University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
Position
Senior Postdoctoral Researcher and Software Developer.
Contact
RG: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Tom_Webb10
Twitter: https://twitter.com/thomaslwebb
GitHub: https://github.com/TomLWebb
Summary
My role on the LaunchPAD project developed an Africa specific diagnostic framework for climate models using code automation technology and model metric collaboration with project fellows. This was deployed in two ways. Firstly, opensource using GitHub and a selection of individually executable Python modules. Secondly, within Auto-Assess, the UK Met Office’s model evaluation toolbox.
Additional responbilities included training, climate data management and system administration tasks.
Bio
Senior PDRA in Climate Model Process Evaluation, Climate Research Laboratory, Oxford University, UK. 2019-2020.
PDRA in Climate Model Process Parameterisation, Department of Meteorology, University of Reading, UK. 2016-2019.
PDRA in Climate Model Process Parameterisation, Laborotoire D’Aerologie, Universite Toulouse III – Paul Sabatier, France. 2015-2016.
Associations
Fellow – Royal Meteorological Society
Associate Fellow – HEA (teaching)
Research Interests
Climate data management, climate model evaluation, climate data analysis, tropical meteorology, volcanic meteorology, historical datasets, clouds and precipitation
Publications
Webb, T. L., Wadge, G. and Pascal, K. (2020) Mapping water vapour variability over a mountainous tropical island using InSAR and an atmospheric model for geodetic observations. Remote Sensing of Environment, 237. 111560. ISSN 0034-4257 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2019.111560
Gu, J., R. S. Plant, C. E. Holloway, T. R. Jones, A. Stirling, P. A. Clark, S. J. Woolnough, and T. L. Webb, 2020: Evaluation of the Bulk Mass Flux Formulation Using Large-Eddy Simulations. J. Atmos. Sci., 77, 2115–2137, https://doi.org/10.1175/JAS-D-19-0224.1.
Wadge, G., Costa, A., Pascal, K. et al. The Variability of Refractivity in the Atmospheric Boundary Layer of a Tropical Island Volcano Measured by Ground-Based Interferometric Radar. Boundary-Layer Meteorol 161, 309–333 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10546-016-0168-3
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