Coceal, Dr Omduth
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/0000-0003-0705-6755
- +44 118 378 5758

Publications
- Coceal, O.; Bohnenstengel, Sylvia I.; Kotthaus, Simone; Detection of sea-breeze events around London using a fuzzy-logic algorithm. Atmospheric Science Letters, 19 (9) , e846, [doi:10.1002/asl.846] Aug 2018
- Goulart, E. V.; Coceal, O.; Belcher, S. E.; Dispersion of a Passive Scalar Within and Above an Urban Street Network. Boundary-Layer Meteorology, 166 (3) , 351--366, [doi:10.1007/s10546-017-0315-5] Oct 2017
- Efthimiou, G. C.; Hertwig, D.; Andronopoulos, S.; Bartzis, J. G.; Coceal, O.; A Statistical Model for the Prediction of Wind-Speed Probabilities in the Atmospheric Surface Layer. Boundary-Layer Meteorology [doi:10.1007/s10546-016-0221-2] Nov 2016
- Bopape, Mary-Jane M.; Plant, R. S.; Coceal, O.;
Simulating the convective boundary layer with a dynamic Smagorinsky model
In 32nd Annual Conference of the South African Society for Atmospheric Sciences, pages 11--15, Oct 2016 - Castro, Ian P.; Xie, Zheng-Tong; Fuka, V.; Robins, Alan G.; Carpentieri, M.; Hayden, P.; Hertwig, D.; Coceal, O.; Measurements and Computations of Flow in an Urban Street System. Boundary-Layer Meteorology, 162 (2) , 207–230, [doi:10.1007/s10546-016-0200-7] Sep 2016
- Goulart, E. V.; Coceal, O.; Branford, S.; Thomas, T. G.; Belcher, S. E.; Spatial and Temporal Variability of the Concentration Field from Localized Releases in a Regular Building Array. Boundary-Layer Meteorology, 159 (2) , 241–257, [doi:10.1007/s10546-016-0126-0] Jan 2016
- Bohnenstengel, S. I.; Belcher, S. E.; Aiken, A.; Allan, J. D.; Allen, G.; Bacak, A.; Bannan, T. J.; Barlow, J. F.; Beddows, D. C. S.; Bloss, W. J.; Booth, A. M.; Chemel, C.; Coceal, O.; Di Marco, C. F.; Dubey, M. K.; Faloon, K. H.; Fleming, Z. L.; Furger, M.; Gietl, J. K.; Graves, R. R.; Green, D. C.; Grimmond, C. S. B.; Halios, C. H.; Hamilton, J. F.; Harrison, Roy M.; Heal, M. R.; Heard, D. E.; Helfter, C.; Herndon, S. C.; Holmes, R. E.; Hopkins, J. R.; Jones, A. M.; Kelly, F. J.; Kotthaus, S.; Langford, B.; Lee, J. D.; Leigh, R. J.; Lewis, Alastair C.; Lidster, R. T.; Lopez-Hilfiker, F. D.; McQuaid, J. B.; Mohr, C.; Monks, P. S.; Nemitz, E.; Ng, N. L.; Percival, C. J.; Prevot, A. S. H.; Ricketts, HMA; Sokhi, R. S.; Stone, D.; Thornton, J. A.; Tremper, A. H.; Valach, A. C.; Visser, S.; Whalley, L. K.; Williams, L. R.; Xu, L.; Young, D. E.; Zotter, P.; Meteorology, air quality, and health in London: the ClearfLo project. Bull. Am. Meteorol. Soc., 96, 779-804, [doi:10.1175/BAMS-D-12-00245.1] 2015
- Belcher, S. E.; Coceal, O.; Goulart, E. V.; Rudd, A. C.; Robins, A. G.; Processes controlling atmospheric dispersion through city centres. Journal Of Fluid Mechanics, 763, 51–81, [doi:10.1017/jfm.2014.661] Dec 2014
- Peake, D. L.; Dacre, H. F.; Methven, J.; Coceal, O.; Meteorological factors controlling low-level continental pollutant outflow across a coast. Atmospheric Chemistry And Physics, 14 (23) , 13295–13312, [doi:10.5194/acp-14-13295-2014] 2014
- Santiago, J. L.; Coceal, O.; Martilli, A.; How to Parametrize Urban-Canopy Drag to Reproduce Wind-Direction Effects Within the Canopy. Boundary-Layer Meteorology, 149 (1) , 43-63, [doi:10.1007/s10546-013-9833-y] Oct 2013
- Claus, J.; Coceal, O.; Thomas, T. G.; Branford, S.; Belcher, S. E.; Castro, Ian P.; Wind direction effects on urban-type flows. Boundary-Layer Meteorology, 142, 265-287, [doi:10.1007/s10546-011-9667-4] 2012
- Branford, S.; Coceal, O.; Thomas, T. G.; Belcher, S. E.; Dispersion of a Point-Source Release of a Passive Scalar Through an Urban-Like Array for Different Wind Directions. Boundary-Layer Meteorology [doi:10.1007/s10546-011-9589-1] 2011
- Santiago, J. L.; Coceal, O.; Martilli, A.; Belcher, S. E.; Variation of the Sectional Drag Coefficient of a Group of Buildings with Packing Density. Boundary-Layer Meteorology, 128 (3) , 445-457, [doi:10.1007/s10546-008-9294-x] Sep 2008
- Xie, Z. -T.; Coceal, O.; Castro, Ian P.; Large-eddy simulation of flows over random urban-like obstacles. Boundary-Layer Meteorol, 129, 1-23, [doi:10.1007/s10546-008-9290-1] 2008
- Coceal, O.; Dobre, A.; Thomas, T. G.; Belcher, S. E.; Structure of turbulent flow over regular arrays of cubical roughness. Journal Of Fluid Mechanics, 589, [doi:10.1017/s002211200700794x] Oct 2007
- Coceal, O.; Thomas, T. G.; Castro, I. P.; Belcher, S. E.; Mean Flow and Turbulence Statistics Over Groups of Urban-like Cubical Obstacles. Boundary-Layer Meteorology, 121 (3) , 491--519, [doi:10.1007/s10546-006-9076-2] Jun 2006
- Coceal, O.; Belcher, S. E.; Mean Winds Through an Inhomogeneous Urban Canopy. Boundary-Layer Meteorology, 115 (1) , 47--68, [doi:10.1007/s10546-004-1591-4] Apr 2005
- Coceal, O.; Belcher, S. E.; A canopy model of mean winds through urban areas. Quarterly Journal Of The Royal Meteorological Society, 130 (599) , 1349--1372, [doi:10.1256/qj.03.40] Apr 2004
Achievements / Science Highlights
- Analysis of London heat island climatology, February 2011
- Short-range dispersion processes in urban areas, February 2011
- Street network model of dispersion in urban areas, October 2011