Overview
Background:
I'm a PhD student in Mathematics (Statistics and Data Science) working on statistical postprocessing of ensemble forecasts of compound weather risk, supervised by Dr Frank Kwasniok, Dr Chris Ferro, Dr Gavin Evans (Met Office) and Dr Jamie Kettleborough (Met Office). I am funded through a studentship by the Exeter EPSRC DTP until March 2026.
I hold an MSc in Data Science (Statistics) from University College London where I wrote my MSc dissertation under the supervision of Prof Richard Chandler on GAMLSS-based modelling of multisite daily precipitation, with applications in climate model downscaling, winning the price for the best MSc dissertation in the department of statistical sciences. I gained work experience working as a research analyst in the PACTA team at the 2° Investing Initiative (now at RMI). I hold a BSc in Mathematics from Technical University Berlin and a BA in Philosophy and Political Sciences from Free University Berlin.
Orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2621-2477
Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=L_xWSBoAAAAJ
Software:
Check out ibicus: a flexible and user-friendly toolkit for the bias correction of climate models and associated evaluation.
Package: https://pypi.org/project/ibicus/. Documentation: https://ibicus.readthedocs.io/en/latest/
Publications
Copyright Notice: Any articles made available for download are for personal use only. Any other use requires prior permission of the author and the copyright holder.
2024
- Spuler FR, Wessel JB, Comyn-Platt E, Varndell J, Cagnazzo C. (2024) ibicus: a new open-source Python package and comprehensive interface for statistical bias adjustment and evaluation in climate modelling (v1.0.1), Geoscientific Model Development, volume 17, no. 3, pages 1249-1269, DOI:10.5194/gmd-17-1249-2024. [PDF]
2023
- Spuler FR, Wessel JB, Comyn-Platt E, Varndell J, Cagnazzo C. (2023) ibicus: a new open-source Python package and comprehensive interface for statistical bias adjustment and evaluation in climate modelling (v1.0.1), DOI:10.5194/egusphere-2023-1481. [PDF]
- Spuler F, Wessel J, Cagnazzo C, Comyn-Platt E. (2023) Case studies in bias adjustment: addressing potential pitfalls through model comparison and evaluation using a new open-source python package, DOI:10.5194/egusphere-egu23-14254. [PDF]
- Wessel J, Ferro C, Kwasniok F. (2023) Lead time continuous statistical post-processing of ensemble weather forecasts, DOI:10.5194/egusphere-egu23-14425. [PDF]
