Professor of Atmospheric Convection

Research Interests:

• Theory of parameterizations
• Stochastic parameterizations
• Modelling in "grey zones"
• Explicit simulation of convection
• Effects of frictional and moist processes on mid-latitude cyclones

Research Projects:

• Turbulent Processes programme (MOPRH project, PI; HiFi project coI, NERC/Met Office)
• Model representation of mesoscale convective systems (MCS:PRIME, Reading PI, NERC)
• Parameterization of Convection (ParaCon programme, Phase 2 PI, NERC/Met Office)
• Scale-adaptive and flow-adaptive sub-grid methods (PhD supervisor)
• High-resolution numerical weather prediction for urban air quality (PhD supervisor)
• Theory of convective parameterization

Postdoctoral & graduate student supervision

• Chimene Daleu Development and testing of new techniques for convection parameterization (details, MORPH PDRA).
• Mark Muetzelfeldt Model representation of mesoscale convective systems (details, MCS:PRIME PDRA).
• Alanna Power Improving convective storm simulations through scale-adaptive and flow-adaptive sub-grid methods (PhD).
• Dony Christianto Interactions Between Regional and Local Circulations In Maritime Continent (PhD).
• Kaustubh Mittal Discovering the Mechanisms Behind Forecast Busts (PhD).

Centaur Publications

Last update: 7th November 2024