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David A. Lavers is affiliated with the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts in the United Kingdom. Their research focuses primarily on environmental science and earth and planetary sciences, with notable contributions in subfields such as global and planetary change, atmospheric science, water science and technology, oceanography, and environmental engineering.

The scientist's research topics encompass a range of meteorological and hydrological phenomena, including meteorological phenomena and simulations, climate variability and models, flood risk assessment and management, hydrology and watershed management studies, tropical and extratropical cyclones research, hydrology and drought analysis, and oceanographic and atmospheric processes.

David A. Lavers has published in several prominent scientific journals, with frequent publication venues including the Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, Weather and Forecasting, Hydrological Processes, and Atmosphere.

Selected recent papers authored by David A. Lavers include:

  • An evaluation of ERA5 precipitation for climate monitoring, 2022, Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society
  • A Vision for Hydrological Prediction, 2020, Atmosphere

In addition, notable publications related to their field but authored by frequent co-authors or closely linked researchers include:

  • West Coast Forecast Challenges and Development of Atmospheric River Reconnaissance, 2020, Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
  • Global Climate, 2021, Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
  • Global Climate, 2022, Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

Frequent co-authors of David A. Lavers reflect collaboration within the meteorological and hydrological communities and include Florian Pappenberger, F. Martin Ralph, Aneesh C. Subramanian, Anna M. Wilson, and Vijay Tallapragada.

The scientist's extensive work contributes to understanding complex climate and environmental systems, with publications covering topics central to forecasting, climate monitoring, and hydrological prediction methodologies.

Best Publications

  • An evaluation of ERA5 precipitation for climate monitoring

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  • Winter floods in Britain are connected to atmospheric rivers

    David A. Lavers;Richard P. Allan;Eric F. Wood;Gabriele Villarini

  • The nexus between atmospheric rivers and extreme precipitation across Europe

    David A. Lavers;Gabriele Villarini

  • The detection of atmospheric rivers in atmospheric reanalyses and their links to British winter floods and the large-scale climatic circulation

    David A. Lavers;Gabriele Villarini;Gabriele Villarini;Richard P. Allan;Eric F. Wood

  • Atmospheric rivers: a mini-review

    Luis Gimeno;Raquel Nieto;Marta Vázquez;David A. Lavers

  • How Do Atmospheric Rivers Form

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  • Atmospheric River Tracking Method Intercomparison Project(ARTMIP): Project Goals and Experimental Design

    Christine A. Shields;Jonathan J. Rutz;Lai-Yung Leung;F. Martin Ralph

  • The contribution of atmospheric rivers to precipitation in Europe and the United States

    David A. Lavers;Gabriele Villarini

  • Global Analysis of Climate Change Projection Effects on Atmospheric Rivers

    Vicky Espinoza;Vicky Espinoza;Duane E. Waliser;Bin Guan;Bin Guan;David A. Lavers

  • Assessing the climate-scale variability of atmospheric rivers affecting western North America

    Alexander Gershunov;Tamara Shulgina;F. Martin Ralph;David A. Lavers

  • The Atmospheric River Tracking Method Intercomparison Project (ARTMIP): Quantifying Uncertainties in Atmospheric River Climatology

    Jonathan J. Rutz;Christine A. Shields;Juan M. Lora;Ashley E. Payne

  • Precipitation regime change in Western North America: The role of Atmospheric Rivers

    Alexander Gershunov;Tamara Shulgina;Rachel E. S. Clemesha;Kristen Guirguis

  • Future changes in atmospheric rivers and their implications for winter flooding in Britain

    David A Lavers;Richard P Allan;Gabriele Villarini;Benjamin Lloyd-Hughes

  • Atmospheric Rivers and Flooding over the Central United States

    David A. Lavers;Gabriele Villarini

  • Physically Consistent Responses of the Global Atmospheric Hydrological Cycle in Models and Observations

    Richard P. Allan;Chunlei Liu;Matthias Zahn;David A. Lavers

  • Atmospheric Rivers Emerge as a Global Science and Applications Focus

    F. M. Ralph;M. Dettinger;D. Lavers;I. V. Gorodetskaya

  • Climate change intensification of horizontal water vapor transport in CMIP5

    David A. Lavers;F. Martin Ralph;Duane E. Waliser;Duane E. Waliser;Alexander Gershunov

  • Sensitivity of tropical cyclone rainfall to idealized global-scale forcings

    Gabriele Villarini;David A. Lavers;Enrico Scoccimarro;Ming Zhao

  • Predictability of horizontal water vapor transport relative to precipitation: Enhancing situational awareness for forecasting western U.S. extreme precipitation and flooding

    David A. Lavers;David A. Lavers;Duane E. Waliser;Duane E. Waliser;F. Martin Ralph;Michael D. Dettinger;Michael D. Dettinger

  • Global Assessment of Atmospheric River Prediction Skill

    Michael J. DeFlorio;Duane E. Waliser;Bin Guan;David A. Lavers

  • Atmospheric rivers moisture sources from a Lagrangian perspective

    Alexandre M. Ramos;Raquel Nieto;Ricardo Tomé;Luis Gimeno

  • Extending medium-range predictability of extreme hydrological events in Europe.

    David A. Lavers;Florian Pappenberger;Ervin Zsoter

  • A multiple model assessment of seasonal climate forecast skill for applications.

    David Lavers;David Lavers;Lifeng Luo;Lifeng Luo;Eric F. Wood

Frequent Co-Authors

David M. Hannah
David M. Hannah University of Birmingham
F. Martin Ralph
F. Martin Ralph University of California, San Diego
Florian Pappenberger
Florian Pappenberger European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts
Christel Prudhomme
Christel Prudhomme European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts
Bin Guan
Bin Guan California Institute of Technology
Alexandre M. Ramos
Alexandre M. Ramos University of Lisbon
Michael D. Dettinger
Michael D. Dettinger Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Duane E. Waliser
Duane E. Waliser Jet Propulsion Lab
Irina Gorodetskaya
Irina Gorodetskaya University of Porto
Alexander Gershunov
Alexander Gershunov University of California, San Diego

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