Atmospheric processes and parametrization scientists

• Dr Keith Williams

  Keith is the Head of Atmospheric Processes and Parametrizations and conducts research into process-orientated model evaluation.

• Dr Paul Barrett

Paul leads research into the representation of clouds and radiation

• Dr Martin Best

  Martin manages the research undertaken on land surface processes

• Dr Ian Boutle

Ian works on cloudy boundary layers and their representation within the Met Office's Unified Model

• Dr Paul Burns

Paul works on developing parametrizations of the atmospheric boundary layer.

• Frankie Cottrell

Frankie is working on developing Unified Physics codes to represent atmospheric moisture in regional and global models.

• Dr Steve Derbyshire

  Steve leads a research and development team working on flow over topography and related problems.

• Dr Paul Field

  Paul leads research into cloud microphysical processes.

• Dr John Hemmings

  John is a software engineer working on the modelling of aerosols and aerosol-cloud interactions.

• Dr Maggie Hendry

  Maggie works on representing surface processes in weather and climate models with a particular interest in urban areas.

• Dr Alan Hewitt

  Alan joined the ESMS team as a Scientific Software Engineer

• Dr Helen Johnson

Helen works on representing snow and lakes within the JULES land surface model.

• Dr Anthony Jones

Anthony works on the parameterization of aerosols in climate models.

• Dr Adrian Lock

  Adrian leads the research and development of the parametrization of the atmospheric boundary layer.

• Dr James Manners

  James works on the parametrization of radiative transfer in the atmosphere.

• Dr Cyril Morcrette

  Cyril leads a team improving the way that clouds and radiation are represented in weather forecasts and climate simulations.

• Dr Gabriel Rooney

  Gabriel works on aspects of convection in the atmosphere.

• Dr Heather Rumbold (Ashton)

  Heather works on land surface processes with a particular interest in soil hydrology

• Dr Peter Sheridan

  Peter works on flows in hilly and mountainous terrain, with a specific focus on fine-scale prediction of wind and temperature, and related hazards.

• Dr Samantha Smith

Samantha works on flow over mountains, with a particular interest in orographic precipitation.

• Dr Alison Stirling

  Alison leads research into convection representation in weather and climate models.

• Dr Rachel Stratton

  Rachel works on atmospheric convection and clouds.

• Dr Michael Whitall

  Michael is a research scientist investigating atmospheric convection.

• Dr Steven Abel

Steven manages the Cloud Physics and Aerosol group, working on observational and numerical modelling studies.

• Dr Anthony J. Baran

Anthony studies how electromagnetic radiation interacts with particulates suspended in the Earth's atmosphere with an emphasis on ice crystal clouds or cirrus.

• Dr Jennifer Brooke

Jenn manages the Met Office boundary layer observational research programme, supporting improved representation of physical processes in weather forecasting models.

• Dr Richard Cotton

Richard studies cloud microphysics focusing on ice nucleation and ice-phase evolution.

• Dr Stephan Havemann

Stephan works on the development of new methods for fast radiative transfer and is also involved in the development of fast variational retrieval codes.

• Dr Simon Osborne

Simon uses ground-based instruments to observe and better understand aerosol, cloud and radiation processes, so as to improve NWP forecast models.