María T. Martelo

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María T. Martelo is a Venezuelan climatologist.

Martelo works in Caracas in a research center attached to the Directorate for Hydrology and Meteorology of the Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources.[1] Extreme weather events are a focus of her work.

Due to her research, Martelo was appointed to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. In 2007, as vice-chair of Working Group I: The Physical Science Basis of Climate Change, she was involved in the creation of the IPCC Fourth Assessment Report.[2] In early 2007 she was replaced at the IPCC by Dr. Miriam Diaz, the new appointee by the Government of Venezuela.[3]

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  1. ^ "IPCC Workshop on Changes in Extreme Weather and Climate Events: Workshop Report" (PDF). INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGE. Beijing. 11–13 June 2002. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 October 2005. Retrieved 5 April 2021.
  2. ^ "IPCC AR4 WGI Organization". Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. 16 January 2008. Archived from the original on 9 May 2008. Retrieved 5 April 2021.
  3. ^ "REPLACEMENT OF A MEMBER OF THE IPCC BUREAU" (PDF). INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGE. 4 May 2007. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 July 2007. Retrieved 5 April 2021.