My PhD work was on the development of secondary frontal cyclones, these
are cyclones growing on the trailing fronts of primary mid-latitude cyclones.
They are mesoscale weather systems that affect the day-to-day weather
over (for example) western Europe and can have the potential to grow rapidly
into major cyclonic systems. My PhD work examined the role the environmental
flow can play in suppressing or allowing their growth. I completed my
PhD thesis in the Department of
Meteorology, at the University of Reading, and was fortunate to have
a great project superviser in Prof. Alan Thorpe. The abstract
from my thesis is available, if you would like a copy of the whole
work of art itself (205 pages of wisdom) then please contact me, or if
you like buy it from the British Library then I will get about 10 pence
in royalties! |