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Doug Parker Professor Doug Parker

Professor of Meteorology

Telephone number: +44(0) 113 34 36739
Email address: d.j.parker@leeds.ac.uk
Room: 11.106

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Biography

Doug Parker joined the School in February 1997 as a lecturer. He has led and participated in several research programmes, exploring problems in regional weather and climate. He has led recent UK efforts to improve weather and climate predictions for West Africa, and played a leading role in the international "African Monsoon Multidisciplinary Analysis" (AMMA, 2002-2020). Doug has also studied observations and theoretical models of the kinds of weather systems affecting the UK; for instance he has worked on the dynamics of intense cumulonimbus storms, making use of recent field campaigns in the UK. Since 2010 he has held the position of "Met Office Professor of Meteorology" and is responsible for the coordination of the University's formal partnership with the Met Office.

Qualifications

MA Mathematics, University of Cambridge; PhD Meteorology, University of Reading

Memberships/Fellowships

Fellow of the Royal Meteorological Society;

Member of the American Meteorological Society

Research Interests

  • Dynamics of weather systems, in the tropics and midlatitudes;
  • Interactions between the land surface state (e.g. vegetation cover) and the atmosphere above it;
  • Dynamics of UK weather;
  • North and West African meteorology and climate;
  • Mesoscale meteorology; Cumulonimbus storms.

My research is concerned with the physics and dynamics of weather systems, and their interaction with the regional climate system. For instance, I have studied the way in which rainfall over West Africa leads to patterns of soil moisture which then may initiate and modify subsequent rainfall events. I have also spent time studying different kinds of UK storms, looking at the role of cloud processes in the larger-scale storm dynamics.

Much of my work has been conducted in collaboration with the Met Office, and has contributed to improvement in the Met Office's weather and climate forecasting systems.

I am involved in the following research and educational programmes:

African Monsoon Multidisciplinary Analysis (AMMA)

Convective Storm Initiation Project (CSIP)

Cascade: Cloud-resolving simulations of the tropical atmosphere

Convective and Orographically-induced Precipitation Study (COPS)

Ewiem Nimdie - a Partnership for the development of academic programmes in Meteorology and Climate Science at KNUST, Kumasi, Ghana

National Centre for Atmospheric Research (NCAS)

Teaching Interests

I have taught a wide range of modules here in the School of Earth and Environment at Leeds, including modules in basic Meteorology, Climate and advanced scientific analysis of weather systems.

Even when teaching the most abstract and mathematical material, it is always possible in our subject to link the theory to every-day, observable meteorology and climate. Almost everything we study can be seen out of the window.

I also try to get good practical and computer-based demonstrations and exercises into my teaching. These act as a bridge between the atmosphere which we can see, but not control, and the scientific ideas describing it. I also like to bring recent research results into my teaching, often in the form of a practical example for students to work on. This kind of example really motivates students - by working on recently-published problems, they can see that they are working close to the "cutting edge" of climate science, and they can see how the basic science learnt in lectures relates to the ways in which we solve real-world problems.

Teaching fieldcourses is a stimulating experience: seeing and measuring real atmospheric phenomena in the field gets the staff and students enthusiastic, and opens up lively discussions. It's usually the point where students get to learn that there are always new problems to solve in atmospheric science, and that the professors certainly don't know all the answers. I have led and taught on various field courses over the years, including our level 1 introductory work and the level 2 atmospheric science course in the Lake District. Together with Sylvester Danuor, I developed a Meteorology and Climate Science summer school in Ghana in 2008: staff and students from Africa, Europe and the USA came together for 2 weeks of lectures, fieldwork and weather forecasting. The event was a unique academic experience and was repeated in 2010.

Publications

  • Garcia-Carreras, L; Parker, DJ; Marsham, JH (2011) What is the Mechanism for the Modification of Convective Cloud Distributions by Land Surface-Induced Flows?, J ATMOS SCI, 68, pp.619-634. doi:10.1175/2010JAS3604.1
  • Danuor, S; Gaye, A; Yacouba, H; Mariko, A; Bouzou, MI; Maiga, M; Da, D; Ginoux, K; Parker, DJ; Polcher, J; Laval, K; Diallo, D; Bourles, B (2011) Education in meteorology and climate sciences in West Africa, ATMOS SCI LETT, 12, pp.155-159. doi:10.1002/asl.326
  • Fink, AH; Agusti-Panareda, A; Parker, DJ; Lafore, JP; Ngamini, JB; Afiesimama, E; Beljaars, A; Bock, O; Christoph, M; Dide, F; Faccani, C; Fourrie, N; Karbou, F; Polcher, J; Mumba, Z; Nuret, M; Pohle, S; Rabier, F; Tompkins, AM; Wilson, G (2011) Operational meteorology in West Africa: observational networks, weather analysis and forecasting, ATMOS SCI LETT, 12, pp.135-141. doi:10.1002/asl.324
  • Bain, CL; Parker, DJ; Dixon, N; Fink, AH; Taylor, CM; Brooks, B; Milton, SF (2011) Anatomy of an observed African easterly wave in July 2006, Q J ROY METEOR SOC, 137, pp.923-933. doi:10.1002/qj.812
  • Marsham, JH; Knippertz, P; Dixon, NS; Parker, DJ; Lister, GMS (2011) The importance of the representation of deep convection for modeled dust-generating winds over West Africa during summer, GEOPHYS RES LETT, 38, . doi:10.1029/2011GL048368
  • Stein, THM; Parker, DJ; Delanoe, J; Dixon, NS; Hogan, RJ; Knippertz, P; Maidment, RI; Marsham, JH (2011) The vertical cloud structure of the West African monsoon: A 4 year climatology using CloudSat and CALIPSO , JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-ATMOSPHERES, 116, . doi:10.1029/2011JD016029
  • Garcia-Carreras, L; Parker, DJ (2011) How does local tropical deforestation affect rainfall?, GEOPHYS RES LETT, 38, . doi:10.1029/2011GL049099
  • Taylor, CM; Parker, DJ; Kalthoff, N; Gaertner, MA; Philippon, N; Bastin, S; Harris, PP; Boone, A; Guichard, F; Agusti-Panareda, A; Baldi, M; Cerlini, P; Descroix, L; Douville, H; Flamant, C; Grandpeix, JY; Polcher, J (2011) New perspectives on land-atmosphere feedbacks from the African Monsoon Multidisciplinary Analysis, ATMOS SCI LETT, 12, pp.38-44. doi:10.1002/asl.336
  • Lebel, T; Parker, DJ; Flamant, C; Holler, H; Polcher, J; Redelsperger, JL; Thorncroft, C; Bock, O; Bourles, B; Galle, S; Marticorena, B; Mougin, E; Peugeot, C; Cappelaere, B; Descroix, L; Diedhiou, A; Gaye, A; Lafore, JP (2011) The AMMA field campaigns: accomplishments and lessons learned, ATMOS SCI LETT, 12, pp.123-128. doi:10.1002/asl.323
  • Crumeyrolle, S; Tulet, P; Gomes, L; Garcia-Carreras, L; Flamant, C; Parker, DJ; Matsuki, A; Formenti, P; Schwarzenboeck, A (2011) Transport of dust particles from the Bodele region to the monsoon layer - AMMA case study of the 9-14 June 2006 period, ATMOS CHEM PHYS, 11, pp.479-494. doi:10.5194/acp-11-479-2011
  • Polcher, J; Parker, DJ; Gaye, A; Diedhiou, A; Eymard, L; Fierli, F; Genesio, L; Holler, H; Janicot, S; Lafore, JP; Karambiri, H; Lebel, T; Redelsperger, JL; Reeves, CE; Ruti, P; Sandholt, I; Thorncroft, C (2011) AMMA's contribution to the evolution of prediction and decision-making systems for West Africa, ATMOS SCI LETT, 12, pp.2-6. doi:10.1002/asl.320
  • Wang, C; Tian, WS; Parker, DJ; Marsham, JH; Guo, ZH (2011) Properties of a simulated convective boundary layer over inhomogeneous vegetation, Q J ROY METEOR SOC, 137, pp.99-117. doi:10.1002/qj.724
  • Lafore, JP; Flamant, C; Guichard, F; Parker, DJ; Bouniol, D; Fink, AH; Giraud, V; Gosset, M; Hall, N; Holler, H; Jones, SC; Protat, A; Roca, R; Roux, F; Said, F; Thorncroft, C (2011) Progress in understanding of weather systems in West Africa, ATMOS SCI LETT, 12, pp.7-12. doi:10.1002/asl.335
  • Ferreira, J; Reeves, CE; Murphy, JG; Garcia-Carreras, L; Parker, DJ; Oram, DE (2010) Isoprene emissions modelling for West Africa: MEGAN model evaluation and sensitivity analysis, ATMOS CHEM PHYS, 10, pp.8453-8467. doi:10.5194/acp-10-8453-2010
  • Reeves, CE; Formenti, P; Afif, C; Ancellet, G; Attie, JL; Bechara, J; Borbon, A; Cairo, F; Coe, H; Crumeyrolle, S; Fierli, F; Flamant, C; Gomes, L; Hamburger, T; Jambert, C; Law, KS; Mari, C; Jones, RL; Matsuki, A; Mead, MI; Methven, J; Mills, GP; Minikin, A; Murphy, JG; Nielsen, JK; Oram, DE; Parker, DJ; Richter, A; Schlager, H; Schwarzenboeck, A; Thouret, V (2010) Chemical and aerosol characterisation of the troposphere over West Africa during the monsoon period as part of AMMA, ATMOS CHEM PHYS, 10, pp.7575-7601. doi:10.5194/acp-10-7575-2010
  • Garcia-Carreras, L; Parker, DJ; Taylor, CM; Reeves, CE; Murphy, JG (2010) Impact of mesoscale vegetation heterogeneities on the dynamical and thermodynamic properties of the planetary boundary layer, J GEOPHYS RES-ATMOS, 115, . doi:10.1029/2009JD012811
  • Marsham, JH; Browning, KA; Nicol, JC; Parker, DJ; Norton, EG; Blyth, AM; Corsmeier, U; Perry, FM (2010) Multi-sensor observations of a wave beneath an impacting rear-inflow jet in an elevated mesoscale convective system, Q J ROY METEOR SOC, 136, pp.1788-1812. doi:10.1002/qj.669
  • Abdou, K; Parker, DJ; Brooks, B; Kalthoff, N; Lebel, T (2010) The diurnal cycle of lower boundary-layer wind in the West African monsoon, Q J ROY METEOR SOC, 136, pp.66-76. doi:10.1002/qj.536
  • Knippertz, P; Chagnon, JM; Foster, A; Lathouwers, L; Marsham, JH; Methven, J; Parker, DJ (2010) Research flight observations of a prefrontal gravity wave near the southwestern UK, WEATHER, 65, pp.293-297. doi:10.1002/wea.632
  • Bain, CL; Parker, DJ; Taylor, CM; Kergoat, L; Guichard, F (2010) Observations of the Nocturnal Boundary Layer Associated with the West African Monsoon, MON WEATHER REV, 138, pp.3142-3156. doi:10.1175/2010MWR3287.1
  • Cairo, F; Pommereau, JP; Law, KS; Schlager, H; Garnier, A; Fierli, F; Ern, M; Streibel, M; Arabas, S; Borrmann, S; Berthelier, JJ; Blom, C; Christensen, T; D'Amato, F; Di Donfrancesco, G; Deshler, T; Diedhiou, A; Durry, G; Engelsen, O; Goutail, F; Harris, NRP; Kerstel, ERT; Khaykin, S; Konopka, P; Kylling, A; Larsen, N; Lebel, T; Liu, X; MacKenzie, AR; Nielsen, J; Oulanowski, A; Parker, DJ; Pelon, J; Polcher, J; Pyle, JA; Ravegnani, F; Riviere, ED; Robinson, AD; Rockmann, T; Schiller, C; Simoes, F; Stefanutti, L; Stroh, F; Some, L; Siegmund, P; Sitnikov, N; Vernier, JP; Volk, CM; Voigt, C; von Hobe, M; Viciani, S; Yushkov, V (2010) An introduction to the SCOUT-AMMA stratospheric aircraft, balloons and sondes campaign in West Africa, August 2006: rationale and roadmap, ATMOS CHEM PHYS, 10, pp.2237-2256.
  • Huang, Q; Marsham, JH; Parker, DJ; Tian, WS; Grams, CM (2010) Simulations of the effects of surface heat flux anomalies on stratification, convective growth, and vertical transport within the Saharan boundary layer, J GEOPHYS RES-ATMOS, 115, . doi:10.1029/2009JD012689
  • Flamant, C; Knippertz, P; Parker, DJ; Chaboureau, JP; Lavaysse, C; Agusti-Panareda, A; Kergoat, L (2009) The impact of a mesoscale convective system cold pool on the northward propagation of the intertropical discontinuity over West Africa, Q J ROY METEOR SOC, 135, pp.139-159. doi:10.1002/qj.357
  • Messager, C; Parker, D; Reitebuch, O; Agusti-Panareda, A; Taylor, C; Cuesta, J (2009) Structure and dynamics of the Saharan atmospheric boundary layer during the West African monsoon onset: observations and analyses from the research flights of 14 and 17 July 2006, Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, . doi:10.1002/qj.469
  • Cui, XF; Parker, DJ; Morse, AP (2009) The Drying Out of Soil Moisture following Rainfall in a Numerical Weather Prediction Model and Implications for Malaria Prediction in West Africa, WEATHER FORECAST, 24, pp.1549-1557. doi:10.1175/2009WAF2222240.1
  • Grams, C; Jones, S; Marsham, J; Parker, D; Haywood, J; Heuveline, V (2009) The Atlantic inflow to the Saharan heat low: observations and modelling, Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, . doi:10.1002/qj.429
  • Agusti-Panareda, A; Vasiljevic, D; Bejaars, A; Bock, O; Guichard, F; Nuret, M; Mendez, AG; Andersson, E; Bechtold, P; Fink, A; Hersbach, H; Lafore, JP; Ngamini, JB; Parker, DJ; Redelsperger, JL; Tompkins, AM (2009) Radiosonde humidity bias correction over the West African region for the special AMMA reanalysis at ECMWF, Q J ROY METEOR SOC, 135, pp.595-617. doi:10.1002/qj.396
  • Lavaysse, C; Flamant, C; Janicot, S; Parker, DJ; Lafore, JP; Sultan, B; Pelon, J (2009) Seasonal evolution of the West African heat low: a climatological perspective, CLIM DYNAM, 33, pp.313-330. doi:10.1007/s00382-009-0553-4
  • Lebel, T; Parker, D; Flamant, C; Bourlès, B; Marticorena, B; Mougin, E; Peugeot, C; Diedhiou, A; Haywood, J; Ngamini, J; Polcher, J; Redelsperger, J; Thorncroft, C (2009) The AMMA field campaigns: multiscale and multidisciplinary observations in the West African region, Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, . doi:10.1002/qj.486
  • Cuesta, J; Marsham, JH; Parker, DJ; Flamant, C (2009) Dynamical mechanisms controlling the vertical redistribution of dust and the thermodynamic structure of the West Saharan atmospheric boundary layer during summer, ATMOS SCI LETT, 10, pp.34-42. doi:10.1002/asl.207
  • Taylor, C; Harris, P; Parker, D (2009) Impact of soil moisture on the development of a Sahelian mesoscale convective system: a case-study from the AMMA Special Observing Period, Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, . doi:10.1002/qj.465
  • Hopkins, JR; Evans, MJ; Lee, JD; Lewis, AC; Marsham, JH; McQuaid, JB; Parker, DJ; Stewart, DJ; Reeves, CE; Purvis, RM (2009) Direct estimates of emissions from the megacity of Lagos, ATMOS CHEM PHYS, 9, pp.8471-8477.
  • Huang, Q; Marsham, JH; Parker, DJ; Tian, WS; Weckwerth, T (2009) A Comparison of Roll and Nonroll Convection and the Subsequent Deepening Moist Convection: An LEM Case Study Based on SCMS Data, MON WEATHER REV, 137, pp.350-365. doi:10.1175/2008MWR2450.1
  • Parker, DJ; Fink, A; Janicot, S; Ngamini, JB; Douglas, M; Afiesimama, E; Agusti-Panareda, A; Beljaars, A; Dide, F; Diedhiou, A; Lebel, T; Polcher, J; Redelsperger, JL; Thorncroft, C; Wilson, GA (2008) THE AMMA RADIOSONDE PROGRAM AND ITS IMPLICATIONS FOR THE FUTURE OF ATMOSPHERIC MONITORING OVER AFRICA, B AM METEOROL SOC, 89, pp.1015-1027. doi:10.1175/2008BAMS2436.1
  • Marsham, JH; Parker, DJ; Grams, CM; Taylor, CM; Haywood, JM (2008) Uplift of Saharan dust south of the intertropical discontinuity, J GEOPHYS RES-ATMOS, 113, . doi:10.1029/2008JD009844
  • Marsham, JH; Parker, DJ; Grams, CM; Johnson, BT; Grey, WMF; Ross, AN (2008) Observations of mesoscale and boundary-layer scale circulations affecting dust transport and uplift over the Sahara, ATMOS CHEM PHYS, 8, pp.6979-6993.
  • Haywood, JM; Pelon, J; Formenti, P; Bharmal, N; Brooks, M; Capes, G; Chazette, P; Chou, C; Christopher, S; Coe, H; Cuesta, J; Derimian, Y; Desboeufs, K; Greed, G; Harrison, M; Heese, B; Highwood, EJ; Johnson, B; Mallet, M; Marticorena, B; Marsham, J; Milton, S; Myhre, G; Osborne, SR; Parker, DJ; Rajot, JL; Schulz, M; Slingo, A; Tanre, D; Tulet, P (2008) Overview of the Dust and Biomass-burning Experiment and African Monsoon Multidisciplinary Analysis Special Observing Period-0, J GEOPHYS RES-ATMOS, 113, . doi:10.1029/2008JD010077
  • Parker, DJ (2008) A simple model of coupled synoptic waves in the land surface and atmosphere of the northern Sahel, Q J ROY METEOR SOC, 134, pp.2173-2184. doi:10.1002/qj.343
  • Parker, DJ (2007) And then came the rain , Planet Earth, Spring, .
  • Parker, DJ; Lebel, T; Bourles, B (2007) Overview of the AMMA observing campaigns , Clivar Exchanges, 41, pp.4-6.
  • Browning, KA; Blyth, AM; Clark, PA; Corsmeier, U; Morcrette, CJ; Agnew, JL; Ballard, SP; Bamber, D; Barthlott, C; Bennett, LJ; Beswick, KM; Bitter, M; Bozier, KE; Brooks, BJ; Collier, CG; Davies, F; Deny, B; Dixon, MA; Feuerle, T; Forbes, RM; Gaffard, C; Gray, MD; Hankers, R; Hewison, TJ; Kalthoff, N; Khodayar, S; Kohler, M; Kottmeier, C; Kraut, S; Kunz, M; Ladd, DN; Lean, HW; Lenfant, J; Li, Z; Marsham, J; Mcgregor, J; Mobbs, SD; Nicol, J; Norton, E; Parker, DJ; Perry, F; Ramatschi, M; Ricketts, HMA; Roberts, NM; Russell, A; Schulz, H; Slack, EC; Vaughan, G; Waight, J; Wareing, DP; Watson, RJ; Webb, AR; Wieser, A (2007) The Convective Storm Initiation Project, B AM METEOROL SOC, 88, pp.1939-+. doi:10.1175/BAMS-88-12-1939
  • Redelsperger, J; Thorncroft, CD; Diedhiou, A; Lebel, T; Parker, DJ; Polcher, J (2007) African Monsoon Multidisciplinary Analysis: An International Research Project and Multi-Year Field Campaign , CLIVAR Exchanges, 41, pp.2-3.
  • Flamant, C; Chaboureau, JP; Parker, DJ; Taylor, CA; Cammas, JP; Bock, O; Timouk, F; Pelon, J (2007) Airborne observations of the impact of a convective system on the planetary boundary layer thermodynamics and aerosol distribution in the inter-tropical discontinuity region of the West African Monsoon, Q J ROY METEOR SOC, 133, pp.1175-1189. doi:10.1002/qj.97
  • Taylor, CM; Parker, DJ; Harris, PP (2007) An observational case study of mesoscale atmospheric circulations induced by soil moisture, GEOPHYS RES LETT, 34, . doi:10.1029/2007GL030572
  • Marsham, JH; Morcrette, CJ; Browning, KA; Blyth, AM; Parker, DJ; Corsmeier, U; Kalthoff, N; Kohler, M (2007) Variable cirrus shading during initiation of CSIP IOP 5. I: Effects on the convection, Q J ROY METEOR SOC, 133, pp.1643-1660. doi:10.1002/qj.124
  • Marsham, JH; Blyth, AM; Parker, DJ; Beswick, K; Browning, KA; Corsmeier, U; Kalthoff, N; Khodayar, S; Morcrette, CJ; Norton, EG (2007) Variable cirrus shading during CSIP IOP 5. II: Effects on the convective boundary layer, Q J ROY METEOR SOC, 133, pp.1661-1675. doi:10.1002/qj.146
  • Marsham, JH; Parker, DJ (2006) Secondary initiation of multiple bands of cumulonimbus over southern Britain. II: Dynamics of secondary initiation, Q J ROY METEOR SOC, 132, pp.1053-1072. doi:10.1256/qj.05.152
  • Redelsperger, JL; Thorncroft, CD; Diedhiou, A; Lebel, T; Parker, DJ; Polcher, J (2006) African monsoon multidisciplinary analysis - An international research project and field campaign, B AM METEOROL SOC, 87, pp.1739-+. doi:10.1175/BAMS-87-12-1739
  • Devine, GM; Carslaw, KS; Parker, DJ; Petch, JC (2006) The influence of subgrid surface-layer variability on vertical transport of a chemical species in a convective environment, GEOPHYS RES LETT, 33, . doi:10.1029/2006GL025986
  • Bennett, LJ; Browning, KA; Blyth, AM; Parker, DJ; Clark, PA (2006) A review of the initiation of precipitating convection in the United Kingdom, Q J ROY METEOR SOC, 132, pp.1001-1020. doi:10.1256/qj.05.54
  • Parker, DJ; Burton, RR; Diongue-Niang, A; Ellis, RJ; Felton, M; Taylor, CM; Thorncroft, CD; Bessemoulin, P; Tompkins, AM (2005) The diurnal cycle of the West African monsoon circulation, Q J ROY METEOR SOC, 131, pp.2839-2860. doi:10.1256/qj.04.52
  • Tompkins, AM; Diongue-Niang, A; Parker, DJ; Thorncroft, CD (2005) The African easterly jet in the ECMWF Integrated Forecast System: 4D-Var analysis, Q J ROY METEOR SOC, 131, pp.2861-2885. doi:10.1256/qj.04.136
  • Parker, DJ; Thorncroft, CD; Burton, RR; Diongue-Niang, A (2005) Analysis of the African easterly jet, using aircraft observations from the JET2000 experiment, Q J ROY METEOR SOC, 131, pp.1461-1482. doi:10.1256/qj.03.189
  • Taylor, CM; Parker, DJ; Lloyd, CR; Thorncroft, CD (2005) Observations of synoptic-scale land surface variability and its coupling with the atmosphere, Q J ROY METEOR SOC, 131, pp.913-937. doi:10.1256/qj.04.119
  • Ross, AN; Tompkins, AM; Parker, DJ (2004) Simple models of the role of surface fluxes in convective cold pool evolution, J ATMOS SCI, 61, pp.1582-1595.
  • Tian, WS; Parker, DJ; Mobbs, S; Hill, M; Kilburn, CAD; Ladd, D (2004) Observing coherent boundary layer motions using remote sensing and surface pressure measurement, J ATMOS OCEAN TECH, 21, pp.1481-1490.
  • Thorncroft, CD; Parker, DJ; Burton, RR; Diop, M; Ayers, JH; Barjat, H; Devereau, S; Diongue, A; Dumelow, R; Kindred, DR; Price, NM; Saloum, M; Tayor, CM; Tompkins, AM (2003) The JET2000 project - Aircraft observations of the African easterly jet and African easterly waves, B AM METEOROL SOC, 84, pp.337-351. doi:10.1175/BAMS-84-3-337
  • Tian, WS; Parker, DJ; Kilburn, CAD (2003) Observations and numerical simulation of atmospheric cellular convection over mesoscale topography, MON WEATHER REV, 131, pp.222-235.
  • Taylor, CM; Ellis, RJ; Parker, DJ; Burton, RR; Thorncroft, CD (2003) Linking boundary-layer variability with convection: A case-study from JET2000, Q J ROY METEOR SOC, 129, pp.2233-2253. doi:10.1256/qj.02.134
  • Parker, DJ (2003) Synoptic-scale meterology, In: Hewitt, CN; Jackson, AV (Ed) Handbook of Atmospheric Science, Blackwell.
  • Tian, WS; Parker, DJ (2003) A Modeling study and scaling analysis of orographic effects on boundary layer shallow convection, J ATMOS SCI, 60, pp.1981-1991.
  • Parker, DJ (2002) The response of CAPE and CIN to tropospheric thermal variations, Q J ROY METEOR SOC, 128, pp.119-130.
  • Vosper, SB; Parker, DJ (2002) Some perspectives on wave clouds, Weather, 57, pp.3-8.
  • Vosper, SB; Parker, DJ (2002) Some perspectives on wave clouds, Weather, 57, .
  • Tian, WS; Parker, DJ (2002) Two-dimensional simulation of orographic effects on mesoscale boundary-layer convection, Q J ROY METEOR SOC, 128, pp.1929-1952.
  • Yin, Y; Carslaw, KS; Parker, DJ (2002) Redistribution of trace gases by convective clouds - mixed-phase processes , ATMOS CHEM PHYS, 2, pp.293-306.
  • Parker, DJ (2002) Mesoscale meterology , In: Holton, J; Pyle, J; Curry, J (Ed) Encyclopedia of atmospheric sciences, Academic Press.
  • Parker, DJ; Burton, RR (2002) The two-dimensional response of a tropical jet to propagating lines of convection, J ATMOS SCI, 59, pp.1263-1273.
  • Yin, Y; Parker, DJ; Carslaw, KS (2001) Simulation of trace gas redistribution by convective clouds - Liquid phase processes, ATMOS CHEM PHYS, 1, pp.19-36.
  • Parker, DJ (2000) Frontal theory, Weather, 55, pp.120-134.
  • Parker, DJ (1999) Passage of a tracer through frontal zones: A model for the formation of forward-sloping cold fronts, Quarterly Journal of Royal Meteorological Society, 124, pp.1785-1800. doi:10.1002/qj.49712555715
  • Parker, DJ (1998) Barotropic instability in frontolytic strain, Q. J. R. Meteorol. Soc., 124, pp.1617-1632. doi:10.1002/qj.49712454913
  • Parker, DJ (1998) The dependence of cold pool depth on source conditions, Mon. Wea. Rev., 126, pp.516-520. doi:10.1175/1520-0493(1998)126<0516:TDOCPD>2.0.CO;2
  • Parker, DJ (1998) Secondary frontal waves in the North Atlantic region: a dynamical perspective of current ideas, Q. J. R. Meteorol. Soc., 124, pp.829-856. doi:10.1002/qj.49712454709
  • Parker, DJ (1996) Cold pools in shear, Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, 122, pp.1655-1674.
  • Parker, DJ; Thorpe, AJ (1995) Conditional convective heating in a baroclinic atmosphere: a model of convective frontogenesis, Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 52, pp.1699-1711.
  • Parker, DJ; Thorpe, AJ (1995) The role of snow sublimation in frontogenesis, Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, 121, pp.763-782.
  • Parker, DJ (1993) A parcel theory approach to beta-plane inertial stability, Dyn. Atmos. Oceans, 17, pp.225-241. doi:10.1016/0377-0265(93)90022-Y
  • Marsham, JH; Knippertz, P; Dixon, N; Parker, DJ; Lister, GMS (Not yet published) The importance of deep convection for summertime dust uplift over West Africa, Geophysical Research Letter, .