Dr. Linda Hirons

Dr Linda Hirons NCAS-Climate Research Scientist T: +44 (0)118 378 7497 E: l.c.hirons@reading.ac.uk W: http://www.met.reading.ac.uk/~linda/ Room 128 (Harry Pitt) Department of Meteorology University of Reading PO Box 243 Reading RG6 6BB, UK Working Days: Mon - Wed

RECENT NEWS:

• I returned to work following maternity leave in April 2021.
• The GCRF African-SWIFT (African Science for Weather Information and Forecasting Techniques) project has recently ended (March 2022). I had been working as a Co-lead of the sub-seasonal to seasonal (S2S) work package. There are a number of Impact case studies from the project.
RECENT PAPERS:
Recent Publications
CONSULTANCY:
• I was commissioned by DfID (Department for International Development) to produce a series of reports on the impact of the 2015/16 El Niño and potential 2016/17 La Niña events on low- and middle-income countries across regions of Africa, Asia and the Middle East.

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ABOUT: I'm a Research Scientist in the National Centre for Atmospheric Science (NCAS)-Climate within the Department of Meteorology.

Here is a full list of my Publications.

RESEARCH INTERESTS:
• Drivers of climate variability and change in Africa
• Sub-seasonal to seasonal variability in the Tropics, e.g., the Madden-Julian Oscillation (MJO), monsoon systems
• The role of air-sea interactions in sub-seasonal climate variability
• Climate services for Society

To find out more visit my Research page.



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