Atmospheric processes and parametrization scientists
Our atmospheric processes and parametrization scientists
- Dr Keith Williams
Keith is the Head of Atmospheric Processes and Parametrizations and conducts research into process-orientated model evaluation.
Paul leads research into the representation of clouds and radiation
- Dr Martin Best
Martin manages the research undertaken on land surface processes
Ian works on cloudy boundary layers and their representation within the Met Office's Unified Model
Paul works on developing parametrizations of the atmospheric boundary layer.
Frankie is working on developing Unified Physics codes to represent atmospheric moisture in regional and global models.
- Dr Steve Derbyshire
Steve leads a research and development team working on flow over topography and related problems.
- Dr Paul Field
Paul leads research into cloud microphysical processes.
- Dr John Hemmings
John is a software engineer working on the modelling of aerosols and aerosol-cloud interactions.
- Dr Maggie Hendry
Maggie works on representing surface processes in weather and climate models with a particular interest in urban areas.
- Dr Alan Hewitt
Alan joined the ESMS team as a Scientific Software Engineer
- Dr Helen Johnson
Helen works on representing snow and lakes within the JULES land surface model.
Anthony works on the parameterization of aerosols in climate models.
- Dr Adrian Lock
Adrian leads the research and development of the parametrization of the atmospheric boundary layer.
- Dr James Manners
James works on the parametrization of radiative transfer in the atmosphere.
- Dr Cyril Morcrette
Cyril leads a team improving the way that clouds and radiation are represented in weather forecasts and climate simulations.
- Dr Gabriel Rooney
Gabriel works on aspects of convection in the atmosphere.
- Dr Heather Rumbold (Ashton)
Heather works on land surface processes with a particular interest in soil hydrology
- Dr Peter Sheridan
Peter works on flows in hilly and mountainous terrain, with a specific focus on fine-scale prediction of wind and temperature, and related hazards.
Samantha works on flow over mountains, with a particular interest in orographic precipitation.
- Dr Alison Stirling
Alison leads research into convection representation in weather and climate models.
- Dr Rachel Stratton
Rachel works on atmospheric convection and clouds.
- Dr Michael Whitall
Michael is a research scientist investigating atmospheric convection.
- Dr Steven Abel
Steven manages the Cloud Physics and Aerosol group, working on observational and numerical modelling studies.
Anthony studies how electromagnetic radiation interacts with particulates suspended in the Earth's atmosphere with an emphasis on ice crystal clouds or cirrus.
Jenn manages the Met Office boundary layer observational research programme, supporting improved representation of physical processes in weather forecasting models.
Richard studies cloud microphysics focusing on ice nucleation and ice-phase evolution.
Stephan works on the development of new methods for fast radiative transfer and is also involved in the development of fast variational retrieval codes.
Simon uses ground-based instruments to observe and better understand aerosol, cloud and radiation processes, so as to improve NWP forecast models.
