

1

1

changes in ecological system

8

Uni

16–20

51–75

21+

4

1

1

4

1

1

focused on foundational science

Non-IPCC authors

9

Uni

16–20

76–100

21+

1

3

3

4

4

4

primarily work on climate change in polar regions; interaction ice-ocean-air; sea-level changes; especially knowledgeable in remote sensing

10

Uni

11–15

76–100

21+

1

1

3

5

1

1

climate change modeling

11

Uni

11–15

76–100

16–20

1

2

2

2

3

1

Science of climate change including surface temeprature and precipitation, troposperic circulation and monsoons, and ancient climate

12

Uni

6–10

26–50

6–10

3

3

3

3

2

3

relationship between climate change and air pollution; Issues of air pollution under globalization

13

Uni

6–10

51–75

21+

5

5

5

3

3

5

carbon budget, carbon emission and mitigation; China’s energy policy

  1. aPrimary affiliation of experts. Affiliation coded as: Gov: governmental-affiliated research institute; Pol: policy research institute; Uni: University.
  2. b–gAnswers to questions 1–5 in Expert Background Information form listed in the Appendix 1. For e, areas of expertise are coded as: EC: Energy conservation and efficiency (renewable and nuclear energy projects); LC: Low carbon energy (carbon direct removal); NE: Negative emissions.
  3. N/A represents sections where experts did not fill out an informative answer.