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Baker, Dr Alexander John

Research Scientist

University of Reading

Department of Meteorology

University of Reading

Earley Gate

Whiteknights Road

Reading

RG6 6ET

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2697-1350

@alexbakey

+44 118 378 7762

https://alexbakey.wordpress.com/

I’m a Research Scientist based at the Department of Meteorology, University of Reading. I use observational data and high-resolution global climate models to study tropical and midlatitude storms, including their tracks, structures, variability, and role in extreme rainfall events. I'm particularly interested in what we can learn from global climate models in regions where limited observational data are available. I contribute to running the biannual NCAS Climate Modelling Summer School. I’m funded by the ACSIS and PRIMAVERA projects, and also work with the oil and gas industry to improve assessments of tropical-cyclone risk to offshore infrastructure.

Publications

Baker, Alexander J.; Hodges, Kevin I.; Schiemann, Reinhard K. H.; Vidale, Pier Luigi; Historical variability and lifecycles of North Atlantic midlatitude cyclones originating in the tropics. Journal Of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, Geophys Res Atmos, n/a (n/a) , e2020JD033924, Apr 2021
Baldini, James U. L.; Lechleitner, Franziska A.; Breitenbach, Sebastian F. M.; van Hunen, Jeroen; Baldini, Lisa M.; Wynn, Peter M.; Jamieson, Robert A.; Ridley, Harriet E.; Baker, Alexander J.; Walczak, Izabela W.; Fohlmeister, Jens; Detecting and quantifying palaeoseasonality in stalagmites using geochemical and modelling approaches. Quaternary Science Reviews, 254, 106784, 2021
Sainsbury, Elliott M.; Schiemann, R.; Hodges, Kevin I.; Shaffrey, Len C.; Baker, Alexander J.; Bhatia, Kieran T.; How Important Are Post-Tropical Cyclones for European Windstorm Risk?. Geophysical Research Letters, 47 (18) , [doi:10.1029/2020gl089853] Sep 2020
Bador, Margot; Boé, Julien; Terray, Laurent; Alexander, Lisa V.; Baker, Alexander J.; Bellucci, Alessio; Haarsma, Rein; Koenigk, T.; Moine, Marie‐Pierre; Lohmann, Katja; Putrasahan, Dian A.; Roberts, Chris; Roberts, Malcolm; Scoccimarro, Enrico; Schiemann, R.; Seddon, Jon; Senan, Retish; Valcke, Sophie; Vannière, Benoît; Impact of Higher Spatial Atmospheric Resolution on Precipitation Extremes Over Land in Global Climate Models. Journal Of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 125 (13) , [doi:10.1029/2019jd032184] Jul 2020
Bhatia, Kieran; Baker, Alexander J.; Vecchi, Gabriel; Murakami, Hiroyuki; Kossin, James; Vidale, P. L.; Hodges, Kevin; Knutson, Thomas; An Environmental Explanation for the Recent Increase in Tropical Cyclone Intensification. [doi:10.5194/egusphere-egu2020-18644] Mar 2020
Fabiano, F.; Christensen, H. M.; Strommen, K.; Athanasiadis, P.; Baker, Alexander J.; Schiemann, R.; Corti, S.; Euro-Atlantic weather Regimes in the PRIMAVERA coupled climate simulations: impact of resolution and mean state biases on model performance. Climate Dynamics, 54 (11) , 5031--5048, 2020
Roberts, Malcolm J.; Baker, Alexander J.; Blockley, Ed W.; Calvert, Daley; Coward, Andrew; Hewitt, Helene; Jackson, Laura C.; Kuhlbrodt, T.; Mathiot, Pierre; Roberts, Christopher D.; Schiemann, R.; Seddon, Jon; Vannière, Benoît; Vidale, P. L.; Description of the resolution hierarchy of the global coupled HadGEM3-GC3.1 model as used in CMIP6 HighResMIP experiments. Geoscientific Model Development, 12 (12) , 4999--5028, [doi:10.5194/gmd-12-4999-2019] Dec 2019
Baker, Alexander J.; Schiemann, Reinhard; Hodges, Kevin I.; Demory, Marie-Estelle; Mizielinski, Matthew S.; Roberts, Malcolm J.; Shaffrey, Len C.; Strachan, Jane; Vidale, Pier Luigi; Enhanced Climate Change Response of Wintertime North Atlantic Circulation, Cyclonic Activity, and Precipitation in a 25-km-Resolution Global Atmospheric Model. Journal Of Climate, 32 (22) , 7763--7781, [doi:10.1175/jcli-d-19-0054.1] Nov 2019
Roberts, Malcolm J.; Baker, Alexander J.; Blockley, Ed W.; Calvert, Daley; Coward, Andrew; Hewitt, Helene T.; Jackson, Laura C.; Kuhlbrodt, T.; Mathiot, Pierre; Roberts, Christopher D.; Schiemann, R.; Seddon, Jon; Vannière, Benoît; Vidale, P. L.; Description of the resolution hierarchy of the global coupled HadGEM3-GC3.1 model as used in CMIP6 HighResMIP experiments. Geoscientific Model Development Discussions 1--47, [doi:10.5194/gmd-2019-148] Jun 2019
Baker, Alexander J.; Sodemann, Harald; Baldini, James U. L.; Breitenbach, Sebastian F. M.; Johnson, Kathleen R.; van Hunen, Jeroen; Zhang, Pingzhong; Seasonality of westerly moisture transport in the East Asian summer monsoon and its implications for interpreting precipitation δ18O. Journal Of Geophysical Research, 120 (12) , 5850--5862, [doi:10.1002/2014jd022919] 2015
Baker, Alexander J.; Mattey, David P.; Baldini, James U. L.; Reconstructing modern stalagmite growth from cave monitoring, local meteorology, and experimental measurements of dripwater films. Earth And Planetary Science Letters, 392, 239–249, [doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2014.02.036] Apr 2014