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Richard Swinbank

Richard Swinbank

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Environmental Sciences

D-Index
45
Citations
8838
World Ranking
6350
National Ranking
493

Overview

Richard Swinbank is affiliated with the Met Office in the United Kingdom. Their research contributions span several fields within computer science and decision sciences, with a particular emphasis on computer networks, communications, and information systems.

Their primary fields of study include:

  • Computer Science
  • Decision Sciences

Within these main fields, their work extends into the following subfields:

  • Computer Networks and Communications
  • Information Systems
  • Information Systems and Management

The research topics covered in their publications focus on distributed computing systems and cloud infrastructure management, specifically:

  • Distributed and Parallel Computing Systems
  • Cloud Computing and Resource Management
  • Software System Performance and Reliability
  • Advanced Data Storage Technologies
  • Scientific Computing and Data Management

Richard Swinbank's publication record includes book contributions published by Apress eBooks. They authored two editions of the book titled Azure Data Factory by Example, one published in 2021 and the other in 2024. Neither of these books have registered citations as of now.

Best Publications

  • Alleviation of a systematic westerly bias in general circulation and numerical weather prediction models through an orographic gravity wave drag parametrization

    T. N. Palmer;G. J. Shutts;R. Swinbank

  • A Stratosphere-Troposphere Data Assimilation System

    Richard Swinbank;Alan O'Neill

  • The THORPEX Interactive Grand Global Ensemble

    Philippe Bougeault;Zoltan Toth;Craig Bishop;Barbara Brown

  • Stratospheric Temperature Changes: Observations and Model Simulations

    V. Ramaswamy;M.-L. Chanin;J. Angell;J. Barnett

  • On the motion of air through the stratospheric polar vortex

    G. L. Manney;R. W. Zurek;A. O'Neill;R. Swinbank

  • The SPARC Intercomparison of Middle-Atmosphere Climatologies.

    William Randel;Petra Udelhofen;Eric Fleming;Marvin Geller

  • The TIGGE Project and Its Achievements

    Richard Swinbank;Masayuki Kyouda;Piers Buchanan;Lizzie Froude

  • Fibonacci grids: A novel approach to global modelling

    Richard Swinbank;R. James Purser

  • Parametrization and influence of subgridscale orography in general circulation and numerical weather prediction models

    M. J. Miller;T. N. Palmer;R. Swinbank

  • Chemical depletion of ozone in the Arctic lower stratosphere during winter 1992–93

    G. L. Manney;L. Froidevaux;J. W. Waters;R. W. Zurek

  • The GCM–Reality Intercomparison Project for SPARC (GRIPS): Scientific Issues and Initial Results

    Steven Pawson;Steven Pawson;Steven Pawson;K. Kodera;K. Hamilton;T. G. Shepherd

  • High-Resolution Stratospheric Tracer Fields Estimated from Satellite Observations Using Lagrangian Trajectory Calculations

    Rowan T. Sutton;Hector Maclean;Richard Swinbank;Alan O'Neill

  • Compilation of wind data for the Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite (UARS) Reference Atmosphere Project

    R. Swinbank;D. A. Ortland

  • Global QBO Circulation Derived from UKMO Stratospheric Analyses

    William J. Randel;Fei Wu;Richard Swinbank;John Nash

  • Impact of a Spectral Gravity Wave Parameterization on the Stratosphere in the Met Office Unified Model

    A. A. Scaife;N. Butchart;C. D. Warner;R. Swinbank

  • The Met Office convective-scale ensemble, MOGREPS-UK

    Susanna Hagelin;Joohyung Son;Joohyung Son;Richard Swinbank;Anne McCabe

  • Comparison of U.K. Meteorological Office and U.S. National Meteorological Center stratospheric analyses during northern and southern winter

    G. L. Manney;R. Swinbank;S. T. Massie;M. E. Gelman

  • Medium-range multimodel ensemble combination and calibration

    Christine Johnson;Richard Swinbank

  • Isentropic Mass Exchange between the Tropics and Extratropics in the Stratosphere

    Ping Chen;James R. Holton;Alan O'Neill;Richard Swinbank

  • THE GREENLAND FLOW DISTORTION EXPERIMENT

    I. A. Renfrew;G. W. K. Moore;J E Kristjánsson;H Ólafsson

Frequent Co-Authors

Alan O'Neill
Alan O'Neill University of Reading
Gloria L. Manney
Gloria L. Manney Northwest Research Associates
William Lahoz
William Lahoz Norwegian Institute for Air Research
Joe W. Waters
Joe W. Waters Jet Propulsion Lab
Richard W. Zurek
Richard W. Zurek Jet Propulsion Lab
Lucien Froidevaux
Lucien Froidevaux California Institute of Technology
Adam A. Scaife
Adam A. Scaife Met Office
Aidan E. Roche
Aidan E. Roche Advanced Technology Center
Neal Butchart
Neal Butchart Met Office
Steven Pawson
Steven Pawson Goddard Space Flight Center

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