Klingaman, Dr Nicholas P

Research Scientist

Address

University of Reading

Department of Meteorology

University of Reading

Earley Gate

Whiteknights Road

Reading

RG6 6ET

 
ORCID
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2927-9303
email
+44 118 378 6705  
Website
http://www.met.reading.ac.uk/~ss901165  
Picture of Klingaman, Dr Nicholas P

Publications

Achievements / Science Highlights

  • Using a case-study approach to improve the Madden-Julian oscillation in the Hadley Centre model, February 2011
  • Projections of Queensland rainfall changes from a high-resolution climate model, February 2012
  • The impact of increased convective entrainment on tropical variability in HadGEM3, February 2012

Engagements

  • An invited lecture at the Poultry Information Exchange in Gold Coast, Australia to the Australian poultry industry on the impacts of climate variability and climate change on Australian agriculture, particularly in terms of variations in rainfall., May 2010
  • Interviewed on BBC Breakfast television news about the destruction caused by Severe Tropical Cyclone Yasi in Queensland, as well as about the link between La Nina and increased tropical-cyclone activity near Australia., February 2011
  • Interviewed on BBC News 24 (television) about the impending landfall of Severe Tropical Cyclone Yasi in Queensland, as well as about the link between La Nina and increased tropical-cyclone activity near Australia., February 2011
  • Interviewed on BBC Radio 4's "Material World" programme about the impact of Severe Tropical Cyclone Yasi in Queensland, the link between La Nina and increased tropical-cyclone activity near Australia, and the possible effects of climate change on tropical-cyclone frequency and intensity., February 2011
  • Interviewed on BBC evening news (6:00 pm and 10:00 pm) on the flooding in and around Brisbane, Queensland, and whether such intense rainfall events are predictable., January 2011
  • Interviewed on BBC Radio Berkshire's breakfast show about the flooding around Brisbane, Queensland and comparisons to past floods in the areas., January 2011
  • Participated in the BBC World Service's "World Have Your Say" programme, taking questions from listeners around the world about the January floods in Australia, Brazil, Sri Lanka and the Philippines. Listeners asked questions about the predictability of these floods based on La Nina, as well as the likely impacts of climate change on future flooding., January 2011
  • Interviewed on Radio 4's "World at One" news programme about the flooding around Brisbane, Queensland, and links to La Nina., January 2011
  • Interviewed on ABC (American Broadcasting Corporation) Nightline news about extreme weather around the world in 2010 and early 2011, including the Brisbane floods, and whether any of the events could be attributed directly to climate change., January 2011
  • Interviewed for the BBC Asia Network's lunchtime news programme about the links between the floods in Sri Lanka, the Philippines, and Australia., January 2011
  • Interviewed on Colourful Radio's breakfast programme about the flooding around Brisbane and the links to La Nina, as well as the likely impacts of climate change on flooding events in future decades., January 2011
  • Spoke to Richard Shears from the Daily Mail about the Brisbane floods and the link to La Nina. Quoted in an article appearing 12 January., January 2011
  • Spoke to the Reading Chronicle regarding the floods in Brisbane and whether these were predictable based on forecasts of La Nina. Quoted in a front-page article appearing 13 January., January 2011
  • Spoke to Clive Cookson from the Financial Times regarding the links between the January 2011 floods in Australia, Brazil, Sri Lanka and the Philippines. Quoted in an article appearing 14 January., January 2011
  • Briefed Nidhi Prakash from the Guardian on how La Nina shifts rainfall patters around the tropics, increasing the risk of flooding in Australia and the Philippines. Quoted in an article appearing 14 January., January 2011
  • Briefed a reporter from the Sunday Times concerning the impact of La Nina on rainfall patterns around the tropics, including links to the recent flooding in Australia, Sri Lanka, Brazil and the Philippines. Quoted in an article appearing 16 January., January 2011
  • Interviewed by Maggie Philbin from BBC Radio Berkshire's breakfast news programme about the flooding around Brisbane and my research with the Queensland Government to understand the causes of variations in Queensland's rainfall., January 2011
  • Participated in "Ways to Save the World: A Scientific Dragons Den", a debate organized by the British Science Association event at Cafe Mondial in Reading. Four scientists were invited to briefly present their preferred way to save the world, followed by audience questions, a debate between the scientists, and an audience vote to determine the winning idea., March 2011
  • An invited public lecture at Griffith University in Brisbane, Australia, organized by the National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility. I gave a presentation entitled "What controls year-to-year and decade-to-decade variability in Queensland's rainfall?" The lecture was attended by approximately 100 people, including students, government officials and members of the general public. I took questions after the lecture and stayed to discuss my research informally at a reception following the lecture., May 2010
  • I gave a public lecture at the University of Reading on "What caused the extreme weather of 2010/11?" The presentation focused on the Queensland floods during December 2010 and January 2011, the drought in southwestern Australia and the Russian heatwave of summer 2010. The lecture was attended by approximately 400 people., November 2011
  • I gave a public lecture in Brisbane, Australia on "Will a warmer world change Queensland's rainfall?" This presentation focused on the outcomes of research I conducted in collaboration with the Queensland Government on understanding the impacts of climate variability and change on the state's rainfall., February 2012
  • I was interviewed for the Channel 4 programme "The Year the Earth Went Wild" about the Queensland floods of December 2010 and January 2011., December 2011

Policy advice

  • As a member of NCAS-funded staff, I am working with the Queensland Government to investigate drivers of natural variability in Queensland's rainfall and the implications of climate change for water resources in the state. The goal of the project is to determine the drivers of historical variations in Queensland's rainfall, assess the ability of climate models to represent those drivers and their effects, then use that information to constrain the models' predictions of rainfall for the next several decades. This research is part of a collaboration between the University of Reading's Walker Institute for Climate System Research and the Queensland Climate Change Centre of Excellence, which is part of the Department of Environment and Resource Management., (Foreign Governments), March 2010