Hirons, Dr Linda
Research Scientist
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University of Reading
Department of Meteorology
University of Reading
Earley Gate
Whiteknights Road
Reading
RG6 6ET
- https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1189-7576
- +44 118 378 7497
- http://www.met.reading.ac.uk/~linda/
Publications
- Hirons L. C.; Wainwright Caroline M.; Nying'uro Patricia; Quaye David; Ashong Jesse; Kiptum Chris; Opoku Nana Kofi; Thompson Elisabeth M.; Lamptey Benjamin; Experiences of co‐producing sub‐seasonal forecast products for agricultural application in Kenya and Ghana. Weather, 78 (5) , 148–153, [doi:10.1002/wea.4381] May 2023
- Gler Marimel; Turner A.G.; Hirons L. C.; Wainwright Caroline; Marzin Charline; Indian Ocean mean state biases and IOD behaviour in CMIP6 multimodel ensemble. [doi:10.5194/egusphere-egu23-15102] Feb 2023
- Hirons L. C.; Using a co-production approach to support effective application of S2S forecasts in Africa. [doi:10.5194/egusphere-egu23-9342] Feb 2023
- Hirons L. C.; Klingaman N. P.; Woolnough S. J.; The Impact of Air‐Sea Interactions on the Representation of Tropical Precipitation Extremes. Journal Of Advances In Modeling Earth Systems [doi:10.1002/2017MS001252] Jan 2018
- Hirons L. C.; Turner A.G.; The impact of Indian Ocean mean-state biases on the representation of the East African short rains. Journal Of Climate 2018
- Hirons L. C.; Klingaman N. P.; Woolnough S.; MetUM-GOML1: a near-globally coupled atmosphere–ocean-mixed-layer model. Geoscientific Model Development, 8, 363-379, [doi:10.5194/gmd-8-363-2015] 2015
- Hirons L. C.; Klingaman N. P.; Woolnough S. J.; MetUM-GOML: a near-globally coupled atmosphere–ocean-mixed-layer model. Geoscientific Model Development Discussions, 7 (5) , 6173--6215, [doi:10.5194/gmdd-7-6173-2014] Sep 2014
- Hirons L. C.; Inness P.; Vitart F.; Bechtold P.; Understanding advances in the simulation of intraseasonal variability in the ECMWF model. Part II: the application of process-based diagnostics. Quarterly Journal Of The Royal Meteorological Society [doi:10.1002/qj.2059] 2013
Achievements / Science Highlights
- MetUM-GOML modelling framework, August 2014
Policy advice
- From July 2015 to February 2016 I have been working, in collaboration with Nick Klingaman, on a consultancy basis with the Department for International Development (DfID) on analysing the impacts of El Nino. This work has influenced DfID's decisions in their humanitarian response to the current El Nino event. The initial phase of the analysis (Jul-Aug 2015) focused on the impact of historical El Nino events on 30+ low- and middle-income countries. Since then DfID commissioned us to produce monthly updates (Nov 2015-Mar 2016) on the current El Nino event, including an outlook for the next 1-6 months using sub-seasonal and seasonal forecast data. In total this has been ~ 3months of time. DfID have recently asked that we continue this work to focus on historical impacts of La Nina events. , (Department for International Development), July 2015