Adam Gainford
Postdoctoral Research Assistant
ORCID GitHubResponsibilities:
- Postdoctoral Research Assistant in Convective-Scale Model Evaluation and Software Development
Research Interests:
- Convective-Scale Ensemble Evaluation
- Feature-Based Verification and Post-Processing Methods
- Open-Source Software Development
Research Projects:
- Utilising Emerging Observation Networks in India for the Evaluation of Convective-Scale Processes (UNICon)
Centaur Publications
2026
Gainford, A. (2026) Exploiting the benefits of convection-permitting ensembles. PhD thesis, University of Reading. doi: 10.48683/1926.00128862
Gainford, A., Gray, S. 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8658-362X, Frame, T. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6542-2173, Porson, A. N. F. G. and Milan, M.
(2026)
Quantifying driving ensemble influence on operational convection-permitting ensemble spread.
Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society.
ISSN 1477-870X
(In Press)
2025
Gainford, A. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2484-8316, Frame, T. H. A. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6542-2173, Gray, S. L. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8658-362X, Neal, R. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2678-6016, Porson, A. N. and Milan, M.
(2025)
Assessing the value of clustering convectionâpermitting ensemble forecasts.
Meteorological Applications, 32 (6).
e70139.
ISSN 1469-8080
doi: 10.1002/met.70139
Last update: 22nd April 2026
