Professor Maarten Ambaum
Professor of Atmospheric Physics and Dynamics
Research Interests:
- Thermodynamics of the climate system
- Geophysical fluid dynamics
- Electrical properties of cloud drops
- Bayesian statistics
Research Projects:
- Convective Energy Cycle Analysis based on Observation and Large-Eddy Simulations (IES\R1\180099)
- Electrical aspects of rainfall generation (UAEREP)
- New models of storm track variability (NE/M014932/1)
- Transitions between suppressed and active convection coupled to large-scale tropical circulations (NE/K004034/1)
Other interests
- Text book on Thermal Physics of the Atmosphere
- Ruminations on science, maths, and "stuff"
- Art-science collaboration
Centaur Publications
2023
Kobras, Melanie, Lucarini, Valerio ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9392-1471 and Ambaum, Maarten H.P.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6824-8083
(2023)
Latitudinal storm track shift in a reduced two-level model of the atmosphere.
Physica D: Nonlinear Phenomena.
133926.
ISSN 1872-8022
doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physd.2023.133926
Harrison, R. Giles ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0693-347X, Escobar Ruiz, Veronica, Nicoll, Keri and Ambaum, Maarten H. P.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6824-8083
(2023)
Isolated corona current monitoring using a compensated light-emitting diode as an unpowered sensor.
Review of Scientific Instruments, 94 (9).
094504.
ISSN 1089-7623
doi: https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0170176
Harrison, Giles ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0693-347X, Nicoll, Keri and Ambaum, Maarten
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6824-8083
(2023)
Charge in non-thunderstorm clouds and fogs.
In: Electrostatics 2023, 4-7 Sept 2023, Uxbridge, UK.
(In Press)
(Journal of Physics: Conference Series)
Nicoll, Keri, Escobar Ruiz, Veronica, Harrison, Giles ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0693-347X, Ambaum, Maarten
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6824-8083 and Alkamali, Ahmad
(2023)
A charge emitter for use in evaluating aircraft rainfall enhancement.
Journal of Physics: Conference Series.
ISSN 1742-6588
(In Press)
2022
Harrison, R. Giles, Marlton, Graeme J., Ambaum, Maarten H. P. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6824-8083 and Nicoll, Keri A.
(2022)
Modifying natural droplet systems by charge injection.
Physical Review Research, 4 (2).
L022050.
ISSN 2643-1564
doi: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevResearch.4.L022050
Marcheggiani, Andrea ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3571-608X, Ambaum, Maarten H. P.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6824-8083 and Messori, Gabriele
(2022)
The life cycle of meridional heat flux peaks.
Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, 148 (744).
pp. 1113-1126.
ISSN 1477-870X
doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/qj.4249
Ambaum, M. H. P. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6824-8083, Auerswald, T., Eaves, R. and Harrison, R. G.
(2022)
Enhanced attraction between drops carrying fluctuating charge distributions.
Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences, 478 (2257).
478.
ISSN 1364-5021
doi: https://doi.org/10.1098/rspa.2021.0714
Kobras, Melanie, Ambaum, Maarten H. P. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6824-8083 and Lucarini, Valerio
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9392-1471
(2022)
Eddy saturation in a reduced two-level model of the atmosphere.
Geophysical & Astrophysical Fluid Dynamics, 116 (1).
pp. 38-55.
ISSN 0309-1929
doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/03091929.2021.1990912
2020
Ambaum, Maarten H. P. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6824-8083
(2020)
Accurate, simple equation for saturated vapour pressure over water and ice.
Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, 146 (733).
pp. 4252-5258.
ISSN 1477-870X
doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/qj.3899
Ambaum, Maarten ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6824-8083
(2020)
Thermal physics of the atmosphere. 2nd edition.
Developments in weather and climate science (1).
Elsevier, Amsterdam.
ISBN 9780128244982
Marcheggiani, Andrea and Ambaum, Maarten H.P. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6824-8083
(2020)
The role of heat-flux–temperature covariance in the evolution of weather systems.
Weather and Climate Dynamics, 1 (2).
pp. 701-713.
ISSN 2698-4024
doi: https://doi.org/10.5194/wcd-1-701-2020
Ruggieri, Paolo, Ambaum, Maarten and Nycander, Jonas (2020) Thermodynamic cycles in the stratosphere. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 77 (6). pp. 1897-1912. ISSN 1520-0469 doi: https://doi.org/10.1175/JAS-D-19-0188.1
Harrison, R. Giles, Nicoll, Keri A., Ambaum, Maarten H. P., Marlton, Graeme J., Aplin, Karen L. and Lockwood, Michael (2020) Precipitation modification by ionization. Physical Review Letters, 124 (19). 198701. ISSN 0031-9007 doi: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.124.198701
Yano, J.-I., Ambaum, Maarten ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6824-8083, Dacre, Helen and Manzato, A
(2020)
A dynamical–system description of precipitation over the tropics and the midlatitudes.
Tellus Series A: Dynamic Meteorology and Oceanography, 72 (1).
pp. 1-17.
ISSN 0280-6495
doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/16000870.2020.1847939
2018
Harvey, Ben, Methven, John and Ambaum, Maarten (2018) An adiabatic mechanism for the reduction of jet meander amplitude by potential vorticity filamentation. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 75. pp. 4091-4106. ISSN 1520-0469 doi: https://doi.org/10.1175/JAS-D-18-0136.1
Novakova, Lenka, Ambaum, Maarten H. P. and Harvey, Ben J. (2018) Baroclinic adjustment and dissipative control of storm tracks. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 75 (9). pp. 2955-2970. ISSN 1520-0469 doi: https://doi.org/10.1175/JAS-D-17-0210.1
Kamieniecki, Jan A., Ambaum, Maarten H. P., Plant, Robert S. and Woolnough, Steven J. (2018) The implications of an idealised large-scale circulation for mechanical work done by tropical convection. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 75 (8). pp. 2533-2547. ISSN 1520-0469 doi: https://doi.org/10.1175/JAS-D-17-0314.1
2017
Yano, Jun-Ichi and Ambaum, Maarten H. P. (2017) Moist static energy: definition, reference constants, a conservation law, and effects on buoyancy. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, 143 (708). pp. 2727-2734. ISSN 1477-870X doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/qj.3121
Novak, L., Ambaum, M. H. P. and Tailleux, R. (2017) Marginal stability and predator-prey behaviour within storm tracks. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, 143 (704). pp. 1421-1433. ISSN 1477-870X doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/qj.3014 (Part A)
Ruggieri, P., Kucharski, F., Buizza, R. and Ambaum, M. H. P. (2017) The transient atmospheric response to a reduction of sea-ice cover in the Barents and Kara seas. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, 143 (704). pp. 1632-1640. ISSN 1477-870X doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/qj.3034 (Part A)
Marshall, David Philip, Ambaum, Maarten H. P., Maddison, James R., Munday, David. R. and Novakova, Lenka (2017) Eddy saturation and frictional control of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current. Geophysical Research Letters, 44 (1). pp. 286-292. ISSN 0094-8276 doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/2016GL071702
2016
Guarino, Maria Vittoria, Teixeira, Miguel A. C. and Ambaum, Maarten H. P. (2016) Turbulence generation by mountain wave breaking in flows with directional wind shear. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, 142 (700). pp. 2715-2726. ISSN 1477-870X doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/qj.2862
Harvey, Ben J., Methven, John and Ambaum, Maarten H. P. (2016) Rossby wave propagation on potential vorticity fronts with finite width. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 794. pp. 775-797. ISSN 0022-1120 doi: https://doi.org/10.1017/jfm.2016.180
2015
Harrison, R. G., Nicoll, K. A. and Ambaum, M. H. P. (2015) On the microphysical effects of observed cloud edge charging. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, 141 (692). pp. 2690-2699. ISSN 1477-870X doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/qj.2554 (Part A)
Novak, Lenka, Ambaum, Maarten H. P. and Tailleux, Rémi (2015) The lifecycle of the North Atlantic storm track. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 72 (2). pp. 821-833. ISSN 1520-0469 doi: https://doi.org/10.1175/JAS-D-14-0082.1
2014
Ambaum, Maarten H. P. and Novak, Lenka (2014) A nonlinear oscillator describing storm track variability. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, 140 (685). pp. 2680-2684. ISSN 0035-9009 doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/qj.2352
2013
Frame, T.H.A., Methven, J., Gray, S.L. and Ambaum, M.H.P. (2013) Flow-dependent predictability of the North Atlantic Jet. Geophysical Research Letters, 40 (10). pp. 2411-2416. ISSN 1944-8007 doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/grl.50454
Harrison, R. Giles and Ambaum, Maarten H.P. (2013) Electrical signature in polar night cloud base variations. Environmental Research Letters, 8 (1). 015027. ISSN 1748-9326 doi: https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/8/1/015027
2012
Ambaum, Maarten H. P. (2012) Creativity and skill in science. Creativity and Human Development. ISSN 2050-5337
Ambaum, Maarten H. P. (2012) Thermodynamic derivation of the fluctuation theorem and Jarzynski equality. ISRN Thermodynamics, 2012. 528737. ISSN 2090-5211 doi: https://doi.org/10.5402/2012/528737
Pascale, Salvatore, Gregory, Jonathan M., Ambaum, Maarten H. P. and Tailleux, Remi (2012) A parametric sensitivity study of entropy production and kinetic energy dissipation using the FAMOUS AOGCM. Climate Dynamics, 38 (5-6). pp. 1211-1227. ISSN 0930-7575 doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00382-011-0996-2
Pascale, Salvatore, Gregory, Jonathan, Ambaum, Maarten H. P., Tailleux, Remi and Lucarini, Valerio (2012) Vertical and horizontal processes in the global atmosphere and the maximum entropy production conjecture. Earth System Dynamics, 3. pp. 19-32. ISSN 2190-4987 doi: https://doi.org/10.5194/esd-3-19-2012
2011
Harrison, R. Giles, Ambaum, Maarten H. P. and Lockwood, Mike (2011) Cloud base height and cosmic rays. Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences, 467 (2134). pp. 2777-2791. ISSN 1471-2946 doi: https://doi.org/10.1098/rspa.2011.0040
Ambaum, Maarten H. P., Harrison, R. Giles, Buiting, Jan and Beckers, Thijs (2011) The chaos machine: analogue computing rediscovered (2). Elektor, 37 (418). pp. 72-75. ISSN 0932-5468
Ambaum, Maarten H. P. and Harrison, R. Giles (2011) The chaos machine: analogue computing rediscovered (1). Elektor, 37 (417). pp. 72-75. ISSN 0932-5468
Osprey, Scott M. and Ambaum, Maarten H. P. (2011) Evidence for the chaotic origin of Northern Annular Mode variability. Geophysical Research Letters, 38 (15). L15702. ISSN 0094-8276 doi: https://doi.org/10.1029/2011GL048181
Frame, Thomas H. A., Ambaum, Maarten H. P., Gray, Suzanne L. J. and Methven, John (2011) Ensemble prediction of transitions of the North Atlantic eddy-driven jet. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, 137 (658). pp. 1288-1297. ISSN 1477-870X doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/qj.829
Harvey, Benjamin J., Ambaum, Maarten H. P. and Carton, Xavier J. (2011) Instability of shielded surface temperature vortices. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 68. pp. 964-971. ISSN 1520-0469 doi: https://doi.org/10.1175/2010jas3669.1
Pascale, Salvatore, Gregory, Jonathan Michael, Ambaum, Maarten H. P. and Tailleux, Remi Gerard Jean (2011) Climate entropy budget of the HadCM3 atmosphere-ocean general circulation model and of FAMOUS, its low resolution version. Climate Dynamics, 36 (5-6). pp. 1189-1206. ISSN 0930-7575 doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00382-009-0718-1
Harvey, B. J. and Ambaum, M. H. P. (2011) Perturbed Rankine vortices in surface quasi-geostrophic dynamics. Geophysical & Astrophysical Fluid Dynamics, 105 (4-5). pp. 377-391. ISSN 1029-0419 doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/03091921003694719
2010
Harrison, R. Giles and Ambaum, Maarten H. P. (2010) Observing Forbush decreases in cloud at Shetland. Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics, 72 (18). pp. 1408-1414. ISSN 1364-6826 doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jastp.2010.09.025
Hinssen, Yvonne B.L. and Ambaum, Martinus Henricus Peter (2010) Relation between the 100 hPa heat flux and stratospheric potential vorticity. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 67 (12). pp. 4017-4027. ISSN 1520-0469 doi: https://doi.org/10.1175/2010jas3569.1
Ambaum, Martinus Henricus Peter (2010) Significance tests in climate science. Journal of Climate, 23 (22). pp. 5927-5932. ISSN 1520-0442 doi: https://doi.org/10.1175/2010jcli3746.1
Harvey, B. J. and Ambaum, M. H. P. (2010) Instability of surface-temperature filaments in strain and shear. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, 136 (651). pp. 1506-1513. ISSN 1477-870X doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/qj.651
Ambaum, Martinus Henricus Peter (2010) Thermal physics of the atmosphere. Advancing Weather and Climate Science. Wiley-Blackwell, Chichester, pp240.
Athanasiadis, Panos J. and Ambaum, Maarten H. P. (2010) Do High-Frequency Eddies Contribute to Low-Frequency Teleconnection Tendencies?*. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 67 (2). pp. 419-433. ISSN 1520-0469 doi: https://doi.org/10.1175/2009jas3153.1
2009
Monahan, Adam H., Fyfe, John C., Ambaum, Maarten H. P., Stephenson, David B. and North, Gerald R. (2009) Empirical Orthogonal Functions: The Medium is the Message. Journal of Climate, 22 (24). pp. 6501-6514. ISSN 1520-0442 doi: https://doi.org/10.1175/2009jcli3062.1
Athanasiadis, Panos J. and Ambaum, Maarten H. P. (2009) Linear Contributions of Different Time Scales to Teleconnectivity. Journal of Climate, 22 (13). pp. 3720-3728. ISSN 1520-0442 doi: https://doi.org/10.1175/2009jcli2707.1
Harrison, Richard Giles and Ambaum, Maarten H. P. (2009) Observed atmospheric electricity effect on clouds. Environmental Research Letters, 4 (1). 014003. ISSN 1748-9326 doi: https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/4/1/014003
2008
Ambaum, Maarten H. P. (2008) General relationships between pressure, weight, and mass of a hydrostatic fluid. Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences, 464 (2092). pp. 943-950. ISSN 1364-5021 doi: https://doi.org/10.1098/rspa.2007.0148
Ambaum, Maarten H. P. (2008) Unimodality of wave amplitude in the northern Hemisphere. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 65 (3). pp. 1077-1086. ISSN 1520-0469 doi: https://doi.org/10.1175/2007JAS2298.1
Harrison, R.Giles and Ambaum, Maarten H. P. (2008) Enhancement of cloud formation by droplet charging. Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences, 464 (2098). pp. 2561-2573. ISSN 1364-5021 doi: https://doi.org/10.1098/rspa.2008.0009
2007
Ambaum, Maarten H. P. (2007) A nomogram for the atmosphere. Weather, 62 (12). pp. 344-345. ISSN 0043-1656 doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/wea.141
Ambaum, Maarten H. P. and Athanasiadis, P. J. (2007) The response of a uniform horizontal temperature gradient to heating. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 64 (10). pp. 3708-3716. ISSN 1520-0469 doi: https://doi.org/10.1175/JAS4038.1
2006
Dritschel, D. G. and Ambaum, Maarten H. P. (2006) The diabatic contour advective semi-Lagrangian model. Monthly Weather Review, 134 (9). pp. 2503-2514. ISSN 0027-0644 doi: https://doi.org/10.1175/MWR3202.1
2005
Ambaum, Maarten H. P. and Marshall, David P. (2005) The Effects of Stratification on Flow Separation. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 62 (7). pp. 2618-2625. ISSN 1520-0469 doi: https://doi.org/10.1175/jas3485.1
2004
Jewson, Stephen, Ambaum, Martinus Henricus Peter and Ziehmann, Christine (2004) Singular vector ensemble forecasting systems and the prediction of flow dependent uncertainty. arXiv (0402027). doi: arXiv:physics/0402027v1
2002
Ambaum, Maarten H. P. and Hoskins, Brian J. (2002) The NAO troposphere–stratosphere connection. Journal of Climate, 15 (14). pp. 1969-1978. ISSN 1520-0442 doi: https://doi.org/10.1175/1520-0442(2002)015<1969:TNTSC>2.0.CO;2
Ambaum, Maarten H. P., Hoskins, Brian J. and Stephenson, David B. (2002) Corrigendum: Arctic oscillation or North Atlantic oscillation? Journal of Climate, 15 (5). p. 553. ISSN 1520-0442 doi: https://doi.org/10.1175/1520-0442(2002)015<0553:C>2.0.CO;2
2001
Ambaum, Maarten H. P., Hoskins, Brian J. and Stephenson, David B. (2001) Arctic oscillation or North Atlantic oscillation? Journal of Climate, 14 (16). pp. 3495-3507. ISSN 1520-0442 doi: https://doi.org/10.1175/1520-0442(2001)014<3495:AOONAO>2.0.CO;2
2000
Fischer, H., Wienhold, F. G., Hoor, P., Bujok, O., Schiller, C., Siegmund, P., Ambaum, Maarten H. P., Scheeren, H. A. and Lelieveld, J. (2000) Tracer correlations in the northern high latitude lowermost stratosphere: Influence of cross‐tropopause mass exchange. Geophysical Research Letters, 27 (1). pp. 97-100. ISSN 0094-8276 doi: https://doi.org/10.1029/1999GL010879
1999
Dritschel, David G., de la Torre Juárez, Manuel and Ambaum, Maarten H. P. (1999) The three-dimensional vortical nature of atmospheric and oceanic turbulent flows. Physics of Fluids, 11 (6). pp. 1512-1520. ISSN 1070-6631 doi: https://doi.org/10.1063/1.870014
1998
Dritschel, David G. and Ambaum, Martinus Henricus Peter (1998) The inclusion of non-conservative forcing into a conservative contour advection algorithm. In: Baines, Michael J. (ed.) Numerical methods for fluid dynamics VI. ICFD, Oxford, UK, pp. 99-110. ISBN 9780198536963
1997
Dritschel, David G. and Ambaum, Maarten H. P. (1997) A contour-advective semi-lagrangian numerical algorithm for simulating fine-scale conservative dynamical fields. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, 123 (540). pp. 1097-1130. ISSN 1477-870X doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/qj.49712354015
Ambaum, Martinus Henricus Peter (1997) Isentropic formation of the tropopause. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 54 (4). pp. 555-568. ISSN 1520-0469 doi: https://doi.org/10.1175/1520-0469(1997)054<0555:IFOTT>2.0.CO;2
1995
Verkley, Wim T. M. and Ambaum, Martinus Henricus Peter (1995) Multiple steady states in a contour-dynamics model of large-scale atmospheric flow. In: Modern dynamical meteorology. ECMWF, Reading, UK.
Ambaum, Maarten H. P. and Verkley, W.T.M. (1995) Orography in a contour dynamics model of large-scale atmospheric flow. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 52 (15). pp. 2643-2662. ISSN 1520-0469 doi: https://doi.org/10.1175/1520-0469(1995)052<2643:OIACDM>2.0.CO;2
Last update: 16th February 2023