Postdoctoral Research Associate

Is a post-doc currently working on the InHALE project, looking at the climate impacts of halocarbons emitted into the atmosphere.Gill has previously worked on various aspects of aerosols in the atmosphere, most recently on the radiative forcing and feedbacks from a variety of aerosols.Climate Science PublicationsThornhill, G., Collins, B. , Olivie, D., Skeie, R., Archibald, A., Bauer, S., Checa-Garcia, R., Fiedler, S., Folberth, G., Gjermundsen, A., Horowitz, L., Lamarque, J.-F., Michou, M., Mulcahy, J., Nabat, P., Naik, V., O'Connor, F. O.'C., Paulot, F., Schulz, M., Scott, C. E., Seferian, R., Smith, C., Takemura, T., Tilmes, S., Tsigaridis, K. and Weber, J. (2021) Climate-driven chemistry and aerosol feedbacks in CMIP6 Earth system models. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 21 (2). pp. 1105-1126. ISSN 1680-7316 doi: https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-21-1105-2021Thornhill, G., Collins, B. , Kramer, R. J., Olivie, D., Skeie, R. B., O'Connor, F., Abraham, L., Checa-Garcia, R., Bauer, S., Deushi, M., Emmons, L. K., Forster, P., Horowitz, L., Johnson, B., Keeble, J., Lamarque, J.-F., Michou, M., Mills, M., Mulcahy, J., Myhre, G., Nabat, P., Naik, V., Oshima, N., Schulz, M., Smith, C. J., Takemura, T., Tilmes, S., Wu, T., Zeng, G. and Zhang, J. (2021) Effective radiative forcing from emissions of reactive gases and aerosols – a multi-model comparison. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 21 (2). pp. 853-874. ISSN 1680-7316 doi: https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-21-853-2021Thornhill, G. D., Ryder, C. L., Highwood, E. J., Shaffrey, L. C. and Johnson, B. T. (2018) The effect of South American biomass burning aerosol emissions on the regional climate. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 18 (8). pp. 5321-5342. ISSN 1680-7316 doi: https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-5321-2018Smith, P. J., Thornhill, G. D., Dance, S. L., Lawless, A. S., Mason, D. C. and Nichols, N. K. (2013) Data assimilation for state and parameter estimation: application to morphodynamic modelling. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, 139 (671 Part B). pp. 314-327. ISSN 1477-870X doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/qj.1944Thornhill, G. D., Mason, D. C., Dance, S. L., Lawless, A. S., Nichols, N. K. and Forbes, H. R. (2012) Integration of a 3D Variational data assimilation scheme with a coastal area morphodynamic model of Morecambe Bay. Coastal Engineering, 69. pp. 82-96. ISSN 0378-3839 doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.coastaleng.2012.05.010Conference PapersDance, S. L., Baines, M. J., Lawless, A. S., Mason, D. C., Nichols, N. K., Scott, T. R., Sweby, P. K., Smith, P. and Thornhill, G. D. (2010) Use of data assimilation methods in coastal sediment models. In: Flood Risk from Extreme Events (FREE) Final Science Meeting, 20 October, London. (Unpublished)Thornhill, G. D., Scott, T. R., Dance, S. L., Mason, D. C., Nichols, N. K., Baines, M. J., Horsburgh, K. and Sweby, P. K. (2010) Data assimilation and morphodynamic modelling of Morecambe Bay. In: National Centre for Earth Observation Annual Conference, 28-30 September 2010, Leicester. (Unpublished)Thornhill, G. D., Scott, T. R., Smith , P.J., Dance, S. L., Mason, D. C., Nichols, N. K., Baines, M. J., Horsburgh, K.J., Sweby, P. K. and Lawless, A. S. (2009) Progress on “Changing coastlines: data assimilation for morphodynamic prediction and predictability”. In: Third NERC FREE Conference, 10-11 September, Plymouth. (Unpublished)

Responsibilities:

• Post Doctoral Research Assistant on the InHALE project

Research Interests:

• Radiative forcing from aerosols and reactive gases
• Impact on climate of halocarbons

Research Projects:

• InHALE : Investigating HALocarbon impacts on the global Environment, led by the University of Bristol. Our role is quantifying the climate impact of emissions of a range of halocarbons emitted as a result of human activity. Funded by the Natural Environment Research Council. Reading co-investigators are Bill Collins and Michaela Hegglin

Other interests

• Archaeology, specifically Bronze Age Aegean cultures

Last update: 9th December 2024