Adam Scaife

Adam Arthur Scaife BA MA MSc PhD FRMetS (born 18 March 1970) is a British physicist, and head of long range prediction at the Met Office.[1] He is an honorary visiting Professor at Exeter University.[2] Scaife carries out research into long range weather forecasting and computer modelling of the climate. Scaife has published over 100 peer reviewed studies on atmospheric dynamics, computer modelling and climate predictability and change.

Career

Scaife studied Natural Sciences (Physics) at Cambridge University (1988-1991), Environmental Science at Surrey University (1991-1992) and was awarded a PhD in Meteorology from Reading University (1998). He joined the Met Office in 1992 and spent the next decade working on computer modelling and dynamics of the stratosphere. Many of his studies show how predictable factors [3] [4] [5] [6] affect surface weather from months to decades ahead. Since 2003 he has led teams of scientists in the Hadley Centre for Climate Prediction and Research, working on surface climate. He now leads research and production of monthly, seasonal and decadal predictions, [7] [8] and regularly comments on extreme climate events, [9] [10] [11] as well as contributing to dissemination of climate science to the public. [12] [13] [14] [15]

Scaife is co-chair of the World Meteorological Organisation's Working Group on Seasonal to Interannual Prediction,[16] member of the scientific steering group of the World Climate Research Programme's core project on the stratosphere and its role in climate,[17] and a fellow of the Royal Meteorological Society.[18]

Awards

References

  1. ↑ "Prof. Adam Scaife". Met Office. 2014-04-04. Retrieved 2015-10-16.
  2. ↑ "Prof Adam Scaife - CEMPS - - Mathematics, University of Exeter". Emps.exeter.ac.uk. Retrieved 2015-10-16.
  3. ↑ Science Media Centre. "El Nino". Science Media Centre. Retrieved 2015-12-20.
  4. ↑ Geophysical Review Letters. "A mechanism for lagged North Atlantic climate response to solar variability". American Geophysical Union. Retrieved 2015-12-20.
  5. ↑ Geophysical Review Letters. "Skillful long-range prediction of European and North American winters". American Geophysical Union. Retrieved 2015-12-20.
  6. ↑ Geophysical Review Letters. "Predictability of the quasi-biennial oscillation and its northern winter teleconnection on seasonal to decadal timescales". American Geophysical Union. Retrieved 2015-12-20.
  7. ↑ Simon Usborne. "Weather wars at the Met Office: Is it going to be a 'barbecue summer' this year? | This Britain | News". The Independent. Retrieved 2015-10-16.
  8. ↑ "Seasonal forecasting of tropical storms using the Met Office GloSea5 seasonal forecast system - Camp - 2015 - Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society - Wiley Online Library". Onlinelibrary.wiley.com. Retrieved 2015-10-16.
  9. ↑ "2016 Set to be Hottest Year on Record". Telegraph Newspaper. Retrieved 2015-10-16.
  10. ↑ "El Niño is back in town". Geographical. Retrieved 2015-10-16.
  11. ↑ Nicola Davis (2014-02-11). "Why has it rained so much in the UK – and is it climate change? | Environment". The Guardian. Retrieved 2015-10-16.
  12. ↑ "Climate Science Myths". Guardian Newspaper. Retrieved 2015-12-20.
  13. ↑ "Horizon: Season 50, Episode 14 : What's Wrong with Our Weather?". IMDb.com. Retrieved 2015-10-16.
  14. ↑ Briggs, Helen. "El Nino could 'disrupt food markets' - BBC News". Bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 2015-10-16.
  15. ↑ "Horizon: Season 48, Episode 13 : Global Weirding (27 March 2012)". IMDb.com. Retrieved 2015-10-16.
  16. ↑ "About WGSIP". Wcrp-climate.org. Retrieved 2015-10-16.
  17. ↑ SPARC (6 April 2010). "Home :: SPARC". Sparc-climate.org. Retrieved 2015-10-16.
  18. ↑ "Royal Meteorological Society". Rmets.org. Retrieved 2015-10-16.
  19. ↑ "Adrian Gill Prize". Rmets.org. Retrieved 2015-10-16.
  20. ↑ "Lloyd's Science of Risk : 2011 Conference and Winners" (PDF). Lloyds.com. Retrieved 2015-10-16.
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