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John Methven is affiliated with the University of Reading in the United Kingdom. Their research centers primarily on Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science, with a strong focus on Atmospheric Science and Global and Planetary Change. The scientist's work also extends to Oceanography, Sociology and Political Science, and Electrical and Electronic Engineering subfields.

The main topics covered in Methven's research encompass climate variability and models, meteorological phenomena and simulations, oceanographic and atmospheric processes, tropical and extratropical cyclones research, Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics, atmospheric and environmental gas dynamics, and atmospheric ozone and climate.

The publication record shows a significant contribution to various scholarly journals, particularly with fourteen papers published in the Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society. Other frequent publication venues include Weather and Forecasting, Weather and Climate Dynamics, Monthly Weather Review, and Tropical Cyclone Research and Review.

Recent papers from Methven include:

  • Diabatic generation of negative potential vorticity and its impact on the North Atlantic jet stream, 2020, Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society
  • Observation of Jet Stream Winds during NAWDEX and Characterization of Systematic Meteorological Analysis Errors, 2020, Monthly Weather Review
  • Linking rapid forecast error growth to diabatic processes, 2020, Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society
  • The intricacies of identifying equatorial waves, 2022, Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society
  • Characterising extratropical near-tropopause analysis humidity biases and their radiative effects on temperature forecasts, 2021, Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Methven frequently collaborates with a group of co-authors, including Ben Harvey, Suzanne L. Gray, Gui-Ying Yang, Samantha Ferrett, and Steven J. Woolnough.

Best Publications

  • Factors contributing to the summer 2003 European heatwave

    Emily Black;Mike Blackburn;Giles Harrison;Brian Hoskins

  • Blocking and its Response to Climate Change

    Tim Woollings;David E. Barriopedro;John Methven;Seok-Woo Son

  • Using reanalysis data to quantify extreme wind power generation statistics: A 33 year case study in Great Britain

    D.J. Cannon;D.J. Brayshaw;J. Methven;P.J. Coker

  • The TIGGE Project and Its Achievements

    Richard Swinbank;Masayuki Kyouda;Piers Buchanan;Lizzie Froude

  • The use of trajectory cluster analysis to interpret trace gas measurements at Mace Head, Ireland

    J.N Cape;J Methven;L.E Hudson

  • The North Atlantic Waveguide and Downstream Impact Experiment

    Andreas Schäfler;George Craig;Heini Wernli;Philippe Arbogast

  • Processes influencing ozone levels in Alaskan forest fire plumes during long-range transport over the North Atlantic

    E. Real;K. Law;Bernadett Weinzierl;Monika Fiebig

  • Diabatic processes modifying potential vorticity in a North Atlantic cyclone

    J. M. Chagnon;S. L. Gray;J. Methven

  • The impact of large scale atmospheric circulation patterns on wind power generation and its potential predictability: a case study over the UK

    David James Brayshaw;Alberto Troccoli;Rachael Fordham;John Methven

  • The counter-propagating Rossby-wave perspective on baroclinic instability. I: Mathematical basis

    E. Heifetz;C. H. Bishop;B. J. Hoskins;J. Methven

  • Systematic model forecast error in Rossby wave structure

    Suzanne L. Gray;C. M. Dunning;John Methven;Giacomo Masato

  • A 27 day persistence model of near-Earth solar wind conditions: A long lead-time forecast and a benchmark for dynamical models

    Matt J. Owens;R. Challen;John Methven;E. Henley

  • Chemical and aerosol characterisation of the troposphere over West Africa during the monsoon period as part of AMMA

    C. E. Reeves;P. Formenti;Charbel Afif;Charbel Afif;Gérard Ancellet

  • Large-scale context for the UK floods in summer 2007

    Mike Blackburn;John Methven;Nigel Roberts

  • A Planetary-Scale to Mesoscale Perspective of the Life Cycles of Extratropical Cyclones: The Bridge between Theory and Observations

    Melvyn Shapiro;Heini Wernli;Jain-Wen Bao;John Methven

  • Relating optimal growth to counterpropagating Rossby waves in shear instability

    Eyal Heifetz;John Methven

  • Evaluation of ERA‐Interim reanalysis precipitation products using England and Wales observations

    J. de Leeuw;J. Methven;M. Blackburn

  • Estimating photochemically produced ozone throughout a domain using flight data and a Lagrangian model

    J. Methven;S. R. Arnold;F. M. O'Connor;H. Barjat

  • Establishing Lagrangian connections between observations within air masses crossing the Atlantic during the International Consortium for Atmospheric Research on Transport and Transformation experiment

    J. Methven;S. R. Arnold;Andreas Stohl;M. J. Evans

  • Linking extreme precipitation in Southeast Asia to equatorial waves

    Samantha Ferrett;Gui-Ying Yang;Steven J. Woolnough;John Methven

  • Chemical composition observed over the mid-Atlantic and the detection of pollution signatures far from source regions

    A. C. Lewis;M. J. Evans;J. Methven;N. Watson

Frequent Co-Authors

Suzanne L. Gray
Suzanne L. Gray University of Reading
Brian J. Hoskins
Brian J. Hoskins University of Reading
Steve R. Arnold
Steve R. Arnold University of Leeds
Alastair C. Lewis
Alastair C. Lewis University of York
Nigel Roberts
Nigel Roberts Met Office
Paul S. Monks
Paul S. Monks University of Leicester
Claire E. Reeves
Claire E. Reeves University of East Anglia
Steven J. Woolnough
Steven J. Woolnough University of Reading
Heini Wernli
Heini Wernli ETH Zurich
Stuart A. Penkett
Stuart A. Penkett University of East Anglia

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