Gray, Professor Lesley J

Senior Scientist

Address

Oxford University

Department of Atmospheric, Oceanic and Planetary Physics

Clarendon Laboratory

Oxford University

Parks Road

Oxford

OX1 3PU

 
email
+44 118 378 7991  
Website
http://ncas-cms.nerc.ac.uk/people/people_research.php?user_ID=65  
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Climate Directors and Heads

Publications

  • Anstey, J. ; Osprey, S. M. ; Butchart, N. ; Hamilton, K. ; GRAY, L. J. ; Baldwin, M. P. ; (ed: Tummon, F. ; ) Report on the SPARC QBO Workshop: The QBO and its Global Influence - Past, Present and Future. Sparc Newsletter, 48, 33-41, Jan 2017
  • Schenzinger, Verena ; Osprey, S. M. ; Gray, Lesley ; Butchart, Neal ; Defining metrics of the Quasi-Biennial Oscillation in global climate models. Geoscientific Model Development Discussions 1–21, [doi:10.5194/gmd-2016-284] Dec 2016
  • Anstey, J. ; Hamilton, K. ; Osprey, S. M. ; Butchart, N. ; GRAY, L. J. ; Report on the 1st QBO Modelling and Reanalyses Workshop. Sparc Newsletter, 45, 19-25, Jul 2015
  • Maycock, A. C. ; Ineson, S ; GRAY, L. J. ; Scaife, A. A. ; Anstey, J. A. ; Lockwood, M ; Butchart, N. ; Hardiman, S. C. ; Mitchell, D. M. ; Osprey, S. M. ; Possible impacts of a future Grand Solar Minimum on climate: Stratospheric and global circulation changes. Journal Of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres n/a–n/a, [doi:10.1002/2014jd022022] Apr 2015
  • Andrews, M B ; Knight, J. ; GRAY, L. J. ; A simulated lagged response of the North Atlantic Oscillation to the solar cycle over the period 1960–2009. Environmental Research Letters, 10 (5) , 054022, [doi:10.1088/1748-9326/10/5/054022] May 2015
  • Hood, L. L. ; Misios, S. ; Mitchell, D. M. ; Rozanov, E. ; GRAY, L. J. ; Tourpali, K ; Matthes, K ; Schmidt, H. ; Chiodo, G. ; Thiéblemont, R. ; Shindell, DT ; Krivolutsky, A. ; Solar Signals in CMIP-5 Simulations: The Ozone Response. Quarterly Journal Of The Royal Meteorological Society n/a–n/a, [doi:10.1002/qj.2553] Mar 2015
  • Mitchell, D. M. ; Misios, S. ; GRAY, L. J. ; Tourpali, K ; Matthes, K ; Hood, L ; Schmidt, H. ; Chiodo, G. ; Thiéblemont, R. ; Rozanov, E. ; Shindell, DT ; Krivolutsky, A. ; Solar Signals in CMIP-5 Simulations: The Stratospheric Pathway. Quarterly Journal Of The Royal Meteorological Society n/a–n/a, [doi:10.1002/qj.2530] Jan 2015
  • Hardiman, Steven ; Butchart, Neal ; Hinton, Tim ; Osprey, S. M. ; Gray, Lesley ; Jones, Chris ; Hughes, John ; HadGEM2-CC model output prepared for CMIP5 RCP8.5, served by ESGF, [doi:10.1594/WDCC/CMIP5.MOGCr8] 2014
  • Hardiman, Steven ; Butchart, Neal ; Hinton, Tim ; Osprey, S. M. ; Gray, Lesley ; Jones, Chris ; Hughes, John ; HadGEM2-CC model output prepared for CMIP5 RCP4.5, served by ESGF}, [doi:10.1594/WDCC/CMIP5.MOGCr4] 2014
  • Hardiman, Steven ; Butchart, Neal ; Hinton, Tim ; Osprey, S. M. ; Gray, Lesley ; Jones, Chris ; Hughes, John ; HadGEM2-CC model output prepared for CMIP5 piControl, served by ESGF, [doi:10.1594/WDCC/CMIP5.MOGCpc] 2014
  • Hardiman, Steven ; Butchart, Neal ; Hinton, Tim ; Osprey, S. M. ; Gray, Lesley ; Jones, Chris ; Hughes, John ; HadGEM2-CC model output prepared for CMIP5 historical, served by ESGF, World Data Centre for Climate, [doi:10.1594/WDCC/CMIP5.MOGChi] 2014
  • Manzini, E. ; Karpechko, A. Yu. ; Anstey, J. ; Baldwin, M. P. ; Black, R. X. ; Cagnazzo, C. ; Calvo, N. ; Charlton-Perez, A. ; Christiansen, B. ; Davini, Paolo ; Gerber, EP ; Giorgetta, MA ; Gray, LJ ; Hardiman, S. C. ; Lee, Y.-Y. ; Marsh, D. R. ; McDaniel, B. A. ; Purich, A. ; Scaife, A. A. ; Shindell, DT ; Son, S.-W. ; Watanabe, S. ; Zappa, G. ; Northern winter climate change: Assessment of uncertainty in CMIP5 projections related to stratosphere-troposphere coupling. Journal Of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 119 (13) , 7979–7998, [doi:10.1002/2013jd021403] Jul 2014
  • Watson, Peter A. G. ; Gray, Lesley J. ; How Does the Quasi-Biennial Oscillation Affect the Stratospheric Polar Vortex?. J. Atmos. Sci., 71 (1) , 391–409, [doi:10.1175/jas-d-13-096.1] Jan 2014
  • Ern, M. ; Ploeger, F. ; Preusse, P. ; Gille, J. C. ; GRAY, L. J. ; Kalisch, S. ; Mlynczak, M. G. ; Russell, J. M. ; Riese, M. ; Interaction of gravity waves with the QBO: A satellite perspective. Journal Of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 119 (5) , 2329–2355, [doi:10.1002/2013jd020731] Mar 2014
  • Lu, H. ; Bracegirdle, Thomas J. ; Phillips, Tony ; Bushell, Andrew ; Gray, Lesley ; Mechanisms for the Holton-Tan relationship and its decadal variation. Journal Of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 119 (6) , 2811–2830, [doi:10.1002/2013jd021352] Mar 2014
  • Seviour, William J. M. ; Hardiman, Steven C. ; Gray, Lesley J. ; Butchart, Neal ; MacLachlan, Craig ; Scaife, Adam A. ; Skillful seasonal prediction of the Southern Annular Mode and Antarctic ozone. J. Climate 140725124712003, [doi:10.1175/jcli-d-14-00264.1] Jul 2014
  • GRAY, L. J. ; Scaife, A. A. ; Mitchell, D. M. ; Osprey, S. M. ; Ineson, S ; Hardiman, S. C. ; Butchart, N. ; Knight, J. ; Sutton, R.T. ; Kodera, K. ; A Lagged Response to the 11-year Solar Cycle in Observed Winter Atlantic/European Weather Patterns. Journal Of Geophysical Research, 118 (24) , 13,405–13,420, [doi:10.1002/2013JD020062] Dec 2013
  • Scaife, Adam A. ; Ineson, Sarah ; Knight, Jeff R. ; Gray, Lesley ; Kodera, Kunihiko ; Smith, Doug M. ; A mechanism for lagged North Atlantic climate response to solar variability. Geophysical Research Letters, 40 (2) , 434-439, [doi:10.1002/grl.50099] Jan 2013
  • Mitchell, D. M. ; Thorne, P. W. ; Stott, P. A. ; GRAY, L. J. ; Revisiting the controversial issue of tropical tropospheric temperature trends. Geophysical Research Letters, 40 (11) , 2801-2806, [doi:10.1002/grl.50465] Jun 2013
  • Mitchell, Daniel M. ; Gray, Lesley J. ; Anstey, James ; Baldwin, Mark P. ; Charlton-Perez, Andrew J. ; The Influence of Stratospheric Vortex Displacements and Splits on Surface Climate. Journal Of Climate, 26 (8) , 2668-2682, [doi:10.1175/jcli-d-12-00030.1] Apr 2013
  • Hansen, F. ; Matthes, K ; GRAY, L. J. ; Sensitivity of stratospheric dynamics and chemistry to QBO nudging width in the chemistry-climate model WACCM. Journal Of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 118 (18) , 10,464-10,474, [doi:10.1002/jgrd.50812] Sep 2013
  • Seviour, William J. M. ; Mitchell, Daniel M. ; Gray, Lesley J. ; A practical method to identify displaced and split stratospheric polar vortex events. Geophysical Research Letters, 40 (19) , 5268-5273, [doi:10.1002/grl.50927] Oct 2013
  • Anstey, J. ; Davini, P. ; GRAY, L. J. ; Woollings, T. ; Butchart, N. ; Cagnazzo, C. ; Christiansen, B. ; Hardiman, S. C. ; Osprey, S. M. ; Yang, S. ; Multi-model analysis of Northern Hemisphere winter blocking, Part I: Model biases and the role of resolution. Journal Of Geophysical Research [doi:10.1002/jgrd.50231] 2013
  • Mitchell, D. M. ; Stott, P. A. ; GRAY, L. J. ; Allen, M. R. ; Lott, F ; Butchart, N. ; Hardiman, S. C. ; Osprey, S. M. ; The Impact of Stratospheric Resolution on the Detectability of Climate Change Signals in the Free Atmosphere. Geophysical Research Letters [doi:DOI: 10.1002/grl.50177] 2013
  • Osprey, S. M. ; GRAY, L. J. ; Hardiman, S. C. ; Butchart, N. ; Hinton, T. J. ; Stratospheric variability in 20th Century CMIP5 simulations of the Met Office climate model: High-top versus low-top. Journal Of Climate, 26 (5) , 1595-1606, [doi:10.1175/JCLI-D-12-00147.1] Mar 2013
  • Mitchell, D. M. ; Charlton-Perez, A. J. ; GRAY, L. J. ; Akiyoshi, H ; Butchart, N. ; Hardiman, S. C. ; Morgenstern, O. ; Nakamura, T ; Rozanov, E. ; Shibata, K. ; Smale, D. ; Yamashita, Y ; The nature of Arctic polar vortices in chemistry-climate models. Quarterly Journal Of The Royal Meteorological Society, 138 (668) , 1681–1691, [doi:10.1002/qj.1909] Mar 2012
  • Hardiman, S. C. ; Butchart, N. ; Hinton, T. J. ; Osprey, S. M. ; GRAY, L. J. ; The Effect of a Well-Resolved Stratosphere on Surface Climate: Differences between CMIP5 Simulations with High and Low Top Versions of the Met Office Climate Model. Journal Of Climate, 25 (20) , 7083-7099, [doi:10.1175/jcli-d-11-00579.1] Oct 2012
  • Driscoll, Simon ; Bozzo, Alessio ; Gray, Lesley J. ; Robock, Alan ; Stenchikov, Georgiy ; Coupled Model Intercomparison Project 5 (CMIP5) simulations of climate following volcanic eruptions. Journal Of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 117 (D17) , n/a-n/a, [doi:10.1029/2012jd017607] Sep 2012
  • Wilcox, L. J. ; Charlton-Perez, A. J. ; Gray, LJ ; Trends in Austral jet position in ensembles of high-and low-top CMIP5 models. Journal Of Geophysical Research, 117 (D13) , D13115, 2012
  • Yang, G-Y ; Hoskins, B. J. ; GRAY, L. J. ; The influence of the QBO on the propagation of equatorial waves into the stratosphere. Journal Of The Atmospheric Sciences, 69 (10) , 2959-2982, [doi:10.1175/JAS-D-11-0342.1] 2012
  • Hoskins, B. J. ; GRAY, L. J. ; The influence of the QBO on the propagation of equatorial waves into the stratosphere. Journal Of The Atmospheric Sciences 2012
  • Hardiman, S. C. ; Butchart, N. ; Hinton, T. J. ; Osprey, S. M. ; GRAY, L. J. ; The effect of a well resolved stratosphere on surface climate: Differences between CMIP5 simulations with high and low top versions of the Met Office climate model. Journal Of Climate [doi:10.1175/JCLI-D-11-00579.1] 2012
  • Mitchell, D. M. ; Osprey, S. M. ; GRAY, L. J. ; Butchart, N. ; Hardiman, S. C. ; Charlton-Perez, A. J. ; Watson, P. ; The Effect of Climate Change on the Variability of the Northern Hemisphere Stratospheric Polar Vortex. Journal Of The Atmospheric Sciences [doi:10.1175/JAS-D-12-021.1] 2012
  • Driscoll, S. ; Bozzo, A. ; GRAY, L. J. ; Robock, A. ; Stenchikov, G. ; Coupled Model Intercomparison Project 5 (CMIP5) 1 Simulations of Climate Following Volcanic Eruptions. Journal Of Geophysical Research 2012
  • Cnossen, I ; Lu, H. ; Bell, Christopher James ; GRAY, L. J. ; Joshi, M. M. ; Solar signal propagation: the role of gravity waves and stratospheric sudden warmings. Journal Of Geophysical Research, 116, 2011
  • Ineson, Sarah ; Scaife, Adam A. ; Knight, Jeff R. ; Manners, James C. ; Dunstone, Nick J. ; Haigh, Joanna D. ; GRAY, L. J. ; Solar forcing of winter climate variability in the Northern Hemisphere. Nature Geoscience, 4 (11) , 753-757, [doi:10.1038/ngeo1282] NOV 2011
  • Martin, G. M. ; Bellouin, N ; Collins, W. J. ; Culverwell, I. D. ; Halloran, P. R. ; Hardiman, S. C. ; Hinton, T. J. ; Jones, C. D. ; McDonald, R. E. ; McLaren, A. J. ; O'Connor, F. M. ; Roberts, M. J. ; Rodriguez, J. M. ; Woodward, S. ; Best, M. J. ; Brooks, M. E. ; Brown, A. R. ; Butchart, N. ; Dearden, C. ; Derbyshire, S. H. ; Dharssi, I. ; Doutriaux-Boucher, M. ; Edwards, J. M. ; Falloon, P. D. ; Gedney, N. ; GRAY, L. J. ; Hewitt, H. T. ; Hobson, M. ; Huddleston, M. R. ; Hughes, J. ; Ineson, S ; Ingram, W. J. ; James, P. M. ; Johns, T. C. ; Johnson, C. E. ; Jones, A. ; Jones, C. P. ; Joshi, M. M. ; Keen, A. B. ; Liddicoat, S. ; Lock, A. P. ; Maidens, A. V. ; Manners, J. C. ; Milton, S. F. ; Rae, J. G. L. ; Ridley, J. K. ; Sellar, A. ; Senior, C. A. ; Totterdell, I. J. ; Verhoef, A. ; Vidale, P-L ; Wiltshire, A. ; Team, HadGEM2 Dev ; The HadGEM2 family of Met Office Unified Model climate configurations. Geoscientific Model Development, {4} ({3}) , {723-757}, [doi:10.5194/gmd-4-723-2011] 2011
  • Richter, Jadwiga H. ; Matthes, Katja ; Calvo, Natalia ; GRAY, L. J. ; {Influence of the quasi-biennial oscillation and El Nino-Southern Oscillation on the frequency of sudden stratospheric warmings}. {Journal Of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres}, 116, [doi:10.1029/2011jd015757] {OCT 21} 2011
  • Jones, C. D. ; Hughes, J. K. ; Bellouin, N ; Hardiman, S. C. ; Jones, G. S. ; Knight, J. ; Liddicoat, S. ; O'Connor, F. M. ; Andres, R. J. ; Bell, C. J. ; Boo, K. O. ; Bozzo, A. ; Butchart, N. ; Cadule, P. ; Corbin, K. D. ; Doutriaux-Boucher, M. ; Friedlingstein, P. ; Gornall, J. ; GRAY, L. J. ; Halloran, P. R. ; Hurtt, G. ; Ingram, W. J. ; Lamarque, J. -F. ; Law, R. M. ; Meinshausen, M. ; Osprey, S. M. ; Palin, E. J. ; Parsons Chini, L. ; Raddatz, T. ; Sanderson, M. ; Seller, A. A. ; Schurer, A. ; Valdes, P. ; Wood, N. ; Woodward, S. ; Yoshioka, M. ; Zerroukat, M. ; The HadGEM2-ES implementation of CMIP5 centennial simulations. Geophysical Model Development, 4, 543-570, [doi:10.5194/gmd-4-543-2011] 2011
  • Lu, H. ; Jarvis, M. J. ; GRAY, L. J. ; Baldwin, M. P. ; High and low frequency 11-year solar cycle signature in the southern hemispheric winter and spring. Quarterly Journal Of The Royal Meteorological Society [doi:10.1002/qj.852] 2011
  • Richter, J. H. ; Matthes, K ; Calvo, N ; GRAY, L. J. ; Influence of the quasi biennial oscillation and El Nino southern oscillation on the frequency of sudden stratospheric warmings. Journal Of Geophysical Research [doi:10.1029/2011JD015757] 2011
  • Mitchell, D. M. ; Charlton-Perez, AJ ; GRAY, L. J. ; On the representation and predictions of the stratospheric polar vortex in chemistry-climate model. Quarterly Journal Of The Royal Meteorological Society 2011
  • Mitchell, D. M. ; GRAY, L. J. ; Charlton-Perez, A. J. ; The structure and evolution of the stratospheric vortex in response to natural forcings. Journal Of Geophysical Research, 116, [doi:10.1029/2011JD015788] 2011
  • Mitchell, D. M. ; GRAY, L. J. ; Charlton-Perez, A. J. ; Characterising the structure and evolution of the stratospheric polar vortex using 2D moments. Quarterly Journal Of The Royal Meteorological Society 2011
  • Hannachi, A ; Mitchell, D. M. ; GRAY, L. J. ; Charlton-Perez, A. J. ; On the use of geometric moments to examine the continuum of sudden stratospheric warmings. Journal Of The Atmospheric Sciences [doi:10.1175/2010JAS3585.1] Feb 2011
  • Cnossen, I ; Lu, H. ; Bell, C. J. ; GRAY, L. J. ; Joshi, M. M. ; The role of gravity wave effects and stratospheric sudden warmings in modelled solar signal propagation. Journal Of Geophysical Research, 116, D02118, [doi:10.1029/2010JD014535] Jan 2011
  • Karpechko, Alexey Y. ; Gillett, Nathan P. ; Gray, Lesley J. ; Dall'Amico, Mauro ; Influence of ozone recovery and greenhouse gas increases on Southern Hemisphere circulation. Journal Of Geophysical Research, 115 (D22) , [doi:10.1029/2010jd014423] Nov 2010
  • Wright, C. J. ; Osprey, S. M. ; Barnett, J. J. ; GRAY, L. J. ; Gille, J. C. ; High Resolution Dynamics Limb Sounder measurements of gravity wave activity in the 2006 Arctic stratosphere. Journal Of Geophysical Research, 115, [doi:10.1029/2009jd011858] Jan 23 2010
  • Hardiman, S. C. ; Butchart, N. ; Osprey, S. M. ; GRAY, L. J. ; Bushell, A. C. ; Hinton, T. J. ; The Climatology of the Middle Atmosphere in a Vertically Extended Version of the Met Office's Climate Model. Part I: Mean State. Journal Of The Atmospheric Sciences, 67 (5) , 1509-1525, [doi:10.1175/2009jas3337.1] May 2010
  • Bushell, A. C. ; Jackson, D. R. ; Butchart, N. ; Hardiman, S. C. ; Hinton, T. J. ; Osprey, S. M. ; GRAY, L. J. ; Sensitivity of GCM tropical middle atmosphere variability and climate to ozone and parameterized gravity wave changes. Journal Of Geophysical Research, 115, [doi:10.1029/2009jd013340] Aug 3 2010
  • Osprey, S. M. ; GRAY, L. J. ; Hardiman, S. C. ; Butchart, N. ; Bushell, A. C. ; Hinton, T. J. ; The Climatology of the Middle Atmosphere in a Vertically Extended Version of the Met Office's Climate Model Part II: Variability. Journal Of The Atmospheric Sciences, 67 (11) , 3637-3651, [doi:10.1175/2010jas3338.1] Nov 2010
  • GRAY, L. J. ; (ed: Polvani, LM ; Sobel, A ; Waugh, D. W. ; ) Equatorial Dynamics in The Stratosphere: Dynamics, Transport and Chemistry. Agu Geophysical Monograph 2010
  • GRAY, L. J. ; Beer, J ; Geller, M ; Haigh, J. D. ; Lockwood, M ; Matthes, K ; Cubasch, U ; Fleitmann, D ; Harrison, R. G. ; Hood, L ; Luterbacher, J ; Meehl, G. A. ; Shindell, D. T. ; van Geel, B ; White, W ; Solar Influences on Climate. Reviews In Geophysics, 48, [doi:10.1029/2009RG000282] 2010
  • Bell, C. J. ; GRAY, L. J. ; Kettleborough, J ; Changes in Northern Hemisphere stratospheric variability under increased CO2 concentrations. Quarterly Journal Of The Royal Meteorological Society, 136, 1181-1190, [doi:10.1002/qj.633] Jul 2010
  • Woollings, T. ; Lockwood, M ; Masato, G ; Bell, C. J. ; GRAY, L. J. ; Enhanced signature of solar variability in Eurasian winter climate. Geophysical Research Letters, 37, L20805, [doi:10.1029/2010GL044601] 2010
  • Lockwood, M ; Bell, C. J. ; Woollings, T. ; Harrison, RG ; GRAY, L. J. ; Haigh, J. D. ; Top-down solar modulation of climate: evidence for centennial change. Environmental Research Letters, 5, 034008, [doi:10.1088/1748-9326/5/3/034008] 2010
  • Frame, T. H. A. ; GRAY, L. J. ; The 11-Yr Solar Cycle in ERA-40 Data: An Update to 2008. Journal Of Climate, 23 (8) , 2213-2222, [doi:10.1175/2009JCLI3150.1] Apr 2010
  • Lu, H. ; GRAY, L. J. ; Baldwin, M. P. ; Jarvis, M. J. ; Life of the QBO-modulated 11-year solar cycle signals in the Northern Hemisphere winter.. Quarterly Journal Of The Royal Meteorological Society, 135, 1030--1043, [doi:10.1002/qj.419] 2009
  • Coughlin, K. T. ; GRAY, L. J. ; A continuum of sudden stratospheric warmings - A paper of note. Bulletin Of The American Meteorological Society 2009
  • GRAY, L. J. ; Rumbold, Steven ; Shine, Keith Peter ; Stratospheric temperature and radiative forcing response to 11-year solar cycle changes in irradiance and ozone. Journal Of The Atmospheric Sciences, 66 (8) , 2402--2417, [doi:10.1175/2009JAS2866.1] 2009
  • Coughlin, K. T. ; GRAY, L. J. ; A continuum of sudden stratospheric warmings. Journal Of The Atmospheric Sciences, 66 (2) , 531--540, [doi:10.1175/2008JAS2792.1] 2009
  • Bell, Christopher James ; GRAY, L. J. ; Charlton-Perez, Andrew James ; Joshi, M. M. ; Scaife, Adam A. ; Stratospheric communication of El Nino teleconnections to European winter. Journal Of Climate, 22 (15) , 4083--4096, [doi:10.1175/2009JCLI2717.1] 2009
  • Zhong, W. ; Osprey, S. M. ; GRAY, L. J. ; Haigh, J. D. ; Influence of the prescribed solar spectrum on calculations of atmospheric temperature. Geophysical Research Letters, 35 (22) , [doi:10.1029/2008gl035993] Nov 29 2008
  • GRAY, L. J. ; Crooks, S. A. ; Palmer, M. A. ; Pascoe, C. L. ; Sparrow, S. N. ; A Possible Transfer Mechanism for the 11-Year Solar Cycle to the Lower Stratosphere. Space Science Reviews, 125 (1-4) , 357--370, [doi:10.1007/s11214-006-9069-y] 2007
  • Pascoe, C. L. ; GRAY, L. J. ; Scaife, A. A. ; A GCM study of the influence of equatorial winds on the timing of sudden stratospheric warmings. Geophysical Research Letters, 33 (6) , [doi:10.1029/2005gl024715] 2006
  • Tian, Wenshou ; Chipperfield, Martyn P. ; GRAY, L. J. ; Zawodny, Joseph M. ; Quasi-biennial oscillation and tracer distributions in a coupled chemistry-climate model. Journal Of Geophysical Research, 111 (D20) , [doi:10.1029/2005JD006871] 2006
  • Hare, Sylvia H. E. ; GRAY, L. J. ; Lahoz, W. A. ; O'Neill, A. ; On the design of practicable numerical experiments to investigate stratospheric temperature change. Atmospheric Science Letters, 6 (2) , 123--127, [doi:10.1002/asl.101] 2005
  • Palmer, M. A. ; GRAY, L. J. ; Modeling the atmospheric response to solar irradiance changes using a GCM with a realistic QBO. Geophysical Research Letters, 32 (24) , [doi:10.1029/2005GL023809] 2005
  • Crooks, Simon A. ; GRAY, L. J. ; Characterization of the 11-Year Solar Signal Using a Multiple Regression Analysis of the ERA-40 Dataset. Journal Of Climate, 18 (7) , 996--996, [doi:10.1175/JCLI-3308.1] 2005
  • GRAY, L. J. ; Norton, Warwick ; Pascoe, C. L. ; Charlton, Andrew ; A Possible Influence of Equatorial Winds on the September 2002 Southern Hemisphere Sudden Warming Event. Journal Of The Atmospheric Sciences, 62 (3) , 651--651, [doi:10.1175/JAS-3339.1] 2005
  • GRAY, L. J. ; Crooks, Simon ; Pascoe, C. L. ; Sparrow, S. N. ; Palmer, Michael ; Solar and QBO Influences on the Timing of Stratospheric Sudden Warmings. Journal Of The Atmospheric Sciences, 61 (23) , 2777--2777, [doi:10.1175/JAS-3297.1] 2004
  • GRAY, L. J. ; The influence of the equatorial upper stratosphere on stratospheric sudden warmings. Geophysical Research Letters, 30 (4) , [doi:10.1029/2002GL016430] 2003
  • GRAY, L. J. ; Sparrow, S. N. ; Juckes, M. N. ; O'Neill, A. ; Andrews, D. G. ; Flow regimes in the winter stratosphere of the northern hemisphere. Quarterly Journal Of The Royal Meteorological Society, 129 (589) , 925--945, [doi:10.1256/qj.02.82] 2003
  • Drysdale, Ef ; Dunkerton, Tj ; Lawrence, B. N. ; GRAY, L. J. ; {Model studies of the interannual variability of the northern-hemisphere stratospheric winter circulation: The role of the quasi-biennial oscillation}. Quarterly Journal Of The Royal Meteorological Society, 127 (574) , 1413--1432, [doi:10.1256/smsqj.57415] 2001
  • GRAY, L. J. ; Phipps, Sj ; Dunkerton, Tj ; Baldwin, Mp ; Drysdale, Ef ; Allen, M. R. ; A data study of the influence of the equatorial upper stratosphere on northern-hemisphere stratospheric sudden warmings. Quarterly Journal Of The Royal Meteorological Society, 127 (576) , 1985--2004, [doi:10.1256/smsqj.57606] 2001
  • GRAY, L. J. ; Blackburn, Mike ; Chipperfield, Martyn P. ; Haigh, J. D. ; Jackson, D. ; Shine, K. P. ; Thuburn, J. ; Zhong, W. ; First results from a 3-dimensional middle atmosphere model. Advances In Space Research, 13 (1) , 363 - 372, [doi:10.1016/0273-1177(93)90038-D] 1993
  • GRAY, L. J. ; Pyle, J. A. ; A TWO-DIMENSIONAL MODEL OF THE QUASI-BIENNIAL OSCILLATION OF OZONE. Journal Of The Atmospheric Sciences, 46, 203--220, [doi:10.1175/1520-0469(1989)046<0203:ATDMOT>2.0.CO;2] Jan 1989
  • Pyle, J. A. ; ZAVODY, AM ; GRAY, L. J. ; MCINTYRE, ME ; TESTS OF PHOTOCHEMICAL AND DYNAMIC THEORIES FROM SATELLITE DATA. Philosophical Transactions Of The Royal Society A, 323, 667--678, [doi:10.1098/rsta.1987.0113] Nov 1987
  • BRASSEUR, G ; CARIOLLE, D ; DERUDDER, A ; GRAY, L. J. ; Pyle, J. A. ; Roth, EP ; SCHMAILZL, U ; WUEBBLES, DJ ; ODD NITROGEN DURING THE MAP-GLOBUS 1983 CAMPAIGN - THEORETICAL CONSIDERATIONS. Planet Space Sci, 35, 637--645, [doi:10.1016/0032-0633(87)90130-9] May 1987
  • GRAY, L. J. ; Pyle, J. A. ; TWO-DIMENSIONAL MODEL STUDIES OF EQUATORIAL DYNAMICS AND TRACER DISTRIBUTIONS. Quarterly Journal Of The Royal Meteorological Society, 113, 635--651, [doi:10.1256/smsqj.47610] Apr 1987

Achievements / Science Highlights

  • Solar Influences on Climate, November 2010
  • Variability and Extremes of the Stratospheric Polar Vortex, November 2010
  • Solar forcing of winter European variability , November 2011
  • Improved characterisation of the stratospheric polar vortex, July 2011
  • The Climate Model Intercomparison Project, May 2011