Curriculum Vitae Julia Slingo

CURRICULUM VITAE: Julia Slingo

PRESENT APPOINTMENT :

Professor and Director,
Centre for Global Atmospheric Modelling,
Department of Meteorology,
University of Reading

SPECIAL RESPONSIBILITIES :

Director, Centre for Global Atmospheric Modelling, June 2002 to present.

Deputy Director, Centre for Global Atmospheric Modelling, 1995 - 2002.

Member, NERC Atmospheric Science and Technology Board, 1998 - 2000.

Co-Chair, UK CLIVAR Committee, 1999 to present.

Member, CLIVAR Asian-Australian Monsoon Panel, 2000 to present.

Member, Steering Committee for ICTP Physics of Climate and Weather Group, 2001 to present. Coordinator, EC Framework V project: `Predictability and variability of monsoons, and the agricultural and hydrological impacts of climate change (PROMISE)'. 2000 - 2003. 1.6MEuros awarded.

Coordinator, EC Framework IV project: `Studies of Hydrology, Influence and Variability of the Asian Summer Monsoon (SHIVA)'. 1996 - 1999. 1 Million ECUs awarded. Final Report available from the EU.

Chairman, NERC British Atmospheric Data Centre (BADC) Steering Group, 1995 - 2000.

Member, EuroCLIVAR Committee, 1996 - 1999. Major contributor to EuroCLIVAR Final Report and Recommendations, 1998.

Organizer of EuroCLIVAR Workshop on 'Climate Impacts of Scale Interactions for the Tropical Ocean-Atmosphere System', Paris, September 1998. Member, World Climate Research Programme/Working Group on Numerical Experimentation (WCRP/WGNE) Atmospheric Model Intercomparison Project (AMIP) Steering Group, 1995 to present.

Member, NERC Marine and Atmospheric Science Research Grants Committee, NERC Atmospheric Science Peer Review Committee, 1995 - 1998. Associate Editor, Quarterly Journal, Royal Meteorological Society, 1992 - 1997. Leader, WCRP/WGNE Atmospheric Model Intercomparison Project (AMIP) Diagnostic Subproject on `Variability in the Tropics : Synoptic to Intraseasonal Timescales', 1993 - present.

Member, WCRP ad hoc Working Group for ISCCP-2, 1994 - 1995.

Member, ICCP/IRC Joint Working Group on Clouds and Radiation, 1991-1994.

Convener of Sessions at European Geophysical Society Meetings: Tropical-Extratropical Interaction (1993), Comprehensive Climate Models (1994), Seasonal to Interannual Climate Variability: Tropical Climate Prediction (1997): Climate Variability, Scale Interactions (1998).

Conveners of sessions on `Modes of Current Climate' and `Variability Asian Monsoon and Global Climate': 8th Scientific Assembly of IAMAS, Inmsbruck, 2001.

Contributor, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Report, 1995.

Consultant, Program for Climate Model Diagnosis and Intercomparison, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California, U.S.A. 1989-1994.

PI on various EU funded projects: DICE, SHIVA, CLAUS, SINTEX, PROMISE, ERA-40.

PI on several NERC grants.

PREVIOUS APPOINTMENTS :

5/88-6/90 :
Visiting Scientist, Climate Analysis Section, Climate and Global Dynamics Division, National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, Colorado, U.S.A.

9/87-3/88 :
Senior Scientific Officer, Forecasting Research Branch, Meteorological Office, Bracknell, England.

3/86-7/87 :
Visiting Scientist, Cloud-Climate Interactions Group, Climate Section, Atmospheric Analysis and Prediction Division, National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, Colorado, U.S.A.

3/82-8/85 :
Research Scientist, Physical Applications Group, Research Department, European Centre for Medium Range Weather Forecasts, Shinfield Park, Reading, England.

2/73-9/80 :
Scientific Officer (1973-1974), Higher Scientific Officer (1974-1977) and Senior Scientific Officer (1977-1980) in Dynamical Climatology Branch, Meteorological Office, Bracknell, England. 1973-1976 in Tropical Modelling Group, 1976-1980 in Climate Modelling Group.

9/72-2/73 :
Scientific Officer. Scientific Officers' Training Course, Meteorological Office College, Shinfield Park, Reading

RESEARCH:

Personal research interests are:

1. Climate modelling, specifically the parametrization of radiative, convective and cloud processes and their interaction.

2. Natural variability of the climate system on sub-seasonal to interannual timescales

3. Mechanisms of interannual variability and predictability of the Asian Summer Monsoon

4. Applications of seasonal prediction in the tropics, with particular reference to monsoon climates

PUBLICATIONS

Refereed Publications:

Black, E., J.M. Slingo and K.R. Sperber, 2003 : An observational study of the relationship between excessively strong short rains in coastal East Africa and Indian Ocean SST. Mon.Weath.Rev., 131, 74-94.

Challinor, A.J., J.M. Slingo, T.R. Wheeler, P.Q. Craufurd and D.I.F. Grimes 2003 : Toward a Combined Seasonal Weather and Crop Productivity Forecasting System: Determination of the Working Spatial Scale. J. Appl. Met., 42, 175-192.

Inness, P.and J.M. Slingo, 2003 : Simulation of the MJO in a coupled GCM. I: Comparison with observations and an atmopshere-only GCM. J.Climate,16, 345-364.

Inness, P., J.M. Slingo, E. Guilyardi and J. Cole, 2003 : Simulation of the MJO in a coupled GCM. II: The role of the basic state. J.Climate,16, 365-382.

Lawrence, D.M. and J.M. Slingo, 2003 : An annual cycle of vegetation in a GCM. Part I: Implementation and impact on evaporation. Climate Dynamics

Lawrence, D.M. and J.M. Slingo, 2003 : An annual cycle of vegetation in a GCM. Part II: Global impacts on cliamte and hydrology. Climate Dynamics

Neale, R.B. and J.M. Slingo, 2003 : The Maritime Continent and its role in the Global Climate: A GCM study. J. Climate , 16, 834-848.

Osborne, T.M., D.M. Lawrence, J.M. Slingo, A.J. Challinor and T.R. Wheeler, 2003 : Influence of vegetation on local climate and hydrology in the Tropics: Sensitivity to soil parameters. Climate Dynamics

Slingo, J.M., P.M. Inness, R.B. Neale, S.J. Woolnough and G-Y. Yang, 2003 : Scale interactions on diurnal to seasonal timescales and their relevance to model systematic errors. Annales Geophysicae , 46N.1, 139-155.

Spencer, H. and J.M.Slingo, 2003: The simulation of peak and delayed ENSO teleconnections. Journal of Cliamte 16 (11): 1757-1774, JUN 2003

Yang, G.-Y., B.J. Hoskins and J.M. Slingo, 2002 : Convectively coupled equatorial waves: A new methodology for identifying wave structures in observational data. J. Atmos. Sci.

Inness, P.and J.M. Slingo, 2002 : Simulation of the MJO in a coupled GCM. Proceedings of the 27th General Assembly of the European Geophysical Society.

Slingo, J.M., 2002 : Monsoon Overview, Contribution to 'Encyclopedia of Atmospheric Sciences' Academic Press, 1365 - 1370.

Sperber, K.R., J.M.Slingo, P.M.Inness, S.Gualdi, W.Li, P.J.Gleckler and C.Doutriaux, 2002: The Madden-Julian Oscillation in GCMs Proceedings of AMIPII workshop, 12 - 15 November 2002, Toulouse, France

Annamalai, H. and J. M. Slingo, 2001: Active/Break Cycles: Diagnosis of the Intraseasonal Variability of the Asian Summer Monsoon. Climate Dynamics , 18, 85-102.

Becker, B. D., J. M. Slingo, L. Ferranti and F. Molteni, 2001: Seasonal predictability of the Indian Summer Monsoon: What role do land surface conditions play? Mausam ,52, 175-190.

Challinor, A. J., J. M. Slingo, P.Q.Craufurd and T. R. Wheeler, 2001: Towards the development of a combined seasonal weather and crop productivity forecasting system. J.Appl.Met. , in press.

Dethof, A. , A. O'Neill and J. M. Slingo, 2001: Quantification of the isentropic mass transport across the dynamical tropopause. J. Geophys. Res. , 105, 12,279-12,293.

Guilyardi, E., G. Madec and L. Terray, 2001: The role of lateral ocean physics in the upper ocean thermal balance of a coupled ocean-atmosphere GCM. Clim. Dyn. , 17, 589-599.

Inness, P.M., J.M. Slingo, S.J. Woolnough, R.B. Neale and V.D. Pope, 2001: Organization of tropical convection in a GCM with varying vertical resolution: Implications for the simulation of the Madden-Julian Oscillation. Climate Dynamics,17, 777-793.

Neale, R. B. and J. M. Slingo, 2001 : Understanding the climate of the Maritime Continent and its influence on the global circulation. J.Climate (accepted)

Woolnough, S. J. , J. M. Slingo and B. J. Hoskins, 2001: The organisation of tropical convection by intraseasonal sea surface temperature anomalies. Q. J. R. Meteorol. Soc., 127, 887-907.

Yang, G-Y. and J. M. Slingo, 2001: The diurnal cycle in the tropics. Mon. Weath. Rev., 129 ,784-801.

Dong, B-W., R. T. Sutton, S. P. Jewson, A. O'Neill and J. M. Slingo, 2000: Predictable winter climate in the North Atlantic sector during the 1997-1999 ENSO cycle. Geophys. Res. Lett., 27, 985-988.

Dethof, A., A. O'Neill, J. M. Slingo and P. Berrisford, 2000: Quantification of isentropic water vapour transport into the lower stratosphere. Q. J. R. Meteorol. Soc., 126, 1771 - 1788.

Sperber, K. R., J. M. Slingo and H. Annamalai: Predictability and the relationship between subseasonal and interannual variability during the Asian Summer Monsoon. Q. J. R. Meteorol. Soc., 126, 2545 - 2574.

Woolnough, S. J., J. M. Slingo and B. J. Hoskins, 1999: The relationship between convection and sea surface temperature on intraseasonal timescales. J. Clim.13, 2086 - 2104.

Slingo, J. M. and H. Annamalai, 2000: 1997: The El Niño of the century and the response of the Indian Summer Monsoon. Mon. Weath. Rev., 128, 1778-1797.

Dethof, A., A. O'Neill, J. M. Slingo and H. G. J. Smit, 1999: A mechanism for moistening the lower stratosphere involving the Asian Summer Monsoon. Q. J. R. Meteorol. Soc., 125, 1079-1106.

Matthews, A. J., J. M. Slingo, B. J. Hoskins and P. M. Inness, 1999: Fast and slow Kelvin waves in the Madden-Julian Oscillation of a GCM. Q. J. R. Meteorol. Soc., 125, 1473-1498.

Ferranti, L., J. M. Slingo, T. N. Palmer and B. J. Hoskins, 1999: The effect of land surface feedbacks on the monsoon circulation. Q. J. R. Meteorol. Soc., 125, 1527-1550.

Annamalai, H., J. M. Slingo, K.R. Sperber and K. Hodges, 1999: The mean evolution and variability of the Asian Summer Monsoon: Comparison of ECMWF and NCEP/NCAR Reanalyses. Mon. Weath. Rev., 127, 1157-1186.

Slingo, J. M., 1999: The Indian Summer Monsoon and its Variability. Chapter in `Beyond El Niño: Decadal Variability in the Climate System' Published by Springer. Edited by Antonio Navarra. 103-118.

Slingo, D. P. Rowell, K. R. Sperber and F. Nortley, 1999: On the predictability of the interannual behaviour of the Madden-Julian Oscillation and its relationship with El Niño. Q. J. R. Meteorol. Soc., 125, 583-609.

Slingo, J. M., 1998: The 1997/98 El Niño. Weather, 53, 274-281

Annamalai, H. and J. M. Slingo, 1998: The Asian Summer Monsoon, 1997. Weather, 53, 284-286.

Slingo, J. M., 1998: Extratropical forcing of tropical convection in a northern winter simulation with the UGAMP GCM. Q. J. R. Meteorol. Soc., 124, 27-51.

Sperber, K. R., J. M. Slingo, P. M. Inness and W. K-M. Lau, 1997: On the maintenance and initiation of the intraseasonal oscillation in the NCEP/NCAR Reanalysis and the GLA and UKMO AMIP simulations.', Climate Dynamics, 13, 769-795.

Ferranti, L., J. M. Slingo, T. N. Palmer and B. J. Hoskins, 1997: Relations between interannual and intraseasonal monsoon variability as diagnosed from AMIP integrations. Q. J. R. Meteorol. Soc., 123, 1323-1357.

Soman, M.K. and J. M. Slingo, 1997: Sensitivity of the Asian Summer Monsoon to aspects of the sea surface temperature anomalies in the tropical Pacific Ocean. Q. J. R. Meteorol. Soc., 123, 309-336.

Matthews, A. J., B. J. Hoskins, J. M. Slingo and M. Blackburn, 1996: Development of convection along the SPCZ within a Madden-Julian oscillation. Q. J. R. Meteorol. Soc., 122, 669-688.

Slingo, J. M., K. R. Sperber and 22 others, 1996 : Intraseasonal oscillations in 15 atmospheric general circulation models : Results from an AMIP Diagnostic Subproject. Climate Dynamics, 12, 325-357

Ju, J. and J. M. Slingo, 1995 : The Asian Summer Monsoon and ENSO. Q. J. R. Meteorol. Soc., 121, 1133-1168.

Slingo, J. M., M. Blackburn, A. Betts, R. Brugge, K. Hodges, B. Hoskins, M. Miller, L. Steenman-Clark, and J. Thuburn, 1994: Mean climate and transience in the tropics of the UGAMP GCM: Sensitivity to convective parameterization. Q. J. R. Meteorol. Soc., 120, 881-922

Potter, G. L., J. M. Slingo, J-J. Morcrette and L. Corsetti, 1992: A modeling perspective on cloud radiative forcing. J. Geophys. Res., 97, 20507-20518 Slingo, J. M., K. R. Sperber, J-J. Morcrette and G. L. Potter, 1992: Analysis of the temporal behavior of convection in the tropics of the ECMWF model. J. Geophys. Res., 97, 18119-18135.

Randall, D. A., and others including J.M. Slingo, 1992: Intercomparison and interpretation of surface energy fluxes in atmospheric general circulation models. J. Geophys. Res., 97, 3711-3724.

Slingo, J. M. (60%) and R. A. Madden, 1991: Characteristics of the tropical intraseasonal oscillation in the NCAR community climate model. Q. J. R. Meteorol. Soc., 117, 1129-1169.

Cess, R. D., and others including J.M. Slingo, 1991: Interpretation of snow-climate feedback as produced by 17 general circulation models. Science, 253, 888-892.

Slingo, A. and J. M. Slingo, 1991: Response of the NCAR Community Climate Model to improvements in the representation of clouds. J. Geophys. Res., 96, 15341-15357.

Slingo, J. M. and A. Slingo, 1991: The response of a general circulation model to cloud longwave forcing. II: Further studies. Q. J. R. Meteorol. Soc., 117, 333-364.

Slingo, A. and J. M. Slingo, 1988: The response of a general circulation model to cloud longwave forcing. I: Introduction and initial experiments. Q. J. R. Meteorol. Soc., 114, 1027-1062.

Tiedtke, M., W. A. Heckley and J. M. Slingo, 1988: Tropical forecasting at ECMWF: The influence of physical parametrization on the mean structure of forecasts and analyses. Q. J. R. Meteorol. Soc., 114, 639-664.

Slingo, J. M., U. C. Mohanty, M. Tiedtke and R. P. Pearce, 1988: Prediction of the 1979 Summer Monsoon onset with modified parameterization schemes. Mon Weath. Rev., 116, 328-346.

Slingo, J. M., 1987: The development and verification of a cloud prediction scheme for the ECMWF model. Q. J. R. Meteorol. Soc., 113, 899-927.

Slingo, J. M., 1982: A study of the earth's radiation budget using a general circulation model. Q. J. R. Meteorol. Soc., 108, 379-405.

Slingo, J. M., 1980: A cloud parametrization scheme derived from GATE data for use with a numerical model. Q. J. R. Meteorol. Soc., 106, 747-770.

Walker, J. M., 1978: Note on the paper by G. E. Hunt - "Studies of the sensitivity of the components of the Earth's radiation budget to changes in cloud properties, using a zonally-averaged model.". J. Quant. Spectrosc. Radiat. Trans., 19, 553-554.

Walker, J. M. and P. R. Rowntree, 1977: The effect of soil moisture on circulation and rainfall in a tropical model. Q. J. R. Meteorol. Soc., 103, 29-46.

Lyne, W. H., P. R. Rowntree, C. Temperton and J. M. Walker, 1976: Numerical modelling using GATE data. Meteorol. Mag., 105, 261-271.

Non-refereed Publications :

Slingo, J. M. and partners, 2000: SHIVA: Studies of the Hydrology, Influence and Variability of the Asian Summer Monsoon. Final Report of FP4 Project, published by the European Commission.

Slingo, J. M., P. Delecluse and G. Komen, 1998: Climatic impact of scale interactions for the tropical ocean-atmosphere system. Euroclivar Workshop Report, Paris, September 1998.

Slingo, J. M., 1998: Studies of the Hydrology, Influence and Variability of the Asian Summer Monsoon (SHIVA). Proceedings of the EC Climate Conference, Vienna, October 1998.

Woolnough, S. J., J. M. Slingo and B. J. Hoskins, 1999: The relationship between convection and surface fluxes on intraseasonal timescales. Proceedings of a Conference on the TOGA Coupled Ocean-Atmosphere Response Experiment (COARE), World Climate Research Programme Report WCRP-107, pp. 183-184.

Slingo, J. M., D. P. Rowell, K. R. Sperber and F. Nortley, 1999: On the predictability of the interannual behaviour of the Madden-Julian Oscillation and its relationship to El Niño. Proceedings of a Conference on the TOGA Coupled Ocean-Atmosphere Response Experiment (COARE), World Climate Research Programme Report WCRP-107, pp. 335-336.

Slingo, J. M. and P. Delecluse, 1999: Scale interactions and the tropical atmosphere-ocean system. Invited review paper in the `Proceedings of a conference on the TOGA Coupled Ocean-Atmosphere Response Experiment (COARE)', World Climate Research Programme Report WCRP-107, pp. 59-69.

Sperber, K. R. and J. M. Slingo, 1997: On the maintenance and initiation of the intraseasonal oscillation : A coupled ocean-atmosphere phenomenon? International WOCE Newsletter, No. 27, July 1997.

Slingo, J. M., K. Hodges and K. R. Sperber, 1996: Tropical variability and the validation of convective parametrizations. Proceedings of ECMWF/GCSS Workshop on New Insights and approaches to Convective Parametrization, November 4-7, 1996.

Sperber, K. R. and J. M. Slingo, 1996: On the maintenance and initiation of the intraseasonal oscillation: A coupled ocean-atmosphere phenomenon? Proceedings of the 1996 AGU Climate Diagnostics Workshop.

Slingo, J. M., Jianhua Ju and M. K. Soman, 1995: The Asian Summer Monsoon and ENSO. Proceedings of the WMO/CAS Fifth Regional Workshop on the Asian/African Monsoon.

Sperber, K. R. and J. M. Slingo, 1995: Intraseasonal timescales of convection in GCMs. Proceedings of the 1995 AGU Climate Diagnostics Workshop. Slingo, J. M., K. R. Sperber and 22 others, 1995: Intraseasonal oscillations in 15 atmospheric general circulation models (Results from an AMIP Diagnostic Subproject). WCRP Report No. 88.

Ju, J. and J. M. Slingo, 1994: The Asian Summer Monsoon and ENSO. Proceedings of the International Conference on Monsoon Variability and Prediction. WCRP Report No. 84.

Sperber, K. R., J. M. Slingo, A. Matthews and T. N. Palmer, 1992 : AMIP: Diagnostic Subproject on the variability in the Tropics : Synoptic to Intraseasonal Time Scales. Proceedings of the 1992 AGU Climate Diagnostics Workshop.

Slingo, J. M. and others, 1992 : Synoptic Validation of Climate Models : Aspects of Variability in the Tropics of the UGAMP General Circulation Model. Proceedings of ECMWF Seminars on Model Validation, September 7-11, 1992.

Slingo, J. M., K. R. Sperber, J-J. Morcrette and G. L. Potter, 1992 : Analysis of the Temporal Behavior of Tropical Convection in the ECMWF Model. PCMDI Report No. 2, Program for Climate Model Diagnosis and Intercomparison (PCMDI), Lawrence Livermore National Laboratories, California, U.S.A.

Slingo, J. M. and R. A. Madden, 1991 : Characteristics of the Tropical Intraseasonal Oscillation in the NCAR Community Climate Model. Proceedings of the Fifth Conference on Climate Variations, October 14-18, 1991, Denver, Colorado.

Potter, G. L., J. M. Slingo, and others, 1990 : Cloud Forcing : A Modelling Perspective. Proceedings of the ECMWF/WCRP Workshop on Clouds, Radiative Transfer and the Hydrological Cycle, November 12-15, 1990.

Slingo, J. M. and L. J. Donner, 1989 : Experimentation with Cloud and Cumulus Parameterizations in the NCAR Community Climate Model. Proceedings of the Symposium on the Role of Clouds in Atmospheric Chemistry and Global Climate, January 30 - February 3, 1989, Anaheim, California.

Slingo, J. M., 1988 : Clouds in Extended Range Forecast Models. Proceedings of the WCRP Workshop on Clouds in Climate, October 19-24, 1987, Maryland, U.S.A.

Slingo, J. M., 1986 : Parameterization of Cloud Cover. Proceedings of the ECMWF Seminar on Physical Processes, September 1985, ECMWF.

Sommeria, G., J. M. Slingo and M. Tiedtke, 1985 : Parameterization of the Cloud-topped Boundary Layer in a Global Forecast Model. Appendix M in Report of the JSC/CAS Workshop on Modelling of the Cloud Topped Boundary Layer. WCP-106, ICSU/WMO.

Slingo, J. M., 1985 : Cloud Cover Experimentation with the ECMWF Model. Proceedings of the ECMWF Workshop on Cloud Cover Parameterization in Numerical Models, November 26-28, 1985, ECMWF.

Slingo, J. M., 1984 : Studies of Cloud-Radiation Interaction in the ECMWF Medium Range Forecast Model. Pages 265-268 in IRS `84 : Current Problems in Atmospheric Radiation. A. Deepak Publishing Company.

Slingo, J. M., 1980 : Interactive Cloud and Radiation in the Meteorological Office General Circulation Model. Proceedings of the ECMWF Workshop on Radiation and Cloud-Radiation Interaction in Numerical Modelling. October 15-17, 1980, ECMWF.

Slingo, J. M., 1978 : The Effect of Interactive Clouds and Radiation on Convective Activity in a Numerical Model of the Tropics. Proceedings of the ECMWF Workshop on the Parameterization of Cumulus Convection, October 23-25, 1978, ECMWF.

Rowntree, P. R. and J. M. Walker, 1978 : The effects of doubling the CO2 Concentration on Radiative-Convective Equilibrium. In `Carbon Dioxide, Climate and Society'. Edited by J. Williams, Pergamon Press.