Dr. Oscar Martinez-Alvarado
Postdoctoral Research Scientist (NCAS)
Responsibilities:
Senior Research Scientist - NCAS
Research Interests:
- Mid-latitude atmospheric dynamics
- Mesoscale processes
- Dynamics and thermodynamics of extratropical cyclones
- Data assimilation of moisture for convective-scales numerical weather prediction
- Nonlinear dynamics
- Planetary atmospheres
Research Projects:
- UK contribution to the North Atlantic Waveguide and Downstream Impact Experiment (NAWDEX)
- Sting jet windstorm in current and future climates
- Forecasting Rainfall exploiting new data Assimilation techniques and Novel observations of Convection (FRANC)
- DIAbatic influences on Mesoscale structures in ExTratropical storms (DIAMET)
Postdoctoral and graduate student supervision
PhD Students
- Charlie Suitters - Atmospheric blocking dynamics: Persistence, re-intensification and interaction with other weather systems. To be completed in 2023
- Sophie Cuckow - The Feeder Airstream - Investigating the Mechanisms causing Precipitation in Cyclones. To be completed in 2023
Previous PhD Students
- Jacob Maddison - Downstream control of blocking and Rossby wave breaking by extratropical cyclones. Completed PhD in 2018
Centaur Publications
2023
Dacre, Helen, Martinez-Alvarado, Oscar ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5285-0379 and Hodges, Kevin
(2023)
Precipitation efficiencies in a climatology of Southern Ocean extratropical cyclones.
Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres.
ISSN 2169-8996
(In Press)
Suitters, Charlie C, Martinez-Alvarado, Oscar, Hodges, Kevin I., Schiemann, Reinhard K. H. and Ackerley, Duncan (2023) Transient anticyclonic eddies and their relationship to atmospheric block persistence. Weather and Climate Dynamics. ISSN 2698-4016 (In Press)
Volonté, Ambrogio ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0278-952X, Gray, Suzanne L.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8658-362X, Clark, Peter A.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1001-9226, Martínez-Alvarado, Oscar
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5285-0379 and Ackerley, Duncan
(2023)
Strong surface winds in Storm Eunice. Part 2: airstream analysis.
Weather.
ISSN 1477-8696
doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/wea.4401
Volonté, Ambrogio ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0278-952X, Gray, Suzanne L.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8658-362X, Clark, Peter A.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1001-9226, Martínez-Alvarado, Oscar
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5285-0379 and Ackerley, Duncan
(2023)
Strong surface winds in Storm Eunice. Part 1: storm overview and indications of sting-jet activity from observations and model data.
Weather.
ISSN 1477-8696
doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/wea.4402
Hawkins, Ed ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9477-3677, Brohan, Philip, Burgess, Samantha N., Burt, Stephen
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5125-6546, Compo, Gilbert P.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5199-9633, Gray, Suzanne L.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8658-362X, Haigh, Ivan D., Hersbach, Hans
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5330-7071, Kuijjer, Kiki, Martinez-Alvarado, Oscar
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5285-0379, McColl, Chesley, Schurer, Andrew P.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9176-3622, Slivinski, Laura and Williams, Joanne
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8421-4481
(2023)
Rescuing historical weather observations improves quantification of severe windstorm risks.
Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences, 23 (4).
pp. 1465-1482.
ISSN 1684-9981
doi: https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-23-1465-2023
Gonzalez, Paula L. M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0154-0087, Howard, Emma, Ferrett, Samantha
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4726-847X, Frame, Thomas H. A., Martinez-Alvarado, Oscar
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5285-0379, Methven, John
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7636-6872 and Woolnough, Steven J.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0500-8514
(2023)
Weather patterns in Southeast Asia: enhancing high-impact weather sub-seasonal forecast skill.
Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, 149 (750).
pp. 19-39.
ISSN 1477-870X
doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/qj.4378
2022
Lopez-Villalobos, Carlos A., Martinez-Alvarado, Oscar ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5285-0379, Rodriguez-Hernandez, Osvaldo and Romero-Centeno, Rosario
(2022)
Analysis of the influence of the wind speed profile on wind power production.
Energy Reports, 8.
pp. 8079-8092.
ISSN 2352-4847
Cuckow, Sophie, Dacre, Helen F. and Martinez-Alvarado, Oscar ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5285-0379
(2022)
Moisture transport contributing to precipitation at the centre of storm Bronagh.
Weather, 77 (6).
pp. 196-201.
ISSN 0043-1656
doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/wea.4212
Mattu, Kanzis L., Bloomfield, Hannah C. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5616-1503, Thomas, Simon, Martinez-Alvarado, Oscar
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5285-0379 and Rodriguez-Hernandez, Osvaldo
(2022)
The impact of tropical cyclones on potential offshore wind farms.
Energy for Sustainable Development, 68.
pp. 29-39.
ISSN 0973-0826
doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.esd.2022.02.005
Howard, Emma, Thomas, Simon, Frame, Thomas H. A., Gonzalez, Paula L. M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0154-0087, Methven, John
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7636-6872, Martinez-Alvarado, Oscar
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5285-0379 and Woolnough, Steven J.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0500-8514
(2022)
Weather patterns in Southeast Asia: relationship with tropical variability and heavy precipitation.
Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, 148 (743).
pp. 747-769.
ISSN 1477-870X
doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/qj.4227
Hernández-Yepes, J. Gustavo, Rodríguez-Hernández, Osvaldo, Martinez-Alvarado, Oscar ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5285-0379, Magaldi-Hermosillo, Adolfo V. and Drew, Daniel
(2022)
Influence of spatial resolution in mesoscale modeling to reproduce wind power production in southern Mexico.
Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy, 14 (4).
043303.
ISSN 1941-7012
doi: https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0091384
2021
Gray, Suzanne L. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8658-362X, Martinez-Alvarado, Oscar
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5285-0379, Ackerley, Duncan and Suri, Dan
(2021)
Development of a prototype real-time sting-jet precursor tool for forecasters.
Weather, 76 (11).
pp. 369-373.
ISSN 1477-8696
doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/wea.3889
Thomas, Simon, Nicolau, Susie, Martinez-Alvarado, Oscar ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5285-0379, Drew, Daniel and Bloomfield, Hannah
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5616-1503
(2021)
How well do atmospheric reanalyses reproduce observed winds in coastal regions of Mexico?
Meteorological Applications, 28 (5).
e2023.
ISSN 1469-8080
doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/met.2023
Lopez-Villalobos, C. A., Rodriguez-Hernandez, O., Martinez-Alvarado, Oscar ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5285-0379 and Hernandez-Yepes, J. G.
(2021)
Effects of wind power spectrum analysis over resource
assessment.
Renewable Energy, 167.
pp. 761-773.
ISSN 0960-1481
doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.renene.2020.11.147
Thomas, Simon R, Martinez-Alvarado, Oscar ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5285-0379, Drew, Daniel and Bloomfield, Hannah
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5616-1503
(2021)
Drivers of extreme wind events in Mexico for wind power applications.
International Journal of Climatology, 41 (S1).
E2321-E2340.
ISSN 0899-8418
doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/joc.6848
2020
Pereyra-Castro, K., Caetano, E., Martinez-Alvarado, Oscar ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5285-0379 and Quintanilla-Montoya, A. L.
(2020)
Wind and wind power ramp variability over Northern Mexico.
Atmosphere, 11 (12).
1281.
ISSN 2073-4433
doi: https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos11121281
Morales-Ruvalcaba, Carlos F., Rodriguez-Hernandez, Osvaldo, Martinez-Alvarado, Oscar ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5285-0379, Drew, Daniel R. and Ramos, Eduardo
(2020)
Estimating wind speed and capacity factors in Mexico using reanalysis data.
Energy for Sustainable Development, 58.
pp. 158-166.
ISSN 0973-0826
doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.esd.2020.08.006
Martínez-Alvarado, Oscar and Sánchez, Claudio (2020) Examining model error in potential temperature and potential vorticity via weather forecasts at different lead times. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, 146 (728). pp. 1264-1280. ISSN 1477-870X doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/qj.3736
Maddison, Jacob W., Gray, Suzanne L., Martínez-Alvarado, Oscar and Williams, Keith D. (2020) Impact of model upgrades on diabatic processes in extratropical cyclones and downstream forecast evolution. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, 146 (728). pp. 1322-1350. ISSN 0035-9009 doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/qj.3739
Bannister, Ross N., Chipilski, Hristo and Martinez-Alvarado, Oscar (2020) Techniques and challenges in the assimilation of atmospheric water observations for numerical weather prediction towards convective scales. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, 146 (726). pp. 1-48. ISSN 1477-870X doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/qj.3652
2019
Dacre, Helen F., Martinez-Alvarado, Oscar and Mbengue, Cheikh O. (2019) Linking atmospheric rivers and warm conveyor belt airflows. Journal of Hydrometeorology, 20 (6). pp. 1183-1196. ISSN 1525-7541 doi: https://doi.org/10.1175/JHM-D-18-0175.1
Maddison, J. W., Gray, S. L., Martinez-Alvarado, O. and Williams, K. D. (2019) Upstream cyclone influence on the predictability of block onsets over the Euro-Atlantic region. Monthly Weather Review, 147 (4). pp. 1277-1296. ISSN 0027-0644 doi: https://doi.org/10.1175/MWR-D-18-0226.1
2018
Martinez-Alvarado, Oscar, Maddison, Jacob, Gray, Suzanne and Williams, Keith (2018) Atmospheric blocking and upper-level Rossby wave forecast skill dependence on model configuration. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, 144 (716). pp. 2165-2181. ISSN 1477-870X doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/qj.3326
Martinez-Alvarado, Oscar, Gray, Suzanne L., Hart, Neil C.G., Clark, Peter A., Hodges, Kevin I. and Roberts, Malcolm J. (2018) Increased wind risk from sting-jet windstorms with climate change. Environmental Research Letters, 13 (4). 044002. ISSN 1748-9326 doi: https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/aaae3a
2016
Martinez-Alvarado, Oscar, Gray, Suzanne L. and Methven, John (2016) Diabatic processes and the evolution of two contrasting summer extratropical cyclones. Monthly Weather Review, 144 (9). pp. 3251-3276. ISSN 0027-0644 doi: https://doi.org/10.1175/MWR-D-15-0395.1
Martinez-Alvarado, O., Madonna, E., Gray, S. L. and Joos, H. (2016) A route to systematic error in forecasts of Rossby waves. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, 142 (694). pp. 196-210. ISSN 1477-870X doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/qj.2645
2015
Plant, R. S. and Martinez-Alvarado, Oscar (2015) Spectral and bulk mass-flux representations. In: Plant, R. S. and Yano, Jun-Ichi (eds.) Parameterization of atmospheric convection. Vol 1. Theoretical background and formulation. Series on the science of climate change. World Scientific, Imperial College Press, London, pp. 249-272. ISBN 9781783266906
Vaughan, G., Methven, J., Anderson, D., Antonescu, B., Baker, L., Baker, T. P., Ballard, S. P., Bower, K. N., Brown, P. R. A., Chagnon, J., Choularton, T. W., Chylik, J., Connolly, P. J., Cook, P. A., Cotton, R. J., Crosier, J., Dearden, C., Dorsey, J. R., Frame, T. H. A., Gallagher, M. W., Goodliff, M., Gray, S. L., Harvey, B. J., Knippertz, P., Lean, H. W., Li, D., Lloyd, G., Martinez-Alvarado, O., Nicol, J., Norris, J., Öström, E., Owen, J., Parker, D. J., Plant, R. S., Renfrew, I. A., Roberts, N. M., Rosenberg, P., Rudd, A. C., Schultz, D. M., Taylor, J. P., Trzeciak, T., Tubbs, R., Vance, A. K., Van Leeuwen, P. J., Wellpott, A. and Woolley, A. (2015) Cloud banding and winds in intense European cyclones: results from the DIAMET project. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 96 (2). pp. 249-265. ISSN 1520-0477 doi: https://doi.org/10.1175/BAMS-D-13-00238.1
2014
Dacre, Helen F., Clark, Peter A., Martinez-Alvarado, Oscar, Stringer, Marc A. and Lavers, David A. (2014) How do atmospheric rivers form? Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 96 (8). pp. 1243-1255. ISSN 1520-0477 doi: https://doi.org/10.1175/BAMS-D-14-00031.1
Martinez-Alvarado, Oscar, Baker, Laura H, Gray, Suzanne L, Methven, John and Plant, R S (2014) Distinguishing the cold conveyor belt and sting jet air streams in an intense extratropical cyclone. Monthly Weather Review, 142 (8). pp. 2571-2595. ISSN 1520-0493 doi: https://doi.org/10.1175/MWR-D-13-00348.1
Martinez-Alvarado, Oscar and Plant, R S (2014) Parameterised diabatic processes in numerical simulations of an extratropical cyclone. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, 140 (682). pp. 1742-1755. ISSN 1477-870X doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/qj.2254
Martinez-Alvarado, Oscar (2014) Implications of model error for numerical climate prediction. Nonlinear Processes in Geophysics Discussions, 1 (1). pp. 131-153. ISSN 2198-5634 doi: https://doi.org/10.5194/npgd-1-131-2014
2013
Martinez-Alvarado, Oscar, Joos, Hanna, Chagnon, Jeffrey, Boettcher, Maxi, Gray, Suzanne, Plant, R. S., Methven, John and Wernli, Heini (2013) The dichotomous structure of the warm conveyor belt. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, 140 (683). pp. 1809-1824. ISSN 1477-870X doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/qj.2276
Martinez-Alvarado, Oscar, Gray, Suzanne L., Clark, Peter A. and Baker, Laura H (2013) Objective detection of sting jets in low-resolution datasets. Meteorological Applications, 20 (1). pp. 41-55. ISSN 1469-8080 doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/met.297
Baker, Laura, Martinez-Alvarado, Oscar, Methven, John and Knippertz, Peter (2013) Flying through extratropical cyclone Friedhelm. Weather, 68 (1). pp. 9-13. ISSN 1477-8696 doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/wea.2047
2012
Martinez-Alvarado, Oscar, Gray, Suzanne L., Catto, Jennifer L and Clark, Peter A. (2012) Sting jets in intense winter North-Atlantic windstorms. Environmental Research Letters, 7 (2). 024014. ISSN 1748-9326 doi: https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/7/2/024014
2011
Gray, Suzanne L., Martinez-Alvarado, Oscar, Baker, Laura H and Clark, Peter A. (2011) Conditional symmetric instability in sting-jet storms. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, 137 (659). pp. 1482-1500. ISSN 1477-870X doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/qj.859
2010
Martínez-Alvarado, Oscar, Weidle, Florian and Gray, Suzanne Louise (2010) Sting jets in simulations of a real cyclone by two mesoscale models. Monthly Weather Review, 138 (11). pp. 4054-4075. ISSN 0027-0644 doi: https://doi.org/10.1175/2010MWR3290.1
2009
Martinez-Alvarado, Oscar, Moroz, Irene M., Read, Peter L., Lewis, Stephen R. and Montabone, Luca (2009) Low-order dynamical behavior in the martian atmosphere: Diagnosis of general circulation model results. Icarus, 204 (1). pp. 48-62. ISSN 0019-1035 doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.icarus.2009.06.010
Martinez-Alvarado, Oscar, Montabone, Luca, Lewis, Stephen R., Moroz, Irene M. and Read, Peter L. (2009) Transient teleconnection event at the onset of a planet-encircling dust storm on Mars. Annales Geophysicae, 27. pp. 3663-3676. ISSN 0992-7689 doi: https://doi.org/10.5194/angeo-27-3663-2009
2005
Martinez-Alvarado, Oscar, Moroz, Irene M, Read, Peter L and Lewis, Stephen R (2005) Reduced-order dynamics of the Martian atmospheric dynamics. In: 5th EUROMEC Nonlinear Oscillations Conference ENOC-2005, 7 August 2005 - 12 August 2005, Eindhoven, The Netherlands.
2004
Juarez, L Hector, Kantz, Holger, Martinez, Oscar, Ramos, Eduardo and Rechtman, Raul (2004) Complex dynamics in simple systems with periodic parameter oscillations. Physical Review E, 70 (5). 056202. ISSN 1539-3755 doi: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.70.056202
Last update: 26th October 2023