Department of Meteorology, University of Reading

Classes taught

I am currently teaching:
  • 2022/23 to date. 1st year course on Introduction to Meteorology
Previously I taught:
  • 2007/08 to 2010/11, 2012/13 to 2013/14 and 2020/21. 3rd/4th year course on Boundary Layer Meteorology
  • 2004/05 to 2007/08. Weather and Climate Discussion.
  • 2004/05 to 2006/07. 1st year course on Weather Systems Analysis
  • 2000/01. Global Physical Environments, for 1st year Geography students at Queen Mary, University of London.
  • 2000/01. Earth and Atmospheric Processes, for 1st year Geography students at Queen Mary, University of London.
  • 2000/01. Environmental Research Methods, for 1st year Geography students at Queen Mary, University of London.

Summer School

In Nanjing 2014. Lectures on:

Overview and cloud cover parameterization

Microphysics parameterization

Boundary layer parameterization

Convection parameterization: Part I

Convection parameterization: Part II

Convection resolving models

Summer Placement Undergraduate Students

Rory Baggott. 2011. New models for thunderstorms

Final Year Undergraduate Students

  • Gavin Lam. 2023/24. Analysis and Comparison of Two Severe Mesoscale Convective Systems Affecting Hong Kong in 2019
    (co-supervised with M. Muetzelfeldt)
  • Chase Benoist. 2022/23. Exploring a Potential Link Between Precipitation in Mesoscale Convective Systems and Tornadogenesis in the United States
    (co-supervised with M. Muetzelfeldt)
  • Thomas Breitburd. 2022/23. Comparing Mesoscale Convective Systems over Tropical Land Regions using MCS Tracking Database
    (co-supervised with M. Muetzelfeldt)
  • Chenyu Han. 2022/23. Organization of convective clouds in a low pressure system over the UK
  • Rebecca Smith. 2020/21. Convective response to different types of idealised environmental forcing
    (co-supervised with C. Daleu and J.-F. Gu)
  • Francesco Battaglioli. 2019/20. Evolution of environments supportive for severe thunderstorms across Europe with a focus on high shear low instability conditions
    (Received project prize.)
  • Ben Davis. 2017/18. Effects of orography on convective cloud organization: A quantitative analysis
  • Joshua Hampton. 2016/17. Island and lake breezes: The effects of land and water distribution
    (co-supervised with M. Teixeira)
  • Zixuan Jia. 2016/17. Lattice Boltzmann method for Gulf stream separation in the Coriolis field
  • Hongsheng Wang. 2016/17. Atmospheric boundary layer structure revealed by radar refractivity measurements
    (co-supervised with P. Clark)
  • Peter Barnet. 2009/10. Exploring ensembles at the convective scale
  • Heather Ogle. 2009/10. The TWP-ICE test case
  • Matthew Harris. 2008/9. Are Lancashire county cricket club hard done by?
  • Matthew Toll. 2008/9. Convective initiation over Southern Florida in relation to the dual sea-breeze effect
  • Matthew Weston. 2008/9. Effects on cumulus cloud activity
  • Daniel Gregory. 2007/8. Weather effects on association football results
  • Matthew Bliss. 2006/7. Investigating the quality of weather forecasts available to the general public
  • Adam Walters. 2006/7. Diurnal cycle of convection
  • Michael Ball. 2005/6. Convective cloud size distributions in satellite images. Dependence on how they are calculated, and how they are related to cloud spatial ordering
  • Laura Hodgson. 2005/6. A climatology of cyclolysis in the North Atlantic
  • David Jameson. 2005/6. A study on sea breeze formation along the south coast of England and its effect on convection inland.
  • Laura Kelly. 2005/6. Weather derivatives in sport
    (Received project prize.)
  • Ryan Surrage. 2005/6. Energetics of convection and the limitations of CAPE
    (co-supervised with J. Chagnon)
  • Fiona Tarlton. 2005/6. Dynamics of buoyancy waves in the troposphere
    (co-supervised with J. Chagnon)
  • Ian Beedle. 2004/5. Explosive development of the May 3rd storm
  • Chris Foster. 2004/5. Anomalous radar propagation associated with weather fronts
  • Emma Irvine. 2004/5. A climatology of cyclolysis in the Atlantic.