Dr Chris HuntingfordClimate Modeller
Research interestsThank you for visiting my CEH homepage. My main interest is in how humans may alter the climate system through the burning of fossil fuels, and with an emphasis on interactions within the global carbon cycle. Based at CEH, there is a further emphasis on terrestrial ecosystem functioning, and on land-atmosphere feedbacks as atmospheric greenhouse gas concentrations increase. Key questions still to be fully answered are: “Will the terrestrial carbon cycle remain a sink of carbon dioxide in to the future?” “How do other geochemical cycles interact with terrestrial carbon stores (e.g. methane, nitrogen, ozone)?” Central to much of the large-scale analysis we undertake in CEH is the use of the JULES land surface model and the IMOGEN climate impacts modelling system. Through our tight links to the Met Office Hadley Centre, we are fortunate in seeing some of our research findings being placed in the full numerical framework of their Global Circulation Model (GCM). Before coming to CEH, I was a student at the University of Cambridge, where I studied mathematics, and then at Oxford University, researching a problem in fluid dynamics. Selected publicationsFor further details, please visit the NERC Open Research Archive). Publications are also listed below: 2010 Hughes JK, Lloyd AJ, Huntingford C, et al. The impact of extensive planting of Miscanthus as an energy crop on future CO2 atmospheric concentrations. Source: Global Change Biology Bionergy. Volume: 2 Issue: 2 Pages: 79-88 Published: April 2010 Fisher, J.B., Sitch, S., Malhi, Y., Fisher, R.A., Huntingford, C. and Tan, S.Y. (2010) Carbon cost of plant nitrogen acquisition: A mechanistic, globally applicable model of plant nitrogen uptake, retranslocation, and fixation. Global Biogeochemical Cycles, 24, GB1014. 2009 Exploring the likelihood and mechanism of a climate-change-induced dieback of the Amazon rainforest. Malhi Y, Aragao LEOC, Galbraith D, Huntingford C, Fisher R, Zelazowski P, Sitch S, McSweeney C and Meir P. Source: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, Volume: 106 Issue: 49 (December 2009) Impact of changes in diffuse radiation on the global land carbon sink. Mercado L M, Bellouin N, Sitch S, et al. Source:Nature, Volume: 458 Issue: 7241 (23rd April 2009) doi:10.1038/nature07949 Trends in the sources and sinks of carbon dioxide Warming caused by cumulative carbon emissions towards the trillionth tonne. Allen, M R, Frame, D J; Huntingford, C, Jones, C D; Lowe, J A; Meinshausen, M. & Meinschausen, N. Source: Nature 458, 1163-1166 (30th April 2009) doi:10.1038/nature08019 Contributions of carbon cycle uncertainty to future climate projection spread. Huntingford, C, Lowe, J A, Booth, B B B, et al. Source: Tellus Series B - Chemical and Physical Meteorology, Volume: 61 Issue: 2 Pages: 355-360 (April 2009). doi: 0.1111/j.1600-0889.2009.00414.x How difficult is it to recover from dangerous levels of global warming? Lowe, J A, Huntingford, C, Raper, SCB, Jones, C D, Liddicoat, S K; Gohar, L K. Environ. Res. Lett. 4 014012 (9pp) (2009) doi: 10.1088/1748-9326/4/1/014012 See also this CEH News Report. 2008 What do recent advances in quantifying climate and carbon cycle uncertainties mean for climate policy? Author(s): House, JI; Huntingford, C; Knorr, W, et al. Source: Environmental Research Letters, Volume: 3 Issue: 4 Article Number: 044002 (2008) http://www.iop.org/EJ/abstract/1748-9326/3/4/044002 Observed climate change constrains the likelihood of extreme future global warming. STOTT, PA; HUNTINGFORD, C; JONES, CD; et al. Source: TELLUS SERIES B-CHEMICAL AND PHYSICAL METEOROLOGY Volume: 60 Issue: 1 Pages: 76-81 Year: FEB 2008. doi: 10.1111/j.1600-0889.2007.00329.x Amazon Basin climate under global warming: the role of the sea surface temperature. HARRIS, PP; HUNTINGFORD, C; COX, PM Source: PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES Volume: 363 Issue: 1498 Pages: 1753-1759 Year: MAY 27 2008. doi: 10.1098/rstb.2007.0037 Towards quantifying uncertainty in predictions of Amazon 'dieback' Author(s): HUNTINGFORD, C; FISHER, RA; MERCADO, L; et al. Source: PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES Volume: 363 Issue: 1498 Pages: 1857-1864 Year: MAY 27 2008. doi:10.1098/rstb.2007.0028 Increasing risk of Amazonian drought due to decreasing aerosol pollution. COX, PM; HARRIS, PP; HUNTINGFORD, C; et al. Source: NATURE Volume: 453 Issue: 7192 Pages: 212-U7 Year: MAY 8 2008. doi:10.1038/nature06960 Climate change: Seeking balance in media reports. HUNTINGFORD, C; FOWLER, D. Source: ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH LETTERS Volume: 3 Issue: 2 Pages: - Year: APR-JUN 2008. doi:10.1088/1748-9326/3/2/021001 Evaluation of the terrestrial carbon cycle, future plant geography and climate-carbon cycle feedbacks using five Dynamic Global Vegetation Models (DGVMs). SITCH, S; HUNTINGFORD, C; GEDNEY, N; et al. Source: GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY Volume: 14 Issue: 9 Pages: 2015-2039 Year: SEP 2008. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2486.2008.01626.x 2007 Projected increase in continental runoff due to plant responses to increasing carbon dioxide. BETTS, RA; BOUCHER, O; COLLINS, M; et al. Source: NATURE Volume: 448 Issue: 7157 Pages: 1037-U5 Year: AUG 30 2007. doi:10.1038/nature06045 Indirect radiative forcing of climate change through ozone effects on the land-carbon sink. SITCH, S; COX, PM; COLLINS, WJ; et al. Source: NATURE Volume: 448 Issue: 7155 Pages: 791-U4 Year: AUG 16 2007. doi: 10.1038/nature06059 Improving the representation of radiation interception and photosynthesis for climate model applications. MERCADO, LM; HUNTINGFORD, C; GASH, JHC; et al. Source: TELLUS SERIES B-CHEMICAL AND PHYSICAL METEOROLOGY Volume: 59 Issue: 3 Pages: 553-565 Year: JUL 2007. doi: 10.1111/j.1600-0889.2007.00256.x "Overshoot" scenarios and climate change. On the robustness of changes in extreme precipitation over Europe from two high resolution climate change simulations. BUONOMO, E; JONES, R; HUNTINGFORD, C; et al. Source: QUARTERLY JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL METEOROLOGICAL SOCIETY Volume: 133 Issue: 622 Pages: 65-81 Year: JAN 2007. doi: 10.1002/qj.13 2006 Impact of climate change on health: what is required of climate modellers? HUNTINGFORD, C; HEMMING, D; GASH, JHC; et al. Source: TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF TROPICAL MEDICINE AND HYGIENE Volume: 101 Issue: 2 Pages: 97-103 Year: FEB 2007. doi: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2006.11.001 Continental runoff - A quality-controlled global runoff data set - Reply. GEDNEY, N; COX, PM; BETTS, RA; et al. Source: NATURE Volume: 444 Issue: 7120 Pages: E14-E15 Year: DEC 7 2006. doi: 10.1038/nature05481 Climate-carbon cycle feedbacks under stabilization: uncertainty and observational constraints Evaluation of the rainfall component of a weather generator for climate impact studies. ELSHAMY, ME; WHEATER, HS; GEDNEY, N; et al. Source: JOURNAL OF HYDROLOGY Volume: 326 Issue: 1-4 Pages: 1-24 Year: JUL 15 2006. doi: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2005.09.017 Climate change and hydrology: next steps for climate models. HUNTINGFORD, C; GASH, J; GIACOMELLO, AM. Source: HYDROLOGICAL PROCESSES Volume: 20 Issue: 9 Pages: 2085-2087 Year: JUN 15 2006. doi: 10.1002/hyp.6208 Incorporating model uncertainty into attribution of observed temperature change. HUNTINGFORD, C; STOTT, PA; ALLEN, MR; et al. Source: GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS Volume: 33 Issue: 5 Pages: - Year: MAR 14 2006. doi: 10.1029/2005GL024831 Detection of a direct carbon dioxide effect in continental river runoff records. GEDNEY, N; COX, PM; BETTS, RA; et al. Source: NATURE Volume: 439 Issue: 7078 Pages: 835-838 Year: FEB 16 2006. doi: 10.1038/nature04504 2005 Aspects of climate change prediction relevant to crop productivity. HUNTINGFORD, C; LAMBERT, FH; GASH, JHC; et al. Source: PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES Volume: 360 Issue: 1463 Pages: 1999-2009 Year: NOV 29 2005. doi: 10.1098/rstb.2005.1748 Attribution studies of observed land precipitation changes with nine coupled models. LAMBERT, FH; GILLETT, NP; STONE, DA; et al. Source: GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS Volume: 32 Issue: 18 Pages: - Year: SEP 21 2005. doi: 10.1029/2005GL023654 Climate equity for all. Author(s): HUNTINGFORD, C; GASH, J Source: SCIENCE Volume: 309 Issue: 5742 Pages: 1789-1789 Year: SEP 16 2005. doi: 10.1126/science.1115898 Combining a regional climate model with a phytoplankton community model to predict future changes in phytoplankton in lakes. ELLIOTT, JA; THACKERAY, SJ; HUNTINGFORD, C; et al. Source: FRESHWATER BIOLOGY Volume: 50 Issue: 8 Pages: 1404-1411 Year: AUG 2005. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2427.2005.01409.x
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Publications (continued)2004 Climate feedback from wetland methane emissions. Preface. GASH, JHC; MARENGO, JA; HUNTINGFORD, C. Source: THEORETICAL AND APPLIED CLIMATOLOGY Volume: 78 Issue: 1-3 Pages: 3-3 Year: JUN 2004. doi: 10.1007/s00704-004-0040-0 Calibration of a land-surface model using data from primary forest sites in Amazonia. HARRIS, PP; HUNTINGFORD, C; GASH, JHC; et al. Source: THEORETICAL AND APPLIED CLIMATOLOGY Volume: 78 Issue: 1-3 Pages: 27-45 Year: JUN 2004. doi: 10.1007/s00704-004-0042-y Amazonian forest dieback under climate-carbon cycle projections for the 21st century. COX, PM; BETTS, RA; COLLINS, M; et al. Source: THEORETICAL AND APPLIED CLIMATOLOGY Volume: 78 Issue: 1-3 Pages: 137-156 Year: JUN 2004. doi: 10.1007/s00704-004-0049-4 The role of ecosystem-atmosphere interactions in simulated Amazonian precipitation decrease and forest dieback under global climate warming. BETTS, RA; COX, PM; COLLINS, M; et al. Source: THEORETICAL AND APPLIED CLIMATOLOGY Volume: 78 Issue: 1-3 Pages: 157-175 Year: JUN 2004. doi: 10.1007/s00704-004-0050-y Using a GCM analogue model to investigate the potential for Amazonian forest dieback. HUNTINGFORD, C; HARRIS, PP; GEDNEY, N; et al. Source: THEORETICAL AND APPLIED CLIMATOLOGY Volume: 78 Issue: 1-3 Pages: 177-185 Year: JUN 2004.doi: 10.1007/s00704-004-0051-x Amazonian climate: results and future research. Effect of soil moisture on canopy conductance of Amazonian rainforest. HARRIS, PP; HUNTINGFORD, C; COX, PM; et al. Source: AGRICULTURAL AND FOREST METEOROLOGY Volume: 122 Issue: 3-4 Pages: 215-227 Year: APR 20 2004. doi: 10.1016/j.agrformet.2003.09.006 2003 and Earlier Extent of partial ice cover due to carbon cycle feedback in a zonal energy balance model. HUNTINGFORD, C; HARGREAVES, JC; LENTON, TM; et al. Source: HYDROLOGY AND EARTH SYSTEM SCIENCES Volume: 7 Issue: 2 Pages: 213-219 Year: APR 2003 Global terrestrial carbon storage and uncertainties in its temperature sensitivity examined with a simple model LENTON, TM; HUNTINGFORD, C Source: GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY Volume: 9 Issue: 10 Pages: 1333-1352 Year: OCT 2003 Improved description of soil hydraulic and thermal properties of arctic peatland for use in a GCM. HALL, RL; HUNTINGFORD, C; HARDING, RJ; et al. Source: HYDROLOGICAL PROCESSES Volume: 17 Issue: 13 Pages: 2611-2628 Year: SEP 2003. doi: 10.1002/hyp.1265 Uncertainty in climate-carbon-cycle projections associated with the sensitivity of soil respiration to temperature. JONES, CD; COX, P; HUNTINGFORD, C Regional climate-model predictions of extreme rainfall for a changing climate. HUNTINGFORD, C; JONES, RG; PRUDHOMME, C; et al. Source: QUARTERLY JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL METEOROLOGICAL SOCIETY Volume: 129 Issue: 590 Pages: 1607-1621 Year: APR 2003. doi: 10.1256/qj.02.97 Contrasting responses of a simple terrestrial ecosystem model to global change. HUNTINGFORD, C; COX, PM; LENTON, TM. Source: ECOLOGICAL MODELLING Volume: 134 Issue: 1 Pages: 41-58 Year: SEP 30 2000 An analogue model to derive additional climate change scenarios from existing GCM simulations. HUNTINGFORD, C; COX, PM. Source: CLIMATE DYNAMICS Volume: 16 Issue: 8 Pages: 575-586 Year: AUG 2000 Dual versus single source models for estimating surface temperature of African savannah. HUNTINGFORD, C; VERHOEF, A; STEWART, J. Source: HYDROLOGY AND EARTH SYSTEM SCIENCES Volume: 4 Issue: 1 Pages: 185-191 Year: MAR 2000 Modelling long-term transpiration measurments from grassland in southern England.HARDING, RJ; HUNTINGFORD, C; COX, PM. Source: AGRICULTURAL AND FOREST METEOROLOGY Volume: 100 Issue: 4 Pages: 309-322 Year: FEB 25 2000 An argument for the use of two-layer SVAT schemes to simulate terrestrial carbon dioxide fluxes. HUNTINGFORD, C; HALL, RL; VERHOEF, A A canopy conductance and photosynthesis model for use in a GCM land surface scheme. COX, PM; HUNTINGFORD, C; HARDING, RJ. Source: JOURNAL OF HYDROLOGY Volume: 213 Issue: 1-4 Pages: 79-94 Year: DEC 1998 The behaviour of a mixed-layer model of the convective boundary layer coupled to a big leaf model of surface energy partitioning. HUNTINGFORD, C; MONTEITH, JL. Source: BOUNDARY-LAYER METEOROLOGY Volume: 88 Issue: 1 Pages: 87-101 Year: JUL 1998 The effect of orography on evaporation.HUNTINGFORD, C; BLYTH, EM; WOOD, N; et al. Source: BOUNDARY-LAYER METEOROLOGY Volume: 86 Issue: 3 Pages: 487-504 Year: MAR 1998 Use of statistical and neural network techniques to detect how stomatal conductance responds to changes in the local environment. HUNTINGFORD, C; COX, PM. Source: ECOLOGICAL MODELLING Volume: 97 Issue: 3 Pages: 217-246 Year: APR 28 1997 A note on the similarity groups of the Penman-Monteith Big Leaf Model. HUNTINGFORD, C. Source: BOUNDARY-LAYER METEOROLOGY Volume: 79 Issue: 3 Pages: 307-312 Year: MAY 1996 An intercomparison of single and dual-source vegetation-atmosphere transfer models applied to transpiration from Sahelian savannah (vol 74, pg 397, 1995). HUNTINGFORD, C; ALLEN, SJ; HARDING, RJ. Source: BOUNDARY-LAYER METEOROLOGY Volume: 77 Issue: 1 Pages: 101-101 Year: JAN 1996 AN INTERCOMPARISON OF SINGLE AND DUAL-SOURCE VEGETATION-ATMOSPHERE TRANSFER MODELS APPLIED TO TRANSPIRATION FROM SAHELIAN SAVANNA. HUNTINGFORD, C; ALLEN, SJ; HARDING, RJ. Source: BOUNDARY-LAYER METEOROLOGY Volume: 74 Issue: 4 Pages: 397-418 Year: JUN 1995 NON-DIMENSIONALISATION OF THE PENMAN-MONTEITH MODEL. HUNTINGFORD, C. Source: JOURNAL OF HYDROLOGY Volume: 170 Issue: 1-4 Pages: 215-232 Year: AUG 1995 AN EXACT SOLUTION TO THE ONE-PHASE ZERO-SURFACE-TENSION HELE-SHAW FREE-BOUNDARY PROBLEM. HUNTINGFORD, C. Source: COMPUTERS & MATHEMATICS WITH APPLICATIONS Volume: 29 Issue: 10 Pages: 45-50 Year: MAY 1995 A MODEL FOR NONSMOOTH FREE BOUNDARIES IN HELE-SHAW FLOWS.
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