Professional summary
Research Interests
- Land-atmosphere interactions
- Tropical meteorology
- Atmospheric convection
- Atmospheric thermodynamics & energetics
My current research investigates land-atmosphere interactions using earth observation data. I am particularly interested in how the properties of the land surface affect convection and precipitation in the tropics on intraseasonal timescales, and whether this has consequences for atmospheric predictability. I also work on evaluating the representation of land-atmosphere processes in earth system models.
- CPEO (Constraining Coupled Carbon & Water Cycle Processes with Earth Observation): Investigating vegetation responses to rainfall from intraseasonal to multi-annual timescales, and how these responses contribute to regional- and continental-scale water/carbon budgets.
- TerraFIRMA: Evaluating terrestrial water-carbon interactions in Earth System Models.
Previous Projects:
- DEWEES (Diagnosing Energy and Water Exchanges in the Earth System): Quantifying the response of the land surface to large-scale modes of variability, such as the Madden-Julian Oscilliation (MJO), across the tropics, and investigating how regional responses to these modes of variability are influenced by land surface feedbacks.
- UKESM (UK Earth System Modelling): Assessing the representation of the land surface in Earth System Models against satellite observations.
Brief CV
- April 2020-present: Land-Atmosphere Scientist in the Climate System group at UKCEH.
- 2016-2020: PhD, University of Reading, Department of Meteorology. NERC SCENARIO DTP-funded project investigating tropical cyclone intensification using the theory of Available Potential Energy.
- 2012-2016: Master of Mathematics and Physics (MMathPhys), University of Warwick.
Panels, committees and memberships
- National Centre for Earth Observation (NCEO)
- Royal Meteorological Society
- National Centre for Earth Observation (NCEO)
- Royal Meteorological Society