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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 Niņo 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 Niņo: 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 Niņo. Q. J. R. Meteorol. Soc., 125, 583-609.
Slingo, J. M., 1998: The 1997/98 El Niņo. 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 Niņo. 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.
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