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:
- A new diagnostic for fluid flow instability and turbulence generation. Research Project Grant in partnership with the Met Office and ACINN (University of Innsbruck) (September 2023-August 2026) (funded by the Leverhulme Trust) (within the TEAMx partnership)
- Towards a reformulation of surface layer theory for boundary layers over mountainous terrain. International Exchanges Grant in partnership with ACINN (University of Innsbruck) (April 2022-March 2024) (funded by the Royal Society) (within the TEAMx partnership)
- Global to Local IMpacts of FLow over Orography (GLIMFLO) Marie Curie Career Integration Grant (2013-17) (funded by the European Commission)
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".
ANNOUNCEMENT (Application deadline: 12 January 2024)
- I am currently advertising ONE fully-funded PhD position on the topic "Representing ground-atmosphere coupling over mountainous terrain: the need for a new paradigm".
More information and application procedure available here.
Other interests
- Statics and dynamics of thin-film interfaces
- Associate Editor of the open-access journal Frontiers - Atmospheric Science
Bibliographic databases
Centaur Publications
2023
Teixeira, Miguel A. C. and Mériaux, Catherine 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, Miguel A. C. and Argaín, José 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, Miguel A. C. and Mériaux, Catherine 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, Rui, Teixeira, Miguel and Pattiaratchi, Charitha, 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, Ricardo P., Teixeira, Miguel A. C. and da Silva, Carlos 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, Xin, Li, Runqiu, Teixeira, Miguel A. C. and Lu, Yixiong (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, Holly, Teixeira, Miguel A. C. and Methven, John (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, Miguel A. C., Monaghan, Joe J., Cohen, Raymond and Cleary, Paul (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, Xin, Teixeira, Miguel A. C., Xue, Ming, Lu, Yixiong and Tang, Jianping (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, Runqiu, Xu, Xin, Wang, Yuan, Teixeira, Miguel A.C., Tang, Jianping and Lu, Yixiong (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, Jose 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, Xin (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, Paulo I. C. and Teixeira, Miguel 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, Miguel A.C. (2019) Langmuir circulation and instability. In: Cochran, J. Kirk (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. 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, Xin, Xue, Ming, Teixeira, Miguel A. C., Tang, Jianping and Wang, Yuan (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, Miguel (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, Miguel 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, Maria Vittoria, Teixeira, Miguel A. C., Keller, Teddie L. and Sharman, Robert 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, Miguel A. C., Arscott, Steve, Cox, Simon J. and Teixeira, Paulo 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, Jose Luis, Teixeira, Miguel 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, Maria-Vittoria and Teixeira, Miguel 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, Miguel A. C., Paci, Alexandre and Belleudy, Anne (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, Miguel 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, 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
Teixeira, Miguel A. C., Kirshbaum, Daniel J., Olafsson, Haraldur, Sheridan, Peter F. and Stiperski, Ivana, 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, Miguel A. C., Arscott, Steve, Cox, Simon J. and Teixeira, Paulo 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, Miguel A. C. and Yu, Chau Lam (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, Miguel 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, Miguel A. C., Argaín, José Luis and Miranda, Pedro 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, Miguel 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, Miguel 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, Miguel 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, Miguel 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, Miguel 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, Miguel 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, José Luis, Miranda, Pedro M. A. and Teixeira, Miguel 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, Miguel A. C. and Miranda, Pedro 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, Branko (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, Miguel A.C., Miranda, Pedro M. A. and Argaín, JoséL (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, Miguel A. C. and Belcher, Stephen 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, Miguel 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, Miguel A. C. and Miranda, Pedro 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
Last update: 1st September 2023