Department of Meteorology, University of Reading

Conference presentations

  • Teixeira, M.A.C., Paci, A. and Belleudy, A. (2017) Trapped lee waves at an inversion in flow over axisymmetric hills: theory and laboratory measurements of the drag. Talk presented at the 34th International Conference on Alpine Meteorology, Reykjavik, Iceland, 18-23 June 2017 (link)
  • Teixeira, M.A.C. (2017) The importance of boundary layer friction in the representation of lee rotor onset using linear theory. Poster presented at the 34th International Conference on Alpine Meteorology, Reykjavik, Iceland, 18-23 June 2017 (link)
  • Guarino, M.V., Teixeira, M.A.C., Ambaum, M.H.P., Keller, T.L. and Sharman, R.D. (2017) Mountain wave turbulence in the presence of directional wind shear over the Rocky Mountains. Talk presented (by M. V. Guarino) at the 34th International Conference on Alpine Meteorology, Reykjavik, Iceland, 18-23 June 2017 (link)
  • Guarino, M.V., Teixeira, M.A.C. and Ambaum, M.H.P. (2017) The effects of directional wind shear on CAT generation by gravity wave breaking. Poster presented at the 34th International Conference on Alpine Meteorology, Reykjavik, Iceland, 18-23 June 2017 (link)
  • Teixeira, M.A.C., Paci, A. and Belleudy, A. (2017) Drag generation by interfacial waves at an inversion/thermocline in non-hydrostatic flow past an axisymmetric obstacle. Talk presented at the European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2017, Vienna, Austria, 23-28 April 2017 (link)
  • Teixeira, M.A.C. (2017) A linear model for rotors produced by trapped lee waves with a simple representation of boundary layer friction. Poster presented at the European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2017, Vienna, Austria, 23-28 April 2017 (link)
  • Argain, J.L., Teixeira, M.A.C. and Miranda, P.M.A. (2017) Estimating scaling parameters in unstable boundary layer flow. Talk presented (by J. L. Argain, in Portuguese) at the 10th Simposium on Meteorology and Geophysics of the APMG, Lisbon, Portugal, 20-22 March 2017 (link)
  • Guarino, M. V. and Teixeira, M.A.C. (2016) Turbulence generation by mountain wave breaking in flows with directional shear. Talk presented (by M. V. Guarino) at the European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2016, Vienna, Austria, 17-22 April 2016 (link)
  • Teixeira, M.A.C. (2015) Lee rotor onset prediction using linear theory with a boundary layer. Talk presented at the 33rd International Conference on Alpine Meteorology, Innsbruck, Austria, 31 August-4 September 2015 (link)
  • Teixeira, M.A.C. & Miranda, P.M.A. (2015) Drag produced by 3D trapped lee waves in two-layer atmospheres. Poster presented at the 33rd International Conference on Alpine Meteorology, Innsbruck, Austria, 31 August-4 September 2015 (link)
  • Teixeira, M.A.C. & Yu, C.L. (2015) The momentum flux profiles in hydrostatic mountain waves over elliptical mountains. Poster presented at the 33rd International Conference on Alpine Meteorology, Innsbruck, Austria, 31 August-4 September 2015 (link)
  • Yu, C.L. & Teixeira, M.A.C. (2015) Drag produced by trapped lee waves and upward propagating mountain waves in directional shear flow. Poster presented at the 33rd International Conference on Alpine Meteorology, Innsbruck, Austria, 31 August-4 September 2015 (link)
  • Argain, J.L., Teixeira, M.A.C. & Miranda, P.M.A. (2015) Estimating the depth of the surface layer and the friction velocity in unstable flows. Poster presented (in Portuguese) at the 9th Meteorology and Geophysics Symposium of the Portuguese Meteorology and Geophysics Society, Tavira, Portugal, 16-18 March 2015 (link)
  • Teixeira, M.A.C., Argain, J.L. & Miranda, P.M.A. (2014) Trapped lee waves in layered atmospheres: an important source of low-level drag? Talk presented at the European Geosciences General Assembly 2014, Vienna, Austria, 27 April-2 May 2014 (link)
  • Argain, J.L., Teixeira, M.A.C. & Miranda, P.M.A. (2014) Modelling unstable boundary layer flows over hills. Poster presented (in Portuguese) at the 8th Joint Portuguese/Spanish Assembly on Geodesy and Geophysics, Evora, 29-31 January 2014 (link)
  • Miranda, P.M.A., Tome, A.R., Azevedo, E.B. & Teixeira, M.A.C. (2013) High-resolution downscaling with WRF: reproducing observed climate in high-topography islands. Talk presented (by P. Miranda) at the AGU 2013 Fall Meeting, San Francisco, USA, 9-13 December 2013 (link)

Invited talks and seminars

  • The impact of mountain waves in the atmosphere at local to global scales. Seminar presented at Instituto Dom Luiz, University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal, 12 April 2017 (link)
  • Drag produced by vertically propagating and trapped orographic gravity waves. Fluid Dynamics Seminar, Imperial College, London, UK, 27 January 2017 (link)
  • Trapped lee waves: a currently neglected source of low-level orographic drag. Invited talk at the Workshop on drag processes and their links to large-scale circulation, ECMWF, Reading, UK, 12 September 2016 (link)
  • Two mechanisms for free surface deformation over a flowing stream: subsurface turbulence and bottom topography. Applied Mathematics Seminar, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK, 2 December 2015 (link)
  • Linear theory for gravity wave momentum fluxes in directionally sheared hydrostatic flow over elliptical mountains. Talk presented at the Workshop The momentum budget and its role in weather and climate, Eynsham Hall, 22 April 2015 (link)
  • Effects of vertical wind shear on mountain wave drag and wave momentum flux. Informal talk presented at ECMWF, 19 November 2013 (link)

Outreach

  • Participation in the Open Day of the University of Reading, representing the Department of Meteorology, to provide information and answer queries on the degrees provided by the Department of Meteorology, 17 June 2017 (link)
  • Mountain waves, ship waves and duck waves, post in Weather and Climate @ Reading, official blog of the Department of Meteorology of the University of Reading, 20 February 2017 (link)
  • Trapped lee waves. Talk presented at Weather and Climate Discussion, Department of Meteorology, 5 June 2015 (link)