Department of Meteorology, University of Reading

Research students

PhD examiner

  • Jake Bland. 2024. Extratropical Lowermost Stratospheric Biases: Characteristics, Causes and Consequences
  • Dan Shipley. 2021. The multi-fluid approach to modelling turbulent convection
  • Megan Bickle (Leeds). 2021. The role of wind shear in organised deep moist convection in the West African Monsoon
  • Alejandro Hermoso. (Balearic Islands) 2021. Advancements in mesoscale ensemble prediction strategies: Application to Mediterranean high-impact weather.
  • John Kealy (Exeter). 2020. Improving turbulence representation in high-resolution numerical weather prediction
  • Carlo Cafaro. 2019. Information gain that convective-scale models bring to probabilistic weather forecasts
  • Maxime Colin (Sorbonne/UNSW). 2019. Identifying the sources of convective memory in cloud-resolving simulations
  • Rhiannon Davies (UEA) 2016. Modelling and observations of the atmospheric boundary layer of the Arctic marginal ice zone
  • Tom Webb. 2015. High-resolution atmospheric modelling of a tropical island for space geodesy
  • Aidan Brocklehurst. 2015. The effect of the urban environment on the wind-driven infiltration of buildings
  • Claudio Sanchez (Exeter). 2015. Seamless evaluation of stochastic physics parametrization
  • Michael Glinton. 2014. The role of convective symmetric instability in numerical weather prediction
  • Salvatore Pascale. 2011. Maximum entropy production as a constraint on the climate system
  • Alison Fowler. 2010. The assimilation of misplaced boundary layer features
  • Anil Padhra. 2010. Estimating the sensitivity of urban surface drag to building morphology
  • Victoria Sinclair. 2009. Boundary-layer ventilation by baroclinic life cycles

Thesis committees

  • Juan-Garcia Valencia. In progress. Sea surface temperature pattern influence on monsoon variability and change in global kilometre-scale simulations (Chair)
  • Hette Houtman. In progress. Trapped lee waves as a source of low-level drag on the atmosphere
  • Beth Saunders. 2024. Urban surface-atmosphere exchanges: scintillometry observations and NWP evaluation
  • Jake Bland. 2024. The control of cloud and moisture on extratropical cloud evolution (Chair)
  • Dan Shipley. 2021. Multi-fluid modelling of idealised buoyant convection (Chair)
  • William McIntryre. 2020. Mathematical modelling of atmospheric convection for better regional climate change prediction (Chair)
  • Carlo Cafaro. 2019. Information gain that convective-scale models bring to probabilistic weather forecasts
  • Matthew Feist. 2018. What controls the structure of UK thunderstorms?
  • Ambrogio Volonte. 2018. Dynamics of sting jets and their relation to larger-scale drivers. (Chair)
  • Tom Webb. 2015. Effective atmospheric modelling for space-based geodesy. (Chair)
  • Aidan Brocklehurst. 2015. The effect of the urban environment on the wind-driven infiltration of buildings. (Chair)
  • Johannes de Leeuw. 2014. On the origin of summer precipitation variability in Western Europe. (Chair)
  • Michael Glinton. 2014. The role of convective symmetric instability in numerical weather prediction (Chair)
  • Dan Peake. 2012. Coastal ventilation of pollution
  • Salvatore Pascale. 2011. Maximum entropy production as a constraint on the climate system (Chair)
  • Alison Fowler. 2010. The assimilation of misplaced boundary layer features
  • Anil Padhra. 2010. Atmospheric response to heterogeneous urban surfaces (Chair)
  • Gillian Baxter. 2009. Data assimilation for nested models (Chair)
  • Victoria Sinclair. 2009. Pollutant ventilation from the boundary layer
  • Yonghui Lei. 2008. Decadal variability in Chinese summer rainfall
  • Jon Shonk. 2008. Representing cloud inhomogeneity in a radiation scheme
  • Alistair Hind. 2008. Storm track variability
  • Peter Lean. 2006. Predictability of convective storms