School of Earth and Environment

Piers Forster Prof Piers Forster

Professor of Physical Climate Change; Royal Society Wolfson Merit Award holder

Telephone number: +44(0) 113 34 36476
Email address: p.m.forster@leeds.ac.uk
Room: 11.109

Physical Climate Change Group

Piers Forster on Google Scholar

Biography

  • Royal Society Wolfson Research Merit Award holder (2011-present)
  • Professor of Physical Climate Change, University of Leeds (2008-present)
  • Roberts Research Fellow/ Reader, University of Leeds (2005-2008)
  • NERC Advanced Research Fellow, University of Reading (2000-2005)
  • Visiting Researcher, CRC for Southern Hemisphere Meteorology, Melbourne (1999)
  • PDRA, University of Reading (1994-1998)

Qualifications

  • PhD Meteorology, University of Reading (1994)
  • BSc Physics, Imperial College, London (1990)

Memberships/Fellowships

Royal Meteorological Society, American Geophysical Union, American Meteorological Society, Sustainable Aviation Stakeholder Panel

Research Interests

Climate change, Radiative forcing, climate modelling, climate change impact, climate change adaptation, aviation and climate

Teaching Interests

Publications

  • Jenkins AKL; Forster PM; Jackson LS (2013) The effects of timing and rate of marine cloud brightening aerosol injection on albedo changes during the diurnal cycle of marine stratocumulus clouds, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 13, pp.1659-1673. doi: 10.5194/acp-13-1659-2013
  • Forster P (2013) Breath of fresh air, New Scientist, 217, pp.26-26. doi: 10.1016/S0262-4079(13)60042-1
  • Forster PM; Andrew T; Good P; Gregory JM; Jackson LS; Zelinka M (2013) Evaluating adjusted forcing and model spread for historical and future scenarios in the CMIP5 generation of climate models, JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH: ATMOSPHERES, . doi: 10.1002/jgrd.50174
  • Bond TC; Doherty SJ; Fahey DW; Forster PM; Berntsen T; DeAngelo BJ; Flanner MG; Ghan S; Kärcher B; Koch D; Kinnell S; Kondo Y; quinn PK; Sarofim MC; Schultz MG; Schulz M; Venkataraman C; Zhang H; Et al. (2013) Bounding the role of black carbon in the climate system: A scientific assessment ,Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, . doi: 10.1002/jgrd.50171
  • Ploeger F; Konopka P; Müller R; Grooß J-U; Günther G; Riese M; Fueglistaler S; Schmidt T; Manners JC; Forster PM (2012) Horizontal transport affecting trace gas seasonality in the Tropical Tropopause Layer (TTL), Journal of Geophysical Research D: Atmospheres, 117, . doi: 10.1029/2011JD017267
  • Andrews T; Gregory JM; Webb MJ; Forster PM (2012) Cloud Adjustment and its Role in CO Radiative Forcing and Climate Sensitivity: A Review, Surveys in Geophysics, 33, pp.619-635. doi: 10.1007/s10712-011-9152-0
  • Simelton E; Fraser EDG; Termansen M; Benton TG; Gosling SN; South A; Arnell NW; Challinor AJ; Dougill AJ; Forster PM (2012) The socioeconomics of food crop production and climate change vulnerability: a global scale quantitative analysis of how grain crops are sensitive to drought, FOOD SECURITY, 4, pp.163-179. doi: 10.1007/s12571-012-0173-4
  • Riese M; Ploeger F; Vogel B; Konopka P; Rap A; Forster P; Dameris M (2012) Impact of uncertainties in atmospheric mixing on simulated UTLS composition and related radiative effects, Journal of Geophysical Research D: Atmospheres, 117, . doi: 10.1029/2012JD017751
  • Jones HM; Gallagher MW; Bower KN; Coe H; Haywood J; Marenco F; O'Sullivan D; Thorpe R; Meyer J; Krämer M; Rädel G; Rap A; Forster P; Woolley A (2012) A methodology for in-situ and remote sensing of microphysical and radiative properties of contrails as they evolve into cirrus, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 12, pp.8157-8175. doi: 10.5194/acp-12-8157-2012
  • Schmidt A; Carslaw KS; Mann GW; Rap A; Pringle KJ; Spracklen DV; Wilson M; Forster PM (2012) Importance of tropospheric volcanic aerosol for indirect radiative forcing of climate, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 12, pp.7321-7339. doi: 10.5194/acp-12-7321-2012
  • Fueglistaler S; Haynes PH; Forster PM (2011) The annual cycle in lower stratospheric temperatures revisited, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 11, pp.3701-3711. doi: 10.5194/acp-11-3701-2011
  • Forster PM; Fomichev VI; Rozanov E; Cagnazzo C; Jonsson AI; Langematz U; Fomin B; Iacono MJ; Mayer B; Mlawer E; Myhre G; Portmann RW; Akiyoshi H; Falaleeva V; Gillett N; Karpechko A; Li JN; Lemennais P; Morgenstern O; Oberlander S; Sigmond M; Shibata K (2011) Evaluation of radiation scheme performance within chemistry climate models, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, 116, . doi: 10.1029/2010JD015361
  • Spracklen DV; Jimenez JL; Carslaw KS; Worsnop DR; Evans MJ; Mann GW; Zhang Q; Canagaratna MR; Allan J; Coe H; McFiggans G; Rap A; Forster P (2011) Aerosol mass spectrometer constraint on the global secondary organic aerosol budget, ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY AND PHYSICS, 11, pp.12109-12136. doi: 10.5194/acp-11-12109-2011
  • Frieler K; Meinshausen M; Schneider Von Deimling T; Andrews T; Forster P (2011) Changes in global-mean precipitation in response to warming, greenhouse gas forcing and black carbon, Geophysical Research Letters, 38, . doi: 10.1029/2010GL045953
  • Crook JA; Forster PM (2011) A balance between radiative forcing and climate feedback in the modeled 20th century temperature response, Journal of Geophysical Research D: Atmospheres, 116, . doi: 10.1029/2011JD015924
  • Crook JA; Forster PM (2011) A balance between radiative forcing and climate feedback in the modeled 20th century temperature response, Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, 116, . doi: 10.1029/2011JD015924
  • Crook JA; Jones LA; Forster PM; Crook R (2011) Climate change impacts on future photovoltaic and concentrated solar power energy output, Energy and environmental science, 4, pp.3101-3109. doi: 10.1039/c1ee01495a
  • Forster PM; Thompson DWJ; Baldwin MP; Chipperfield MP; Dameris M; Haigh JD; Karoly DJ; Kushner PJ; Randel WJ; Rosenlof KH; Seidel DJ; Solomon S; Beig G; Braesicke P; Butchart N; Gillett NP; Grise KM; Marsh DR; McLandress C; Rao TN; Son SW; Stenchikov GL; Yoden S (2011) Stratospheric changes and climate, Scientific Assessment of Ozone Depletion: 2010, Global Ozone Research and Monitoring Project, Report, World Meteorological Organization, pp.516.
  • Spracklen D; Carslaw K; Pöschl U; Rap A; Forster PM (2011) Global cloud condensation nuclei influenced by carbonaceous combustion aerosol, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 11, pp.9067-9087. doi: 10.5194/acp-11-9067-2011
  • Frieler K; Meinshausen M; von Deimling TS; Andrews T; Forster P (2011) Changes in global-mean precipitation in response to warming, greenhouse gas forcing and black carbon, Geophyiscal Research Letters, 38, . doi: 10.1029/2010GL045953
  • Crook JA; Forster PM; Stuber N (2011) Spatial Patterns of Modeled Climate Feedback and Contributions to Temperature Response and Polar Amplification, Journal of Climate, 24, pp.3575-3592. doi: 10.1175/2011JCLI3863.1
  • Andrews T; Doutriaux-Boucher M; Boucher O; Forster PM (2011) A regional and global analysis of carbon dioxide physiological forcing and its impact on climate, CLIM DYNAM, 36, pp.783-792. doi: 10.1007/s00382-010-0742-1
  • Jackson LS; Forster PM (2010) An Empirical Study of Geographic and Seasonal Variations in Diurnal Temperature Range, Journal of Climate, 23, pp.3205-3221. doi: 10.1175/2010JCLI3215.1
  • Murphy DM; Forster PM (2010) On the Accuracy of Deriving Climate Feedback Parameters from Correlations between Surface Temperature and Outgoing Radiation, J CLIMATE, 23, pp.4983-4988. doi: 10.1175/2010JCLI3657.1
  • Heymsfield A; Baumgardner D; DeMott P; Forster P; Gierens K; Karcher B (2010) Contrail Microphysics, Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 91, pp.465-472. doi: 10.1175/2009BAMS2839.1
  • Rap A; Forster PM; Jones A; Boucher O; Haywood JM; Bellouin N; De Leon RR (2010) Parameterization of contrails in the UK Met Office Climate Model, J GEOPHYS RES-ATMOS, 115, . doi: 10.1029/2009JD012443
  • Rap A; Forster PM; Haywood JM; Jones A; Boucher O (2010) Estimating the climate impact of linear contrails using the UK Met Office climate model, Geophyscial Research Letters, 37, . doi: 10.1029/2010GL045161
  • Fomichev V; Forster PM (2010) Chapter 3. Radiation, In: Eyring V; Shepherd T; Waugh D (Ed) SPARC Report on the Evaluation of Chemistry-Climate Models, Sparc Reports No 5, WCRP-132, WMO/TD-No. 1526, SPARC Reports No 5, WCRP-132, WMO/TD-No. 1526.
  • Fueglistaler S; Haynes PH; Forster PM; Fueglistaler S (2010) The annual cycle in lower stratospheric temperatures revisited, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics Discussions, 10, pp.26813-26839. doi: 10.5194/acpd-10-26813-2010
  • Rap A; Forster PM; Haywood JM; Jones A; Boucher O (2010) Estimating the climate impact of linear contrails using the UK Met Office climate model, Geophysical Research Letters, 37, . doi: 10.1029/2010GL045161
  • Andrews T; Forster PM; Boucher O; Bellouin N; Jones A (2010) Precipitation, radiative forcing and global temperature change, Geophysical Research Letters, 37, . doi: 10.1029/2010GL043991
  • Rap A; Forster PM; Jones A; Boucher O; Haywood JM; Bellouin N; De Leon RR (2010) Parameterization of contrails in the UK Met Office climate model, Journal of Geophysical Research D: Atmospheres, 115, . doi: 10.1029/2009JD012443
  • Korhonen H; Carslaw KS; Forster PM; Mikkonen S; Gordon ND; Kokkola H (2010) Aerosol climate feedback due to decadal increases in Southern Hemisphere wind speeds, Geophysical Research Letters, 37, . doi: 10.1029/2009GL041320
  • Wuebbles D; Forster P; Rogers H; Herman R (2010) Issues and uncertainties affecting metrics for aviation impacts on climate, Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 91, pp.491-496. doi: 10.1175/2009BAMS2840.1
  • Andrews T; Forster PM (2010) The transient response of global-mean precipitation to increasing carbon dioxide levels, Environmental Research Letters, 5, . doi: 10.1088/1748-9326/5/2/025212
  • Andrews T; Forster PM; Boucher O; Bellouin N; Jones A (2010) Precipitation, radiative forcing and global temperature change, Geophysical Research Letters, 37, . doi: 10.1029/2010GL043991
  • Allan RP; Haywood JM; Bornemann J; Francis PN; Milton S; Thorpe R; Forster PM; Rap A; Rädel G; Shine KP (2009) A case study of the radiative forcing of persistent contrails evolving into contrail-induced cirrus, Journal of Geophysical Research D: Atmospheres, 114, . doi: 10.1029/2009JD012650
  • Austin J; Wilson RJ; Akiyoshi H; Bekki S; Butchart N; Claud C; Fomichev VI; Forster P; Garcia RR; Gillett NP; Keckhut P; Langematz U; Manzini E; Nagashima T; Randel WJ; Rozanov E; Shibata K; Shine KP; Struthers H; Thompson DWJ; Wu F; Yoden S (2009) Coupled chemistry climate model simulations of stratospheric temperatures and their trends for the recent past, Geophysical Research Letters, 36, . doi: 10.1029/2009GL038462
  • Grise KM; Thompson DWJ; Forster PM (2009) On the Role of Radiative Processes in Stratosphere-Troposphere Coupling, Journal of Climate, 22, pp.4154-4161. doi: 10.1175/2009JCLI2756.1
  • Simelton E; Fraser EDG; Termansen M; Forster PM; Dougill AJ (2009) Typologies of crop-drought vulnerability: an empirical analysis of the socio-economic factors that influence the sensitivity and resilience to drought of three major food crops in China (1961-2001), Environmental Science & Policy, 12, pp.438-452. doi: 10.1016/j.envsci.2008.11.005
  • Andrews T (2009) Forcing and response in simulated 20th and 21st century surface energy and precipitation trends, Journal of Geophysical Research - Atmospheres, 114, . doi: 10.1029/2009JD011749
  • Akiyoshi H; Nagashima T; Austin J; Wilson RJ; Bekki S; Butchart N; Claud C; Fomichev VI; Forster P; Garcia RR; Randel WJ; Wu F; Gillett NP; Keckhut P; Langematz U; Manzini E; Rozanov E; Shibata K; Shine KP; Struthers H; Thompson DWJ; Yoden S (2009) Coupled chemistry climate model simulations of stratospheric temperatures and their trends for the recent past, Geophysical Research Letters, 36, . doi: 10.1029/2009GL038462
  • Lee DS; Fahey DW; Forster PM; Newton PJ; Wit RCN; Lim LL; Owen B; Sausen R (2009) Aviation and global climate change in the 21st century, Atmospheric Environment, 43, pp.3520-3537. doi: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2009.04.024
  • Andrews T; Forster PM; Gregory JM (2009) A surface energy perspective on climate change, Journal of Climate, 22, pp.2557-2570. doi: 10.1175/2008JCLI2759.1
  • Haywood JM; Allan RP; Bornemann J; Forster PM; Francis PN; Milton S; Radel G; Rap A; Shine KP; Thorpe R (2009) A case study of the radiative forcing of persistent contrails evolving into contrail-induced cirrus, J GEOPHYS RES-ATMOS, 114, . doi: 10.1029/2009JD012650
  • Murphy DM; Solomon S; Portmann RW; Rosenlof KH; Forster PM; Wong T (2009) An observationally based energy balance for the Earth since 1950, Journal of Geophysical Research D: Atmospheres, 114, . doi: 10.1029/2009JD012105
  • Murphy DM; Solomon S; Portmann RW; Rosenlof KH; Forster PM; Wong T (2009) An observationally based energy balance for the Earth since 1950, Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, 114, . doi: 10.1029/2009JD012105
  • Myhre G; Kvalevag M; Radel G; Cook J; Shine KP; Clark H; Karcher F; Markowicz K; Kardas A; Wolkenberg P; Balkanski Y; Ponater M; Forster P; Rap A; de Leon RR (2009) Intercomparison of radiative forcing calculations of stratospheric water vapour and contrails, METEOROL Z, 18, pp.585-596. doi: 10.1127/0941-2948/2009/0411
  • Forster PM; Jones R; Rogers HL; Shine KP (2008) A calculated risk?, The Parliamentary Monitor, 1, .
  • Forster PM; Rogers H (2008) Aviation Climate Change Research Initiative (ACCRI): Metrics for Climate Impacts, Aviation Climate Change Research Initiative (ACCRI, Federal Aviation Authority.
  • Gregory JM; Forster PM (2008) Transient climate response estimated from radiative forcing and observed temperature change, Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, 113, . doi: 10.1029/2008JD010405
  • Andrews T; Forster PM (2008) CO2 forcing induces semi-direct effects with consequences for climate feedback interpretations, GEOPHYS RES LETT, 35, . doi: 10.1029/2007GL032273
  • Gregory JM; Forster PM (2008) Transient climate response estimated from radiative forcing and observed temperature change, Journal of Geophysical Research D: Atmospheres, 113, . doi: 10.1029/2008JD010405
  • Stuber N; Forster P (2007) The impact of diurnal variations of air traffic on contrail radiative forcing, ATMOS CHEM PHYS, 7, pp.3153-3162.
  • Saunders RW; Forster PM; Plane JMC (2007) Potential climatic effects of meteoric smoke in the Earth's paleo-atmosphere, GEOPHYS RES LETT, 34, . doi: 10.1029/2007GL029648
  • Keeley SPE; Gillett NP; Thompson DWJ; Solomon S; Forster PM (2007) Is Antarctic climate most sensitive to ozone depletion in the middle or lower stratosphere?, GEOPHYS RES LETT, 34, . doi: 10.1029/2007GL031238
  • Forster PMD; Shine KP; Stuber N (2007) It is premature to include non-CO2 effects of aviation in emission trading schemes (vol 40, pg 1117, 2006), ATMOS ENVIRON, 41, pp.3941-3941. doi: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2005.11.081
  • de F Forster PM; Shine KP; Stuber N (2007) Corrigendum to "It is premature to include non-CO effects of aviation in emission trading schemes". [Atmos. Environ. 40 (2006) 1117-1121] (DOI:10.1016/j.atmosenv.2005.11.005), Atmospheric Environment, 41, pp.3941-3941. doi: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2005.11.081
  • Forster P; Somerville R; Bindoff N; Christensen J; Denman K; Hegerl G; Hewitson B; Jansen E; Jones P; Lemke P; Meehl G; Overpeck J; Ramaswamy V; Randall D; Stocker T; Trenberth K; Le Treut H; Willebrand J; Wood R; Zwiers F (2007) Climate with care, New Scientist, 193, pp.27-27. doi: 10.1016/S0262-4079(07)60732-5
  • Forster PM (2007) Climate with care, New Scientist, 2596, .
  • Forster PM; Bodeker G; Schofield R; Solomon S; Thompson D (2007) Effects of ozone cooling in the tropical lower stratosphere and upper troposphere, GEOPHYS RES LETT, 34, . doi: 10.1029/2007GL031994
  • Cagnazzo C; Manzini E; Giorgetta MA; Forster PMD; Morcrette JJ (2007) Impact of an improved shortwave radiation scheme in the MAECHAM5 General Circulation Model, ATMOS CHEM PHYS, 7, pp.2503-2515.
  • Forster PM; Hegerl G; Knutti R; Ramaswamy V; Solomon S; Stott P; Zwiers F (2007) Assessing uncertainty in climate simulations, Nature, 4, pp.63-64. doi: 10.1038/climate.2007.46a
  • Randel WJ; Wu F; Forster P (2007) The extratropical tropopause inversion layer: Global observations with GPS data, and a radiative forcing mechanism, J ATMOS SCI, 64, pp.4489-4496. doi: 10.1175/2007JAS2412.1
  • Cordero EC; Forster PMD (2006) Stratospheric variability and trends in models used for the IPCC AR4, ATMOS CHEM PHYS, 6, pp.5369-5380.
  • Collins WD; Ramaswamy V; Schwarzkopf MD; Sun Y; Portmann RW; Fu Q; Casanova SEB; Dufresne JL; Fillmore DW; Forster PMD; Galin VY; Gohar LK; Ingram WJ; Kratz DP; Lefebvre MP; Li J; Marquet P; Oinas V; Tsushima Y; Uchiyama T; Zhong WY (2006) Radiative forcing by well-mixed greenhouse gases: Estimates from climate models in the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Fourth Assessment Report (AR4), J GEOPHYS RES-ATMOS, 111, . doi: 10.1029/2005JD006713
  • Collins WD; Ramaswamy V; Schwarzkopf MD; Sun Y; Portmann RW; Fu Q; Casanova SEB; Gohar LK; Dufresne J-L; Lefebvre M-P; Fillmore DW; Forster PMD; Galin VY; Ingram WJ; Kratz DP; Li J; Marquet P; Oinas V; Tsushima Y; Uchiyama T; Zhong WY (2006) Radiative forcing by well-mixed greenhouse gases: Estimates from climate models in the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Fourth Assessment Report (AR4), Journal of Geophysical Research D: Atmospheres, 111, . doi: 10.1029/2005JD006713
  • Randel WJ; Wu F; Vömel H; Nedoluha GE; Forster P (2006) Decreases in stratospheric water vapor after 2001: Links to changes in the tropical tropopause and the Brewer-Dobson circulation, Journal of Geophysical Research D: Atmospheres, 111, . doi: 10.1029/2005JD006744
  • Forster PMD; Shine KP; Stuber N (2006) It is premature to include non-CO2 effects of aviation in emission trading schemes, ATMOS ENVIRON, 40, pp.1117-1121. doi: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2005.11.005
  • Randel WJ; Wu F; Vomel H; Nedoluha GE; Forster P (2006) Decreases in stratospheric water vapor after 2001: Links to changes in the tropical tropopause and the Brewer-Dobson circulation, J GEOPHYS RES-ATMOS, 111, . doi: 10.1029/2005JD006744
  • Stuber N; Forster P; Radel G; Shine K (2006) The importance of the diurnal and annual cycle of air traffic for contrail radiative forcing, NATURE, 441, pp.864-867. doi: 10.1038/nature04877
  • Forster PMD; Taylor KE (2006) Climate forcings and climate sensitivities diagnosed from coupled climate model integrations, J CLIMATE, 19, pp.6181-6194.
  • Forster PMD; Gregory JM (2006) The climate sensitivity and its components diagnosed from Earth Radiation Budget data, J CLIMATE, 19, pp.39-52.
  • Forster PMD; Burkholder JB; Clerbaux C; Coheur PF; Dutta M; Gohar LK; Hurley MD; Myhre G; Portmann RW; Shine KP; Wallington TJ; Wuebbles D (2005) Resolution of the uncertainties in the radiative forcing of HFC-134a, J QUANT SPECTROSC RA, 93, pp.447-460. doi: 10.1016/j.jqsrt.2004.08.038
  • Forster PMD; Joshi M (2005) The role of halocarbons in the climate change of the troposphere and stratosphere, CLIMATIC CHANGE, 71, pp.249-266. doi: 10.1007/s10584-005-5955-7
  • Pyle J; Shepherd T; Bodeker GE; Caziani P; Dameris M; Forster PM; Gruzdev A; Muller R; Muthama N; Pitari G; Randel WJ (2005) Ozone and climate: a review of interconnections, Special report on safeguarding the ozone layer and global climate system, IPCC/TEAP, Cambridge.
  • Eyring V; Harris NRP; Rex M; Shepherd TG; Fahey DW; Amanatidis GT; Austin J; Chipperfield MP; Dameris M; Forster PMF; Gettelman A; Graf HF; Nagashima T; Newman PA; Pawson S; Prather MJ; Pyle JA; Salawitch RJ; Santer BD; Waugh DW (2005) A strategy for process-oriented validation of coupled chemistry-climate models, B AM METEOROL SOC, 86, pp.1117-+. doi: 10.1175/BAMS-86-8-1117
  • Gettelman A; Forster PMD; Fujiwara M; Fu Q; Vomel H; Gohar LK; Johanson C; Ammerman M (2004) Radiation balance of the tropical tropopause layer, J GEOPHYS RES-ATMOS, 109, . doi: 10.1029/2003JD004190
  • Forster PMD; Collins M (2004) Quantifying the water vapour feedback associated with post-Pinatubo global cooling, CLIM DYNAM, 23, pp.207-214. doi: 10.1007/s00382-004-0431-z
  • Johnson BT; Shine KP; Forster PM (2004) The semi-direct aerosol effect: Impact of absorbing aerosols on marine stratocumulus, Q J ROY METEOR SOC, 130, pp.1407-1422. doi: 10.1256/qj.03.61
  • Forster PM (2003) Ozone / role in climate, In: Curry; J; Holdton; J; Pyle; J (Ed) Encyclopedia of Atmospheric Sciences, Academic Press, pp.1649-1655.
  • Shine KP; Bourqui MS; Forster PMD; Hare SHE; Langematz U; Braesicke P; Grewe V; Ponater M; Schnadt C; Smiths CA; Haighs JD; Austin J; Butchart N; Shindell DT; Randel WJ; Nagashima T; Portmann RW; Solomon S; Seidel DJ; Lanzante J; Klein S; Ramaswamy V; Schwarzkopf MD (2003) A comparison of model-simulated trends in stratospheric temperatures, Q J ROY METEOR SOC, 129, pp.1565-1588. doi: 10.1256/QJ.02.186
  • Forster PMD; Solomon S (2003) Observations of a "weekend effect" in diurnal temperature range, P NATL ACAD SCI USA, 100, pp.11225-11230. doi: 10.1073/pnas.2034034100
  • Forster PMD; Shine KP (2002) Assessing the climate impact of trends in stratospheric water vapor, GEOPHYS RES LETT, 29, . doi: 10.1029/2001GL013909
  • Forster PM (2002) Chemistry and Climate, Chemistry and Industry, .
  • Gettelman A; Forster PM (2002) Definition and climatology of the tropical tropopause layer, Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan, 80, pp.911-924. doi: 10.2151/jmsj.80.911
  • Rogers HL; Lee DS; Raper DW; Forster PM; Wilson CW; Newton P (2002) The impacts of aviation on the atmosphere, The Aeronautical Journal, 106, pp.521-546.
  • Forster PMD; Ponater M; Zhong WY (2001) Testing broadband radiation schemes for their ability to calculate the radiative forcing and temperature response to stratospheric water vapour and ozone changes, METEOROL Z, 10, pp.387-393.
  • Forster PMF; Tourpali K (2001) Effect of tropopause height changes on the calculation of ozone trends and their radiative forcing, J GEOPHYS RES-ATMOS, 106, pp.12241-12251.
  • Forster PM (2001) Climage Change: the hard science, Times Higher Education Supplement, .
  • Forster PM; Blackburn M; Glover R; Shine KP (2000) An examination of climate sensitivity for idealised climate change experiments in an intermediate general circulation model, CLIM DYNAM, 16, pp.833-849.
  • Forster PM (1999) Radiative forcing due to stratospheric ozone changes 1979-1997, using updated trend estimates, Journal of Geophysical Research - Atmospheres, 104, pp.24395-24401.
  • Sabziparvar AA; Shine KP; Forster PMD (1999) A model-derived global climatology of UV irradiation at the earth's surface, PHOTOCHEM PHOTOBIOL, 69, pp.193-202.
  • Shine KP; Forster PMD (1999) The effect of human activity on radiative forcing of climate change: a review of recent developments, GLOBAL PLANET CHANGE, 20, pp.205-225.
  • Forster PMD; Shine KP (1999) Stratospheric water vapour changes as a possible contributor to observed stratospheric cooling, GEOPHYS RES LETT, 26, pp.3309-3312.
  • Sabziparvar AA; Forster PMD; Shine KP (1998) Changes in ultraviolet radiation due to stratospheric and tropospheric ozone changes since preindustrial times, J GEOPHYS RES-ATMOS, 103, pp.26107-26113.
  • Shine KP; Freckleton RS; Forster PMD (1998) Comment on "Climate forcing by stratospheric ozone depletion calculated from observed temperature trends" by Zhong et al., GEOPHYS RES LETT, 25, pp.663-664.
  • Forster PMD; Freckleton RS; Shine KP (1997) On aspects of the concept of radiative forcing, CLIM DYNAM, 13, pp.547-560.
  • Forster PMD; Shine KP (1997) Radiative forcing and temperature trends from stratospheric ozone changes, J GEOPHYS RES-ATMOS, 102, pp.10841-10855.
  • Forster PMD; Johnson CE; Law KS; Pyle JA; Shine KP (1996) Further estimates of radiative forcing due to tropospheric ozone changes, GEOPHYS RES LETT, 23, pp.3321-3324.
  • Forster PM; Shine KP (1995) A comparison of two radiation schemes for calculating ultraviolet radiation, Quarterly Journal of Royal Meteorological Society, 121, pp.1113-1131.
  • FORSTER PMD; SHINE KP; WEBB AR (1995) MODELING ULTRAVIOLET-RADIATION AT THE EARTHS SURFACE .2. MODEL AND INSTRUMENT COMPARISON, J APPL METEOROL, 34, pp.2426-2439.
  • FORSTER PMD (1995) MODELING ULTRAVIOLET-RADIATION AT THE EARTHS SURFACE .1. THE SENSITIVITY OF ULTRAVIOLET IRRADIANCES TO ATMOSPHERIC CHANGES, J APPL METEOROL, 34, pp.2412-2425.
  • WEBB AR; GARDINER BG; BLUMTHALER M; FORSTER P; HUBER M; KIRSCH PJ (1994) A LABORATORY INVESTIGATION OF 2 ULTRAVIOLET SPECTRORADIOMETERS, PHOTOCHEM PHOTOBIOL, 60, pp.84-90.
  • Staines K; Balogh A; Cowley SWH; de F Forster PM; Hynds RJ; Yates TS; Sanderson TR; Wenzel K-P; Tsurutani BT (1991) Comparison of magnetosonic wave and water group ion energy densities at comet Giacobini-Zinner, Advances in Space Research, 11, pp.83-86.
  • Spracklen DV; Carslaw KS; Poschl U; Rap A; Forster P (Not yet published) Global cloud condensation nuclei influenced by carbonaceous combustion aerosol, Atmos. Chem. Phys. Discuss., 11, pp.6999-7044. doi: 10.5194/acpd-11-6999-2011
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