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Dr. Miguel Teixeira

Lecturer in Meteorology

Responsibilities:

  • Lecturer
  • Academic visitor programme coordinator

Research Interests:

  • Orographic gravity wave drag in the atmosphere and its parametrization
  • Oceanic turbulence, with a special focus on Langmuir circulations
  • Interfaces between turbulent and non-turbulent flow

Research Projects:

Postdoctoral & graduate student supervision

  • Hette Houtman (PhD student 2022-present, co-supervised with Suzanne Gray, Annelize van Niekerk, Peter Sheridan and Simon Vosper (Met Office). Phd Project: "Trapped lee waves as a source of low-level drag on the atmosphere".
  • Jasmine George (PhD student 2019-present, co-supervised with Alan Grant, Valerio Lucarini and Jean Bidlot (ECMWF) and the Mathematics Department). Phd Project: "Towards a theory for the surface layer of the ocean".
  • Holly Turner (PhD student 2015-19, co-supervised with John Methven and Simon Vosper (Met Office)). PhD Project: "Wind profile and boundary layer effects on orographic gravity wave drag".
  • Maria Vittoria Guarino (PhD student 2014-17, co-supervised with Maarten Ambaum). PhD project: "Mountain wave breaking in atmospheric flows with directional wind shear".
  • Annelize van Niekerk (PhD student 2013-17, co-supervised with Theodore Shepherd). PhD project: "The role of orographic drag in modelled atmospheric circulation".

Other interests

  • Statics and dynamics of thin-film interfaces
  • Associate Editor of the open-access journal Frontiers - Atmospheric Science

Bibliographic databases

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Centaur Publications

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Number of items: 59.

2024

Xu, X., Zhang, R., Teixeira, M. A. C., van Niekerk, A., Xue, M., Lu, Y., Xue, H., Li, R. and Wang, Y. (2024) A parametrization scheme accounting for non-hydrostatic effects on the momentum flux of vertically-propagating orographic gravity waves: formulae and preliminary tests in the Model for Prediction Across Scales (MPAS). Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences. ISSN 1520-0469 doi: https://doi.org/10.1175/JAS-D-23-0020.1 (In Press)

2023

Teixeira, M. A. C. and Mériaux, C. A. (2023) An improved method for estimating the dissipation rate of turbulent kinetic energy using structure functions evaluated from the motion of finite-sized neutrally buoyant particles. Physics of Fluids, 35 (6). 065102. ISSN 1070-6631 doi: https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0148473

van Niekerk, A., Vosper, S. B. and Teixeira, M. A. C. (2023) Accounting for the three-dimensional nature of mountain waves: parametrizing partial critical level filtering. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, 149 (751). pp. 515-536. ISSN 1477-870X doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/qj.4421

2022

Teixeira, M. A. C. and Argaín, J. L. (2022) The drag exerted by weakly dissipative trapped lee waves on the atmosphere: application to Scorer’s two-layer model. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, 148 (748). pp. 3211-3230. ISSN 1477-870X doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/qj.4355

Teixeira, M. A. C. and Mériaux, C. A. (2022) Estimating the filtering of turbulence properties by finite-sized particles using analytical energy spectra. Physics of Fluids, 34 (4). 045117. ISSN 1070-6631 doi: https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0084622

Caldeira, R., Teixeira, M. and Pattiaratchi, C., eds. (2022) Island dynamical systems: atmosphere, ocean and biogeochemical processes. Frontiers Media SA, pp239. ISBN 9782889747078 doi: https://doi.org/10.3389/978-2-88974-707-8

2021

Xavier, R. P., Teixeira, M. A. C. and da Silva, C. B. (2021) Asymptotic scaling laws for the irrotational motions bordering a turbulent region. Journal Of Fluid Mechanics, 918. ISSN 0022-1120 doi: https://doi.org/10.1017/jfm.2021.296

Xu, X., Li, R., Teixeira, M. A. C. and Lu, Y. (2021) On the momentum flux of vertically-propagating orographic gravity waves excited in nonhydrostatic flow over three-dimensional orography. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 78 (6). pp. 1807-1822. ISSN 1520-0469 doi: https://doi.org/10.1175/JAS-D-20-0370.1

Turner, H., Teixeira, M. A. C. and Methven, J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7636-6872 (2021) The effect of a stable boundary layer on orographic gravity wave drag. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, 147 (734). pp. 321-340. ISSN 1477-870X doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/qj.3920

2020

Mériaux, C. A., Teixeira, M. A. C., Monaghan, J. J., Cohen, R. and Cleary, P. (2020) Dispersion of finite-size particles probing inhomogeneous and anisotropic turbulence. European Journal of Mechanics & Fluids - B/Fluids, 84. pp. 93-109. ISSN 0997-7546 doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.euromechflu.2020.05.015

Xu, X., Teixeira, M. A. C., Xue, M., Lu, Y. and Tang, J. (2020) Impacts of wind profile shear and curvature on the parameterized orographic gravity wave stress in the Weather Research and Forecasting model. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, 146 (732). pp. 3086-3100. ISSN 1477-870X doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/qj.3828

Li, R., Xu, X., Wang, Y., Teixeira, M. A.C., Tang, J. and Lu, Y. (2020) The response of parameterized orographic gravity waves to rapid warming over the Tibetan Plateau. Atmosphere, 11 (9). 1016. ISSN 2073-4433 doi: https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos11091016

Teixeira, M. A. C. and Argain, J. L. (2020) The dependence of mountain wave reflection on the abruptness of atmospheric profile variations. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, 146 (729). pp. 1685-1701. ISSN 1477-870X doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/qj.3760

Teixeira, M. A. C., Argain, J. L. and Xu, X. (2020) Reflection of nonlinear mountain waves by critical levels: behaviour of the reflection coefficient. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, 146 (727). pp. 1009-1025. ISSN 1477-870X doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/qj.3722

Teixeira, P. I. C. and Teixeira, M. A. C. (2020) The shape of two-dimensional liquid bridges. Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter, 32 (3). 034002. ISSN 1361-648X doi: https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-648X/ab48b7

2019

Teixeira, M. A.C. (2019) Langmuir circulation and instability. In: Cochran, J. K. (ed.) Reference Module in Earth Systems and Environmental Sciences Reference Module in Earth Systems and Environmental Sciences. Elsevier, pp. 92-106. ISBN 978024095489 doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-409548-9.04176-2

Turner, H. V., Teixeira, M. A. C., Methven, J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7636-6872 and Vosper, S. B. (2019) Sensitivity of the surface orographic gravity wave drag to vertical wind shear over Antarctica. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, 145 (718). pp. 164-178. ISSN 1477-870X doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/qj.3416

Xu, X., Xue, M., Teixeira, M. A. C., Tang, J. and Wang, Y. (2019) Parameterization of directional absorption of orographic gravity waves and its impact on the atmospheric general circulation simulated by the Weather Research and Forecasting Model. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 76 (11). pp. 3435-3453. ISSN 1520-0469 doi: https://doi.org/10.1175/JAS-D-18-0365.1

Teixeira, M. (2019) Wavelet spectral analysis of the free surface of turbulent flows by Giulio Dolcetti and Héctor García Nava. Journal of Hydraulic Research, 57 (4). pp. 603-604. ISSN 1814-2079 doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/00221686.2018.1555560

2018

Teixeira, M. A. C. (2018) A model for the wind-driven current in the wavy oceanic surface layer: apparent friction velocity reduction and roughness length enhancement. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 48. pp. 2721-2736. ISSN 0022-3670 doi: https://doi.org/10.1175/JPO-D-18-0086.1

Guarino, M. V., Teixeira, M. A. C., Keller, T. L. and Sharman, R. D. (2018) Mountain wave turbulence in the presence of directional wind shear over the Rocky Mountains. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 75 (4). pp. 1285-1305. ISSN 1520-0469 doi: https://doi.org/10.1175/JAS-D-17-0128.1

Teixeira, M. A. C., Arscott, S., Cox, S. J. and Teixeira, P. I. C. (2018) When is a surface foam-phobic or foam-philic? Soft Matter, 14. pp. 5369-5382. ISSN 1744-683X doi: https://doi.org/10.1039/C8SM00310F

2017

Teixeira, M. A. C. and Miranda, P. M. A. (2017) Drag associated with 3D trapped lee waves over an axisymmetric obstacle in two-layer atmospheres. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, 143 (709). pp. 3244-3258. ISSN 1477-870X doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/qj.3177

Argain, J. L., Teixeira, M. and Miranda, P. M. A. (2017) Estimation of surface-layer scaling parameters in the unstable boundary layer: implications for orographic flow speed-up. Boundary-Layer Meteorology, 165 (1). pp. 145-160. ISSN 0006-8314 doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10546-017-0260-3

Guarino, M.-V. and Teixeira, M. A. C. (2017) Non-hydrostatic effects on mountain wave breaking in directional shear flows. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, 143 (709). pp. 3291-3297. ISSN 1477-870X doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/qj.3157

Teixeira, M. A. C., Paci, A. and Belleudy, A. (2017) Drag produced by waves trapped at a density interface in non-hydrostatic flow over an axisymmetric hill. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences. ISSN 1520-0469 doi: https://doi.org/10.1175/JAS-D-16-0199.1

Teixeira, M. A. C. (2017) Diagnosing lee wave rotor onset using a linear model including a boundary layer. Atmosphere, 8 (1). 5. ISSN 2073-4433 doi: https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos8010005

2016

Guarino, M. V., Teixeira, M. A. C. and Ambaum, M. H. P. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6824-8083 (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

Teixeira, M. A. C., Kirshbaum, D. J., Olafsson, H., Sheridan, P. F. and Stiperski, I., eds. (2016) The atmosphere over mountainous regions. Frontiers in Earch Science. Frontiers Media SA, Lausanne, Switzerland, pp162. ISBN 9782889450169 doi: https://doi.org/10.3389/978-2-88945-016-9 (Special Issue on the Research Topic "The Atmosphere over Mountainous Regions")

2015

Teixeira, M. A. C., Arscott, S., Cox, S. J. and Teixeira, P. I. C. (2015) What is the shape of an air bubble on a liquid surface? Langmuir, 31 (51). pp. 13708-13717. ISSN 0743-7463 doi: https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.langmuir.5b03970

Yu, C. L. and Teixeira, M. A. C. (2015) Impact of non-hydrostatic effects and trapped lee waves on mountain wave drag in directionally sheared flow. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, 141 (690). pp. 1572-1585. ISSN 1477-870X doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/qj.2459

2014

Teixeira, M. A. C. and Yu, C. L. (2014) The gravity wave momentum flux in hydrostatic flow with directional shear over elliptical mountains. European Journal of Mechanics & Fluids B: Fluids, 47. pp. 16-31. ISSN 0997-7546 doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.euromechflu.2014.02.004

Teixeira, M. A. C. (2014) The physics of orographic gravity wave drag. Frontiers in Physics, 2. 43. ISSN 2296-424X doi: https://doi.org/10.3389/fphy.2014.00043

2013

Teixeira, M. A. C., Argaín, J. L. and Miranda, P. M. A. (2013) Orographic drag associated with lee waves trapped at an inversion. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 70 (9). 2930- 2947. ISSN 1520-0469 doi: https://doi.org/10.1175/JAS-D-12-0350.1

Teixeira, M. A.C., Argaín, J.L. and Miranda, P.M.A. (2013) Drag produced by trapped lee waves and propagating mountain waves in a two-layer atmosphere. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, 139 (673). pp. 964-981. ISSN 1477-870X doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/qj.2008

2012

Teixeira, M. A. C., Argaín, J. L. and Miranda, P. M. A. (2012) The importance of friction in mountain wave drag amplification by Scorer parameter resonance. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, 138 (666). pp. 1325-1337. ISSN 1477-870X doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/qj.1874

Teixeira, M. A. C. (2012) The influence of Langmuir turbulence on the scaling for the dissipation rate in the oceanic boundary layer. Journal of Geophysical Research - Oceans, 117 (C5). C05015. ISSN 0148-0227 doi: https://doi.org/10.1029/2011JC007235

Teixeira, M. A. C. and da Silva, C. B. (2012) Turbulence dynamics near a turbulent/non-turbulent interface. Journal Of Fluid Mechanics, 695. pp. 257-287. ISSN 0022-1120 doi: https://doi.org/10.1017/jfm.2012.17

2011

Teixeira, M. A. C. (2011) On the connection between dissipation enhancement in the ocean surface layer and Langmuir circulations. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 41 (10). pp. 2000-2007. ISSN 0022-3670 doi: https://doi.org/10.1175/JPO-D-11-062.1

Teixeira, M. A.C. (2011) A linear model for the structure of turbulence beneath surface water waves. Ocean modelling, 36 (1-2). pp. 149-162. ISSN 1463-5003 doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ocemod.2010.10.007

2010

Teixeira, M.A.C. and Belcher, S. E. (2010) On the structure of Langmuir turbulence. Ocean modelling, 31 (3-4). pp. 105-119. ISSN 1463-5003 doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ocemod.2009.10.007

2009

Miranda, P. M. A., Martins, J. P. A. and Teixeira, M. A. C. (2009) Assessing wind profile effects on the global atmospheric torque. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, 135 (640). pp. 807-814. ISSN 1477-870X doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/qj.393

Teixeira, M. A. C. and Teixeira, P. I. C. (2009) Contact angle of a hemispherical bubble: an analytical approach. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 338 (1). pp. 193-200. ISSN 0021-9797 doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcis.2009.05.062

Argaín, J. L., Miranda, P. M. A. and Teixeira, M. A. C. (2009) Estimation of the friction velocity in stably stratified boundary-layer flows over hills. Boundary-Layer Meteorology, 130 (1). pp. 15-28. ISSN 1573-1472 doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10546-008-9329-3

Teixeira, M. A. C. and Miranda, P. M. A. (2009) On the momentum fluxes associated with mountain waves in directionally sheared flows. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 66 (11). pp. 3419-3433. ISSN 1520-0469 doi: https://doi.org/10.1175/2009JAS3065.1

2008

Teixeira, M. A. C., Miranda, P. M. A. and Cardoso, R. M. (2008) Asymptotic gravity wave drag expressions for non-hydrostatic rotating flow over a ridge. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, 134 (630). pp. 271-276. ISSN 1477-870X doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/qj.196

Teixeira, M. A. C. and Grisogono, B. (2008) Internal wave drag in stratified flow over mountains on a beta plane. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, 134 (630). pp. 11-19. ISSN 1477-870X doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/qj.188

Teixeira, M. A.C., Miranda, P. M. A. and Argaín, J. (2008) Mountain waves in two-layer sheared flows: critical-level effects, wave reflection, and drag enhancement. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 65 (6). pp. 1912-1926. ISSN 1520-0469 doi: https://doi.org/10.1175/2007JAS2577.1

2007

Teixeira, M. A. C. and Belcher, S. E. (2007) Generation of waves by shear turbulence at an air–water interface. In: Palma, J. M. L. M. and Silva Lopes, A. (eds.) Advances in Turbulence XI. Springer Proceedings in Physics (117). Springer, Porto, Portugal, pp. 618-620. ISBN 9783540726043 doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-72604-3_196

2006

Teixeira, M. A. C. and Belcher, S. E. (2006) On the initiation of surface waves by turbulent shear flow. Dynamics of Atmospheres and Oceans, 41 (1). pp. 1-27. ISSN 0377-0265 doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dynatmoce.2005.10.001

Teixeira, M. A. C. and Miranda, P. M. A. (2006) A linear model of gravity wave drag for hydrostatic sheared flow over elliptical mountains. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, 132 (620). pp. 2439-2458. ISSN 1477-870X doi: https://doi.org/10.1256/qj.05.220

2005

Teixeira, M. A. C. and Miranda, P. M. A. (2005) Linear criteria for gravity-wave breaking in resonant stratified flow over a ridge. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, 131 (609). pp. 1815-1820. ISSN 1477-870X doi: https://doi.org/10.1256/qj.04.155

Teixeira, M. A. C., Miranda, P. M. A., Argain, J. L. and Valente, M. A. (2005) Resonant gravity-wave drag enhancement in linear stratified flow over mountains. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, 131 (609). pp. 1795-1814. ISSN 1477-870X doi: https://doi.org/10.1256/qj.04.154

2004

Teixeira, M. A. C., Miranda, P. M. A. and Valente, M. A. (2004) An analytical model of mountain wave drag for wind profiles with shear and curvature. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 61 (9). pp. 1040-1054. ISSN 1520-0469 doi: https://doi.org/10.1175/1520-0469(2004)061<1040:AAMOMW>2.0.CO;2

Teixeira, M. A. C. and Miranda, P. M. A. (2004) The effect of wind shear and curvature on the gravity wave drag produced by a ridge. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 61 (21). pp. 2638-2643. ISSN 1520-0469 doi: https://doi.org/10.1175/JAS3282.1

2002

Teixeira, M. A. C. and Belcher, S. E. (2002) On the distortion of turbulence by a progressive surface wave. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 458. pp. 229-267. ISSN 0022-1120 doi: https://doi.org/10.1017/S0022112002007838

2000

Teixeira, M. A. C. and Belcher, S. E. (2000) Dissipation of shear-free turbulence near boundaries. Journal Of Fluid Mechanics, 422. pp. 167-191. ISSN 0022-1120 doi: https://doi.org/10.1017/S002211200000149X

1997

Teixeira, M. A. C. and Miranda, P. M. A. (1997) On the entrainment assumption in Schatzmann's integral plume model. Applied Scientific Research, 57. pp. 15-42. ISSN 1573-1987 doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02528762

1996

Teixeira, M. A. C. and Miranda, P. M. A. (1996) Development of an integral model for the dispersion of hot and moist gases. In: Brebbia, C. A. and Caussade, B. (eds.) Air Pollution IV. WIT Transaction on Ecology and the Environment, 14. Wessex Institute of Technology, pp. 89-98. ISBN 9781853124228

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