Baker, Dr Laura
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/0000-0003-0738-9488
- +44 118 378 5214
- http://www.met.reading.ac.uk/~rx738026/home/

Publications
- Beverley, Jonathan D.; Woolnough, S.; Baker, L. H.; Johnson, Stephanie J.; Weisheimer, A.; O’Reilly, Christopher H.; Dynamical mechanisms linking Indian monsoon precipitation and the circumglobal teleconnection. Climate Dynamics [doi:10.1007/s00382-021-05825-6] Jun 2021
- Baker, L. H.; Shaffrey, Len; Hawkins, Ed; Has the risk of a 1976 north-west European summer drought and heatwave event increased since the 1970s because of climate change?. Quarterly Journal Of The Royal Meteorological Society, 147 (741) , 4143-4162, [doi:10.1002/qj.4172] 2021
- Parker, Tess; Woollings, Tim; Weisheimer, A.; O'Reilly, Christopher H.; Baker, Laura; Shaffrey, Len C.; Seasonal Predictability of the Winter North Atlantic Oscillation From a Jet Stream Perspective. Geophysical Research Letters, 46 (16) , 10159--10167, [doi:10.1029/2019gl084402] Aug 2019
- Baker, L. H.; Shaffrey, Len C.; Sutton, R.T.; Weisheimer, A.; Scaife, A. A.; An Intercomparison of Skill and Overconfidence/Underconfidence of the Wintertime North Atlantic Oscillation in Multimodel Seasonal Forecasts. Geophysical Research Letters, 45 (15) , 7808--7817, [doi:10.1029/2018gl078838] Aug 2018
- Beverley, Jonathan D.; Woolnough, S.; Baker, Laura H.; Johnson, Stephanie J.; Weisheimer, Antje; The northern hemisphere circumglobal teleconnection in a seasonal forecast model and its relationship to European summer forecast skill. Climate Dynamics [doi:10.1007/s00382-018-4371-4] Jul 2018
- Baker, L. H.; Shaffrey, Len C.; Scaife, A. A.; Improved seasonal prediction of UK regional precipitation using atmospheric circulation. International Journal Of Climatology [doi:10.1002/joc.5382] Dec 2017
- Bellouin, Nicolas; Baker, Laura; Hodnebrog, Øivind; Olivié, Dirk; Cherian, Ribu; Macintosh, Claire; Samset, Bjørn; Esteve, Anna; Aamaas, Borgar; Quaas, Johannes; Myhre, Gunnar; Regional and seasonal radiative forcing by perturbations to aerosol and ozone precursor emissions. Atmospheric Chemistry And Physics, 16 (21) , 13885--13910, [doi:10.5194/acp-16-13885-2016] Nov 2016
- MacIntosh, C. R.; Allan, R. P.; Baker, L. H.; Bellouin, N.; Collins, W.; Mousavi, Z.; Shine, K. P.; Contrasting fast precipitation responses to tropospheric and stratospheric ozone forcing. Geophysical Research Letters, 43 (3) , 1263--1271, [doi:10.1002/2015gl067231] Feb 2016
- Stohl, A.; Aamaas, B.; Amann, M.; Baker, L. H.; Bellouin, N.; Berntsen, T. K.; Boucher, O.; Cherian, R.; Collins, W.; Daskalakis, N.; Dusinska, M.; Eckhardt, S.; Fuglestvedt, J. S.; Harju, M.; Heyes, C.; Hodnebrog, Ø.; Hao, J.; Im, U.; Kanakidou, M.; Klimont, Z.; Kupiainen, K.; Law, K. S.; Lund, M. T.; Maas, R.; MacIntosh, C. R.; Myhre, G.; Myriokefalitakis, S.; Olivié, D.; Quaas, J.; Quennehen, B.; Raut, J.-C.; Rumbold, S. T.; Samset, B. H.; Schulz, M.; Seland, Ø.; Shine, K. P.; Skeie, R. B.; Wang, S.; Yttri, K. E.; Zhu, T.; Evaluating the climate and air quality impacts of short-lived pollutants. Atmospheric Chemistry And Physics, 15 (18) , 10529--10566, [doi:10.5194/acp-15-10529-2015] Sep 2015
- Baker, L. H.; Collins, W.; Olivié, D. J. L.; Cherian, R.; Hodnebrog, Ø.; Myhre, G.; Quaas, Johannes; Climate responses to anthropogenic emissions of short-lived climate pollutants. Atmospheric Chemistry And Physics, 15 (14) , 8201--8216, [doi:10.5194/acp-15-8201-2015] Jul 2015
- Martínez-Alvarado, Oscar; Baker, Laura H.; Gray, Suzanne L.; Methven, John; Plant, Robert S.; Distinguishing the Cold Conveyor Belt and Sting Jet Airstreams in an Intense Extratropical Cyclone. Monthly Weather Review, 142 (8) , 2571–2595, [doi:10.1175/mwr-d-13-00348.1] Aug 2014
- Baker, L. H.; Rudd, A. C.; Migliorini, S.; Bannister, Ross Noel; Representation of model error in a convective-scale ensemble prediction system. Nonlinear Processes In Geophysics, 21 (1) , 19--39, [doi:10.5194/npg-21-19-2014] Jan 2014
- Martínez-Alvarado, Oscar; Baker, L. H.; Gray, S. L.; Methven, J.; Plant, R. S.; Distinguishing the cold conveyor belt and sting jet air streams in an intense extratropical cyclone. Mon. Weather Rev., 142, 2571--2595, 2014
- Baker, L. H.; Gray, S. L.; Clark, P. A.; Idealised simulations of sting-jet cyclones. Quarterly Journal Of The Royal Meteorological Society, 140 (678) , 96--110, [doi:10.1002/qj.2131] Mar 2013
- Baker, Laura; Martínez-Alvarado, Oscar; Methven, John; Knippertz, Peter; Flying through extratropical cyclone Friedhelm. Weather, 68 (1) , 9–13, [doi:10.1002/wea.2047] Jan 2013
- Martínez-Alvarado, Oscar; Gray, Suzanne L.; Clark, Peter A.; Baker, Laura H.; Objective detection of sting jets in low-resolution datasets. Meteorological Applications, 20 (1) , 41–55, [doi:10.1002/met.297] Oct 2011
- Gray, S. L.; Martínez-Alvarado, Oscar; Baker, L. H.; Clark, P. A.; Conditional symmetric instability in sting-jet storms. Quarterly Journal Of The Royal Meteorological Society, 137 (659) , 1482–1500, [doi:10.1002/qj.859] Jul 2011
- Baker, Laura; Sting jets in severe northern European wind storms. Weather, 64 (6) , 143--148, [doi:10.1002/wea.397] Jun 2009