Sutton, Professor Rowan T

Senior Research Scientist

Address

University of Reading

Department of Meteorology

University of Reading

Earley Gate

Whiteknights Road

Reading

RG6 6ET

 
ORCID
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8345-8583
email
+44 118 378 8337  
Website
http://www.met.reading.ac.uk/userpages/rowan.php  
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Rowan Sutton is an NCAS Senior Scientist based at the University of Reading.  His research interests focus on ocean-atmosphere interaction, climate variability and change, predictabilty, prediction and risk assessment.  His roles include:  Chair of the Met Office Hadley Science Review Group; Co-chair of the WCRP Lighthouse Activity on Explaining and Predicting Earth System Change; member of the scientific steering committee of the UK Climate Resilience Programme. He was a Lead Author of the Working Group I contribution to the 5th Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.

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Publications

Achievements / Science Highlights

  • Understanding the causes of the rapid warming of the North Atlantic Ocean in the mid 1990s, October 2010
  • Causes of the rapid warming of the North Atlantic Ocean in the mid 1990s, February 2012
  • Contributions to the development of the Next Generation Models and Prediction Systems, December 2011
  • Contributions to the Ongoing evaluation and improvement of the Met Office Models and Prediction Systems, December 2011
  • Collaborations with the Met Office to increase impact on government and industry., December 2011

Engagements

  • Various media interviews including appearrance on BBC Breakfast and BBC Worldwide in connection with cold December conditions in the UK, December 2010
  • University of Reading Annual Walker Institute Public Lecture: Towards a Strategy for Climate Risk Assessment, June 2011
  • Interview with BBC radio Scotland about long range weather forecasts, September 2011
  • Numerous media interviews (including Radio 4 Today programme, BBC news website, The Guardian) about our study "Atlantic Ocean influence on a shift in European climate in the 1990s". Also featured in Planet Earth online., October 2012
  • Development of NCAS Climate Public engagement webpages (http://www.ncas.ac.uk/index.php/en/climate-public-engagement) and science highlights (http://www.ncas.ac.uk/index.php/en/climate-science-highlights), December 2011

Policy advice

  • Presentation to DECC Secretary of State Chris Huhne in advance of the Cancun Climate Summit, summarising latest climate science., (Department of Energy and Climate Change), November 2010
  • Appointment to steering group for DFID-Met Office Climate Science Research Partnership, (Department for International Development), September 2010
  • Invited seminar at Department for International Development: Climate modelling for adaptation: current capabilities and future potential , (), October 2010
  • Presentation on climate modelling to Defra Science Advisory Committee, and participation in related workshops, (Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs), June 2010
  • Presentation to, and participation in, meetings on climate science organised by Chief Science Advisor John Beddington, (Department for Business, Innovation and Skills), March 2010
  • Appointment as Lead Author, Working Group 1, Chapter 11, of the fifth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, (International Organisations/Committees), February 2011
  • Authored article in Public Service Review on the challenges and opportunities for climate science, subsequently discussed with DECC, (Department of Energy and Climate Change), November 2010
  • Member of the DFID steering committee for the Met Office Hadley Climate Science Research Partnership (CSRP) programme, focussing on African climate science and its applications. , (Department for International Development), February 2012
  • Lead author Chapter 11 of Fifth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Working Group 1 , (International Organisations/Committees), February 2012
  • University of Reading Walker Institute Annual Lecture: Towards a Strategy for Climate Risk Assessment (attended by several members of the Defra climate change adaptation team, with whom I had subsequent discussion)., (Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs), June 2011
  • Solicited review provided to Defra CSA Bob Watson of a Met Office paper on the predictability of the wet April in the UK in 2012, (Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs; Parliamentary Committees), July 2012
  • Lead Author of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change fifth Assessment Report, (International Organisations/Committees), December 2011