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Malcolm Roberts

Malcolm Roberts

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Environmental Sciences

D-Index
66
Citations
16386
World Ranking
2086
National Ranking
170

Overview

Malcolm Roberts is a researcher affiliated with the Met Office in the United Kingdom, with a primary focus on Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science. Their work spans across multiple subfields including Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change, Oceanography, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, as well as Environmental Engineering.

The main topics of Malcolm Roberts' research contributions include:

  • Climate variability and models
  • Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations
  • Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes
  • Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research
  • Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics
  • Ocean Waves and Remote Sensing
  • Marine and coastal ecosystems

Among recent publications where Malcolm Roberts is listed as an author are the following:

  • "Impact of Model Resolution on Tropical Cyclone Simulation Using the HighResMIP-PRIMAVERA Multimodel Ensemble," 2020, Journal of Climate
  • "Projected Future Changes in Tropical Cyclones Using the CMIP6 HighResMIP Multimodel Ensemble," 2020, Geophysical Research Letters

Other notable research papers related to similar fields but not authored by Roberts include:

  • "Implementation of U.K. Earth System Models for CMIP6," 2020, Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems
  • "Quantifying Progress Across Different CMIP Phases With the ESMValTool," 2020, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres
  • "The Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation in High-Resolution Models," 2020, Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans

Frequent co-authors who have collaborated with Malcolm Roberts include:

  • Christopher D. Roberts
  • Pier Luigi Vidale
  • Dian Putrasahan
  • Rein Haarsma
  • Enrico Scoccimarro

Roberts' research has frequently appeared in the following publication venues:

  • Climate Dynamics
  • Journal of Climate
  • Geophysical Research Letters
  • Geoscientific Model Development
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)

Best Publications

  • High Resolution Model Intercomparison Project (HighResMIP v1.0) for CMIP6

    Reindert J. Haarsma;Malcolm J. Roberts;Pier Luigi Vidale;Catherine A. Senior

  • The HadGEM2 family of Met Office Unified Model climate configurations

    N. Bellouin;W. J. Collins;I. D. Culverwell

  • Heavier summer downpours with climate change revealed by weather forecast resolution model

    Elizabeth J. Kendon;Nigel M. Roberts;Hayley J. Fowler;Malcolm J. Roberts

  • The Met Office Global Coupled Model 3.0 and 3.1 (GC3.0 and GC3.1) Configurations

    K. D. Williams;D. Copsey;E. W. Blockley;A. Bodas‐Salcedo

  • Realism of Rainfall in a Very High-Resolution Regional Climate Model

    Elizabeth J. Kendon;Nigel M. Roberts;Catherine A. Senior;Malcolm J. Roberts

  • The new hadley centre climate model (HadGEM1) : Evaluation of coupled simulations

    T. C. Johns;C. F. Durman;H. T. Banks;M. J. Roberts

  • The Met Office Unified Model Global Atmosphere 6.0/6.1 and JULES Global Land 6.0/6.1 configurations

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  • Do Convection-Permitting Regional Climate Models Improve Projections of Future Precipitation Change?

    Elizabeth J. Kendon;Nikolina Ban;Nigel M. Roberts;Hayley J. Fowler

  • U.K. HiGEM: The New U.K. High-Resolution Global Environment Model― Model Description and Basic Evaluation

    Leonard Christopher Shaffrey;I. Stevens;Warwick Norton;M. J. Roberts

  • Improved Atlantic winter blocking in a climate model

    Adam A. Scaife;Dan Copsey;Chris Gordon;Chris Harris

  • The Met Office Global Coupled model 2.0 (GC2) configuration

    K. D. Williams;C. M. Harris;A. Bodas-Salcedo;J. Camp

  • Impact of Model Resolution on Tropical Cyclone Simulation Using the HighResMIP–PRIMAVERA Multimodel Ensemble

    Malcolm John Roberts;Joanne Camp;Jon Seddon;Pier Luigi Vidale

  • Relative humidity changes in a warmer climate

    Steven C. Sherwood;Steven C. Sherwood;William Ingram;William Ingram;Yoko Tsushima;Masaki Satoh;Masaki Satoh

  • Implementation of U.K. Earth system models for CMIP6

    Alistair A. Sellar;Jeremy Walton;Colin G. Jones;Richard Wood

  • Description of the resolution hierarchy of the global coupled HadGEM3-GC3.1 model as used in CMIP6 HighResMIP experiments

    Malcolm J. Roberts;Alex Baker;Ed W. Blockley;Daley Calvert

  • Projected Future Changes in Tropical Cyclones Using the CMIP6 HighResMIP Multimodel Ensemble.

    Malcolm John Roberts;Joanne Camp;Jon Seddon;Pier Luigi Vidale

  • Investigating Global Tropical Cyclone Activity with a Hierarchy of AGCMs: The Role of Model Resolution

    Jane Strachan;Pier Luigi Vidale;Kevin Hodges;Malcolm Roberts

  • Geoscientific Model Development The Met Office Unified Model Global Atmosphere 3 . 0 / 3 . 1 and JULES Global Land 3 . 0 / 3 . 1 configurations

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  • Quantifying Progress Across Different CMIP Phases With the ESMValTool

    L. Bock;A. Lauer;M. Schlund;M. Barreiro

  • Hurricanes and climate: The U.S. Clivar working group on hurricanes

    Kevin J. E. Walsh;Suzana J. Camargo;Gabriel A. Vecchi;Anne Sophie Daloz

  • Potential influences on the United Kingdom's floods of winter 2013/14

    Chris Huntingford;Terry Marsh;Adam A. Scaife;Elizabeth J. Kendon

  • Changes in global net radiative imbalance 1985-2012.

    Richard P. Allan;Chunlei Liu;Norman G. Loeb;Matthew D. Palmer

Frequent Co-Authors

Pier Luigi Vidale
Pier Luigi Vidale University of Reading
Enrico Scoccimarro
Enrico Scoccimarro Central Maine Community College
Alessio Bellucci
Alessio Bellucci Aspen Global Change Institute
Kevin I. Hodges
Kevin I. Hodges University of Reading
Adrian L. New
Adrian L. New National Oceanography Centre
Michael F. Wehner
Michael F. Wehner Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Masaki Satoh
Masaki Satoh University of Tokyo
Len Shaffrey
Len Shaffrey University of Reading
Adam A. Scaife
Adam A. Scaife Met Office

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