Professional summary

Tom is a Hydrological Data Analyst at the UKCEH in Wallingford. He is working on improving UK rainfall data products as part of the Floods and Droughts Research Infrastructure (FDRI) project.

Before joining UKCEH, Tom completed his PhD in Climate Science at University College London. His research focused on the jet streams' response to climate change and constraining uncertainty in jet trends. He is an avid programmer and a strong believer in open-source research software. His other passions include science communication and yoga.

Other Publications

Keel, T., Brierley, C., Messori, G., & White, R. H. (2025). Representing the Teleconnection Between the Jet Stream and Extreme Cold Air Outbreaks Over North America. Geophysical Research Letters, 52(18), e2025GL116984. https://doi.org/10.1029/2025GL116984 

Keel, T., Brierley, C., Edwards, T., & Frame, T. H. A. (2024). Exploring uncertainty of trends in the North Pacific Jet position. Geophysical Research Letters, 51, e2024GL109500. https://doi.org/10.1029/2024GL109500

Keel, T., Brierley, C., Edwards, T. (2024). jsmetrics v0.2.0: a Python package for metrics and algorithms used to identify or characterise atmospheric jet streams. Geoscientific Model Development, 17(3), 1229–1247. https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-17-1229-2024

Bourgault et al., (2023). xclim: xarray-based climate data analytics. Journal of Open Source Software, 8(85), 5415. https://doi.org/10.21105/joss.05415