Richard Pope

Postgraduate Student

Telephone number: +44(0) 113 34 36473
Email address: eerjp@leeds.ac.uk
Room: 10.127a

Qualifications

MSci Meteorology and Oceanography, Univeristy of East Anglia, 2007-2011

Project details

Project title

Improving Chemical Weather Forecasts Using Satellite Data

Supervisors

Prof Martyn Chipperfield and Dr Nick Savage (Met Office)

Funding

The National Centre for Earth Observation (NCEO)

Start date

September 2011

Project outline

Objectives

The aim of this project is to test and improve the accuracy of the chemical forecasts from the Met Office regional air quality model by using satellite data. Specific planned tasks are:

1) Run a version of the Met Office Unified Model which is similar to that to be used for daily air quality forecasting for the UK area.

2) Use available satellite retrievals (e.g. SCIAMACHY (NO2, O3), OMI (NO2, CH2O), TES (CO, O3), MISR (aerosols)), and model transfer functions (which modifies the model output so it is directly comparable to retrievals) previously developed, to analyse the skill of the regional air quality model. Investigate how well the model does in different case studies for different meteorological/chemical situations.

3) Identify possible model improvements and run sensitivity tests. These tests may include higher resolution, improved chemistry and emissions, improved boundary conditions from the global model.

4) Using insight gained through these comparisons to improve the Met Offices operational air quality forecast system.