Woolnough, Professor Steve
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/0000-0003-0500-8514
- +44 118 378 4544
- http://www.met.rdg.ac.uk/~swrwoono/
Publications
- Gonzalez, Paula L. M.; Howard, Emma; Ferrett, Samantha; Frame, Thomas H. A.; Martínez-Alvarado, Oscar; Methven, John; Woolnough, Steven J.; Weather patterns in Southeast Asia: Enhancing high-impact weather subseasonal forecast skill. Quarterly Journal Of The Royal Meteorological Society [doi:10.1002/qj.4378] Dec 2022
- Parker, Douglas J.; Blyth, Alan M.; Woolnough, Steven J.; Dougill, Andrew J.; Bain, Caroline L.; de Coning, Estelle; Diop-Kane, Mariane; Kamga Foamouhoue, Andre; Lamptey, Benjamin; Ndiaye, Ousmane; Ruti, Paolo; Adefisan, Elijah A.; Amekudzi, Leonard K.; Antwi-Agyei, Philip; Birch, Cathryn E.; Cafaro, Carlo; Carr, Hamish; Chanzu, Benard; Clarke, Samantha J.; Coskeran, Helen; Danuor, Sylvester K.; de Andrade, Felipe M.; Diakaria, Kone; Dione, Cheikh; Diop, Cheikh Abdoulahat; Fletcher, Jennifer K.; Gaye, Amadou T.; Groves, James L.; Gudoshava, Masilin; Hartley, Andrew J.; Hirons, Linda C.; Ibrahim, Ishiyaku; James, Tamora D.; Lawal, Kamoru A.; Marsham, John H.; Mutemi, J. N.; Okogbue, Emmanuel Chilekwu; Olaniyan, Eniola; Omotosho, J. B.; Portuphy, Joseph; Roberts, Alexander J.; Schwendike, Juliane; Segele, Zewdu T.; Stein, Thorwald H. M.; Taylor, Andrea L.; Taylor, Christopher M.; Warnaars, Tanya A.; Webster, Stuart; Woodhams, Beth J.; Youds, Lorraine; The African {SWIFT} Project: Growing Science Capability to Bring about a Revolution in Weather Prediction. Bulletin Of The American Meteorological Society, 103 (2) , E349--E369, [doi:10.1175/bams-d-20-0047.1] Feb 2022
- Howard, Emma; Thomas, Simon Richard; Frame, Thomas H. A.; Gonzalez, Paula L. M.; Methven, John; Martínez-Alvarado, Oscar; Woolnough, Steven J.; Weather patterns in Southeast Asia: Relationship with tropical variability and heavy precipitation. Quarterly Journal Of The Royal Meteorological Society [doi:10.1002/qj.4227] Dec 2021
- Howard, Emma; Thomas, Simon Richard; Frame, Thomas H. A.; Gonzalez, Paula L. M.; Methven, John; Martínez-Alvarado, Oscar; Woolnough, Steven J.; Weather patterns in Southeast Asia: Relationship with tropical variability and heavy precipitation. Quarterly Journal Of The Royal Meteorological Society [doi:10.1002/qj.4227] Dec 2021
- Ficchì, Andrea; Cloke, Hannah; Neves, Cláudia; Woolnough, S.; Coughlan de Perez, Erin; Zsótér, Ervin; Pinto, Izidine; Meque, Arlindo; Stephens, Elisabeth; Beyond El Niño: Unsung climate modes drive African floods. Weather And Climate Extremes, 33, 100345, [doi:10.1016/j.wace.2021.100345] Sep 2021
- Muetzelfeldt, Mark; Plant, Robert; Clark, Peter A.; Stirling, Alison J.; Woolnough, S.; A climatology of tropical wind shear produced by clustering wind profiles from the Met Office Unified Model ({GA}7.0). Geoscientific Model Development, 14 (6) , 4035--4049, [doi:10.5194/gmd-14-4035-2021] Jun 2021
- 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
- Endris, Hussen Seid; Hirons, Linda; Segele, Zewdu Tessema; Gudoshava, Masilin; Woolnough, Steven; Artan, Guleid A.; Evaluation of the Skill of Monthly Precipitation Forecasts from Global Prediction Systems over the Greater Horn of Africa. Weather And Forecasting [doi:10.1175/waf-d-20-0177.1] May 2021
- Howard, Emma; Gonzalez, Paula L. M.; Thomas, Simon; Frame, Thomas; Martínez-Alvarado, Oscar; Methven, John; Woolnough, S.; {\&}{\#}160$\mathsemicolon$Weather regimes in South East Asia: connections with synoptic phenomena and high impact weather. [doi:10.5194/egusphere-egu21-7472] Mar 2021
- Gonzalez, Paula L. M.; Howard, Emma; Thomas, Simon; Frame, Thomas; Martínez-Alvarado, Oscar; Methven, John; Woolnough, S.; Weather regimes in South East Asia: Sub-seasonal predictability of the regimes and the associated high impact weather {\&}{\#}160$\mathsemicolon$. [doi:10.5194/egusphere-egu21-7411] Mar 2021
- Chevuturi, A.; Klingaman, N. P.; Woolnough, S.; Rudorff, Conrado M.; Coelho, Caio A. S.; Schongart, Jochen; Forecasting annual maximum water level for Negro River at Manaus. [doi:10.5194/egusphere-egu21-4594] Mar 2021
- Lee, S. H.; Charlton-Perez, Andrew; Furtado, Jason; Woolnough, S.; Representation of the Scandinavia-Greenland Pattern and its Relationship with the Polar Vortex in S2S Models. [doi:10.5194/egusphere-egu21-1370] Mar 2021
- YANG, GUI-YING; Ferrett, Samantha; Woolnough, Steven; Methven, John; Holloway, Chris; Real-Time Identification of Equatorial Waves and Evaluation of Waves in Global Forecasts. Weather And Forecasting, 36 (1) , 171--193, [doi:10.1175/waf-d-20-0144.1] Feb 2021
- de Andrade, Felipe M.; Young, Matthew P.; MacLeod, David; Hirons, Linda C.; Woolnough, Steven J.; Black, Emily; Subseasonal Precipitation Prediction for Africa: Forecast Evaluation and Sources of Predictability. Weather And Forecasting, 36 (1) , 265--284, [doi:10.1175/waf-d-20-0054.1] Feb 2021
- Klingaman, Nicholas P.; Young, Matthew; Chevuturi, Amulya; Guimaraes, Bruno; Guo, Liang; Woolnough, Steven J.; Coelho, Caio A. S.; Kubota, Paulo Y.; Holloway, Christopher E.; Subseasonal Prediction Performance for Austral Summer South American Rainfall. Weather And Forecasting, 36 (1) , 147--169, [doi:10.1175/waf-d-19-0203.1] Feb 2021
- Lawal, Kamoru A.; Olaniyan, Eniola; Ishiyaku, Ibrahim; Hirons, Linda C.; Thompson, Elisabeth; Talib, Joshua; Boult, Victoria L.; Ogungbenro, Stephen Bunmi; Gbode, Imoleayo Ezekiel; Ajayi, Vincent Olanrewaju; Okogbue, Emmanuel Chilekwu; Adefisan, Elijah A.; Indasi, Victor S.; Youds, Lorraine; Nkiaka, Elias; Stone, Dáithí A.; Nzekwu, Richard; Folorunso, Olusegun; Oyedepo, John A.; New, Mark G.; Woolnough, Steven J.; Progress and Challenges of Demand-Led Co-Produced Sub-Seasonal-to-Seasonal (S2S) Climate Forecasts in Nigeria. Frontiers In Climate, 3, [doi:10.3389/fclim.2021.712502] 2021
- Hirons, Linda; Thompson, Elisabeth; Dione, Cheikh; Indasi, Victor S.; Kilavi, Mary; Nkiaka, Elias; Talib, Joshua; Visman, Emma; Adefisan, Elijah A.; de Andrade, Felipe; Ashong, Jesse; Mwesigwa, Jasper Batureine; Boult, Victoria L.; Diédhiou, Tidiane; Konte, Oumar; Gudoshava, Masilin; Kiptum, Chris; Amoah, Richmond Konadu; Lamptey, Benjamin; Lawal, Kamoru Abiodun; Muita, Richard; Nzekwu, Richard; Nying'uro, Patricia; Ochieng, Willis; Olaniyan, Eniola; Opoku, Nana Kofi; Endris, Hussen Seid; Segele, Zewdu; Igri, Pascal Moudi; Mwangi, Emmah; Woolnough, Steven; Using co-production to improve the appropriate use of sub-seasonal forecasts in Africa. Climate Services, 23, 100246, [doi:10.1016/j.cliser.2021.100246] 2021
- Muetzelfeldt, Mark; Plant, Robert S.; Clark, Peter A.; Stirling, Alison J.; Woolnough, S.; Supplementary material to {\&}quot$\mathsemicolon$A climatology of tropical wind shear produced by clustering wind profiles from a climate model{\&}quot$\mathsemicolon$. [doi:10.5194/gmd-2020-388-supplement] Jan 2021
- Muetzelfeldt, Mark; Plant, Robert S.; Clark, Peter A.; Stirling, Alison J.; Woolnough, S.; A climatology of tropical wind shear produced by clustering wind profiles from a climate model. [doi:10.5194/gmd-2020-388] Jan 2021
- Muetzelfeldt, Mark; Plant, Robert S.; Clark, Peter A.; Stirling, Alison J.; Woolnough, S.; Supplementary material to {\&}quot$\mathsemicolon$A climatology of tropical wind shear produced by clustering wind profiles from a climate model{\&}quot$\mathsemicolon$. [doi:10.5194/gmd-2020-388-supplement] Jan 2021
- Muetzelfeldt, Mark; Plant, Robert S.; Clark, Peter A.; Stirling, Alison J.; Woolnough, S.; A climatology of tropical wind shear produced by clustering wind profiles from a climate model. [doi:10.5194/gmd-2020-388] Jan 2021
- Yang, G. -Y.; Ferrett, S.; Woolnough, S.; Methven, J.; Holloway, C. E.; Real-time identification of equatorial waves and evaluation of waves in global forecasts. Weather And Forecasting, 36 (1) , 171-193, [doi:10.1175/WAF-D-20-0144.1] 2021
- Yang, G. -Y.; Ferrett, S.; Woolnough, S.; Methven, J.; Holloway, C. E.; Real-Time Identification of Equatorial Waves and Evaluation of Waves in Global Forecasts. Weather And Forecasting, 36 (1) , 171-193, [doi:10.1175/WAF-D-20-0144.1] 2021
- Yang, G-Y; Ferrett, Samantha; Woolnough, Steven J.; Methven, John; Holloway, C. E.; Real-time identification of equatorial waves and evaluation of waves in global forecasts. Weather And Forecasting, 36 (1) , 171-193, [doi:10.1175/WAF-D-20-0144.1] 2021
- Daleu, C. L.; Plant, R. S.; Woolnough, S.; Stirling, A. J.; Harvey, N. J.; Memory properties in cloud--resolving simulations of the diurnal cycle of deep convection. Journal Of Advances In Modeling Earth Systems [doi:10.1029/2019ms001897] Jul 2020
- Gu, Jian-Feng; Plant, Robert Stephen; Holloway, Christopher E.; Jones, Todd R.; Stirling, Alison; Clark, Peter A.; Woolnough, Steven J.; Webb, Thomas L.; Evaluation of the Bulk Mass Flux Formulation Using Large-Eddy Simulations. Journal Of The Atmospheric Sciences, 77 (6) , 2115--2137, [doi:10.1175/jas-d-19-0224.1] Jun 2020
- Merryfield, William J.; Baehr, Johanna; BATTÉ, LAURIANE; Becker, Emily J.; Butler, Amy H.; Coelho, Caio A. S.; Danabasoglu, Gokhan; Dirmeyer, Paul A.; Doblas-Reyes, Francisco J.; Domeisen, Daniela I. V.; Ferranti, Laura; Ilyina, Tatiana; Kumar, Arun; Müller, Wolfgang A.; Rixen, Michel; Robertson, Andrew W.; Smith, Doug M.; Takaya, Yuhei; Tuma, Matthias; Vitart, Frederic; White, Christopher J.; Alvarez, Mariano S.; Ardilouze, Constantin; Attard, Hannah; Baggett, Cory; Balmaseda, Magdalena A.; Beraki, Asmerom F.; Bhattacharjee, Partha S.; Bilbao, Roberto; de Andrade, Felipe M.; DeFlorio, Michael J.; Díaz, Leandro B.; Ehsan, Muhammad Azhar; Fragkoulidis, Georgios; Grainger, Sam; Green, Benjamin W.; Hell, Momme C.; Infanti, Johnna M.; Isensee, Katharina; Kataoka, Takahito; Kirtman, Ben P.; Klingaman, Nicholas P.; Lee, June-Yi; Mayer, Kirsten; McKay, Roseanna; Mecking, Jennifer V.; Miller, Douglas E.; Neddermann, Nele; Justin Ng, Ching Ho; Ossó, Albert; Pankatz, Klaus; Peatman, Simon; Pegion, Kathy; Perlwitz, Judith; Recalde-Coronel, G. Cristina; Reintges, Annika; Renkl, Christoph; Solaraju-Murali, Balakrishnan; Spring, Aaron; Stan, Cristiana; Sun, Y. Qiang; Tozer, Carly R.; Vigaud, Nicolas; Woolnough, Steven; Yeager, Stephen; Current and Emerging Developments in Subseasonal to Decadal Prediction. Bulletin Of The American Meteorological Society, 101 (6) , E869--E896, [doi:10.1175/bams-d-19-0037.1] Jun 2020
- Lee, Joshua Chun Kwang; Lee, Robert W.; Woolnough, S.; Boxall, Luke John; The links between the Madden-Julian Oscillation and European weather regimes. Theoretical And Applied Climatology, 141 (1-2) , 567--586, [doi:10.1007/s00704-020-03223-2] May 2020
- Dione, Cheikh; Diouf, Mame Diarra; Ogwang, Bob Alex; Adefisan, Elijah Adesanya; Woolnough, S.; Senghor, Habib; Hirons, Linda; Relationship between meningitis occurrence and atmospheric conditions over the African meningitis belt. [doi:10.5194/egusphere-egu2020-7924] Mar 2020
- Guimarães, Bruno S.; Coelho, Caio A. S.; Woolnough, Steven J.; Kubota, Paulo Y.; Bastarz, Carlos F.; Figueroa, Silvio N.; Bonatti, José P.; Souza, Dayana C.; Configuration and hindcast quality assessment of a Brazilian global sub-seasonal prediction system. Quarterly Journal Of The Royal Meteorological Society, 146 (728) , 1067--1084, [doi:10.1002/qj.3725] Jan 2020
- Ferrett, Samantha; Yang, G-Y; Woolnough, S.; Methven, John; Hodges, Kevin; Holloway, Christopher E.; Linking extreme precipitation in Southeast Asia to equatorial waves. Quarterly Journal Of The Royal Meteorological Society [doi:10.1002/qj.3699] Dec 2019
- Lee, Robert W.; Woolnough, S.; Charlton-Perez, A. J.; Vitart, F.; ENSO Modulation of MJO Teleconnections to the North Atlantic and Europe. Geophysical Research Letters [doi:10.1029/2019gl084683] Nov 2019
- Lee, S. H.; Charlton‐Perez, A. J.; Furtado, J. C.; Woolnough, S.; Abrupt Stratospheric Vortex Weakening Associated With North Atlantic Anticyclonic Wave Breaking. Journal Of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres [doi:10.1029/2019jd030940] Aug 2019
- Woolnough, Steven J.;
The Madden-Julian Oscillation
In Sub-Seasonal to Seasonal Prediction, pages 93--117, Elsevier, [doi:10.1016/b978-0-12-811714-9.00005-x] 2019 - Chevuturi, Amulya; Turner, Andrew G.; Woolnough, Steven J.; Martin, Gill M.; MacLachlan, Craig; Indian summer monsoon onset forecast skill in the UK Met Office initialized coupled seasonal forecasting system (GloSea5-GC2). Climate Dynamics [doi:10.1007/s00382-018-4536-1] Nov 2018
- Talib, Joshua; Woolnough, Steven J.; Klingaman, Nicholas P.; Holloway, Christopher E.; The Role of the Cloud Radiative Effect in the Sensitivity of the Intertropical Convergence Zone to Convective Mixing. Journal Of Climate, 31 (17) , 6821--6838, [doi:10.1175/jcli-d-17-0794.1] Sep 2018
- Kamieniecki, Jan A.; Ambaum, Maarten H. P.; Plant, Robert S.; Woolnough, Steven J.; The Implications of an Idealized Large-Scale Circulation for Mechanical Work Done by Tropical Convection. Journal Of The Atmospheric Sciences, 75 (8) , 2533--2547, [doi:10.1175/jas-d-17-0314.1] 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
- Peatman, Simon C.; Methven, John; Woolnough, Steven J.; Isolating the effects of moisture entrainment on convectively-coupled equatorial waves in an aquaplanet GCM. Journal Of The Atmospheric Sciences [doi:10.1175/jas-d-18-0098.1] Jul 2018
- Yang, G-Y; Methven, John; Woolnough, S. J.; Hodges, K. I.; Hoskins, B. J.; Linking African Easterly Wave activity with equatorial waves and the influence of Rossby waves from the Southern Hemisphere. The Journal Of The Atmospheric Sciences, 75 (6) , 1783-1809, [doi:10.1175/JAS-D-17-0184.1] Jun 2018
- Shonk, Jonathan K. P.; Guilyardi, Eric; Toniazzo, Thomas; Woolnough, Steven J.; Stockdale, T.; Identifying Causes of Western Pacific ITCZ Drift in ECMWF System 4 Hindcasts. Climate Dynamics, 50, 939--954, [doi:10.1007/s00382-017-3650-9] 2018
- Hirons, L. C.; Klingaman, N. P.; Woolnough, S. J.; The Impact of Air‐Sea Interactions on the Representation of Tropical Precipitation Extremes. Journal Of Advances In Modeling Earth Systems [doi:10.1002/2017MS001252] Jan 2018
- Daleu, C. L.; Plant, R. S.; Woolnough, S. J.; Using the Weak-Temperature Gradient Approximation to Evaluate Parameterizations: An Example of the Transition From Suppressed to Active Convection. Journal Of Advances In Modeling Earth Systems, 9 (6) , 2350–2367, [doi:10.1002/2017ms000940] Oct 2017
- Emerton, R.; Cloke, H. L.; Stephens, E. M.; Zsoter, E.; Woolnough, S. J.; Pappenberger, F.; Complex picture for likelihood of ENSO-driven flood hazard. Nature Communications, 8, 14796, [doi:10.1038/ncomms14796] Mar 2017
- Klingaman, Nicholas P.; Jiang, Xianan; Xavier, Prince K.; Petch, Jon; Waliser, Duane; Woolnough, Steven J.;
Vertical Structure and Diabatic Processes of the Madden-Julian Oscillation
In The Global Monsoon System, pages 161--172, World Scientific, [doi:10.1142/9789813200913_0013] Feb 2017 - Walters, D.; Boutle, I.; Brooks, M; Melvin, T.; Stratton, R.; Vosper, S.; Wells, H.; Williams, K.; Wood, N.; Allen, T.; Bushell, A.; Copsey, D.; Earnshaw, P.; Edwards, J.; Gross, M.; Hardiman, S.; Harris, C.; Heming, J.; Klingaman, N.; Levine, R.; Manners, J.; Martin, G.; Milton, S.; Mittermaier, M.; Morcrette, C.; Riddick, T.; Roberts, M.; Sanchez, C.; Selwood, P.; Stirling, A.; Smith, C.; Suri, D.; Tennant, W.; Vidale, P. L.; Wilkinson, J.; Willett, M.; Woolnough, S.; Xavier, P.; The Met Office Unified Model Global Atmosphere 6.0/6.1 and JULES Global Land 6.0/6.1 configurations. Geoscientific Model Development, 10 (4) , 1487--1520, [doi:10.5194/gmd-10-1487-2017] 2017
- Vitart, F.; Ardilouze, C.; Bonet, A.; Brookshaw, A.; Chen, M.; Codorean, C.; Déqué, M.; Ferranti, L.; Fucile, E.; Fuentes, M.; Hendon, H.; Hodgson, J.; Kang, H.-S.; Kumar, A.; Lin, H.; Liu, G.; Liu, X.; Malguzzi, P.; Mallas, I.; Manoussakis, M.; Mastrangelo, D.; MacLachlan, C.; McLean, P.; Minami, A.; Mladek, R.; Nakazawa, T.; Najm, S.; Nie, Y.; Rixen, M.; Robertson, A. W.; Ruti, P.; Sun, C.; Takaya, Y.; Tolstykh, M.; Venuti, F.; Waliser, D.; Woolnough, S.; Wu, T.; Won, D.-J.; Xiao, H.; Zaripov, R.; Zhang, L.; The Subseasonal to Seasonal (S2S) Prediction Project Database. Bulletin Of The American Meteorological Society, 98 (1) , 163–173, [doi:10.1175/bams-d-16-0017.1] Jan 2017
- DeMott, Charlotte A.; Benedict, James J.; Klingaman, Nicholas P.; Woolnough, Steven J.; Randall, David A.; Diagnosing ocean feedbacks to the MJO: SST-modulated surface fluxes and the moist static energy budget. Journal Of Geophysical Research, 121 (14) , 8350–8373, [doi:10.1002/2016jd025098] Jul 2016
- Johnson, Stephanie J.; Turner, Andrew; Woolnough, Steven; Martin, Gill; MacLachlan, Craig; An assessment of Indian monsoon seasonal forecasts and mechanisms underlying monsoon interannual variability in the Met Office GloSea5-GC2 system. Climate Dynamics [doi:10.1007/s00382-016-3151-2] Jun 2016
- Daleu, C. L.; Plant, R. S.; Woolnough, S.; Sessions, S.; Herman, M. J.; Sobel, A; Wang, S.; Kim, D.; Cheng, A.; Bellon, G.; Peyrille, P.; Ferry, F.; Siebesma, P.; van Ulft, L.; Intercomparison of methods of coupling between convection and large-scale circulation: 2. Comparison over nonuniform surface conditions. Journal Of Advances In Modeling Earth Systems, 8 (1) , 387–405, [doi:10.1002/2015ms000570] Mar 2016
- Holloway, C. E.; Woolnough, S.; The sensitivity of convective aggregation to diabatic processes in idealized radiative-convective equilibrium simulations. Journal Of Advances In Modeling Earth Systems, 8 (1) , 166–195, [doi:10.1002/2015ms000511] Feb 2016
- Daleu, C. L.; Plant, R. S.; Woolnough, S. J.; Sessions, S.; Herman, M. J.; Sobel, A; Wang, S.; Kim, D.; Cheng, A.; Bellon, G.; Peyrille, P.; Ferry, F.; Siebesma, A. P.; {van Ulft}, B.; Intercomparison of methods of coupling between convection and large-scale circulation.Part 2: Comparison over non-uniform surface conditions. Journal. Adv. Model. Earth Syst., 8, doi:10.1002/2015MS000570, 2016
- DeMott, Charlotte A.; Klingaman, Nicholas P.; Woolnough, Steven J.; Atmosphere-ocean coupled processes in the Madden-Julian oscillation. Reviews Of Geophysics, 53 (4) , 1099-1154, [doi:10.1002/2014rg000478] Dec 2015
- Daleu, C. L.; Plant, R. S.; Woolnough, S.; Sessions, S.; Herman, M. J.; Sobel, A; Wang, S.; Kim, D.; Cheng, A.; Bellon, G.; Peyrille, P.; Ferry, F.; Siebesma, P.; van Ulft, L.; Intercomparison of methods of coupling between convection and large-scale circulation: I. Comparison over uniform surface conditions. Journal Of Advances In Modeling Earth Systems n/a–n/a, [doi:10.1002/2015ms000468] Oct 2015
- Stein, Thorwald H. M.; Parker, Douglas J.; Hogan, Robin J.; Birch, Cathryn E.; Holloway, Christopher E.; Lister, Grenville M. S.; Marsham, John H.; Woolnough, Steven J.; The representation of the West African monsoon vertical cloud structure in the Met Office Unified Model: an evaluation with CloudSat. Quarterly Journal Of The Royal Meteorological Society, 141 (693) , 3312–3324, [doi:10.1002/qj.2614] Sep 2015
- Holloway, Christopher E.; Woolnough, Steven J.; Lister, Grenville M. S.; The Effects of Explicit versus Parameterized Convection on the MJO in a Large-Domain High-Resolution Tropical Case Study. Part II: Processes Leading to Differences in MJO Development*. Journal Of The Atmospheric Sciences, 72 (7) , 2719–2743, [doi:10.1175/jas-d-14-0308.1] Jul 2015
- Xavier, Prince K.; Petch, J. C.; Klingaman, Nicholas P.; Woolnough, Steven J.; Jiang, Xianan; Waliser, Duane E.; Caian, Mihaela; Cole, Jason; Hagos, Samson M.; Hannay, Cecile; Kim, Daehyun; Miyakawa, Tomoki; Pritchard, Michael S.; Roehrig, Romain; Shindo, Eiki; Vitart, Frederic; Wang, Hailan; Vertical structure and physical processes of the Madden-Julian Oscillation: Biases and uncertainties at short range. Journal Of Geophysical Research, 120 (10) , 4749–4763, [doi:10.1002/2014jd022718] May 2015
- Jiang, Xianan; Waliser, Duane E.; Xavier, Prince K.; Petch, Jon; Klingaman, Nicholas P.; Woolnough, Steven J.; Guan, Bin; Bellon, Gilles; Crueger, Traute; DeMott, Charlotte; Hannay, Cecile; Lin, Hai; Hu, Wenting; Kim, Daehyun; Lappen, Cara-Lyn; Lu, Mong-Ming; Ma, Hsi-Yen; Miyakawa, Tomoki; Ridout, James A.; Schubert, Siegfried D.; Scinocca, John; Seo, Kyong-Hwan; Shindo, Eiki; Song, Xiaoliang; Stan, Cristiana; Tseng, Wan-Ling; Wang, Wanqiu; Wu, Tongwen; Wu, Xiaoqing; Wyser, Klaus; Zhang, Guang J.; Zhu, Hongyan; Vertical structure and physical processes of the Madden-Julian oscillation: Exploring key model physics in climate simulations. Journal Of Geophysical Research, 120 (10) , 4718–4748, [doi:10.1002/2014jd022375] May 2015
- Johnson, Stephanie J.; Levine, Richard C.; Turner, Andrew G.; Martin, Gill M.; Woolnough, Steven J.; Schiemann, Reinhard; Mizielinski, Matthew S.; Roberts, Malcolm J.; Vidale, Pier Luigi; Demory, Marie-Estelle; Strachan, Jane; The resolution sensitivity of the South Asian monsoon and Indo-Pacific in a global 0.35° AGCM. Climate Dynamics [doi:10.1007/s00382-015-2614-1] May 2015
- Daleu, C. L.; Woolnough, S. J.; Plant, R. S.; Transition from Suppressed to Active Convection Modulated by a Weak Temperature Gradient–Derived Large-Scale Circulation. Journal Of The Atmospheric Sciences, 72 (2) , 834--853, [doi:10.1175/jas-d-14-0041.1] Feb 2015
- Hirons, L. C.; Klingaman, N. P.; Woolnough, S.; MetUM-GOML1: a near-globally coupled atmosphere–ocean-mixed-layer model. Geoscientific Model Development, 8, 363-379, [doi:10.5194/gmd-8-363-2015] 2015
- Daleu, C. L.; Woolnough, S.; Plant, R. S.; Transition from suppressed to active convection modulated by a weak-temperature gradient derived large-scale circulation. Journal Of The Atmospheric Sciences, 72, 834--853, 2015
- Daleu, C. L.; Woolnough, S.; Plant, R. S.; Sessions, S.; Herman, M. J.; Sobel, A; Wang, S.; Kim, D.; Cheng, A.; Bellon, G.; Peyrille, P.; Ferry, F.; Siebesma, A. P.; {van Ulft}, B.; Intercomparison of methods of coupling between convection and large-scale circulation.Part I: Comparison over uniform surface conditions. Submitted To: James 2015
- Klingaman, Nicholas P.; Woolnough, Steven J.; Jiang, Xianan; Waliser, Duane; Xavier, Prince K.; Petch, Jon; Caian, Mihaela; Hannay, Cecile; Kim, Daehyun; Ma, Hsi-Yen; Merryfield, William J.; Miyakawa, Tomoki; Pritchard, Mike; Ridout, James A.; Roehrig, Romain; Shindo, Eiki; Vitart, Frederic; Wang, Hailan; Cavanaugh, Nicholas R.; Mapes, Brian E.; Shelly, Ann; Zhang, Guang J.; Vertical structure and physical processes of the Madden-Julian oscillation: Linking hindcast fidelity to simulated diabatic heating and moistening. Journal Of Geophysical Research, 120, 4690-4717, [doi:10.1002/2014jd022374] 2015
- Klingaman, Nicholas P.; Jiang, Xianan; Xavier, Prince K.; Petch, Jon; Waliser, Duane; Woolnough, Steven J.; Vertical structure and physical processes of the Madden-Julian oscillation: Synthesis and summary. Journal Of Geophysical Research, 120, 4671-4689, [doi:10.1002/2015jd023196] 2015
- Bush, Stephanie J.; Turner, A.G.; Woolnough, S.; Martin, G. M.; Klingaman, N. P.; The effect of increased convective entrainment on Asian monsoon biases in the MetUM general circulation model. Quarterly Journal Of The Royal Meteorological Society, 141, 311-326, [doi:10.1002/qj.2371] 2015
- Klingaman, N. P.; Woolnough, S.; Using a case-study approach to improve the Madden-Julian oscillation in the Hadley Centre model. Quarterly Journal Of The Royal Meteorological Society, 140 (685) , 2491-2505, [doi:10.1002/qj.2314] Dec 2014
- Klingaman, N. P.; Woolnough, S.; The role of air-sea coupling in the simulation of the Madden-Julian oscillation in the Hadley Centre model. Quarterly Journal Of The Royal Meteorological Society, 140 (684) , 2272-2286, [doi:10.1002/qj.2295] Nov 2014
- Hirons, L. C.; Klingaman, N. P.; Woolnough, S. J.; MetUM-GOML: a near-globally coupled atmosphere–ocean-mixed-layer model. Geoscientific Model Development Discussions, 7 (5) , 6173--6215, [doi:10.5194/gmdd-7-6173-2014] Sep 2014
- Holloway, Christopher E.; Petch, J. C.; Beare, Robert J.; Bechtold, Peter; Craig, George C.; Derbyshire, Stephen H.; Donner, Leo J.; Field, Paul R.; Gray, Suzanne L.; Marsham, John H.; Parker, Douglas J.; Plant, Robert S.; Roberts, Nigel M.; Schultz, David M; Stirling, Alison J.; Woolnough, Steven J.; Understanding and representing atmospheric convection across scales: recommendations from the meeting held at Dartington Hall, Devon, UK, 28-30 January 2013. Atmos. Sci. Lett. n/a–n/a, [doi:10.1002/asl2.508] May 2014
- Pearson, K. J.; Lister, G. M. S.; Birch, C. E.; Allan, R. P.; Hogan, R. J.; Woolnough, S.; Modelling the diurnal cycle of tropical convection across the "Grey Zone". Quarterly Journal Of The Royal Meteorological Society, 140 (679) , 491--499, Jan 2014
- Vannière, Benoît; Guilyardi, Eric; Toniazzo, Thomas; Madec, Gurvan; Woolnough, Steven; A systematic approach to identify the sources of tropical SST errors in coupled models using the adjustment of initialised experiments. Climate Dynamics [doi:10.1007/s00382-014-2051-6] Jan 2014
- Tobin, I.; Bony, S.; Holloway, C. E.; Grandpeix, J. -Y.; Seze, G.; Woolnough, S.; Roca, R.; Does convective aggregation need to be represented in cumulus parameterizations?. Journal Of Advances In Modeling Earth Systems (James) submitted, [doi:10.1002/jame.20047] 2013
- Pearson, K. J.; Lister, G. M. S.; Birch, CE; Allan, R. P.; Hogan, R. J.; Woolnough, S.; Modelling the diurnal cycle of tropical convection across the “Grey Zone”. Quarterly Journal Of The Royal Meteorological Society, (in press), [doi:10.1002/qj.2145] 2013
- Toniazzo, T.; Woolnough, S.; Development of warm SST errors in the southern tropical Atlantic in CMIP5 decadal hindcasts.. Climate Dynamics in press, [doi:10.1007/s00382-013-1691-2] 2013
- Klingaman, N. P.; Woolnough, S.; Syktus, J.; On the drivers of inter-annual and decadal rainfall variability in Queensland, Australia.. Int. J. Climatol., 33 (10) , 2413-2430, [doi:10.1002/joc.3593] 2013
- Holloway, C. E.; Woolnough, S.; Lister, G. M. S.; The effects of explicit versus parameterized convection on the MJO in a large-domain high-resolution tropical case study. Part I: Characterization of large-scale organization and propagation.. Journal. Atmos. Sci, 70, 1342-1369, [doi:10.1175/JAS-D-12-0227.1] 2013
- B., Vanniere; Guilyardi, Eric; Madec, G.; Doblas-Reyes, F. J.; Woolnough, S.; Using seasonal hindcasts to understand the origin of the equatorial cold tongue bias in CGCMs and its impact on ENSO. Climate Dynamics, 40, 963-981, [doi:10.1007/s00382-012-1429-6] 2013
- Daleu, C. L.; Woolnough, S. J.; Plant, R. S.; Cloud-Resolving Model Simulations with One- and Two-Way Couplings via the Weak Temperature Gradient Approximation. Journal Of The Atmospheric Sciences, 69 (12) , 3683--3699, [doi:10.1175/jas-d-12-058.1] Dec 2012
- Holloway, Christopher E.; Woolnough, Steven J.; Lister, Grenville M. S.; The effects of explicit versus parameterized convection on the MJO in a large-domain high-resolution tropical case study. Part I: Characterization of large-scale organization and propagation. Journal Of The Atmospheric Sciences Nov 2012
- Turner, A.G.; Joshi, M. M.; Robertson, E. S.; Woolnough, S.; The effect of Arabian Sea optical properties on SST biases and the South Asian summer monsoon in a coupled GCM. Climate Dynamics, 39 (3-4) , 811-826, [doi:10.1007/s00382-011-1254-3] Apr 2012
- Daleu, C. L.; Woolnough, S.; Plant, R. S.; Cloud-resolving model simulations with one and two-way couplings via the weak-temperature gradient approximation. Journal Of The Atmospheric Sciences, 69, 3683-3699, 2012
- Holloway, C. E.; Woolnough, S.; Lister, G. M. S.; Precipitation distributions for explicit versus parameterized convection in a large-domain high-resolution tropical case study. Quarterly Journal Of The Royal Meteorological Society, 138, 1692-1708, [doi:10.1002/qj.1903] 2012
- Daleu, C. L.; Woolnough, S.; Plant, Robert Stephen; Cloud-resolving model simulations with one and two-way couplings via the weak-temperature gradient approximation.. Journal Of The Atmospheric Sciences, 69, 3683-3699, 2012
- Klingaman, Nicholas P.; Woolnough, Steven J.; Weller, Hilary; Slingo, Julia M.; The Impact of Finer-Resolution Air–Sea Coupling on the Intraseasonal Oscillation of the Indian Monsoon. Journal Of Climate, 24 (10) , 2451--2468, [doi:10.1175/2010jcli3868.1] May 2011
- Klingaman, N. P.; Woolnough, S.; Weller, Henry G.; Slingo, Julia M; The impact of finer-resolution air-sea coupling on the intraseasonal oscillation of the Indian monsoon. Journal Of Climate, 24 (10) , 2451--2468, 2011
- Woolnough, S. J.; Blossey, P. N.; Xu, K.-M.; Bechtold, P.; Chaboureau, J.-P.; Hosomi, T.; Iacobellis, S. F.; Luo, Y.; Petch, J. C.; Wong, R. Y.; Xie, S.; Modelling convective processes during the suppressed phase of a Madden-Julian oscillation: Comparing single-column models with cloud-resolving models. Quarterly Journal Of The Royal Meteorological Society n/a--n/a, [doi:10.1002/qj.568] 2010
- Woolnough, S.; Blossey, P. N.; Xu, K. M.; Bechtold, P.; Chaboureau, J. -P.; Hosomi, T.; Iacobellis, S. F.; Luo, Y.; Petch, J. C.; Wong, R. Y.; Xie, S.; Modelling convective processes during the suppressed phase of a Madden-Julian Oscillation: Comparing single-column models with cloud-resolving models. Quarterly Journal Of The Royal Meteorological Society, 136, 333-353, 2010
- Waliser, D.; Sperber, K.; Hendon, H.; Kim, D.; Maloney, E.; Wheeler, M.; Weickmann, K.; Zhang, C.; Donner, L.; Gottschalck, J.; Higgins, W.; Kang, I. S.; Legler, D.; Moncrieff, M.; Schubert, S.; Stern, W.; Vitart, F.; Wang, B.; Wang, W.; Woolnough, S.; MJO Simulation Diagnostics. Journal Of Climate, 22 (11) , 3006--3030, [doi:10.1175/2008JCLI2731.1] 2009
- Klingaman, N. P.; Weller, H; Woolnough, S.; Inness, Peter Michael; Slingo, J. M.; Coupled simulations of the Indian monsoon intraseasonal oscillation using a fine-resolution mixed-layer ocean model. Proceedings Of The Ecmwf Workshop On Ocean-Atmosphere Interaction 195--205, 2009
- Bernie, D.; Guilyardi, Eric; Madec, G.; Slingo, J.; Woolnough, S.; Cole, Jeffrey; Impact of resolving the diurnal cycle in an ocean-atmosphere GCM. Part 2: A diurnally coupled CGCM. Climate Dynamics, 31, 909-925, [doi:10.1007/s00382-008-0429-z] 2008
- Willett, M. R.; Bechtold, P.; Williamson, D. L.; Petch, J. C.; Milton, S. F.; Woolnough, S.; Modelling suppressed and active convection: Comparisons between three global atmospheric models. Quarterly Journal Of The Royal Meteorological Society, 134 (636) , 1881--1896, [doi:10.1002/qj.317] 2008
- Bernie, D.; Guilyardi, Eric; Madec, G.; Slingo, J.; Woolnough, S.; Impact of resolving the diurnal cycle in an ocean-atmosphere GCM. Part 1: a diurnally forced OGCM. Climate Dynamics, 29, 575-590, [doi:10.1007/s00382-007-0249-6] 2007
- Woolnough, S.; Vitart, F.; Balmaseda, M. A.; The role of the ocean in the Madden–Julian Oscillation: Implications for MJO prediction. Quarterly Journal Of The Royal Meteorological Society, 133 (622) , 117--128, [doi:10.1002/qj.4] 2007
- Vitart, Frédéric; Woolnough, S.; Balmaseda, M. A.; Tompkins, A. M.; Monthly Forecast of the Madden–Julian Oscillation Using a Coupled GCM. Monthly Weather Review, 135 (7) , 2700--2700, [doi:10.1175/MWR3415.1] 2007
- Petch, J. C.; Willett, M.; Wong, R. Y.; Woolnough, S.; Modelling suppressed and active convection. Comparing a numerical weather prediction, cloud-resolving and single-column model. Quarterly Journal Of The Royal Meteorological Society, 133 (626) , 1087--1100, [doi:10.1002/qj.109] 2007
- Bernie, D. J.; Woolnough, S.; Slingo, J. M.; Guilyardi, Eric; Modeling Diurnal and Intraseasonal Variability of the Ocean Mixed Layer. Journal Of Climate, 18 (8) , 1190--1190, [doi:10.1175/JCLI3319.1] 2005
- Woolnough, S.; Slingo, J. M.; Hoskins, B. J.; The Diurnal Cycle of Convection and Atmospheric Tides in an Aquaplanet GCM. Journal Of The Atmospheric Sciences, 61 (21) , 2559--2559, [doi:10.1175/JAS3290.1] 2004
- Slingo, J. M.; Inness, P. M.; Neale, R. B.; Woolnough, S.; Yang, G-Y; Scale interactions on diurnal to seasonal timescales and their relevance to model systematic errors. Annals Of Geophysics, 46, 139-155, 2003
- Woolnough, S.; Slingo, J. M.; Hoskins, B. J.; The organization of tropical convection by intraseasonal sea surface temperature anomalies. Quarterly Journal Of The Royal Meteorological Society, 127 (573) , 887--907, [doi:10.1256/smsqj.57309] 2001
- Inness, P. M.; Slingo, J. M.; Woolnough, S.; Neale, R. B.; Pope, V. D.; Organization of tropical convection in a GCM with varying vertical resolution; implications for the simulation of the Madden-Julian Oscillation. Climate Dynamics, 17 (10) , 777--793, [doi:10.1007/s003820000148] 2001
- Woolnough, S.; Slingo, J. M.; Hoskins, B. J.; The relationship between convection and sea surface temperature on intraseasonal timescales.. Journal Of Climate, 13, 2086-2104, [doi:10.1175/1520-0442(2000)013<2086:TRBCAS>2.0.CO;2] 2000
- Woolnough, S.; Allen, J. R. L.; W.L., Wood; An exploratory numerical model of sediment deposition over tidal saltmarshes.. Estuarine, 41, 515-543, [doi:10.1016/0272-7714(95)90025-X] 1995
Achievements / Science Highlights
- Precipitation distributions for explicit versus parameterized convection in a large-domain high-resolution tropical case study, September 2012
Engagements
- Interviewed by Anil Ananthaswamy in July 2010 for New Scientist Article on the challenges of climate modelling. In particular what are the major sources of uncertainty. The article appeared in the January 2011 New Scientist, June 2010
- Interviewed in January 2011 by Richard Alleyne of the Daily Telegraph to comment on Manoj Joshi's article on El Nino and the Ashes following England's win in Australia. Article appeared in the Telegraph on Saturday 8th January., January 2011
- Interviewed by Alex Gore from the Reading Chronicle on El Nino and the Ashes as a follow up to a Daily Telegraph article, although this was not carried by the paper in the end. We also spoke about the flooding in Queensland at the time, the Chronicle followed this up by interviewing a colleague (Nick Klingaman) which resulted in extensive media coverage., January 2011
- Talk on the Summer of 2018 and its context in a changing climate at Wiltshire Cricket Groundsman Association AGM , February 2019