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D-Index
40
Citations
5909
World Ranking
8095
National Ranking
614

Overview

Paul Connolly is affiliated with the University of Manchester in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily centers on Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science, with a strong focus on Atmospheric Science and related subfields.

Their work covers a range of scientific topics, including:

  • Atmospheric aerosols and clouds
  • Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols
  • Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations
  • Icing and De-icing Technologies
  • Precipitation Measurement and Analysis
  • Atmospheric Ozone and Climate
  • Fluid Dynamics and Heat Transfer

Paul Connolly has published extensively in prominent venues, such as:

  • Atmospheric chemistry and physics
  • Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres
  • Earth system science data
  • Digital Holography and 3-D Imaging 2022
  • AIP conference proceedings

Several recent publications illustrate the scope and focus of their research:

  • "Secondary ice production during the break-up of freezing water drops on impact with ice particles," 2021, Atmospheric chemistry and physics
  • "Modelling the effect of condensed-phase diffusion on the homogeneous nucleation of ice in ultra-viscous particles," 2020, Atmospheric chemistry and physics
  • "Using a coupled large-eddy simulation-aerosol radiation model to investigate urban haze: sensitivity to aerosol loading and meteorological conditions," 2020, Atmospheric chemistry and physics
  • "Deep Convective Microphysics Experiment (DCMEX) coordinated aircraft and ground observations: microphysics, aerosol, and dynamics during cumulonimbus development," 2024, Earth system science data
  • "A bin microphysics parcel model investigation of secondary ice formation in an idealised shallow convective cloud," 2023, Atmospheric chemistry and physics

Frequent collaborators in their research include:

  • Jonathan Crosier
  • D Finney
  • Alan Blyth
  • Hugh Coe
  • Keith Bower

Best Publications

  • A Particle-Surface-Area-Based Parameterization of Immersion Freezing on Desert Dust Particles

    Monika Niemand;Ottmar Möhler;Bernhard Vogel;Heike Vogel

  • Efficiency of the deposition mode ice nucleation on mineral dust particles

    O. Möhler;P. R. Field;P. R. Field;P. Connolly;S. Benz

  • Studies of heterogeneous freezing by three different desert dust samples

    P. J. Connolly;O. Möhler;P. R. Field;H. Saathoff

  • Secondary Ice Production: Current State of the Science and Recommendations for the Future

    P. R. Field;P. R. Field;R. P. Lawson;P. R. A. Brown;G. Lloyd

  • Marine cloud brightening

    John Latham;Keith Bower;Tom Choularton;Hugh Coe

  • Some ice nucleation characteristics of Asian and Saharan desert dust

    P. R. Field;P. R. Field;O. Möhler;P. Connolly;M. Krämer

  • Observations of ice multiplication in a weakly convective cell embedded in supercooled mid-level stratus

    J. Crosier;K. N. Bower;T. W. Choularton;Christopher D. Westbrook

  • South East Pacific atmospheric composition and variability sampled along 20° S during VOCALS-REx

    G. Allen;H. Coe;A. Clarke;C. Bretherton

  • Scavenging of black carbon in mixed phase clouds at the high alpine site Jungfraujoch

    Julie Cozic;Bart Verheggen;Bart Verheggen;Stephan Mertes;Paul Connolly

  • Counterflow Virtual Impactor Based Collection of Small Ice Particles in Mixed-Phase Clouds for the Physico-Chemical Characterization of Tropospheric Ice Nuclei: Sampler Description and First Case Study

    S. Mertes;B. Verheggen;S. Walter;P. Connolly

  • A Review of Ice Particle Shapes in Cirrus formed In Situ and in Anvils

    R. P. Lawson;S. Woods;E. Jensen;E. Erfani;E. Erfani

  • Calibration of the Cloud Particle Imager Probes Using Calibration Beads and Ice Crystal Analogs: The Depth of Field

    Paul J. Connolly;Michael J. Flynn;Z. Ulanowski;T. W. Choularton

  • A laboratory investigation into the aggregation efficiency of small ice crystals

    P. J. Connolly;C. Emersic;P. R. Field

  • Cloud droplet number enhanced by co-condensation of organic vapours

    David Topping;Paul Connolly;Gordon McFiggans

  • Ice formation and development in aged, wintertime cumulus over the UK: observations and modelling

    Ian Crawford;Keith Bower;Thomas Choularton;Christopher Dearden

  • Anatomy of Cirrus Clouds: Results from the Emerald Airborne Campaigns

    James Whiteway;James Whiteway;Clive Cook;Clive Cook;Martin Gallagher;Tom Choularton

  • Aerosol partitioning between the interstitial and the condensed phase in mixed‐phase clouds

    Bart Verheggen;Bart Verheggen;Bart Verheggen;Julie Cozic;Ernest Weingartner;Keith Bower

  • Aircraft observations of the influence of electric fields on the aggregation of ice crystals

    Paul Connolly;Clive Saunders;Martin Gallagher;Keith Bower

  • A model intercomparison of CCN-limited tenuous clouds in the high Arctic

    Robin G. Stevens;Katharina Loewe;Christopher Dearden;Christopher Dearden;Antonios Dimitrelos

  • Classifying atmospheric ice crystals by spatial light scattering

    Paul H. Kaye;Edwin Hirst;Richard S. Greenaway;Zbigniew Ulanowski

  • The accommodation coefficient of water molecules on ice – cirrus cloud studies at the AIDA simulation chamber

    J. Skrotzki;P. Connolly;M. Schnaiter;H. Saathoff

  • The origins of ice crystals measured in mixed-phase clouds at the high-alpine site Jungfraujoch

    Gary Lloyd;Thomas Choularton;Keith Bower;Martin Gallagher

Frequent Co-Authors

Martin Gallagher
Martin Gallagher University of Manchester
Thomas Choularton
Thomas Choularton University of Manchester
Keith Bower
Keith Bower University of Manchester
Michael Flynn
Michael Flynn University of Manchester
Jonathan Crosier
Jonathan Crosier University of Manchester
Hugh Coe
Hugh Coe University of Manchester
Gordon McFiggans
Gordon McFiggans University of Manchester
Paul R. Field
Paul R. Field Met Office
Geraint Vaughan
Geraint Vaughan University of Manchester
James Dorsey
James Dorsey University of Manchester

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