Mesoscale Group Staff

 

Academic Staff

Prof. Peter Clark

  • Urban surface exchange
  • Mesoscale structure of extratropical cyclones
  • Convective-scale NWP
  • Convection in the ‘Grey-Zone’.
Prof. Suzanne Gray

  • Predictability of weather forecasts
  • Climatology of various weather phenomena
  • Pollutant transport by weather systems.
Prof. Robert Plant

  • Convective parametrisations
  • Modelling in ‘Grey-Zones’
  • Explicit simulation of convection
  • Effects of frictional and moist processes on mid-latitude cyclones
Prof. Helen Dacre

  • Development mechanisms of extratropical cyclones
  • Pollution transport
  • Volcanic ash dispersion
Prof. Christopher Holloway

  • Atmospheric convection and its organisation
  • Tropical weather and climate
  • Interaction between convection and larger scales
  • Representation of convection in NWP
Dr. Miguel Teixeira

  • Orographic gravity wave drag and its parametrisation
  • Oceanic turbulence (e.g. Langmuir circulations)
  • Interfaces between turbulent and non-turbulent flow

Research staff

Dr. Torsten Auerswald
  Dr. Alex Baker

  • Precipitation extremes and climate change (e.g. Monsoons)
  • Resolution sensitivity and model evaluation
  • Climate variability (European, East Asian)
  • Palaeoclimate and water isotopes
Dr. Jake Bland
Dr. Yuqi Bai

Postdoctoral Research Assistant in Parametrization of Grey Zone Turbulence

Dr. Andressa Andrade Cardoso
Dr. Chimene Daleu
Dr. Russell Glazer

  • Extreme Weather
  • Severe Convection
  • Boundary Layer Meteorology
  • Urban Meteorology
  Dr. Ben Harvey

  • Extratropical storm tracks and blocking
  • Climate variability and change
  • Rossby wave dynamics
  • Atmospheric predictability
  Dr. Natalie Harvey

  • Convection and boundary layer turbulence
  • Long-range dispersion of volcanic ash
  • Forecast verification
  • Quantification and communication of uncertainty
  • Remote sensing of the boundary layer
Brian Lo
  Dr. Oscar Martínez-Alvarado

  • Mid-latitude dynamics and mesoscale processes
  • Dynamics and thermodynamics of extratropical cyclones
  • Data assimilation of moisture for convective-scale NWP
  • Planetary atmospheres
Dr. Mark Muetzelfeldt

 

Dr. Leo Saffin
Dr. Dan Shipley
Dr. Marcelo Souza 
Dr. Ambrogio Volonté
Dr. Adam Gainford
Dr. Nischal Sharma
Dr. Cristian Vraciu

Research Support Staff

William McGinty

  • Computational Scientist (NCAS-CMS)

MetOffice@Reading Staff

Dr. Lewis Blunn

  • NWP at km to sub-km scales
  • Urban surface exhanges and boundary layer modelling
Dr. Carol Halliwell

  • Improvements of convection and turbulence in high resolution models
  • Fog forecasting
Dr. Kirsty Hanley

  • Predictability of convective storms
  • Microphysics of convective storms
Dr. Humphrey Lean

  • NWP at km to sub-km scales
  • Explicit representation of convction
  • Understanding predictability
  • Evaluation and improvement of NWP at these scales
Dr. Aurore Porson

  • Evaluation of operational models
  • Coordination of UK testbeds
Dr. Jon Shonk

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