Current PhD Students

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Chris Barrell UEA Observing and modelling cold-air outbreaks
Jake Opher BAS

Spilling the beans on the densest water formed in the North Atlantic (NERC EnvEast studentship, Primary supervisor - Alex Brearley)

Ella Gilbert BAS

Melting of ice shelves around the Antarctic Peninsula (NERC EnvEast studentship, Primary supervisor - Andrew Orr)

Shenjie Zhou UEA

Weathers impact on ocean circulation (Primary supervisor - Xiaoming Zhai)

Dan Smith UEA Improvement of the numerical modelling of fog formation and evolution (NERC Industrial Case studentship)
Denis Sergeev UEA Predictability and dynamics of polar lows (Zuckerman studentship)
     

Current Postdocs

   
Dr Andy Elvidge UEA Iceland-Greenland Seas Project (NERC Discovery)
Dr Annick Terpstra UEA/Bergen Mesoscale perspectives of marine cold air outbreaks
     

Former PhD students

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Dr Alan Condron

University of Massachusetts

The impact of polar mesocyclones on deep water formation (NERC COAPEC studentship)

Dr Emma Fiedler Met Office Air-sea-ice interactions at the Ronne polynya, Southern Weddell Sea, Antarctica (NERC CASE studentship with BAS)
Dr Emma Irvine University of Reading The Impact of targeted observations on the prediction of weather systems (NERC GFDex project studentship)
Dr Hanneke Luijting Norwegian Met Institute, Tromso Numerical simulations of katabatic flow in Coats Land, Antarctica (EU Marie Curie FAASIS studentship with BAS)
Dr Stephen Outten Nansen Center, Bergen

Easterly tip jets around Greenland (NERC GFDex project studentship)

Dr Dave Sproson Facility for Airborne Atmospheric Measurement On the oceanic impacts of Greenland’s tip jets (NERC studentship)
Dr Ben Harden Sea Education Assocation Barrier winds off Southeast Greenland and their impact on the ocean (NERC studentship)
Dr Andy Elvidge UEA Polar foehn winds and warming over the Larsen C Ice Shelf, Antarctica(NERC OFCAP project studentship with BAS)
Dr Alex Poulidis University of Kyoto

Thermally generated convection and precipitation over volcanoes: A modelling study for Montserrat (UEA studentship)

Dr Daniel Bannister BAS

Foehn winds on South Georgia and their impact on regional climate (NERC BAS studentship)

Dr Jan Chylik University of Cologne

Variability within cold air outbreaks and implications for parametrization (NCAS studentship)

Dr Rhiannon Davies Argans

Observations and modelling of the atmospheric boundary layer of the Arctic marginal ice zone (NERC ACCACIA project studentship)

Dr Richard Jones WeatherQuest

Weather and Climate in the Amundsen Sea Embayment, Antarctica (NERC iStar project studentship)

     

Former Postdocs

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Dr Guðrún Nína Petersen Icelandic Meteorological Office Greenland Flow Distortion project
Dr Peter Cook University of Reading DIAMET ( Diabatic influences on mesoscale structures in extratropical storms)
Dr Andy Elvidge Met Office ACCACIA (Aerosol Cloud-Coupling and Climate Interactions in the Arctic)
Dr Alex Poulidis University of Kyoto Crossing borders and costing livelihoods: the unbearable heaviness of volcanic ash