Weather and Climate Science
Our research centres on modelling of the climate system, and quantifying and reducing uncertainties in climate projections. This group has very strong links to the Met Office including two jointly-funded chairs, and a common goal to maximise the pull-through of mathematics and statistics into the improvement of climate models.
Research interests
The Weather and Climate Science group focuses on the modelling, analysis and understanding of the Earth system and its response to human perturbations. We are working on many components of the Earth System such as: ocean-atmosphere dynamics and variability; aerosols, clouds and water cycle interactions; carbon cycle feedbacks; land surface biogeochemistry; sea ice dynamic; atmospheric chemistry; detection and attribution of climate change; etc.
Expertise in the group spans the understanding and modelling of most of the major uncertainties in the response of the climate system to anthropogenic forcing:
- clouds and water vapour
- carbon cycle
- aerosols, clouds and climate
- sea-ice
- land-surface
- stratosphere
In addition, this group is committed to quantifying and reducing the overall uncertainties in climate projections through:
- probabilistic climate projections
- statistical emulation methods
- data-assimilation
People
See the drop-down menus below to find out more about the staff members who work within the Weather and Climate Science theme, and which modules they teach.
| Academic staff | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Professor Mark P. Baldwin | Professor of Climate Science | |||
| Dr John Bruun | Lecturer in Mathematics | |||
| Dr Jennifer Catto | Associate Professor | |||
| Dr Robin Chadwick | Senior Lecturer (E&R) (GSI) | |||
| Professor Mat Collins | Professor of Climate Change | |||
| Professor Peter Cox | Professor, Director of Global Systems Institute | |||
| Professor Pierre Friedlingstein FRS | Chair, Mathematical Modelling of Climate Systems | |||
| Professor Jim Haywood | Professor of Atmospheric Science | |||
| Dr Tim Jupp | Senior Lecturer | |||
| Professor Tarje Nissen-Meyer | Professor in Environmental Intelligence | |||
| Dr Fiona O'Connor | Senior Lecturer in Atmospheric Composition | |||
| Dr Mike O'Sullivan | Lecturer | |||
| Dr Daniel Partridge | Senior Lecturer in Atmospheric Science (E&R) | |||
| Professor Adam Scaife | Professor | |||
| Professor James Screen | Professor in Climate Science | |||
| Professor Peter Stott | Professor | |||
| Dr Mark Williamson | Proleptic lecturer | |||
| Post-doctoral research fellows | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dr Russell Blackport | Research Fellow | |||
| Dr Sarah Chadburn | Research Fellow | |||
| Dr Michael Cotterell | Associate Research Fellow | |||
| Dr Taraka Davies-Barnard | Associate Research Fellow | |||
| Dr Michael Dunne | Graduate Research Fellow | |||
| Dr Paul Kim | Postdoctoral Research Associate | |||
| Dr Emma Littleton | Postdoctoral Research Fellow | |||
| Dr Florent Malavelle | Research Fellow | |||
| Dr Matthew Priestley | Postdoctoral Research Fellow | |||
| Dr Paul Ritchie | Postdoctoral Research Fellow | |||
| Dr Hongsheng Wang | Postdoctoral Research Fellow | |||
| Visitors, emeritus and honorary fellows | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dr Mengyan Chen | Visitor | |||
| Dr Huiyi Yang | Visiting Postdoctoral Research Fellow | |||
| Jun Ying | Visitor | |||
| Research administrators | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Linda McIlwraith | Climate Systems Research Administrator Mon-Wed AM | |||
| Postgraduates | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Viv Atureta | Postgraduate | |||
| Paul Bell | Postgraduate | |||
| Catherine Bradshaw | ||||
| Joe Clarke | Postgraduate | |||
| Abrar Hayat | Postgraduate | |||
| Tommy Irons | Postgraduate | |||
| Chris Kent | Postgraduate | |||
| Rebecca Millington | Postgraduate | |||
| Emanuele Tovazzi | Postgraduate | |||
| Jakob Wessel | Postgraduate | |||
| Ned Williams | Postgraduate | |||
| Dr Carolina Duran Rojas | Software Engineer | |||
Members of the Weather and Climate Science theme are happy to discuss potential PhD opportunities. Jobs within this group will be posted on the University job portal.
Postgraduate research opportunities
The Weather and Climate Science group at Exeter maintains an international reputation for research and we continue to invest in top-quality academics and offer a range of projects to research students to enhance this expertise. For more details of our facilities and training programmes, see our pages for postgraduate taught and postgraduate research degrees.
Apply for a research degree in mathematics
Details of research opportunities within mathematics are listed on our webpage. A list of projects for which funding is currently available can be found on our dedicated studentship webpage.
If you are interested in doing a PhD in pure mathematics, please contact potential supervisors to discuss possible projects. You can find out more and apply on our website.
For questions and enquiries please contact Prof Jim Haywood
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