I think a few fellow scientists at his institution (University of Washington) would argue against calling him a prominent climate scientist, or perhaps a climat

I think a few fellow scientists at his institution (University of Washington) would argue against calling him a prominent climate scientist, or perhaps a climate scientist at all. He's a meteorologist, as stated on his faculty website (https://environment.uw.edu/faculty/clifford-mass/ https://environment.uw.edu/faculty/clifford-mass/).