Classes taught

I am currently teaching:

• 2024/25 to date. MSc course on Data Analysis and Forecasting Systems for Weather and Climate

Previously I taught:

• 2022/23 to 2023/24. MSc course on Introduction to Computing
• 2015/16 to 2017/18. MSc course on Fluid Dynamics of the Atmosphere and Oceans
• 2004/05 to 2010/11. MSc course on Introduction to Numerical Modelling
• 2004/05 to 2007/08. Weather and Climate Discussion.
• 2005/06. MSc course on Remote Sensing
• 2002/03. MSc course on Fluid Dynamics (problem classes)

Research students

Dissertations marked with a * were awarded distinctions.

• Qi Luo. 2024. Frequency of wind speed measurement needed by plumecast for dispersion estimates during emergency response
  (co-supervised with M. Brettle)
  Following on from this dissertation, a talk was given at the Royal Met Soc mini conference on observing systems.
  
• Chase Benoist. 2024. Organized Convection and Mesoscale Convective Systems in the Maritime Continent
  (co-supervised with D. Shipley and M. Muetzelfeldt)
  
• Xinli Ge. 2023. Analysis of Mesoscale Convective System Environments over East Asia
  (co-supervised with M. Muetzelfeldt)
  
• Eisa Alsereidi. 2022. Measuring organised spatial patterns of tropical convection
  (co-supervised with T. Jones)
  
• Zehui He. 2022. Effects of model resolution on the statistics of cold pools
  (co-supervised with T. Jones)
  
• Sung Ho Lee*. 2022. Tropical cyclogenesis under radiative-convective equilibrium with background rotation
  (co-supervised with C. Holloway and J.-F. Gu)
  
• Arundhati Kalyanasundaram*. 2021. Evaluating memory effects in convective parameterization schemes
  (co-supervised with C. Daleu and T. Jones)
  (received dissertation prize)
• Xin-Yue Yao*. 2020. The value of observations for forecasting convective rainfall
  (co-supervised with A. Fowler)
  
• Emer Flood*. 2019. Modelling the diurnal cycle of shallow convection over land with the new Met Office NERC cloud model
  (co-supervised with C. Daleu and N. Harvey)
  (received dissertation prize)
• Nadie Rupasinghe. 2018. Do the properties of convective clouds converge at high resolution?
  (co-supervised with T. Jones)
• Xiao Ma*. 2018. Response of convection to changes in the thermodynamic environment
  (co-supervised with C. Daleu)
• Georgios Charalambous. 2017. Evaluating the organization of convective clouds.
  
• Luis Bryam Orihuela-Pinto*. 2017. Modelling El-Nino using the OpenIFS.
  
• Alice Gill. 2015. The St. Jude's Day Storm - OpenIFS model simulations and sensitivity to cloud microphysics.
  
• Matthew Priestley. 2015. Environmental changes observed during the lifecycle of tornadic supercells in a 100-metre grid-length simulation.
  (co-supervised with K. Hanley and A. Barrett)
• James Peacock. 2014. Assessing the simulation of small scale deep convection by high resolution models using a combination of satellite and radar observation data
  (co-supervised with K. Hanley and T. Stein)
• Bethan Jones. 2014. How does the skill of global model precipitation forecasts over Europe depend on spatial scale?
  (co-supervised with N. Roberts)
• Jeremiah Malaibe. 2013. The interaction of tropical convection and large-scale flow
• Alison Cobb*. 2010. Ensemble forecasting at the convective scale
  (co-supervised with G. Leoncini)
  Dissertation: front pages and main file
• Francis Colledge. 2010. Convective clusters and self-aggregation in idealized high-resolution models
  (co-supervised with C. Holloway)
• Wee-Kiong Cheong*. 2009. The role of moisture as a control on tropical convection
  (co-supervised with C. Holloway)
• Kasem Elfadli. 2009. Chemical transports by convection
• Tom Jordan*. 2008. Does self organised criticality occur in the tropical convective system?
• Isaac Ngwana. 2008. Effects of JULES land surface types on the climate of South Africa
  (co-supervised with P.-L. Vidale and M.-E. Demory)
  Further work following on from this dissertation is available here.
• Erin Thomson*. 2007. Parallel worlds with extra non-hydrostatic-ness
• Jennifer Catto*. 2006. Identifying large-scale features in the data from a cloud-resolving model
• Thomas Loridan*. 2006. Probabilistic rainfall forecast using a neighbourhood approach
• Richard Fruhmann. 2005. Ageostrophic wind storms in the Central Caspian Sea
• Gillean Keith*. 2004. An Analysis of Sea-Breezes on the South Coast of England and Evidence of Pre- and Post-Frontal Waves at the Surface
  Dissertation: title page and main file
  Further work following on from this dissertation is discussed here.
• Rob Lennard*. 2004. The Distribution of Cumulus Cloud Sizes
  Dissertation: main and references

MSc Team Project

• February 2018. Simulating North Atlantic cyclones using the ECMWF forecast model
• February 2017. Simulating North Atlantic cyclones using the ECMWF forecast model
• February 2016. Simulating the St Jude storm with the ECMWF forecast model
• February 2011. Recent flooding events in the UK
• February 2010. Recent flooding events in the UK Project report
• February 2008. The July 2007 floods
  (co-supervised with J. Chagnon)
• February 2005. Dealing with high-impact UK weather: the Boscastle Flood