Smith, Dr Robin S
Senior Research Scientist
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University of Reading
2 Earley Gate, Whiteknights, PO Box 243, Reading RG6 6BB
- +44 118 378 6018
- http://www.met.rdg.ac.uk/~robin
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- Climate
Publications
- Hoogakker, B. A. A. ; Smith, R. S. ; Singarayer, JS ; Marchant, R. ; Prentice, I C ; Allen, J. R. M. ; Anderson, R. S. ; Bhagwat, S. A. ; Behling, H. ; Borisova, O. ; Bush, M. ; Correa-Metrio, A. ; de Vernal, A. ; Finch, J. M. ; Fréchette, B. ; Lozano-Garcia, S. ; Gosling, W. D. ; Granoszewski, W. ; Grimm, E. C. ; Grüger, E. ; Hanselman, J. ; Harrison, S. P. ; Hill, T. R. ; Huntley, B. ; Jiménez-Moreno, G ; Kershaw, P. ; Ledru, M. -P. ; Magri, D. ; McKenzie, M. ; Müller, U. ; Nakagawa, T. ; Novenko, E. ; Penny, D. ; Sadori, L. ; Scott, L. ; Stevenson, J. ; Valdes, P. J. ; Vandergoes, M. ; Velichko, A. ; Whitlock, C. ; Tzedakis, C. ; Terrestrial biosphere changes over the last 120 kyr. Climate Of The Past, 12, 51-73, [doi:10.5194/cp-12-51-2016] 2016
- Liu, Xiaodong ; Guo, Qingchun ; Guo, Zhengtang ; Yin, Zhi-Yong ; Dong, B.W. ; Smith, R. S. ; Where were the monsoon regions and arid zones in Asia prior to the Tibetan Plateau uplift?. National Science Review, 2, 403-416, [doi:10.1093/nsr/nwv068] 2015
- Hawkins, Ed ; Smith, R. S. ; Gregory, J. M. ; Stainforth, D. ; Irreducible uncertainty in near-term climate projections. Climate Dynamics [doi:10.1007/s00382-015-2806-8] 2015
- Exarchou, Eleftheria ; Kuhlbrodt, T. ; Gregory, J. M. ; Smith, R. S. ; Ocean heat uptake processes: a model intercomparison. Journal Of Climate, 28 (2) , 887-908, [doi:10.1175/JCLI-D-14-00235.1] Jan 2015
- Smith, R. S. ; Sutton, R.T. ; Gregory, J. M. ; The impact of salinity perturbations on the future uptake of heat by the Atlantic Ocean. Geophysical Research Letters, 41, 9072-9079, [doi:10.1002/2014GL062169] 2014
- Liu, Zhengyu ; Zhu, Jiang ; Rosenthal, Yair ; Zhang, Xu ; Otto-Bliesner, Bette ; Timmermann, Axel ; Smith, R. S. ; Lohmann, G ; Zheng, Weipeng ; Timm, Oliver Elison ; The Holocene temperature conundrum. Pnas, 111 (34) , E3501-E3505, [doi:10.1073/pnas.1407229111] 2014
- Bouttes, N. ; Gregory, J. M. ; Kuhlbrodt, T. ; Smith, R. S. ; The drivers of projected North Atlantic sea level change. Climate Dynamics, 43, 1531-1544, [doi:10.1007/s00382-013-1973-8] 2014
- Eby, M. ; Weaver, A. J. ; Alexander, K. ; Zickfeld, Kirsten ; Abe-Ouchi, A. ; Cimatoribus, A. A. ; Crespin, E. ; Drijfhout, S. S. ; Edwards, N. R. ; Eliseev, A. V. ; Feulner, G. ; Fichefet, T. ; Forest, C. ; Goosse, H. ; Holden, P. B. ; Joos, F. ; Kawamiya, Michio ; Kicklighter, D. ; Kienert, H. ; Matsumoto, K. ; Mokhov, I. I. ; Monier, E. ; Olsen, S. M. ; Pedersen, J. O. P. ; Perrette, M. ; Philippon-Berthier, G. ; Ridgwell, A ; Schlosser, A. ; Schneider von Deimling, T. ; Shaffer, G. ; Smith, R. S. ; Spahnill, R. ; Sokolov, A. P. ; Steinacher, M. ; Tachiiri, K. ; Tokos, K. ; Yoshimori, K. ; Zeng, N. ; Zhao, F. ; Historical and idealized climate model experiments: an intercomparison of Earth system models of intermediate complexity. Climate Of The Past, 9, [doi:10.5194/cp-9-1111-2013] 2013
- Jackson, L. C. ; Schaller, N. ; Smith, R. S. ; Palmer, M. D. ; Vellinga, M. ; Response of the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation to a reversal of greenhouse gas increases. Climate Dynamics [doi:10.1007/s00382-013-1842-5] 2013
- Williams, J. H. T. ; Smith, R. S. ; Valdes, P J ; Booth, B. B. B. ; Osprey, A. ; Optimising the FAMOUS climate model: inclusion of global carbon cycling. Geoscientific Model Development, 6, [doi:doi:10.5194/gmd-6-141-2013] 2013
- Scholze, M. ; Allen, J. ; Collins, W. J. ; Cornell, S. ; Huntingford, C. ; Joshi, M. M. ; Lowe, J. ; Smith, R. S. ; Wild, O ; Chapter: Earth system models: a tool to understand changes in the Earth system pages 129-159, In Understanding the Earth System: Global Change Science for Application, Cambridge University Press, 2012
- Kuhlbrodt, T. ; Smith, R. S. ; Wang, Z. ; Gregory, J. M. ; The influence of eddy parameterizations on the transport of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current in coupled climate models. Ocean Modelling, 52-53, 1-8, [doi:10.1016/j.ocemod.2012.04.006] 2012
- Smith, R. S. ; The FAMOUS climate model (versions XFXWB and XFHCC): description update to version XDBUA. Geoscientific Model Development, 5, 269-276, [doi:doi:10.5194/gmd-5-269-2012] Feb 2012
- Sinha, B. ; Blaker, A. T. ; Hirschi, J. J. -M. ; Bonham, SG ; Brand, M. ; Josey, S. ; Smith, R. S. ; Marotzke, J. ; Mountain ranges favour vigorous Atlantic Meridional Overturning.. Geophysical Research Letters, 39 (L02705) , [doi:10.1029/2011GL050485] 2012
- Smith, R. S. ; Gregory, J. M. ; The last glacial cycle: transient simulations with an AOGCM. Climate Dynamics, 38 (7) , 1545-1559, [doi:10.1007/s00382-011-1283-y] 2012
- Hawkins, Ed ; Smith, R. S. ; Allison, L. C. ; Gregory, J. M. ; Woollings, T. ; Pohlmann, H. ; de Cuevas, B. ; Bistability of the Atlantic overturning circulation in a GCM and links to ocean freshwater transport. Geophysical Research Letters, 38, L10605, [doi:10.1029/2011GL047208] 2011
- Smith, R. S. ; Gregory, J. M. ; A study of the sensitivity of ocean overturning circulation and climate to freshwater input in different regions of the North Atlantic. Geophysical Research Letters, 36 (15) , [doi:10.1029/2009GL038607] 2009
- Smith, R. S. ; Marotzke, J. ; Factors influencing anthropogenic carbon dioxide uptake in the North Atlantic in models of the ocean carbon cycle.. Climate Dynamics, 31, 599-613, 2008
- Smith, R. S. ; Gregory, J. M. ; Osprey, A. ; A description of the FAMOUS (version XDBUA) climate model and control run. Geoscientific Model Development, 1 (1) , 53--68, [doi:10.5194/gmd-1-53-2008] Dec 2008
- Smith, R. S. ; Dubois, C ; Marotzke, J. ; Global climate and ocean circulation on an aquaplanet ocean-atmosphere general circulation model. Journal Of Climate, 19, 4719-4737, 2006
- Smith, R. S. ; Dubois, C ; Marotzke, J. ; Ocean circulation and climate in an idealised Pangean OAGCM. Geophysical Research Letters, 31, [doi:10.1029/2004GL020643] 2004
Achievements / Science Highlights
- Release of new standard versions of FAMOUS climate model, November 2011
Engagements
- Engaging with the public as part of the University of Reading stand at the Berkshire Show, September 2010
- Talk on Oceans and Climate given to the Geography Society at Dulwich College, March 2010
- Contributed a blog entry for the BBC "23 degrees" series, February 2011
- Activities with Whitchurch-on-Thames Pre-school Group, "Observing the Weather", February 2012
- Blog article on simulating the climate at www.climate-lab-book.ac.uk, December 2011
- Talks on the climate system and high performance computing at Whitchurch Primary School, May 2015