Atmospheric Science Conference 2019
LOCATION
University of Birmingham
Edgbaston
Birmingham
West Midlands
B15 2TT
United Kingdom
The National Centre for Atmospheric Science and the Royal Meteorological Society jointly hosted a 2-day UK Atmospheric Science Conference in Birmingham on 2-3 July 2019. The meeting provided a unique opportunity to bring together atmospheric scientists with interests in weather, climate and atmospheric chemistry to present latest research findings.
The call for papers for the 2020 Atmospheric Science Conference will open in Autumn 2019.
Save the date!
The 2020 conference is taking place in Leeds on the 1-2 July!
Conference Presentations
Keynote Address Re-Examining the perplexity of Cyclone Complexity - Helen Dacre, University of Reading
9:40 An Overview of Atmospheric Pollution and Human Health in Chinese Megacity Research Programme (APHH-Beijing) - Dr Zongbo Shi, University of Birmingham
10:00 Seasonal Forecasts of the 20th Century - Dr Antje Weisheimer, University of Oxford
10:20 First Results from the UKESM1 CMIP6 ScenarioMIP Ensemble of Future Projections - Dr Alistair Sellar, Met Office
Seasonal Predictions - Room C Block
11:10 Development, Amplification and Decay of European Summer Weather Patterns Linked to Spring North Atlantic Sea Surface Temperatures - Dr Albert Osso, NCAS
11:30 The Utility of Seasonal Forecast Information for Drought Risk Assessments - Dr Matthew Young, University of Reading & NCAS
11:50 An Improved Approach to Land-Surface Initialisation in the Met Office Global Seasonal Forecasting System (GloSea) - Philip Davies, Met Office
12:10 Volcanic Impacts on Large-Scale Climate Modes in a Multi-Model Ensemble - Dr Leon Hermanson, Met Office
Dynamics - Room WG5
11:10 Structure, Lifecycle and Environmental Conditions of Tibetan Plateau Vortices - Dr Julia Curio, University of Reading & NCAS
11:30 ENSO Modulation of MJO Teleconnection to the North Atlantic & Europe and Implications for Subseasonal Predictability - Dr Robert Lee, University of Reading & NCAS
11:50 The Study of Topographic Changes of the Middle Levels of the Atmosphere and its Effect on the Heat Increase in the Middle East - Prof Nader Parvin, Payame Noor University
12:10 Equatorial Waves and High Impact Weather in South East Asia - Dr Sam Ferrett, University of Reading & NCAS
Interactions - Room G33
11:10 Managing Air for Green Inner Cities - Dr Paul Hayden, University of Surrey & NCAS
11:30 On the Influence of Pre- and In-Seasonal Meteorological Conditions on Grass Pollen Interannual Variations in the UK - Dr Alexander Kurganskiy, University of Worcester
11:50 Atmospheric Boundary Layer, Atmospheric Stagnation and Air Pollution Relationships Over the Atacama Desert, Chile - Damián Oyarzun, Enviromental Change Research Centre, UCL
12:10 An Extension of the Online Atmospheric Model WRF-Chem with Bioaerosols at the Species Level - Prof Carsten Skjoth, University of Worcester
Earth System Modelling - Room WG12
11:10 UKESM1: An Assessment of the Pre-Industrial to Present-Day Anthropogenic Forcing and its Attribution to Different Forcing Agents - Dr Fiona O'Connor, Met Office Hadley Centre
11:30 UKESM-Hybrid: Focusing Resolution Where it's Most Needed - Dr Marc Stringer, University of Reading & NCAS
11:50 An Analysis of the UKESM1 CMIP6 Historical Ensemble - Dr Till Kuhlbrodt, University of Reading & NCAS
12:10 Coupled Interactive Fire-Atmospheric Chemistry Model - João Teixeira, Met Office & University of Exeter
Seasonal Predictions - Room C Block
13:30 The Impact of Strong El Nino and La Nina Events on the North Atlantic - Dr Steve Hadiman, Met Office Hadley Centre
13:50 Understanding the Signal-to-Noise Paradox with Nonlinear Dynamics - Prof Tim Palmer, University of Oxford
14:10 Attribution of 2012 Extreme Climate Events: Does air-sea interaction matter? - Dr Buwen Dong, NCAS-Climate, University of Reading
Aerosols - Room WG5
13:30 The Influence of VOC Mixing on the Formation and Properties of Secondary Organic Aerosols - Dr M. Rami Alfarra, The University of Manchester & NCAS
13:50 Observations Of Highly Oxygenated Molecules and New Particle Formation In Urban Atmospheres - James Brean, University of Birmingham
14:10 Air Pollutant Removal by Vegetation: Potential and Limitations - Dr Eiko Nemitz, Centre for Ecology and Hydrology
Ozone & Climate - Room G33
13:30 Modelling the Impacts of Ongoing East Asian CFC Emissions on Ozone Recovery - Dr James Keeble, NCAS
13:50 Towards Improved Characterisation of the Impact of Chlorinated VSLSs on Atmospheric Chemistry and Climate - Dr Ewa Bednarz, Lancaster University
14:10 Machine Learning Parameterizations for Ozone in Climate Sensitivity Simulations - Dr Peer Nowack, Imperial College London
Regional - Room WG12
13:30 Interaction of Convective Organisation with Monsoon Precipitation, Atmosphere, Surface and Sea: Emerging results from the 2016 INCOMPASS field campaign in India - Dr Andy Turner, University of Reading & NCAS
13:50 Airmass Analysis of the Processes Driving the Progression of the 2016 Indian Summer Monsoon - Dr Ambrogio Volonté, NCAS - Climate & University of Reading
14:10 Transport Resilience to Weather in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - Dr Emma Ferranti, University of Birmingham
Keynote Address UK Emissions from Novel Sources, Prof Frank Kelly, King's College London
16:30 Potential Benefits of Cool Roofs in Reducing Heat-Related Mortality During Heatwaves in a European City, Dr Helen L Macintyre, Public Health England & University of Birmingham
16:50 Increased Shear in the North Atlantic Upper-Level Jet Stream over the Past Four Decades - Prof Paul D. Williams, University of Reading
17:10 Simulating the Climate Response to Atmospheric Oxygen Variability in the Phanerozoic - Dr Alexander T. Archibald, University of Cambridge & NCAS/Met Office
Keynote Address Global Intensification in Observed Short-Duration Rainfall Extremes - Prof Hayley Fowler, Newcastle University
9:35 Isoprene Measurements in an Oak-Dominated Forest during the 2018 Heatwave in the UK - Dr Valerio Ferracci, Cranfield University
9:55 Measurement and Modelling of Physico-Chemical Properties and Atmospheric Behaviour of Automotive Diesel Particles - Prof Roy Harrison, NCAS, University of Birmingham, UK and King Abdulaziz University, Saudi Arabia
10:15 Unsupervised Classification of Convective Organisation with Deep Learning - Dr Leif Denby, University of Leeds
Urban and Regional Air Quality - Room WG5
Climate Services - Room G33
Machine Learning in Earth Sciences - Room WG12
Facilitators talks:
Peer Nowack
Convolutional networks, Leif Denby
Machine Learning in Earth System Science: An overview of meteorological normalisation, Stuart Grange
Convection & Storms - Room C Block
14:10 Covariance of Storm Hazards in the Atlantic Basin - Dr Michael Angus, University of Birmingham
14:30 High-Resolution Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) Simulations of Ice Crystal Icing Events and the Risk to Aircraft - Dr Daniel Bannister, SATAVIA
14:50 Slope-Driven Convection: Present Understanding, Open Questions, and Challenges for Numerical Weather Prediction Models, Prof. Dino Zardi, Atmospheric Physics Group, University of Trento
Atmospheric Chemistry - Room WG5
14:10 Measurements from the Manchester Time of Flight Chemical Ionisation Mass Spectrometer on the FAAM Bae 146 Research aircraft, Dr Thomas Bannan, University of Manchester
14:30 Analysis of tropospheric NO2, HCHO, HONO and O3 from three years of remote and urban MAX-DOAS measurements in Australasia, Robert Ryan, University of Melbourne
14:50 Ammonia in the 21st Century: Challenges for Measurements and Mitigation, Dr Christine Braban, Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
Africa - Room G33
14:10 Validation of TAMSAT-Derived Soil Moisture using NDVI, Dr Vicky Boult, University of Reading
14:30 Regional Mechanisms for the “East African Paradox” Rainfall Decline and Recent Recovery, Dr Caroline Wainwright, University of Reading
14:50 Are future precipitation changes homogeneous over Sahel? - Dr Paul-Arthur Monerie, University of Reading
Climate Variability - Room WG12
14:10 Assessing External and Internal Sources of Atlantic Multidecadal Variability using Models, Proxy Data and Early Instrumental Indices, Dr Christopher O'Reilly, Atmospheric, Oceanic & Planetary Physics, University of Oxford
14:30 Quantifying the Effect of Asian Circulation Biases on the Climate Response to Aerosol Forcing, Dr Laura Wilcox, University of Reading & NCAS
14:50 Reconstruction of the Southern Annular Mode from Ships’ Logbooks and other Historical Observations, Dr Julie Jones, University of Sheffield
15:10 Examining the Role of Aerosol Forcing in Driving Global Climate Variations using a Novel Large Ensemble of Historical Simulations, Dr Andrea Dittus, University of Reading & NCAS
16:00 Long Range Predictability of Atmospheric Angular Momentum, Prof Adam Scaife, Met Office Hadley Centre & University of Exeter
16:20 State of the UK Climate 2018, Michael Kendon, Met Office & National Climate Information Centre
Keynote Address, Climate Science Needs to Take Risk Assessments Much More Seriously, Prof Rowan Sutton, NCAS & University of Reading
The National Centre for Atmospheric Science and the Royal Meteorological Society jointly hosted a 2-day UK Atmospheric Science Conference in Birmingham on 2-3 July 2019. The meeting provided a unique opportunity to bring together atmospheric scientists with interests in weather, climate and atmospheric chemistry to present latest research findings.
The call for papers for the 2020 Atmospheric Science Conference will open in Autumn 2019.
Save the date!
The 2020 conference is taking place in Leeds on the 1-2 July!
Conference Presentations
Keynote Address Re-Examining the perplexity of Cyclone Complexity - Helen Dacre, University of Reading
9:40 An Overview of Atmospheric Pollution and Human Health in Chinese Megacity Research Programme (APHH-Beijing) - Dr Zongbo Shi, University of Birmingham
10:00 Seasonal Forecasts of the 20th Century - Dr Antje Weisheimer, University of Oxford
10:20 First Results from the UKESM1 CMIP6 ScenarioMIP Ensemble of Future Projections - Dr Alistair Sellar, Met Office
Seasonal Predictions - Room C Block
11:10 Development, Amplification and Decay of European Summer Weather Patterns Linked to Spring North Atlantic Sea Surface Temperatures - Dr Albert Osso, NCAS
11:30 The Utility of Seasonal Forecast Information for Drought Risk Assessments - Dr Matthew Young, University of Reading & NCAS
11:50 An Improved Approach to Land-Surface Initialisation in the Met Office Global Seasonal Forecasting System (GloSea) - Philip Davies, Met Office
12:10 Volcanic Impacts on Large-Scale Climate Modes in a Multi-Model Ensemble - Dr Leon Hermanson, Met Office
Dynamics - Room WG5
11:10 Structure, Lifecycle and Environmental Conditions of Tibetan Plateau Vortices - Dr Julia Curio, University of Reading & NCAS
11:30 ENSO Modulation of MJO Teleconnection to the North Atlantic & Europe and Implications for Subseasonal Predictability - Dr Robert Lee, University of Reading & NCAS
11:50 The Study of Topographic Changes of the Middle Levels of the Atmosphere and its Effect on the Heat Increase in the Middle East - Prof Nader Parvin, Payame Noor University
12:10 Equatorial Waves and High Impact Weather in South East Asia - Dr Sam Ferrett, University of Reading & NCAS
Interactions - Room G33
11:10 Managing Air for Green Inner Cities - Dr Paul Hayden, University of Surrey & NCAS
11:30 On the Influence of Pre- and In-Seasonal Meteorological Conditions on Grass Pollen Interannual Variations in the UK - Dr Alexander Kurganskiy, University of Worcester
11:50 Atmospheric Boundary Layer, Atmospheric Stagnation and Air Pollution Relationships Over the Atacama Desert, Chile - Damián Oyarzun, Enviromental Change Research Centre, UCL
12:10 An Extension of the Online Atmospheric Model WRF-Chem with Bioaerosols at the Species Level - Prof Carsten Skjoth, University of Worcester
Earth System Modelling - Room WG12
11:10 UKESM1: An Assessment of the Pre-Industrial to Present-Day Anthropogenic Forcing and its Attribution to Different Forcing Agents - Dr Fiona O'Connor, Met Office Hadley Centre
11:30 UKESM-Hybrid: Focusing Resolution Where it's Most Needed - Dr Marc Stringer, University of Reading & NCAS
11:50 An Analysis of the UKESM1 CMIP6 Historical Ensemble - Dr Till Kuhlbrodt, University of Reading & NCAS
12:10 Coupled Interactive Fire-Atmospheric Chemistry Model - João Teixeira, Met Office & University of Exeter
Seasonal Predictions - Room C Block
13:30 The Impact of Strong El Nino and La Nina Events on the North Atlantic - Dr Steve Hadiman, Met Office Hadley Centre
13:50 Understanding the Signal-to-Noise Paradox with Nonlinear Dynamics - Prof Tim Palmer, University of Oxford
14:10 Attribution of 2012 Extreme Climate Events: Does air-sea interaction matter? - Dr Buwen Dong, NCAS-Climate, University of Reading
Aerosols - Room WG5
13:30 The Influence of VOC Mixing on the Formation and Properties of Secondary Organic Aerosols - Dr M. Rami Alfarra, The University of Manchester & NCAS
13:50 Observations Of Highly Oxygenated Molecules and New Particle Formation In Urban Atmospheres - James Brean, University of Birmingham
14:10 Air Pollutant Removal by Vegetation: Potential and Limitations - Dr Eiko Nemitz, Centre for Ecology and Hydrology
Ozone & Climate - Room G33
13:30 Modelling the Impacts of Ongoing East Asian CFC Emissions on Ozone Recovery - Dr James Keeble, NCAS
13:50 Towards Improved Characterisation of the Impact of Chlorinated VSLSs on Atmospheric Chemistry and Climate - Dr Ewa Bednarz, Lancaster University
14:10 Machine Learning Parameterizations for Ozone in Climate Sensitivity Simulations - Dr Peer Nowack, Imperial College London
Regional - Room WG12
13:30 Interaction of Convective Organisation with Monsoon Precipitation, Atmosphere, Surface and Sea: Emerging results from the 2016 INCOMPASS field campaign in India - Dr Andy Turner, University of Reading & NCAS
13:50 Airmass Analysis of the Processes Driving the Progression of the 2016 Indian Summer Monsoon - Dr Ambrogio Volonté, NCAS - Climate & University of Reading
14:10 Transport Resilience to Weather in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - Dr Emma Ferranti, University of Birmingham
Keynote Address UK Emissions from Novel Sources, Prof Frank Kelly, King's College London
16:30 Potential Benefits of Cool Roofs in Reducing Heat-Related Mortality During Heatwaves in a European City, Dr Helen L Macintyre, Public Health England & University of Birmingham
16:50 Increased Shear in the North Atlantic Upper-Level Jet Stream over the Past Four Decades - Prof Paul D. Williams, University of Reading
17:10 Simulating the Climate Response to Atmospheric Oxygen Variability in the Phanerozoic - Dr Alexander T. Archibald, University of Cambridge & NCAS/Met Office
Keynote Address Global Intensification in Observed Short-Duration Rainfall Extremes - Prof Hayley Fowler, Newcastle University
9:35 Isoprene Measurements in an Oak-Dominated Forest during the 2018 Heatwave in the UK - Dr Valerio Ferracci, Cranfield University
9:55 Measurement and Modelling of Physico-Chemical Properties and Atmospheric Behaviour of Automotive Diesel Particles - Prof Roy Harrison, NCAS, University of Birmingham, UK and King Abdulaziz University, Saudi Arabia
10:15 Unsupervised Classification of Convective Organisation with Deep Learning - Dr Leif Denby, University of Leeds
Urban and Regional Air Quality - Room WG5
Climate Services - Room G33
Machine Learning in Earth Sciences - Room WG12
Facilitators talks:
Peer Nowack
Convolutional networks, Leif Denby
Machine Learning in Earth System Science: An overview of meteorological normalisation, Stuart Grange
Convection & Storms - Room C Block
14:10 Covariance of Storm Hazards in the Atlantic Basin - Dr Michael Angus, University of Birmingham
14:30 High-Resolution Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) Simulations of Ice Crystal Icing Events and the Risk to Aircraft - Dr Daniel Bannister, SATAVIA
14:50 Slope-Driven Convection: Present Understanding, Open Questions, and Challenges for Numerical Weather Prediction Models, Prof. Dino Zardi, Atmospheric Physics Group, University of Trento
Atmospheric Chemistry - Room WG5
14:10 Measurements from the Manchester Time of Flight Chemical Ionisation Mass Spectrometer on the FAAM Bae 146 Research aircraft, Dr Thomas Bannan, University of Manchester
14:30 Analysis of tropospheric NO2, HCHO, HONO and O3 from three years of remote and urban MAX-DOAS measurements in Australasia, Robert Ryan, University of Melbourne
14:50 Ammonia in the 21st Century: Challenges for Measurements and Mitigation, Dr Christine Braban, Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
Africa - Room G33
14:10 Validation of TAMSAT-Derived Soil Moisture using NDVI, Dr Vicky Boult, University of Reading
14:30 Regional Mechanisms for the “East African Paradox” Rainfall Decline and Recent Recovery, Dr Caroline Wainwright, University of Reading
14:50 Are future precipitation changes homogeneous over Sahel? - Dr Paul-Arthur Monerie, University of Reading
Climate Variability - Room WG12
14:10 Assessing External and Internal Sources of Atlantic Multidecadal Variability using Models, Proxy Data and Early Instrumental Indices, Dr Christopher O'Reilly, Atmospheric, Oceanic & Planetary Physics, University of Oxford
14:30 Quantifying the Effect of Asian Circulation Biases on the Climate Response to Aerosol Forcing, Dr Laura Wilcox, University of Reading & NCAS
14:50 Reconstruction of the Southern Annular Mode from Ships’ Logbooks and other Historical Observations, Dr Julie Jones, University of Sheffield
15:10 Examining the Role of Aerosol Forcing in Driving Global Climate Variations using a Novel Large Ensemble of Historical Simulations, Dr Andrea Dittus, University of Reading & NCAS
16:00 Long Range Predictability of Atmospheric Angular Momentum, Prof Adam Scaife, Met Office Hadley Centre & University of Exeter
16:20 State of the UK Climate 2018, Michael Kendon, Met Office & National Climate Information Centre
Keynote Address, Climate Science Needs to Take Risk Assessments Much More Seriously, Prof Rowan Sutton, NCAS & University of Reading