Current Post: Senior Researcher in Climatic Research Unit

Room Number: CRU 01.02

Telephone: +44 (0)1603 592875 (+44 1603 592875)

Fax: +44 (0)1603 507784 (+44 1603 507784)

Email: c.goodess@uea.ac.uk

Publications: EPrints Digital Repository

Research interests

Regional climate change projections; downscaling; extreme weather events; representation of uncertainty; probabilistic climate change projections; climate change impacts; Mediterranean climate change.


Biography

I joined the Climatic Research Unit in 1982, where I am now a Senior Researcher as well as the Unit’s Research and Administration Manager. My current research interests focus on the development and use of regional climate change projections, particularly with respect to extreme events and the representation of uncertainty. Thus I work at the interface between climate modellers and users of climate information – where communication, particularly with stakeholders and policy makers, is increasingly important. I also have a longstanding interest in Mediterranean climate. Together with a substantial publication record, I have extensive experience in the coordination of major research projects, both within the UK and at the European level. I have growing interest and expertise in climate impacts and adaptation studies, particularly with respect to the built environment. I am a Lead Author for the IPCC Special Report on Extremes. Further information is available about the Climatic Research Unit and my research projects.


Significant publications

• Goodess, C.M. and Jones, P.D., 2002: Links between circulation and changes in the characteristics of Iberian rainfall, International Journal of Climatology, 22, 1593-1615. DOI: 10.1002/joc.810
• Ciscar, J-C., Iglesias, A., Feyen, L., Szabo, L., van Regemorter, D.V., Amelung, B., Nicholls, R., Watkiss, P., Christensen, O.B., Dankers, R., Garrote, L., Goodess, C.M., Hunt, A., Moreno, A., Richards, J. and Soria, A. (2011) Physical and economic consequences of climate change in Europe. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, PNAS, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1011612108. http://www.pnas.org/content/108/7/2678.long.
  
• Goodess, C.M., Hall, J., Best, M., Betts, R., Cabantous, L., Jones, P.D., Kilsby, C.G., Pearman, A. and Wallace, C.J., 2007: Climate scenarios and decision making under uncertainty. Built Environment, 33(1), 10-30. DOI: 10.2148/benv.33.1.10
• Haylock, M.R. and Goodess, C.M., 2004: Interannual variability of European extreme winter rainfall and links with mean large-scale circulation, International Journal of Climatology, 24, 759-776. DOI: 10.1002/joc.1033
• Haylock, M.R., Cawley, G.C., Harpham, C., Wilby, R.L. and Goodess, C.M., 2006: Downscaling heavy precipitation over the United Kingdom: A comparison of dynamical and statistical methods and their future scenarios. International Journal of Climatology, 26, 1397-1415.
• Schmidli, J., Goodess, C.M., Frei, C., Haylock, M.R., Hundecha, Y., Ribalaygua, J. and Schmith, T., 2007: Statistical and dynamical downscaling of precipitation: An evaluation and comparison of scenarios for the European Alps.Journal of Geophysical Research, 112, D04105, doi: 10.1029/2005JD007026

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