Baker, Dr Alexander John

Senior 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 use observational data and high-resolution global climate models to study tropical and midlatitude storms—their frequency, tracks, and structures; how they intensify; how they interact with the oceans; and their role in extreme weather events. I’m also studying how well current climate models simulate the North Atlantic jet stream, which steers storms towards Europe. I’m interested in how anthropogenic climate change will reshape storm risk, and what we can learn from state-of-the-art climate models. Since 2016, I’ve received support from three major international programs: PRIMAVERA, ACSIS and nextGEMS. During 2018–2020, I worked with the hydrocarbon industry on tropical cyclone risk to offshore infrastructure. I’m part of a UK-US team that secured funding for a new four-year research program (Huracán) on tropical storm risk beyond the tropics, commencing in 2023. I help organise and run the biennial NCAS Climate Modelling Summer School, held at the University of Cambridge.