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Overview

Manola Brunet is affiliated with the University of East Anglia in the United Kingdom and has contributed extensively to research in environmental science and earth and planetary sciences. Their work primarily focuses on climate variability, meteorological phenomena, and atmospheric sciences with significant attention to global and planetary change.

Their recent research papers include the following:

  • Development of an Updated Global Land In Situ-Based Data Set of Temperature and Precipitation Extremes: HadEX3, 2020, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres
  • An Evaluation of the Performance of the Twentieth Century Reanalysis Version 3, 2020, Journal of Climate
  • The global historical climate database HCLIM, 2023, Scientific Data
  • New World Meteorological Organization Certified Megaflash Lightning Extremes for Flash Distance (709 km) and Duration (16.73 s) Recorded From Space, 2020, Geophysical Research Letters
  • WMO Evaluation of Two Extreme High Temperatures Occurring in February 2020 for the Antarctic Peninsula Region, 2021, Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

Manola Brunet has collaborated frequently with several peers in the field. Notable co-authors include:

  • José A. Guijarro
  • Blair Trewin
  • Enric Aguilar
  • P. D. Jones
  • Randall S. Cerveny

The scientist's work appears in a concentrated set of publication venues, including:

  • Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
  • International Journal of Climatology
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Journal of Climate
  • Geophysical Research Letters

Brunet's main fields of study are:

  • Environmental Science
  • Earth and Planetary Sciences

Within these fields, their research subfields encompass:

  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Atmospheric Science
  • Astronomy and Astrophysics
  • Ecology
  • Environmental Engineering

The primary research topics covered by Manola Brunet include:

  • Climate variability and models
  • Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations
  • Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics
  • Hydrology and Drought Analysis
  • Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research
  • Tree-ring climate responses
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research

Best Publications

  • Global observed changes in daily climate extremes of temperature and precipitation

    Lisa V. Alexander;Lisa V. Alexander;Lisa V. Alexander;X. Zhang;T. C. Peterson;J. Caesar

  • The Twentieth Century Reanalysis Project

    Gilbert P Compo;Gilbert P Compo;J. S. Whitaker;Prashant D Sardeshmukh;Prashant D Sardeshmukh;N. Matsui;N. Matsui

  • Updated analyses of temperature and precipitation extreme indices since the beginning of the twentieth century: The HadEX2 dataset

    M. G. Donat;L. V. Alexander;H. Yang;I. Durre

  • Towards a more reliable historical reanalysis: improvements for version 3 of the Twentieth Century Reanalysis system

    Laura C. Slivinski;Laura C. Slivinski;Gilbert P. Compo;Gilbert P. Compo;Jeffrey S. Whitaker;Prashant D. Sardeshmukh;Prashant D. Sardeshmukh

  • Changes in precipitation and temperature extremes in Central America and northern South America, 1961–2003

    E. Aguilar;T. C. Peterson;P. Ramírez Obando;R. Frutos

  • Indices for daily temperature and precipitation extremes in Europe analyzed for the period 1901–2000

    Anders Moberg;Philip D. Jones;David Lister;Alexander Walther

  • Development of an updated global land In situ‐based data set of temperature and precipitation extremes : HadEX3

    Robert J.H. Dunn;Lisa V. Alexander;Markus G. Donat;Xuebin Zhang

  • Changes in temperature and precipitation extremes in western central Africa, Guinea Conakry, and Zimbabwe, 1955–2006

    E. Aguilar;A. Aziz Barry;M. Brunet;L. Ekang

  • Changes in extreme temperature and precipitation in the Arab region: long‐term trends and variability related to ENSO and NAO

    M. G. Donat;T. C. Peterson;M. Brunet;A. D. King

  • Summer heat waves over western Europe 1880–2003, their relationship to large-scale forcings and predictability

    Paul Della-Marta;Paul Della-Marta;Paul Della-Marta;Jürg Luterbacher;H von Weissenfluh;Elena Xoplaki

  • Warming and wetting signals emerging from analysis of changes in climate extreme indices over South America

    María De Los Milagros Skansi;Manola Brunet;Javier Sigró;Enric Aguilar

  • Temporal and spatial temperature variability and change over Spain during 1850-2005

    Manola Brunet;Philip D. Jones;Javier Sigró;Oscar Saladié

  • An Evaluation of the Performance of the Twentieth Century Reanalysis Version 3

    L. C. Slivinski;L. C. Slivinski;G. P. Compo;G. P. Compo;P. D. Sardeshmukh;P. D. Sardeshmukh;J. S. Whitaker

  • The development of a new dataset of Spanish Daily Adjusted Temperature Series (SDATS) (1850–2003)

    Manola Brunet;Oscar Saladie;Phil D. Jones;Javier Sigró

  • Daily Mean Sea Level Pressure Reconstructions for the European–North Atlantic Region for the Period 1850–2003

    T. J. Ansell;P. D. Jones;R. J. Allan;D. Lister

  • The International Surface Pressure Databank version 2

    Thomas A. Cram;Gilbert P. Compo;Gilbert P. Compo;Xungang Yin;Robert J. Allan

  • Chapter 3 Relations between variability in the Mediterranean region and mid-latitude variability

    Ricardo Trigo;Elena Xoplaki;Eduardo Zorita;Jürg Luterbacher

  • Unlocking pre-1850 instrumental meteorological records: A global inventory

    Stefan Brönnimann;Rob Allan;Linden Ashcroft;Saba Baer

  • Trends in frequency indices of daily precipitation over the Iberian Peninsula during the last century

    M. C. Gallego;R. M. Trigo;J. M. Vaquero;J. M. Vaquero;M. Brunet

  • Data rescue initiatives: Bringing historical climate data into the 21st century

    Manola Brunet;Phil Jones

Frequent Co-Authors

Philip Jones
Philip Jones University of East Anglia
Gilbert P. Compo
Gilbert P. Compo National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Jürg Luterbacher
Jürg Luterbacher University of Giessen
Russell S. Vose
Russell S. Vose National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Stefan Brönnimann
Stefan Brönnimann University of Bern
Maurizio Maugeri
Maurizio Maugeri University of Milan
Prashant D. Sardeshmukh
Prashant D. Sardeshmukh National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Rob Allan
Rob Allan Met Office
Xiaolan L. Wang
Xiaolan L. Wang Environment and Climate Change Canada
Pavel Ya. Groisman
Pavel Ya. Groisman North Carolina State University

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