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Overview

Peter Challenor is affiliated with the University of Exeter in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily intersects with computer science, with a specific focus on advanced methodologies and applications within this domain.

The scientist's core areas of study include:

  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Management Science and Operations Research
  • Computational Theory and Mathematics
  • Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment

Major research topics addressed by Peter Challenor encompass:

  • Advanced Multi-Objective Optimization Algorithms
  • Gaussian Processes and Bayesian Inference
  • Simulation Techniques and Applications
  • Climate variability and models
  • COVID-19 epidemiological studies
  • Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics
  • Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research

The publication record of Peter Challenor features recent work spanning topics of epidemiology, modeling, and environmental sciences. Notable papers include:

  • "Key questions for modelling COVID-19 exit strategies" (2020), published in Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
  • "The importance of uncertainty quantification in model reproducibility" (2021), published in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A Mathematical Physical and Engineering Sciences
  • "Challenges in estimation, uncertainty quantification and elicitation for pandemic modelling" (2022), published in Epidemics
  • "Challenges on the interaction of models and policy for pandemic control" (2021), published in Epidemics
  • "Emulation of high-resolution land surface models using sparse Gaussian processes with application to JULES" (2022), published in Geoscientific Model Development

Frequent co-authors who have collaborated with Peter Challenor include:

  • Louise Kimpton
  • Victoria Volodina
  • Nikki Sonenberg
  • Daniel Williamson
  • Hossein Mohammadi

Publications by Peter Challenor appear across several venues, notably:

  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Epidemics
  • Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A Mathematical Physical and Engineering Sciences
  • Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
  • Geoscientific Model Development

Best Publications

  • Statistical Analysis of Spherical Data.

    P. E. Jupp;N. I. Fisher;T. Lewis;B. J. J. Embleton

  • Variability and predictability of the North Atlantic wave climate

    D. K. Woolf;P. G. Challenor;P. D. Cotton

  • Sea-level probability for the last deglaciation: A statistical analysis of far-field records

    J D Stanford;R. Hemingway;Eelco Rohling;P.G. Challenor

  • Numerical simulation of a random sea: a common error and its effect upon wave group statistics

    M.J. Tucker;P.G. Challenor;D.J.T. Carter

  • Retracking Altimeter Waveforms Near the Coasts

    C. Gommenginger;P. Thibaut;L. Fenoglio-Marc;G. Quartly

  • Seasonal and diel variation in the open ocean concentration of marine snow aggregates

    R. S. Lampitt;W. R. Hillier;P. G. Challenor

  • Rossby waves detected in global ocean colour data

    Paolo Cipollini;David Cromwell;Peter G. Challenor;Stefano Raffaglio

  • History matching for exploring and reducing climate model parameter space using observations and a large perturbed physics ensemble

    Daniel Williamson;Michael Goldstein;Lesley Allison;Adam Blaker

  • A two-parameter wind speed algorithm for Ku-band altimeters

    J. Gourrion;D. Vandemark;S. Bailey;B. Chapron

  • Concurrent altimeter and infrared observations of Rossby wave propagation near 34°N in the northeast Atlantic

    Paolo Cipollini;David Cromwell;Matthew S. Jones;Graham D. Quartly

  • A soft solid surface on Titan as revealed by the Huygens Surface Science Package

    John C. Zarnecki;Mark R. Leese;Brijen Hathi;Andrew J. Ball

  • A global study of diurnal warming using infrared satellite-derived sea surface temperature

    A.C. Stuart-Menteth;I.S. Robinson;P.G. Challenor

  • A Markov chain Monte Carlo method for estimation and assimilation into models

    Robin Harmon;Peter Challenor

  • On the timing and mechanism of millennial-scale climate variability during the last glacial cycle

    E.J. Rohling;P.A. Mayewski;P. Challenor

  • Measuring ocean wave period with satellite altimeters: A simple empirical model

    C. P. Gommenginger;M. A. Srokosz;P. G. Challenor;P. D. Cotton

  • Global fields of sea surface dimethylsulfide predicted from chlorophyll, nutrients and light

    T.R. Anderson;S.A. Spall;A. Yool;P. Cipollini

  • A global study of diurnal warming using satellite-derived sea surface temperature

    A. C. Stuart-Menteth;I. S. Robinson;P. G. Challenor

  • Use of the 3D Radon Transform to Examine the Properties of Oceanic Rossby Waves

    Peter G. Challenor;Paolo Cipollini;David Cromwell

  • Estimating return values of environmental parameters

    D. J. T. Carter;P. G. Challenor

  • Observations in the Canary Basin and the Azores frontal region using Geosat data

    R. T. Tokmakian;P. G. Challenor

  • Uncertainty in wave energy resource assessment. Part 2: Variability and predictability

    Edward B.L. Mackay;AbuBakr S. Bahaj;Peter G. Challenor

Frequent Co-Authors

Meric Srokosz
Meric Srokosz National Oceanography Centre
Paolo Cipollini
Paolo Cipollini Natural Environment Research Council
Jérôme Benveniste
Jérôme Benveniste University of Toulouse-Jean Jaurès
David K. Woolf
David K. Woolf Heriot-Watt University
Christopher Edwards
Christopher Edwards University of Exeter
Peter J. Talling
Peter J. Talling Durham University
AbuBakr S. Bahaj
AbuBakr S. Bahaj University of Southampton
Robin N Thompson
Robin N Thompson University of Oxford
Elizabeth C. Kent
Elizabeth C. Kent National Oceanography Centre
Christl A. Donnelly
Christl A. Donnelly University of Oxford

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