Dynamical Processes

Recent Publications

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2009

• The impact of targeted observations made during the Greenland Flow Distortion Experiment.
  Irvine, E. A., Gray, S.L., Methven, J., Renfrew, I.A., Bovis, K. and Swinbank, R., Q. J. R. Meteorol. Soc., accepted.
• The basic ingredients of the North Atlantic storm track. Part I: Land-sea contrast and orography
  Brayshaw, D.J., Hoskins, B., and Blackburn, M., Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 66, 2429-2558.
  
  
• An interpretation of baroclinic initial value problems: Results for simple basic states with non-zero interior PV gradients.
  De Vries, H., Methven, J., Frame, T. and Hoskins, B.J., Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 66, 864-882.
  
  
• Tropical and extratropical responses of the North Atlantic atmospheric circulation to a sustained weakening of the MOC
  Brayshaw, D.J., Woollings, T., and Vellinga, M., Journal of Climate, 22, 3146-3155.
  
  
• Can the frequency of blocking be represented by a red noise process?
  Masato, G., B, Hoskins and T. Woollings, J. Atmos. Sci., 66, 2143-2149.
  
  
• Storm track sensitivity to sea surface temperature resolution in a regional atmosphere model
  Woollings , T., B. Hoskins, M. Blackburn, David Hassell and Kevin Hodges, J. Clim., doi: 10.1007/s00382-009-0554-3.
  
  
• A regime view of the North Atlantic Oscillation and its response to anthropogenic forcing
  Woollings, T., A. Hannachi, B. Hoskins and A. Turner, J. Clim., in press.
  
  
• Associations between stratospheric variability and tropospheric blocking
  Woollings, T., A. Charlton-Perez, S. Ineson, A. Marshall and G. Masato, Submitted to J. Geophys. Res.
  
  

2008

• Comment on "Piecewise potential vorticity inversion: Elementary tests".
  Methven, J. and De Vries, H., Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 65, 3003-3008.
  
  
• A New Rossby Wave-breaking Interpretation of the North Atlantic Oscillation
  Woollings, T., B. Hoskins, M. Blackburn and P. Berrisford, J. Atmos. Sci., 65, 609-626.
  
  
• Simultaneous Atlantic-Pacific Blocking and the Northern Annular Mode
  Woollings, T. and B. Hoskins, Q. J. R. Meteorol. Soc., 134, 1635-1646.
  
  
• Lagrangian analysis of low level anthropogenic plume processing across the North Atlantic.
  Real, E., K. Law, H. Schlager, A. Roiger, H. Huntrieser, J. Methven, M. Cain, J. Holloway, J. A. Neuman, T. Ryerson, F. Flocke, J. de Gouw, E. Atlas, S. Donnelly, and D. Parrish, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 8, 7737-7754.
  
  
• Large-scale context for the UK floods in summer 2007.
  Blackburn, M., Methven, J. and Roberts, N., Weather, 63, 280-288.
  
  
• The vertical structure of anthropogenic zonal-mean atmospheric circulation change
  Woollings, T., Geophys. Res. Lett., 35, L19702, doi:10.1029/2008GL034883.
  
  
• The storm track response to idealised SST perturbations in an aquaplanet GCM
  Brayshaw, D.J., Hoskins, B., and Blackburn, M., Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 65, 2842-2860.
  
  

2007

• Statistical inference of OH concentrations and air mass dilution rates from successive observations of non-methane hydrocarbons in single air masses.
  Arnold, S.R., Methven, J., Evans, M.J., Chipperfield, M.P., Lewis, A.C., Hopkins, J., Stohl, A., McQuaid, J.B., Watson, N.M., Purvis, R.M., Lee, J.D., Atlas, E.L., Blake, D.R. and Rappengluck, B., J. Geophys. Res., 112, doi:10.1029/2006JD007594.
  
  
• Chemical composition observed over the mid-Atlantic and the detection of pollution signatures far from source regions.
  Lewis, A.C., Evans, M.J., Methven, J., Watson, N., Lee, J.D., Hopkins, J.R., Purvis, R.M., Arnold, S.R., McQuaid, J.B., Whalley, L.K., Pilling, M.J., Heard, D.E., Monks, P.S., Parker, A.E., Reeves, C.E., Oram, D.E., Mills, G., Bandy, B.J., Stewart, D., Coe, H., Williams, P.I. and Crosier, J., J. Geophys. Res., 112, doi:10.1029/2006JD007584.
  
  
• Processes influencing ozone levels in Alaskan forest fire plumes during long-range transport over the North Atlantic. J. Geophys. Res.
  Real, E., Law, K.S., Wienzierl, B., Fiebig, M., Petzold, A., Wild, O., Methven, J., Arnold, S., Stohl, A., Huntrieser, H., Roiger, A., Schlager, H., Stewart, D., Avery, M., Sachse, G., Browell, E.R., Ferrare, R. and Blake, D., J. Geophys. Res., 112, doi:10.1029/2006JD007576.
  
  
• Alkyl nitrates in outflow from N. America over the N. Atlantic during ITOP 2004.
  Reeves, C.E., Slemr, J., Oram, D.E., Worton, D., Penkett, S.A., Stewart, D.J., Purvis, R., Watson, N., Hopkins, J., Lewis, A., Methven, J., Blake, D.R. and Atlas, E., J. Geophys. Res., 112, doi:10.1029/2006JD007567.
  
  
• Origins of dry air in the Tropics and Subtropics.
  Cau, P., Methven, J. and Hoskins, B.J., Journal of Climate, 20, 2745-2759.
  
  

2006

• The counter-propagating Rossby wave perspective on Kelvin-Helmholtz instability as a limiting case of a Rayleigh shear layer with zero width.
  Heifetz, E., Reuveni, Y., Gelfgat, A., Kit, E., and Methven J., Phys. Fluids, 18, 018101.
  
  
• Establishing Lagrangian connections between observations within air masses crossing the Atlantic during the ICARTT experiment.
  Methven, J., Arnold, S.R., Stohl, A., Evans, M.J., Avery, M., Law, K., Lewis, A.C., Monks, P.S., Parrish, D.D., Reeves, C., Schlager, H., Atlas, E., Blake, D.R., Coe, H., Crosier, J., Flocke, F.M., Holloway, J.S., Hopkins, J.R., McQuaid, J., Purvis, R., Rappengluck, B., Singh, H.B., Watson, N.M., Whalley, L.K. and Williams, P.I., J. Geophys. Res., 111, doi:10.1029/2006JD007540.
  
  
• The North Atlantic Marine Boundary Layer Experiment (NAMBLEX). Overview of the campaign held at Mace Head, Ireland, in summer 2002.
  Heard, D.E., Read, K.A., Methven, J. et al., Atmos. Chem. Phys., 6, 2241-2272.
  
  
• Boundary layer structure and decoupling from synoptic scale flow during NAMBLEX.
  Norton, E.G., Vaughan, G., Methven, J., Coe, H., Brooks, B., Gallagher, M. and Longley, I., Atmos. Chem. Phys., 6, 433-445.
  
  
• The counter-propagating Rossby wave perspective on Kelvin-Helmholtz instability as a limiting case of a Rayleigh shear layer with zero width.
  Heifetz, E., Reuveni, Y., Gelfgat, A., Kit, E. and Methven, J., Phys. Fluids, 18, 018101.

2005

• A New Perspective on Sourthern Hemisphere Storm Track,
  Hoskins, B.J. and Hodges, K.I., J. Clim., 18, 4108-4129.
  
• The counter-propagating Rossby wave perspective on baroclinic instability. Part III: Primitive-equation disturbances on the sphere.
  Methven, J., Heifetz, E., Hoskins, B.J. and Bishop, C.H., Q. J. R. Meteorol. Soc., 131, 1393-1424.
  
  
• The counter-propagating Rossby wave perspective on baroclinic instability. Part IV: Nonlinear life cycles.
  Methven, J., Hoskins, B.J., Heifetz, E. and Bishop, C.H., Q. J. R. Meteorol. Soc., 131, 1425-1440.
  
  
• Numerical modelling study of boundary-layer ventilation by a cold front over Europe.
  Agusti-Panareda, A., Gray, S.L. and Methven, J., J. Geophys. Res. , 110, D18304, doi:10.1029/2004JD005555.
  
  
• Representation of dry tropical layers and their origins in ERA-40 data
  Cau P., Methven J. and Hoskins B.J., J. Geophys. Res. , 110, D06110, doi:10.1029/2004JD004928.
  
  
• Relating optimal growth to counterpropagating Rossby waves in shear instability
  Heifetz E. and Methven J., Phys. Fluids, 17, 064107.
  
  

2004

• The influence of physical processes on extratropical singular vectors
  Coutinho, M. M., Hoskins, B.J. and Buizza, R., J. Atmos. Sci., 61, 195-209.
  
  
• The diurnal cycle of convection and atmospheric tides in an aquaplanet GCM
  Woolnough, S. J., J. M. Slingo and B. J. Hoskins, J. Atmos. Sci., 61, 2559-2573.
  
  
• Modelling Diurnal and Intraseasonal Variability of the Ocean Mixed Layer
  Bernie, D. J., S. J. Woolnough, J. M. Slingo and E. Guilyardi, J. Climate, in press.
  
  
• Long-range transport of ozone and related pollutants over the North Atlantic in spring and summer
  Penkett, S.A., Evans, M.J., Reeves, C.E., Law, K.S., Monks, P.S., Bauguitte, S.J.B., Pyle, J.A., Green, T.J., Bandy, B.J., Mills, G., Cardenas, L.M., Barjat, H., Kley, D., Schmitgen, S., Kent, J.M., Dewey, K. and Methven, J., Atmos. Chem. Phys. Discuss., 4, 4407-4454.
  
  
• Factors contributing to the summer 2003 European heatwave
  Black, E., Blackburn, M., Harrison, G., Hoskins, B.J. and Methven, J., Weather, 59, 217-223.
  
  
• The counter-propagating Rossby wave perspective on baroclinic instability. Part I: Mathematical basis
  Heifetz, E., Bishop, C.H., Hoskins, B.J. and Methven, J., Q. J. R. Meteorol. Soc., 130, 211-231.
  
  
• The counter-propagating Rossby wave perspective on baroclinic instability. Part II: Application to the Charney model
  Heifetz, E., Methven, J., Hoskins, B.J. and Bishop, C.H., Q. J. R. Meteorol. Soc., 130, 233-258.
  
  
• The effects of stratification on flow separation
  M. H. P. Ambaum and D. P. Marshall, J. Atmos. Sci., submitted.
  
  
• Sensitivity of Large-Scale Analyses to Humidity Observations and its Impact on the Global Water Cycle and Tropical and Extratropical Weather Systems in ERA40
  L. Bengtsson, K. I. Hodges and S. Hagemann, Tellus, 56A, 202-217.
  
  
• Simulation of the diurnal cycle in a climate model and its evaluation using data from Meteosat 7
  A. Slingo, K. I. Hodges and G. J. Robinson, Q. J. R. Meteorol. Soc., 130, 1449-1467.
  
  
• Can climate trends be calculated from reanalysis data?
  L. Bengtsson, S. Hagemann and K. I. Hodges, JGR-Atmos, 109, D11111, doi:10.1029/2004JD004536.
  
  
• Sensitivity of the ERA40 reanalysis to the observing system: determination of the global atmospheric circulation from reduced observation
  L. Bengtsson, K. I. Hodges and S. Hagemann, Tellus, 56A, 456-471.
  
  

2003

• Rapid uplift of non-methane hydrocarbons in a cold front over Central Europe
  Purvis, R., Lewis, A., Carney, R., McQuaid, J., Arnold, S., Methven, J., Barjat, H., Dewey, K., Kent, J., Monks, P., Carpenter, L., Brough, N., Penkett, S. and Reeves, C., J. Geophys. Res., 108(D7), 4224, doi:10.1029/2002JD002521.
  
  
• Estimating photochemically produced ozone throughout a domain using flight data and a Lagrangian model
  Methven, J., Arnold, S.R., O'Connor, F.M., Barjat, H., Dewey, K. and Brough, N., Geophys. Res., 108(D9), 4271, doi:10.1029/2002JD002955.
  
  
• The influence of PV inversion on polar-vortex dynamics and passive-tracer simulations in atmosphere-like regimes
  Methven, J., Q. J. R. Meteorol. Soc., 129, 1191-1215.
  
  
• Sensitivity of Feature Based Analysis Methods of Storm Tracks to the Form of Background Field Removal
  D. Anderson, K. I. Hodges and B. J. Hoskins, Mon. Weather Rev., 131, 565-573.
  
  
• A Comparison of Recent Reanalysis Datasets Using Objective Feature Tracking: Storm Tracks and Tropical Easterly Waves
  K. I. Hodges, B. J. Hoskins, J. Boyle and C. Thorncroft Mon. Weather Rev., 131, 2012-2037.
  
  
• A Comparison of Recent Reanalysis Datasets Using Objective Feature Tracking: Storm Tracks and Tropical Easterly Waves
  K. I. Hodges, B. J. Hoskins, J. Boyle and C. Thorncroft Mon. Weather Rev., 131, 2012-2037.
  
  
• Convectively coupled equatorial waves: A new methodology for identifying wave structures in observational data
  Yang, G.-Y., B. J.Hoskins, and J. M. Slingo, J.Atmos.Sci., 60, 1637-1654.
  
  
• Scale interactions on diurnal to seasonal timescales and their relevance to model systematic errors
  Slingo, J. M., P. Inness, R. Neale, S. Woolnough and G.-Y. Yang, Annals of Geophysics, 46, N.1, 139-155.
  

2002

• The NAO troposphere-stratosphere connection
  Ambaum, M. H. P., and B. J. Hoskins, J. Clim., 15, 1969-1978.
  
  
• New Perspectives on the Northern Hemisphere Winter Storm Tracks
  B. J. Hoskins and K. I. Hodges, J. Atmos. Sci., 59, 1041-1061.
  
  

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