Professor Julian Hunt ( born 1942, now Lord Hunt of Chesterton) is a leading British authority on turbulence modelling. He is Professor of Climate Modelling in the Department of Space & Climate Physics and Department of Earth Sciences, and was Director-General and Chief Executive of the Meteorological Office from 1992-1997.

In recent years he has warned that the pattern of Asian monsoons could be fundamentally altered unless there is a concerted effort to check greenhouse gas emissions in the area.

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