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Chris Hewitt

Chris Hewitt

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Environmental Sciences

D-Index
40
Citations
7708
World Ranking
7977
National Ranking
603

Overview

Chris Hewitt is affiliated with the Met Office in the United Kingdom and has contributed extensively to environmental science, particularly focusing on climate variability, climate modeling, and the impacts of climate change on agriculture.

Their research spans several interconnected fields, including:

  • Environmental Science
  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Sociology and Political Science
  • Atmospheric Science
  • Economics and Econometrics
  • Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics

Key topics addressed in their work include:

  • Climate variability and models
  • Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations
  • Climate change impacts on agriculture
  • Sustainability and Climate Change Governance
  • Climate Change, Adaptation, Migration
  • Climate Change Communication and Perception
  • Cryospheric studies and observations

Chris Hewitt has published in several frequent venues, such as:

  • Climate Services
  • Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
  • Journal of Meteorological Research
  • Geoscientific Model Development
  • Earth System Science Data

Their recent papers include:

  • "The benefits of increasing resolution in global and regional climate simulations for European climate extremes", 2020, Geoscientific Model Development
  • "Climate services for managing societal risks and opportunities", 2021, Climate Services
  • "Recommendations for Future Research Priorities for Climate Modeling and Climate Services", 2020, Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
  • "Earth Virtualization Engines (EVE)", 2024, Earth System Science Data
  • "A framework for assessing the value of seasonal climate forecasting in key agricultural decisions", 2021, Climate Services

Frequent collaborators include:

  • Nicola Golding
  • Daniela Jacob
  • Janette Bessembinder
  • Natalie Garrett
  • Aleksandra Kržič

Best Publications

  • Results of PMIP2 coupled simulations of the Mid-Holocene and Last Glacial Maximum - Part 1: experiments and large-scale features

    P. Braconnot;B. Otto-Bliesner;S. Harrison;S. Joussaume

  • Monsoon changes for 6000 years ago: Results of 18 simulations from the Paleoclimate Modeling Intercomparison Project (PMIP)

    S. Joussaume;K. E. Taylor;P. Braconnot;J. F.B. Mitchell

  • Results of PMIP2 coupled simulations of the Mid-Holocene and Last Glacial Maximum – Part 2: feedbacks with emphasis on the location of the ITCZ and mid- and high latitudes heat budget

    P. Braconnot;B. Otto-Bliesner;S. Harrison;S. Joussaume

  • Ensembles-based predictions of climate changes and their impacts

    Chris D. Hewitt

  • The Global Framework for Climate Services

    Chris Hewitt;Simon Mason;David Walland

  • Past and future polar amplification of climate change: climate model intercomparisons and ice-core constraints

    Valérie Masson-Delmotte;Masa Kageyama;Pascale Braconnot;S. Charbit

  • Estimating shortwave radiative forcing and response in climate models

    K.E. Taylor;Michel Crucifix;P. Braconnot;C.D. Hewitt

  • Last Glacial Maximum ocean thermohaline circulation: PMIP2 model intercomparisons and data constraints

    B.L. Otto-Bliesner;C.D. Hewitt;T.M. Marchitto;E. Brady

  • The Southern Westerlies during the last glacial maximum in PMIP2 simulations

    Maisa Rojas;Patricio I. Moreno;Masa Kageyama;Michel Crucifix

  • A fully coupled GCM simulation of the climate of the mid‐Holocene

    Chris D. Hewitt;John F. B. Mitchell

  • Intercomparison of Simulated Global Vegetation Distributions in Response to 6 kyr BP Orbital Forcing

    S. P. Harrison;D. Jolly;F. Laarif;A. Abe-Ouchi

  • Northern Hemisphere Storm Tracks in Present Day and Last Glacial Maximum Climate Simulations: A Comparison of the European PMIP Models*

    M Kageyama;Paul J Valdes;G Ramstein;CD Hewitt

  • Improving the use of climate information in decision-making

    Chris D. Hewitt;Roger C. Stone;Andrew B. Tait

  • Radiative forcing and response of a GCM to ice age boundary conditions: cloud feedback and climate sensitivity

    C. D. Hewitt;J. F. B. Mitchell

  • A multi-model analysis of the role of the ocean on the African and Indian monsoon during the mid-Holocene

    Y. Zhao;Pascale Braconnot;O. Marti;S. P. Harrison

  • A coupled model study of the Last Glacial Maximum: Was part of the North Atlantic relatively warm?

    Chris D. Hewitt;Anthony J. Broccoli;John F. B. Mitchell;Ronald J. Stouffer

  • A comparison of PMIP2 model simulations and the MARGO proxy reconstruction for tropical sea surface temperatures at last glacial maximum

    Bette L. Otto-Bliesner;Ralph Schneider;E. C. Brady;Michal Kucera

  • The effect of ocean dynamics in a coupled GCM simulation of the Last Glacial Maximum

    C. D. Hewitt;R. J. Stouffer;Anthony Broccoli;J. F.B. Mitchell

  • Surveying Climate Services: What Can We Learn from a Bird’s-Eye View?

    Catherine Vaughan;Suraje Dessai;Chris Hewitt

  • The benefits of increasing resolution in global and regional climate simulations for European climate extremes

    Carley E. Iles;Robert Vautard;Jane Strachan;Sylvie Joussaume

  • Climate change under aggressive mitigation: The ENSEMBLES multi-model experiment

    T. C. Johns;J.-F. Royer;I. Höschel;H. Huebener

Frequent Co-Authors

Pascale Braconnot
Pascale Braconnot Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Sandy P. Harrison
Sandy P. Harrison University of Reading
Michel Crucifix
Michel Crucifix Université Catholique de Louvain
Ayako Abe-Ouchi
Ayako Abe-Ouchi University of Tokyo
Adam A. Scaife
Adam A. Scaife Met Office
Bette L. Otto-Bliesner
Bette L. Otto-Bliesner National Center for Atmospheric Research
Paul J. Valdes
Paul J. Valdes University of Bristol
Anthony J. Broccoli
Anthony J. Broccoli Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Jerry Tjiputra
Jerry Tjiputra Bjerknes Centre for Climate Research

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