{"id":204,"date":"2018-04-26T12:32:32","date_gmt":"2018-04-26T11:32:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/met-darc\/?page_id=204"},"modified":"2025-04-16T16:40:23","modified_gmt":"2025-04-16T15:40:23","slug":"phd-theses","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/met-darc\/our-research\/phd-theses\/","title":{"rendered":"Ph.D. theses"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"wrapper\">\n<div id=\"lower\">\n<div id=\"container2\">\n<div id=\"content\">\n<div id=\"centerColumn\">\n<p>Below is a list of PhD theses carried out in DARC at the University of Reading.<\/p>\n<h3>2024<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>J. Lee<\/strong> &#8211; Convective-scale hybrid data assimilation over the Maritime Continent<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<h3>2023<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>D. Francis<\/strong> &#8211; Bias Correction of Satellite Data in Data Assimilation for Numerical Weather Prediction<\/li>\n<li><strong>N. Williams<\/strong> &#8211; Arctic Sea Ice Reduction:Gaining New Knowledge from Data Assimilation<\/li>\n<li><strong>H. Ren<\/strong> &#8211; Data Assimilation with Autocorrelated Model Error<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div id=\"centerColumn\">\n<h3>2022<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>I. Dau\u017eickait\u0117<\/strong> &#8211; On the preconditioning for weak constraint four-dimensional variational data assimilation<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>2021<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Z.N. Bell<\/strong> &#8211; Using urban observations in numerical weather prediction: mathematical techniques for multi-scale data assimilation<\/li>\n<li><strong>L.A. Mansfield<\/strong> &#8211; Machine learning, emulation and Bayesian dimension reduction for climate change projection<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>2020<\/h3>\n<ul style=\"list-style-type: disc\">\n<li><strong>J. Alswaihli<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reading.ac.uk\/maths-and-stats\/-\/media\/project\/uor-main\/schools-departments\/maths\/documents\/alswaihli-jehan-thesis.pdf?la=en&amp;hash=9F05053325F6E3BAF75934D9BC29968F\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Iteration of Inverse Problems and Data Assimilation Techniques for Neural Field Equations<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>A.A. Ejigu<\/strong> &#8211; Ensemble generation in land surface models for soil moisture data assimilation<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>2019<\/h3>\n<ul style=\"list-style-type: disc\">\n<li><strong>E.S. Cooper<\/strong> &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.met.reading.ac.uk\/library\/\">Improving flood prediction using data assimilation<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>J.M. Tabeart<\/strong> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reading.ac.uk\/maths-and-stats\/research\/theses\/maths-phdtheses.aspx\">On the treatment of correlated observation errors in data assimilation<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>2018<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><b>F. Rodrigues Pinheiro<\/b> &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.met.reading.ac.uk\/library\/\"><span class=\"primary\">Nonlinear data assimilation using synchronisation in a particle filter<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>2017<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><b>M. Goodliff<\/b> &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.met.reading.ac.uk\/library\/\"><span class=\"primary\">Hybrid data assimilation methods with applications to convective scale modelling<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><b>M. Lang<\/b> &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.met.reading.ac.uk\/library\/\"><span class=\"primary\">Model improvement using data assimilation<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>A. Mirza<\/strong> &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/centaur.reading.ac.uk\/71981\/12\/14030621_Mirza_thesis_redacted.pdf\">On the Utilization of Aircraft Derived Observations for Operational Meteorology and Numerical Weather Prediction<\/a><\/li>\n<li><b>E.M. Pinnington<\/b> &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.met.reading.ac.uk\/library\/\"><span class=\"primary\">Understanding the information content in diverse observations of forest carbon stocks and fluxes for data assimilation and ecological modelling<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>2016<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><b>K.E. Howes<\/b> &#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reading.ac.uk\/maths-and-stats\/research\/theses\/maths-phdtheses.aspx\">Accounting for Model Error in Four-Dimensional Variational Data Assimilation<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>2015<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><b>A. El Said<\/b> &#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reading.ac.uk\/maths-and-stats\/research\/theses\/maths-phdtheses.aspx\">Conditioning of the Weak-Constraint Variational Data Assimilation Problem for Numerical Weather Prediction<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>2014<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>\u00c1. Peri\u00e1\u00f1ez Santiago<\/strong> &#8211; Ensemble data assimilation for convective-scale numerical weather prediction models : from theoretical elements to assimilation of satellite brightness temperatures<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>2013<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><b>M. Ades<\/b>&#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.met.reading.ac.uk\/library\/\">Data Assimilation in highly nonlinear systems<\/a><\/li>\n<li><b>S. Vetra-Carvalho\u00a0<\/b> &#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.met.reading.ac.uk\/library\/\">Properties of the Ensemble Kalman Filter for Convective Scale Numerical Weather Forecasting<\/a><\/li>\n<li><b>J.A. Waller\u00a0<\/b> &#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reading.ac.uk\/maths-and-stats\/research\/theses\/maths-phdtheses.aspx\">Using Observations at Different Spatial Scales in Data Assimilation for Environmental Prediction<\/a><\/li>\n<li><b>D. Partridge\u00a0<\/b> &#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reading.ac.uk\/maths-and-stats\/research\/theses\/maths-phdtheses.aspx\">Numerical Modelling of Glaciers: Moving Meshes and Data Assimilation<\/a><\/li>\n<li><b>A. Moodey\u00a0<\/b> &#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reading.ac.uk\/maths-and-stats\/research\/theses\/maths-phdtheses.aspx\">Instability and regularization for Data Assimilation<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>C.P.F. Prates<\/strong> &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.met.reading.ac.uk\/library\/\">Assimilation of IASI measurements in the presence of clouds<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>2012<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><b>R.E. Petrie\u00a0<\/b> &#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.met.reading.ac.uk\/library\/\">Background error covariance modelling for convective-scale variational data assimilation<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>2011<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><b>S.A. Haben\u00a0<\/b> &#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reading.ac.uk\/maths-and-stats\/research\/theses\/maths-phdtheses.aspx\">Conditioning and Preconditioning of the Minimisation Problem in Variational Data Assimilation<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>2010<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><b>A.M. Fowler\u00a0<\/b> &#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.met.reading.ac.uk\/library\/\">Assimilation of mis-placed boundary layer features<\/a><\/li>\n<li><b>P.J. Smith<\/b>\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reading.ac.uk\/maths-and-stats\/research\/theses\/maths-phdtheses.aspx\">Joint state and parameter estimation using data assimilation with application to morphodynamic modelling<\/a><\/li>\n<li><b>L.M. Stewart<\/b>\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reading.ac.uk\/maths-and-stats\/research\/theses\/maths-phdtheses.aspx\">Correlated observation errors in data assimilation<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>2009<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><b>G. Baxter<\/b>\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reading.ac.uk\/maths-and-stats\/research\/theses\/maths-phdtheses.aspx\">4D-Var for high resolution, nested models with a range of scales<\/a><\/li>\n<li><b>D. Livings<\/b>\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.met.reading.ac.uk\/library\/\">Evaluation of stratospheric water vapour analyses using a solar occultation instrument<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>2007<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><b>J. Percival<\/b>\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reading.ac.uk\/maths-and-stats\/research\/theses\/maths-phdtheses.aspx\">Displacement Assimilation for Ocean Models<\/a><\/li>\n<li><b>D. Katz<\/b>\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reading.ac.uk\/maths-and-stats\/research\/theses\/maths-phdtheses.aspx\">The Application of PV-based Control Variable Transformations in Variational Data Assimilation<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>2006<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><b>C. Peubey<\/b>\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reading.ac.uk\/maths-and-stats\/research\/theses\/maths-phdtheses.aspx\">Assimilation of ENVISAT data in an advanced data assimilation systems<\/a><\/li>\n<li><b>R. Dragani<\/b>\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reading.ac.uk\/maths-and-stats\/research\/theses\/maths-phdtheses.aspx\">On the assimilation of the full information content of satellite observations<\/a><\/li>\n<li><b>L. Watkinson<\/b>\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reading.ac.uk\/maths-and-stats\/research\/theses\/maths-phdtheses.aspx\">Four dimensional variational data assimilation for Hamiltonian problems<\/a><\/li>\n<li><b>T.H.A. Frame<\/b>\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reading.ac.uk\/maths-and-stats\/research\/theses\/maths-phdtheses.aspx\">Methods of targeting observations for the improvement of weather forecast skill<\/a><\/li>\n<li><b>D.E. Brown<\/b> &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.reading.ac.uk\/web\/files\/maths\/De_brown.pdf\">Preconditioners for Inhomogeneous Anisotropic Problems with Spherical Geometry in Ocean Modelling<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>2003<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><b>S.J. Fletcher<\/b>\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reading.ac.uk\/maths-and-stats\/research\/theses\/maths-phdtheses.aspx\">High Order Balance Conditions using Hamiltonian Dynamics for Numerical Weather Prediction<\/a><\/li>\n<li><b>C. Johnson<\/b>\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reading.ac.uk\/maths-and-stats\/research\/theses\/maths-phdtheses.aspx\">Information Content of Observations in Variational Data Assimilation<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>2002<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><b>M.A. Wlasak<\/b>\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reading.ac.uk\/maths-and-stats\/research\/theses\/maths-phdtheses.aspx\">The Examination of Balanced and Unbalanced Flow using Potential Vorticity in Atmospheric Modelling<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>2001<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><b>M. Martin<\/b>\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reading.ac.uk\/maths-and-stats\/research\/theses\/maths-phdtheses.aspx\">Data Assimilation in Ocean circulation models with systematic errors<\/a><\/li>\n<li><b>A.S. Lawless<\/b>\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reading.ac.uk\/maths-and-stats\/research\/theses\/maths-phdtheses.aspx\">Development of linear models for data assimilation in numerical weather prediction<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>1997<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><b>A.K. Griffith<\/b>\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reading.ac.uk\/maths-and-stats\/research\/theses\/maths-phdtheses.aspx\">Data assimilation for numerical weather prediction using control theory<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Below is a list of PhD theses carried out in DARC at the University of Reading. 2024 J. 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