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Academic and Research Staff<\/h1>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
\"\"<\/td>\nProf. Steven Woolnough<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"\"<\/td>\nProf. Emily Black<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n
    \n
  • The hydrological cycle and its associated hazards<\/li>\n
  • Land-atmosphere interactions and their impact on climate<\/li>\n
  • African climate and rainfall monitoring<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"\"<\/td>\nProf. Christopher Holloway<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n
    \n
  • Interaction between convection and the large-scale environment<\/li>\n
  • Tropical weather and climate<\/li>\n
  • Atmospheric convection and its organisation<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"\"<\/td>\nProf. Andrew Turner<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n
    \n
  • Fundamental monsoon processes and observations<\/li>\n
  • Tropical variability and prediction<\/li>\n
  • Climate change<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"\"<\/td>\nDr. Buwen Dong<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n
    \n
  • Coupled ocean atmosphere interaction<\/li>\n
  • Atlantic ocean variability and its impact on global climate<\/li>\n
  • Asian monsoon variability and predictability<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"\"<\/td>\nDr. Gui-Ying Yang<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n
    \n
  • Dynamics of atmospheric circulation and interaction between extratropics and tropics<\/li>\n
  • Equatorial wave behaviour in observations and models<\/li>\n
  • Impact of equatorial waves on tropical high impact weather<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"\"<\/td>\nDr. Linda Hirons<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n
    \n
  • Drivers of climate variability and change in Africa<\/li>\n
  • Sub-seasonal to seasonal predictability<\/li>\n
  • Climate services for society<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"\"<\/td>\nProf. Richard Allan<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n
    \n
  • Current and future change in the global water cycle<\/li>\n
  • Earth’s radiative energy balance and climate<\/li>\n
  • Testing simulation of the Earth’s climate with observations<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"\"<\/td>\nProf. Liz Stephens<\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"\"<\/td>\nProf. Pier Luigi Vidale<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n
    \n
  • High-resolution global climate modelling<\/li>\n
  • Land surface processes and biosphere-atmosphere interactions<\/li>\n
  • Quantification of risks posed by Tropical Cyclones<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"\"<\/td>\nDr. Victoria Boult<\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nDr. Soumi Chakravorty<\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"\"<\/td>\nDr. Chimene Daleu<\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"\"<\/td>\nDr. Akshay Deoras<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n
    \n
  • Indian monsoon (subseasonal-to-seasonal predictions, ocean-atmosphere-land interaction, dynamics and precipitation processes of monsoon depressions)<\/li>\n
  • Variability of tropical climate systems<\/li>\n
  • Dynamics of extratropical cyclones over North India<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"\"<\/td>\nDr. Xiangbo Feng<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n
    \n
  • Tropical Cyclones<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"\"<\/td>\nDr. Samantha Ferrett<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n
    \n
  • Equatorial waves and their links to high impact weather in Southeast Asia<\/li>\n
  • Representation of the tropical climate and weather in coupled climate models and forecast models<\/li>\n
  • Dynamics and teleconnections of modes of variability (e.g. ENSO) in the Tropical Pacific<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"\"<\/td>\nDr. Kevin Hodges<\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"\"<\/td>\nDr. Kieran Hunt<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n
    \n
  • Synoptic-scale tropical dynamics<\/li>\n
  • Machine learning applications in meteorology<\/li>\n
  • Extreme weather events, particularly over south Asia<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"\"<\/td>\nDr. Lauren James<\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"\"<\/td>\n\u00a0Dr. Eliza Karlowska<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n
    \n
  • Large-scale drivers of high-impact local events in the tropics in observations and models<\/li>\n
  • Madden-Julian Oscillation<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"\"<\/td>\nDr. Robert Lee<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n
    \n
  • MJO metrics for climate models<\/li>\n
  • Tropical-extratropical teleconnections on sub-seasonal timescales<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"\"<\/td>\nDr. Ross Maidment<\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"\"<\/td>\nDr. Paul-Arthur Monerie<\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"\"<\/td>\nDr. Daniel Shipley<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

PhD students<\/h1>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Dony Christianto<\/span><\/a><\/td>\nInteractions Between Regional and Local Circulations In Maritime Continent: Their Role in Convective Storms and Their Fidelity in Models<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Juan Garcia Valencia<\/span><\/a><\/td>\nSea surface temperature pattern influence on monsoon variability and change<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Marimel Gler<\/span><\/a><\/td>\nModelling and forecasting of the Indian Ocean Dipole<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Max Mauerman<\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Elliot McKinnon-Gray<\/span><\/a><\/td>\nEquatorial waves as an untapped source of predictability in the tropics<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Indrakshi Mukherjee<\/span><\/a><\/td>\nUnderstanding the potential for month-ahead prediction for monsoon systems<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Douglas Mulangwa<\/span><\/a><\/td>\nHydrological forecasting on the Victoria Nile in Uganda<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Evet Naturinda<\/span><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Catherine Toolan<\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Jaylen Vicol<\/span><\/a><\/td>\nSub-seasonal to seasonal predictability and prediction of East African Rainfall<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Lewis Grant<\/span><\/a><\/td>\nUnleashing the potential of high-resolution sub-seasonal tropical cyclone predictions<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Giacomo Giuliani<\/span><\/a><\/td>\nUnderstanding (and predicting) tropical cyclone genesis and evolution in the Indian Ocean at coupled km-scale<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ken Rui Fong<\/span><\/a><\/td>\nMulti-Scale Parameterization for the Convection Grey Zone<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Tsun Ngai (Leo) Chow<\/span><\/a><\/td>\nThe Roles of Tropical Waves in the Sub-seasonal Prediction of Tropical Cyclones<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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