Dr Tony Dore

Research Interests

My post at CEH as an air pollution modeller involves computer modelling studies of air pollution at a national scale (with the FRAME model), including gaseous emissions, chemical transformation, diffusion and wet and dry deposition processes. My research focuses primarily on the deposition of nitrogen and sulphur compounds. My work is applied to advise government policy on future emissions abatement and to the regional authorities on regulation of pollutant emissions.

I cooperate closely with the University of Edinburgh on development of new techniques for computer simulation of air pollution over the UK (with the EMEP4UK model) and with the Universities of Wrocław (Poland) and the Chinese Agricultural University to support the development of national-scale air pollution modelling facilities in central Europe and the North China Plains.

I act as a supervisor to PhD research students and post-doctoral research associates based at these institutes.

I cooperate with Imperial College, London, on integrated assessment modelling to find the the most cost-effective pollutant emissions abatement strategies to protect natural ecosystems and human health and with the British Atmospheric Data Centre on development of software for statistical analysis of wind data.

I have a long-term interest in measurements and modelling of wet deposition of pollutants by rain and snow and formation of orographic cloud. In previous employment I was involved in instrumented aircraft experiments including measurement of radiative transfer through clouds and chemical transformation of air masses. I have experience with running a meteorological and hydro-chemical monitoring station at a hill site. My experience with numerical simulation includes both the development and testing of a new non-hydrostatic mesoscale model and the development of process models to investigate cloud chemical reactions and orographic precipitation.

Brief CV

• Feb 2001- present: Air pollution modeller, Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, Edinburgh
• Oct 1997-Dec 2000 : Research associate, atmospheric physics, research group, UMIST, Manchester
• Mar 1997-Aug 1997: Visiting scientist, Department of Meteorology, University of Wrocław, Poland
• Nov 1995-Oct 1996: Visiting scientist, National Centre for Meteorological Research, Toulouse, France
• Oct 1992-Jul 1995: Research associate, Institute of Geophysics, University of Warsaw, Poland
• Jan 1991-Jul 1992: Research associate, atmospheric physics research group, UMIST, Manchester
• Jul-Aug 1986: Street sweeper, Greenwich Council, London

Qualifications

• PhD Atmospheric Physics (1990), University of Manchester
• BSc Physics (1987) grade II(i), University of Exeter

Other skills

Proficient in Polish and French.

Computing: High Perfomance Fortran, Fortran 90, IDL, Word, Excel, Powerpoint

Other: Driving licence. First aid at work.

Memberships

• CEH Information and Technology Infrastructure Group
• CEH environmental audit group
• UK representative for conference series: International Technical Meeting on Modelling Air Pollution and its Effects

Recent publications

For a fuller list, click here. See also the NERC Open Research Archive.

Zhang, Y., Dore, A.J., Ma, L.,  Liu, X.J., Cape, J.N., Zhang, F.S. (2011). Simulation of Nitrogen deposition in the North China Plain by the FRAME model. Environmental Science and Technology (under review)

Kryza, M., M. Błaś, A.J. Dore and M. Sobik (2011). Modelling the Concentration of Ammonia and Deposition of Reduced Nitrogen in Poland with the FRAME model. J.Env.Man. (in press)

Chemel, C., R.S. Sokhi, A.J. Dore, P. Sutton, K.J. Vincent, S.J. Griffiths, G.D. Hayman, R. Wright, M. Baggaley, S. Hallsworth, H.D. Prain, and B.E.A. Fisher (2011). Predictions of UK Regulated Power Station Contributions to Regional Air Pollution and Deposition: A Model Comparison Exercise. Journal of Air and Waste Management Association (in press)

Werner,M., Kryza,M., Dore,A.J., Blaś,M., Hallsworth,S., Vieno,M., Tang,Y.S., and Smith,R.I. (2011). Modelling of marine base cation emissions, concentrations and deposition in the UK, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 11, 1023-1037, doi:10.5194/acp-11-1023-2011.

Parton, G. and Dore, A.J. (2010). A climatology of mid-tropospheric mesoscale strong wind events as observed by the MST radar, Aberystwyth, Met.Apps., 17(2), 340-354.

Hallsworth, S., Sutton, M.A., Dore, A.J., Dragosits, U., Tang, Y.S., Vieno, M. (2010).  The role of indicator choice in quantifying the ammonia threat to the ‘Natura 2000’ network. Env.Sci.Policy., 13. 671-687. 10.1016/j.envsci.2010.09.010

Liling, R, T.G. Reynolds, J.B. Clarke, D. Hooper, G. Parton and A.J. Dore (2010). Meteorological influences on the design of advanced aircraft approach procedures for reduced environmental impacts, Met.Apps. doi:10.1002/met.206

Vieno, M., A.J. Dore, D.S. Stevenson, R. Doherty, M. Heal, S. Reis, S. Hallsworth, L. Tarrasón, P. Wind, D. Fowler, D. Simpson, and M.A. Sutton (2010). Modelling surface Ozone during the 2003 heat-wave in the UK. Atmos. Chem. Phys., 10, 7963-7978, doi:10.5194/acp-10-7963-2010.

Kryza, M., M. Błaś, A.J. Dore and M. Sobik (2010). National Scale Modelling of the Concentration and Deposition of Reduced Nitrogen and its application to Poland. Ecological Chemistry and Engineering S, 17(2), 161-176.

Chemel, C., R. S. Sokhi, Y. Yu, G. D. Hayman, K. J. Vincent, A. J. Dore, H. D. Prain, B. E. A. Fisher (2010). Evaluation of a CMAQ simulation at high resolution over the UK for the calendar year 2003. Atmos. Env. 44 2927-2939.

Kryza, M,. M. Matejko, M.  Błaś, A.J. Dore, M. Sobik (2010). The effect of emission from coal combustion in non-industrial sources on deposition of sulphur and nitrogen oxides in Poland. J. Air and Waste Management Assoc. 60:856–866 DOI:10.3155/1047-3289.60.7.856

Zhang, Y., Dore, A.J., Ma, L.,  Liu, X.J., Cape, J.N., Zhang, F.S. (2010). Agricultural ammonia emissions inventory and spatial distribution in the North China Plain. Environmental Pollution, 158, 490-501.

Vieno, M., A.J. Dore, W.J. Bealey, D.S. Stevenson and M.A. Sutton (2009). The importance of source configuration in quantifying footprints of regional atmospheric sulphur depostition Science of the Total Environment, 408,  985–995.