Harvey, Dr Ben
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/0000-0002-6510-8181
- +44 118 378 5217

Publications
- Wilcox, L. J.; Sutton, R.T.; Robson, J. I.; Dong, Buwen; Griffiths, Paul; Grosvenor, D. P.; Hodson, Daniel; Keeble, James; Rumbold, Steven; Archibald, A. T.; Carslaw, Ken; Dittus, Andrea J.; Harvey, Benjamin J.; Sinha, Bablu; The Role of Anthropogenic Aerosols in Recent North Atlantic Climate Change: A Synthesis of Findings from the {UK} {ACSIS} Programme. [doi:10.5194/egusphere-egu23-15360] Feb 2023
- Dong, Buwen; Sutton, R.T.; Shaffrey, Len C.; Harvey, Benjamin J.; Recent decadal weakening of the summer Eurasian westerly jet attributable to anthropogenic aerosol emissions. [doi:10.5194/egusphere-egu22-9731] Mar 2022
- Mecking, Jenny; Sinha, Bablu; Harvey, Benjamin J.; Robson, J. I.; Bracegirdle, Tom; Seasonal differences in the persistence of SST’s Response to the North Atlantic Jet Stream. [doi:10.5194/egusphere-egu22-5829] Mar 2022
- Volonté, A.; Methven, John; Gray, Suzanne; Harvey, Benjamin J.; Martínez-Alvarado, Oscar; Boundary layer dependence of atmosphere-ocean coupling in operational weather forecast models over the marginal ice zone. [doi:10.5194/egusphere-egu22-5316] Mar 2022
- Dong, Buwen; Sutton, R.T.; Shaffrey, Len; Harvey, Benjamin J.; Recent decadal weakening of the summer Eurasian westerly jet attributable to anthropogenic aerosol emissions. Nature Communications, 13 (1) , [doi:10.1038/s41467-022-28816-5] Mar 2022
- Saffin, Leo; Methven, John; Bland, Jake; Harvey, Benjamin J.; Sanchez, Claudio; Circulation conservation in the outflow of warm conveyor belts and consequences for Rossby wave evolution. Quarterly Journal Of The Royal Meteorological Society [doi:10.1002/qj.4143] Aug 2021
- Harvey, Benjamin J.; A Robust Intensification of Wintertime Jet Stream Extremes in Future Climates. [doi:10.5194/egusphere-egu21-14521] Mar 2021
- Harvey, Benjamin J.; Cook, P.; Shaffrey, Len C.; Schiemann, R.; The Response of the Northern Hemisphere Storm Tracks and Jet Streams to Climate Change in the CMIP3, CMIP5, and CMIP6 Climate Models. Journal Of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 125 (23) , [doi:10.1029/2020jd032701] Dec 2020
- Woiwode, Wolfgang; Dörnbrack, Andreas; Polichtchouk, Inna; Johansson, Sören; Harvey, Benjamin J.; Höpfner, Michael; Ungermann, Jörn; Friedl-Vallon, Felix; Technical note: Lowermost-stratosphere moist bias in {ECMWF} {IFS} model diagnosed from airborne {GLORIA} observations during winter–spring 2016. Atmospheric Chemistry And Physics, 20 (23) , 15379--15387, [doi:10.5194/acp-20-15379-2020] Dec 2020
- Woiwode, Wolfgang; Dörnbrack, Andreas; Polichtchouk, Inna; Johansson, Sören; Harvey, Benjamin J.; Höpfner, Michael; Ungermann, Jörn; Friedl-Vallon, Felix; Technical note: Lowermost-stratospheric moist bias in ECMWF IFS model diagnosed from airborne GLORIA observations during winter/spring 2016. [doi:10.5194/acp-2020-367] May 2020
- Harvey, Benjamin J.; Cook, Peter; Shaffrey, Len C.; Schiemann, R.; The response of the Northern Hemisphere storm tracks and jetstreams to climate change in the CMIP3, CMIP5, and CMIP6 climate models. [doi:10.5194/egusphere-egu2020-19711] Mar 2020
- Harvey, Benjamin J.; Methven, John; Diabatic generation of negative potential vorticity and its impact on the jet stream. [doi:10.5194/egusphere-egu2020-19683] Mar 2020
- Harvey, Benjamin J.; Methven, John; Sanchez, Claudio; Schäfler, Andreas; Diabatic generation of negative potential vorticity and its impact on the North Atlantic jet stream. Quarterly Journal Of The Royal Meteorological Society [doi:10.1002/qj.3747] Jan 2020
- Li, Camille; Michel, Clio; Seland Graff, Lise; Bethke, Ingo; Zappa, Giuseppe; Bracegirdle, Thomas J.; Fischer, Erich; Harvey, Benjamin J.; Iversen, Trond; King, Martin P.; Krishnan, Harinarayan; Lierhammer, Ludwig; Mitchell, Daniel; Scinocca, John; Shiogama, Hideo; Stone, Dáithí A.; Wettstein, Justin J.; Midlatitude atmospheric circulation responses under 1.5 and 2.0 °C warming and implications for regional impacts. Earth System Dynamics, 9 (2) , 359--382, [doi:10.5194/esd-9-359-2018] Apr 2018
- Li, Camille; Michel, Clio; Seland Graff, Lise; Bethke, Ingo; Zappa, Giuseppe; Bracegirdle, Thomas J.; Fischer, Erich; Harvey, Benjamin J.; Iversen, Trond; King, Martin P.; Krishnan, Harinarayan; Lierhammer, Ludwig; Mitchell, Daniel; Scinocca, John; Shiogama, Hideo; Stone, Dáithí A.; Wettstein, Justin J.; Midlatitude atmospheric circulation responses under 1.5°C and 2.0°C warming and implications for regional impacts. [doi:10.5194/esd-2017-107-supplement] Nov 2017
- Li, Camille; Michel, Clio; Seland Graff, Lise; Bethke, Ingo; Zappa, Giuseppe; Bracegirdle, Thomas J.; Fischer, Erich; Harvey, Benjamin J.; Iversen, Trond; King, Martin P.; Krishnan, Harinarayan; Lierhammer, Ludwig; Mitchell, Daniel; Scinocca, John; Shiogama, Hideo; Stone, Dáithí A.; Wettstein, Justin J.; Midlatitude atmospheric circulation responses under 1.5\ \°C and 2.0\ \°C warming and implications for regional impacts. Earth System Dynamics Discussions 1--36, [doi:10.5194/esd-2017-107] Nov 2017
- Harvey, B; Methven, John; Eagle, Chloe; Lean, Humphrey; Does the Representation of Flow Structure and Turbulence at a Cold Front Converge on Multiscale Observations with Model Resolution?. Monthly Weather Review, 145 (11) , 4345--4363, [doi:10.1175/MWR-D-16-0479.1] 2017
- Mitchell, Daniel; Davini, Paolo; Harvey, B; Massey, Neil; Haustein, Karsten; Woollings, Tim; Jones, Richard; Otto, Fredi; Guillod, Benoit; Sparrow, Sarah; Wallom, David; Allen, Myles; Assessing mid-latitude dynamics in extreme event attribution systems. Climate Dynamics [doi:10.1007/s00382-016-3308-z] Aug 2016
- Kennedy, Daniel; Parker, Tess; Woollings, Tim; Harvey, Benjamin; Shaffrey, Len; The response of high-impact blocking weather systems to climate change. Geophysical Research Letters, 43 (13) , 7250–7258, [doi:10.1002/2016gl069725] Jul 2016
- Harvey, B. J.; Methven, J.; Ambaum, M. H. P.; Rossby wave propagation on potential vorticity fronts with finite width. Journal Of Fluid Mechanics, 794, 775–797, [doi:10.1017/jfm.2016.180] Apr 2016
- Vaughan, G.; Methven, J.; Anderson, D; Antonescu, B.; Baker, L.; Baker, T. P.; Ballard, S. P.; Bower, K. N.; Brown, P. R. A.; Chagnon, JM; Choularton, T. W.; Chylik, J.; Connolly, P. J.; Cook, P. A.; Cotton, R J; Crosier, J.; Dearden, C.; Dorsey, J. R.; Frame, T. H. A.; Gallagher, M.; Goodliff, M.; Gray, S. L.; Harvey, B. J.; Knippertz, P.; Lean, H. W.; Li, D.; Lloyd, G.; Martínez-Alvarado, Oscar; Nicol, J; Norris, J.; Öström, E.; Owen, J.; Parker, D. J.; Plant, R. S.; Renfrew, I. A.; Roberts, N. M.; Rosenberg, P.; Rudd, A. C.; Schultz, D. M.; Taylor, J. P.; Trzeciak, T.; Tubbs, R.; Vance, A. K.; van Leeuwen, P. J.; Wellpott, A.; Woolley, A. M.; Cloud Banding and Winds in Intense European Cyclones: Results from the DIAMET Project. Bulletin Of The American Meteorological Society, 96, 249-265, [doi:10.1175/bams-d-13-00238.1] Nov 2015
- Harvey, B. J.; Shaffrey, Len; Woollings, T. J.; Deconstructing the climate change response of the Northern Hemisphere wintertime storm tracks. Climate Dynamics [doi:10.1007/s00382-015-2510-8] Feb 2015
- Woollings, T.; Harvey, Benjamin J.; Masato, G; Arctic warming, atmospheric blocking and cold European winters in CMIP5 models. Environmental Research Letters, 9 (1) , 014002, [doi:10.1088/1748-9326/9/1/014002] Jan 2014
- Harvey, Benjamin J.; Shaffrey, Len; Woollings, T.; Equator-to-pole temperature differences and the extra-tropical storm track responses of the CMIP5 climate models. Climate Dynamics [doi:10.1007/s00382-013-1883-9] Jul 2013
- Woollings, T.; Harvey, Benjamin J.; Zahn, M.; Shaffrey, Len; On the role of the ocean in projected atmospheric stability changes in the Atlantic polar low region. Geophysical Research Letters [doi:10.1029/2012GL054016] 2012
- Harvey, Benjamin J.; Shaffrey, Len; Woollings, T.; Zappa, Giuseppe; Hodges, K. I.; How large are projected 21st century storm track changes?. Geophysical Research Letters [doi:10.1029/2012GL052873] 2012
- Harvey, Benjamin J.; Ambaum, Maarten H. P.; Carton, Xavier J.; Instability of shielded surface temperature vortices. Journal Of The Atmospheric Sciences, 68, 964--971, [doi:10.1175/2010JAS3669.1] May 2011
- Harvey, Benjamin J.; Ambaum, M. H. P.; Perturbed Rankine vortices in surface quasi-geostrophic dynamics. Geophysical \& Astrophysical Fluid Dynamics, 105 (4-5) , 377--391, [doi:10.1080/03091921003694719] 2011
- Harvey, Benjamin J.; Ambaum, M.; Instability of surface temperature filaments in strain and shear. Quarterly Journal Of The Royal Meteorological Society [doi:10.1002/qj.651] 2010