Dr Sophia Moreton
Sophia works as an Ocean Scientist in the Global Ocean Forecasting team within ‘Ocean Forecasting Research & Development’.
Areas of Expertise
- Ocean component of Coupled NWP (FOAM-GC)
- Air-sea coupling over mesoscale ocean eddies
- High resoultion coupled climate modelling
Current activities
The Ocean Forecasting group develops operational analysis and short-range forecast systems used to monitor and predict physical ocean dynamics, waves, and ecosystems. Our systems combine numerical models with in-situ and remote sensed observations of the ocean, through data assimilation, creating a digital representation of the global ocean.
The Global Ocean Forecasting team are responsible for research into operations pull-through, development and monitoring of global ocean circulation models used for marine forecasts and as the ocean component of the Met Office’s global-coupled numerical weather prediction system.
Sophia is passionate about retaining women in scientific careers, particularly after maternity leave, and has co-led the ‘Women in Climate’ network. Recently, the Met Office has made it to ‘2023 UK’s Best Workplace for Women’ list.
Career background
Sophia completed her PhD in Physical Oceanography from the University of Reading and the Met Office Hadley Centre, working in the OCDC Ocean Modelling team in Climate Science. Sophia then joined the Data Science R&D team creating a data-driven global weather prediction model using a graph neural network, and then moved to the 'Global Ocean Forecasting' team.
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