We have 27 University of Reading, Department of Meteorology PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

In 2021 the worst flooding in living memory in South Sudan affected over 835,000 people in communities already suffering from the protracted conflict. Read more

Supervisors: Dr R Maidment, Dr J Nanteza, Prof E Black

15 December 2023 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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SCENARIO: European weather and climate extremes in a net-zero world

University of Reading Department of Meteorology

Research Group: SCENARIO NERC DTP

Co-supervisor. Erich Fischer, ETH Zurich, Institute for Atmospheric and Climate Science. The Paris Agreement, adopted by 196 parties at COP21 in 2015, sets out the goal to limit global warming to no more than 2°C, and pursue efforts to limit warming to 1.5°C. Read more

Supervisors: Dr A Dittus, Dr E Hawkins, Dr R Schiemann

12 January 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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SCENARIO: Exploring mechanisms of multi-year predictability in extratropical climate

University of Reading Department of Meteorology

Research Group: SCENARIO NERC DTP

Co-supervisors. Prof. Adam Scaife, University of Exeter & Met Office; Dr. Antje Weisheimer, ECMWF & University of Oxford. Read more

Supervisors: Dr C H O'Reilly, Dr J Robson

12 January 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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SCENARIO: Developing an urban canopy model for improved weather forecasts in cities

University of Reading Department of Meteorology

Most of the world’s population now experiences an urban version of weather extremes and climate change. Accurate forecasting of weather and air quality in cities relies on correctly representing the physics of turbulent exchange between the surface and the overlying atmosphere. Read more

Supervisors: Prof J Barlow, Dr O Coceal, Dr M Carpentieri, Dr H Lean, Dr M Best

12 January 2024 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

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SCENARIO: Improving the representation of cloud and precipitation in global weather forecasts using EarthCARE’s novel Doppler velocity observations

University of Reading Department of Meteorology

Research Group: SCENARIO NERC DTP

Numerical weather prediction models rely on mathematical representations of the characteristics of rain and snow, and the physical processes that control them. Read more

Supervisors: Dr C Westbrook, Dr S Mason

12 January 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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SCENARIO: The role of the North Atlantic jet and cut-off lows in the changing nature of summertime European flood risk

University of Reading Department of Meteorology

Research Group: SCENARIO NERC DTP

Co-supervisors. Alison Kay, UK Centre for Ecology and Hydrology (UKCEH); Rob Lamb, JBA Trust. Summertime precipitation extremes are increasing in Europe due to climate change. Read more

Supervisors: Dr L Shaffrey, Dr B Harvey

12 January 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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SCENARIO: Towards a robust time of emergence of changes in extreme rainfall and temperature

University of Reading Department of Meteorology

Research Group: SCENARIO NERC DTP

Co-supervisor. Robin Clark, Met Office. Determining the time of emergence (ToE) of signals arising from anthropogenic climate change is a key issue in the subject of climate change attribution [1]. Read more

Supervisors: Dr B Dong, Dr E Hawkins, Dr P-A Monerie

12 January 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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SCENARIO: Multi-Scale Parameterization for the Convection Grey Zone

University of Reading Department of Meteorology

Research Group: SCENARIO NERC DTP

Co-supervisor. Professor Ian Boutle, Met Office. The numerical models used for weather forecasting and climate projection perform their calculations on a grid and simulate the flow on spatial scales larger than the grid. Read more

Supervisors: Prof RS Plant, Prof CE Holloway

12 January 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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SCENARIO: Windstorms in a changing climate

University of Reading Department of Meteorology

Research Group: SCENARIO NERC DTP

Co-supervisor. Richard Dixon, Inigo Insurance / Visiting Research Fellow, University of Reading . Windstorms, a particularly hazardous form of the low-pressure systems that typically occur in the mid-latitudes in the autumn and winter, are one of the most important natural hazards impacting the UK. Read more

Supervisors: Dr O Martinez-Alvarado, Dr B Harvey, Dr A Volonté

20 January 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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SCENARIO: Correcting for errors in location of features in numerical weather forecasts using ‘field warping’

University of Reading Department of Meteorology

Research Group: SCENARIO NERC DTP

Are you a physicist, mathematician, engineer, meteorologist, computer scientist or other quantitative scientist who likes the idea of earning a PhD working with some of the most fascinating and complex physical models, like those that forecast the weather?. Read more

Supervisors: Dr R Bannister, Dr A Fowler, Dr W Ingram

12 January 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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SCENARIO: How predictable is severe weather associated with elevated convection?

University of Reading Department of Meteorology

Deep convective clouds, such as those associated with thunderstorms, are responsible for the heaviest rain as well as strong winds, downdraughts and other high-impact weather. Read more

Supervisors: Prof P Clark, Prof SL Gray, Dr H Lean

12 January 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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SCENARIO: Aviation turbulence in a warmer world

University of Reading Department of Meteorology

Research Group: SCENARIO NERC DTP

Co-supervisors. Veronique Blanc, Airbus; Sylvie Marquier; Airbus. Clear-air turbulence is a major meteorological hazard to the aviation sector. Read more

Supervisors: Prof P Williams, Dr MA Teixeira

12 January 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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SCENARIO: Representing ground-atmosphere coupling over mountainous terrain: the need for a new paradigm

University of Reading Department of Meteorology

Research Group: SCENARIO NERC DTP

Co-supervisors. Steve Derbyshire, Met Office – Exeter; Ivana Stiperski, University of Innsbruck, Austria. Read more

Supervisors: Dr MA Teixeira, Prof RS Plant

12 January 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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SCENARIO: Quantifying and forecasting variability and extremes in the weather-sensitive energy generation in Kenya

University of Reading Department of Meteorology

Research Group: SCENARIO NERC DTP

Co-supervisors. Dr Caroline Wainwright, School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Cardiff University; Dr Willis Ochieng, Chief Energy Planner, Kenya Electricity Generating Company PLC (KenGen) . Read more

Supervisors: Dr L Hirons, Dr D Brayshaw

12 January 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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SCENARIO: Understanding the risk of extreme U.S. winter weather

University of Reading Department of Meteorology

Research Group: SCENARIO NERC DTP

Co-supervisor. Alec Vessey, AXA XL. Extreme cold weather devastated the United States (U.S.) in February 2021 and December 2022. The Feb. Read more

Supervisors: Dr K Hodges, Dr A Charlton-Perez

12 January 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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We have 27 University of Reading, Department of Meteorology PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

University of Reading, Department of Meteorology PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

We have 27 University of Reading, Department of Meteorology PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

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