Climate Physics

Research groups in this theme

Atmospheric Dynamics

Climate and Ocean Physics

Climate Dynamics

Climate Processes

Earth Observation Data Group

Ice and Fluid Dynamics

Fluid mechanics and thermodynamics of the cryosphere and oceans

Physical Oceanography

Predictability of Weather and Climate

Stratosphere and Climate

Stratospheric dynamics and their influence on surface climate

People

Myles Allen

Statutory Professor
Roy Grainger

Reader in Atmospheric Physics
Lesley Gray

Professor
William Ingram

Academic Visitor
David Marshall

Professor and Head of AOPP
Scott Osprey

NCAS Scientist
Tim Palmer

Royal Society Research Professor
Philip Stier

Professor of Atmospheric Physics
Antje Weisheimer

Senior NCAS Research Fellow
Andrew Wells

Associate Professor
Tim Woollings

University Lecturer
Laure Zanna

Associate Professor
Raymond Pierrehumbert

Halley Professorship of Physics
Simon Proud

NERC Fellow
Matthew Chantry

Postdoctoral Research Assistant
Haochi Che

Postdoctoral Research Assistant
Matthew Christensen

Postdoctoral Research Assistant
Fenwick Cooper

Postdoctoral Research Assistant
Lucia Deaconu

Postdoctoral Research Assistant
Graham Lee

Post-Doctoral Researcher - Bernoulli Fellow
Dave Macleod

Postdoctoral Research Assistant
Julian Mak

Postdoctoral Research Assistant
Cheikh Mbengue

Post-doctoral Research Assistant
Andrew McRae

Postdoctoral Research Assistant
Stergios Misios

Postdoctoral Research Assistant
Christopher O'Reilly

Postdoctoral Research Assistant
Adam Povey

Research Assistant
Leo Saffin

Postdoctoral Research Assistant
Kristian Strommen

Postdoctoral Research Assistant
Peter Watson

Postdoctoral Research Assistant
Duncan Watson-Parris

Postdoctoral Research Assistant
Tomos David

Postdoctoral Research Assistant
Hannah Christensen

NERC Research Fellowship
Hugh Baker

Graduate student (DTP)
Tom Bolton

Graduate Student
Matt Brown

Graduate student (DTP)
Helena Cotterill

Graduate student
Oscar Dimdore-Miles

PhD student
Robert Fraser

Graduate Student
Sam Hatfield

Graduate Student (DTP)
Max Heikenfeld

Graduate Student
Joe Hitchen

Graduate Student
William Jones

Graduate Student (DTP)
Milan Kloewer

Graduate Student (DTP)
Tom Langton

Graduate Student (DTP)
Ronald Li

Graduate student
Chris MacMackin

Graduate student
Jamie Parkinson

Graduate student (DTP)
Matt Patterson

Graduate Student
Syarif Romadhon

Graduate student
Verena Schenzinger

Graduate Student
George Spill

Graduate student (DTP)
Geoff Stanley

Graduate Student
Adam Stanway

Graduate Student (DTP)
Sarah Taylor

Graduate Student
Kevin Thielen

2nd year DPhil student
Tobias Thornes

Graduate student (DTP)
Shipeng Zhang

Graduate Student
Peter Walton

Academin Coordinator

Publications

Lagrangian ocean analysis: Fundamentals and practices
OCEAN MODELLING 121 (2018) 49-75
E van Sebille, SM Griffies, R Abernathey et al.
Cloud heterogeneity effects on cloud and aerosol above cloud properties retrieved from simulated total an...
Atmospheric Measurement Techniques Discussions Copernicus Publications (2018)
Céline Cornet, Laurent Labonnote, Frédéric Szczap et al.
Seasonal Sensitivity of the Hadley Cell and Cross-Hemispheric Responses to Diabatic Heating in an Idealiz...
GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS 45 (2018) 2533-2541
HS Baker, C Mbengue, T Woollings
Daily to Decadal Modulation of Jet Variability
JOURNAL OF CLIMATE 31 (2018) 1297-1314
T Woollings, E Barnes, B Hoskins et al.
First Successful Hindcasts of the 2016 Disruption of the Stratospheric Quasi-biennial Oscillation
GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS 45 (2018) 1602-1610
S Watanabe, K Hamilton, S Osprey et al.
Linking Hadley Circulation and Storm Tracks in a Conceptual Model of the Atmospheric Energy Balance
JOURNAL OF THE ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES 75 (2018) 841-856
C Mbengue, T Schneider
Report on the Joint SPARC Dynamics and Observations Work- shop: SATIO-TCS, FISAPS and QBOi, Kyoto, Japan
(2018) 50
J Anstey, S Yoden, M Geller et al.
Changing response of the North Atlantic/European winter climate to the 11 year solar cycle
ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH LETTERS 13 (2018) ARTN 034007
H Ma, H Chen, L Gray et al.
Quantifying the Effects of Horizontal Grid Length and Parameterized Convection on the Degree of Convectiv...
JOURNAL OF THE ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES 75 (2018) 425-450
BA White, AM Buchanan, CE Birch et al.
SALSA2.0: The sectional aerosol module of the aerosol-chemistry-climate model ECHAM6.3.0-HAM2.3-MOZ1.0
Geoscientific Model Development Discussions Copernicus Publications (2018)
H Kokkola, T Kuhn, A Laakso et al.
The chemistry-climate model ECHAM6.3-HAM2.3-MOZ1.0
GEOSCIENTIFIC MODEL DEVELOPMENT 11 (2018) 1695-1723
MG Schultz, S Stadtler, S Schroeder et al.
Atlantic-Pacific Asymmetry in Deep-Water Formation
Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences Annual Reviews, Inc. (2018)
DP Marshall, David Ferreira,1 Paola Cessi,2 Helen K. Coxall,3 Agatha de Boer,3 Henk A. Dijkstra,4 Sybren S. Drijfhout,5 Tor Eldevik,6,7 Nili Harnik,8 Jerry F. McManus,9 David P. Marshall,10 Johan Nilsson,11 Fabien Roquet,11 Tapio Schneider,12 and Robert C. Wills13
Descent rate models of the synchronization of the Quasi-Biennial Oscillation by the annual cycle in tropi...
Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences American Meteorological Society (2018)
K Rajendran, I Moroz, SM Osprey et al.
Improving Weather Forecast Skill through Reduced-Precision Data Assimilation
MONTHLY WEATHER REVIEW 146 (2018) 49-62
S Hatfield, A Subramanian, T Palmer et al.
Overview of experiment design and comparison of models participating in phase 1 of the SPARC Quasi-Bienni...
GEOSCIENTIFIC MODEL DEVELOPMENT 11 (2018) 1009-1032
N Butchart, JA Anstey, K Hamilton et al.
Can bias correction and statistical downscaling methods improve the skill of seasonal precipitation forec...
CLIMATE DYNAMICS 50 (2018) 1161-1176
R Manzanas, A Lucero, A Weisheimer et al.
The impact of stochastic parametrisations on the representation of the Asian summer monsoon
CLIMATE DYNAMICS 50 (2018) 2269-2282
K Strommen, HM Christensen, J Berner et al.
Transforming climate model output to forecasts of wind power production: how much resolution is enough?
METEOROLOGICAL APPLICATIONS 25 (2018) 1-10
D MacLeod, V Torralba, M Davis et al.
Southern Ocean carbon-wind stress feedback
Climate Dynamics (2018) 1-15
B Bronselaer, L Zanna, DR Munday et al.
Optimal-transport-based mesh adaptivity on the plane and sphere using finite elements
SIAM Journal on Scientific Computing Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics 40 (2018) A1121-A1148
ATT MCRAE, CJ Cotter, CJ Budd
The Met Office Global Coupled Model 3.0 and 3.1 (GC3.0 and GC3.1) Configurations
JOURNAL OF ADVANCES IN MODELING EARTH SYSTEMS 10 (2018) 357-380
KD Williams, D Copsey, EW Blockley et al.
The roles of static stability and tropical–extratropical interactions in the summer interannual variabili...
Climate Dynamics (2018) 1-17
CO Mbengue, T Woollings, HF Dacre et al.
The Complex Refractive Index of Volcanic Ash Aerosol Retrieved From Spectral Mass Extinction
JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-ATMOSPHERES 123 (2018) 1339-1350
BE Reed, DM Peters, R McPheat et al.
Frazil-ice growth rate and dynamics in mixed layers and sub-ice-shelf plumes
CRYOSPHERE 12 (2018) 25-38
DWR Jones, AJ Wells
Impact of Gulf Stream SST biases on the global atmospheric circulation
Climate Dynamics (2018) 1-19
RW Lee, TJ Woollings, BJ Hoskins et al.
Climate Impacts From a Removal of Anthropogenic Aerosol Emissions
GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS 45 (2018) 1020-1029
BH Samset, M Sand, CJ Smith et al.
Skilful Seasonal Predictions of Summer European Rainfall
Geophysical Research Letters 45 (2018) 3246-3254
N Dunstone, D Smith, A Scaife et al.
How Well Can We Represent the Spectrum of Convective Clouds in a Climate Model? Comparisons between Inter...
Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences American Meteorological Society (2018)
L Labbouz, Z Kipling, P Stier
Flow dependent ensemble spread in seasonal forecasts of the boreal winter extratropics
Atmospheric Science Letters (2018)
D Macleod, C O'Reilly, T Palmer et al.
Challenges and opportunities for improved understanding of regional climate dynamics
NATURE CLIMATE CHANGE 8 (2018) 101-108
M Collins, S Minobe, M Barreiro et al.
Remote control of North Atlantic Oscillation predictability via the stratosphere
QUARTERLY JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL METEOROLOGICAL SOCIETY 143 (2017) 706-719
F Hansen, RJ Greatbatch, G Gollan et al.
Stratospheric Response to the 11-Yr Solar Cycle
JOURNAL OF CLIMATE 30 (2017) 7169-7190
H Lu, LJ Gray, IP White et al.
Report on the SPARC QBO Workshop: The QBO and its Global Influence - Past, Present and Future
(2017) 48
J Anstey, SM Osprey, N Butchart et al.
The impact of Southern Ocean residual upwelling on atmospheric CO2 on centennial and millennial timescale...
CLIMATE DYNAMICS 48 (2017) 1611-1631
JM Lauderdale, RG Williams, DR Munday et al.
Aerosols at the poles: an AeroCom Phase II multi-model evaluation
ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY AND PHYSICS 17 (2017) 12197-12218
M Sand, BH Samset, Y Balkanski et al.
Low-frequency nonlinearity and regime behavior in the Northern Hemisphere extratropical atmosphere
REVIEWS OF GEOPHYSICS 55 (2017) 199-234
A Hannachi, DM Straus, CLE Franzke et al.
A deformation-based parametrization of ocean mesoscale eddy reynolds stresses
Ocean Modelling 112 (2017) 99-111
JA Anstey, L Zanna
Downward Wave Reflection as a Mechanism for the Stratosphere–Troposphere Response to the 11-Yr Solar Cycl...
Journal of Climate 30 (2017) 2395-2414
H Lu, AA Scaife, GJ Marshall et al.
Single Precision in Weather Forecasting Models: An Evaluation with the IFS
MONTHLY WEATHER REVIEW 145 (2017) 495-502
F Vana, P Duben, S Lang et al.
The Dynamical Influence of the Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation on Continental Climate
JOURNAL OF CLIMATE 30 (2017) 7213-7230
CH O'Reilly, T Woollings, L Zanna
Nonstationarity in Southern Hemisphere Climate Variability Associated with the Seasonal Breakdown of the ...
JOURNAL OF CLIMATE 30 (2017) 7125-7139
NJ Byrne, TG Shepherd, T Woollings et al.
A Model of the Ocean Overturning Circulation with Two Closed Basins and a Reentrant Channel
JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL OCEANOGRAPHY 47 (2017) 2887-2906
R Ferrari, L-P Nadeau, DP Marshall et al.
Eddy-Driven Jet Sensitivity to Diabatic Heating in an Idealized GCM
JOURNAL OF CLIMATE 30 (2017) 6413-6431
HS Baker, T Woollings, C Mbengue
A note on ‘Toward a stochastic parameterization of ocean mesoscale eddies’
Ocean Modelling 113 (2017) 30-33
I Grooms, L Zanna
A study of reduced numerical precision to make superparameterization more competitive using a hardware em...
JOURNAL OF ADVANCES IN MODELING EARTH SYSTEMS 9 (2017) 566-584
PD Duben, A Subramanian, A Dawson et al.
Vortex disruption by magnetohydrodynamic feedback
PHYSICAL REVIEW FLUIDS 2 (2017) ARTN 113701
J Mak, SD Griffiths, DW Hughes
Stochastic Subgrid-Scale Ocean Mixing: Impacts on Low-Frequency Variability
JOURNAL OF CLIMATE 30 (2017) 4997-5019
S Juricke, TN Palmer, L Zanna
Observational evidence against strongly stabilizing tropical cloud feedbacks
GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS 44 (2017) 1503-1510
IN Williams, RT Pierrehumbert
Impact of stochastic physics on tropical precipitation in the coupled ECMWF model
QUARTERLY JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL METEOROLOGICAL SOCIETY 143 (2017) 852-865
A Subramanian, A Weisheimer, T Palmer et al.
Mass extinction spectra and size distribution measurements of quartz and amorphous silica aerosol at 0.33...
JOURNAL OF QUANTITATIVE SPECTROSCOPY & RADIATIVE TRANSFER 199 (2017) 52-65
BE Reed, DM Peters, R McPheat et al.
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