I am a Senior Research Scientist of the National Centre for Atmospheric Science (NCAS). My expertise is in understanding and modelling dynamical processs in the stratosphere and their impact on surface weather, with an emphasis on natural variablilty. This includes studies of sudden stratospheric warmings, the quasi biennial oscillation (QBO), semi-annual oscillation (SAO) and the impact of explosive volcanic and the 11-year solar cycle.
Research interests
Stratospheric Dynamics
Stratosphere Troposphere Interaction
Selected publications
Forecasting extreme stratospheric polar vortex events
Nature Communications Springer Nature 11:1 (2020) 4630
Eleven-year solar cycle signal in the NAO and Atlantic/European blocking
Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society (2016)
A lagged response to the 11 year solar cycle in observed winter Atlantic/European weather patterns
Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres 118:24 (2013) 13-420