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Roger Saunders

Roger Saunders

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Environmental Sciences

D-Index
42
Citations
16052
World Ranking
7246
National Ranking
550

Overview

Roger Saunders is affiliated with the Met Office in the United Kingdom and conducts research primarily in Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a focus on Environmental Science. Their work spans several interconnected subfields including Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change, Oceanography, and Environmental Engineering.

Their research addresses a range of topics, especially within Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations, Climate Variability and Models, Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics, Atmospheric Ozone and Climate, Atmospheric Aerosols and Clouds, Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research, and Geophysics and Gravity Measurements.

Saunders has contributed to scientific literature through several recent papers, including the following:

  • "Observations for Model Intercomparison Project (Obs4MIPs): status for CMIP6" (2020) published in Geoscientific Model Development
  • "Performance of Radiative Transfer Models in the Microwave Region" (2020) published in Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres
  • "The use of satellite data in numerical weather prediction" (2021) published in Weather
  • "Ten Years of Satellite Infrared Radiance Monitoring With the Met Office NWP Model" (2020) published in IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing
  • "Assimilation of OLCI total column water vapour in the Met Office global numerical weather prediction system" (2021) published in Meteorological Applications

Frequent co-authors with whom Saunders has collaborated include Duane E. Waliser, Peter J. Gleckler, R. Ferraro, Karl E. Taylor, and Sasha Ames.

Publication venues where Saunders' work appears often include Geoscientific Model Development, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, Weather, IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, and Meteorological Applications.

Best Publications

  • The ERA‐40 re‐analysis

    S. M. Uppala;P. W. Kållberg;Adrian J. Simmons;U. Andrae

  • An improved method for detecting clear sky and cloudy radiances from AVHRR data

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  • An improved fast radiative transfer model for assimilation of satellite radiance observations

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  • An update on the RTTOV fast radiative transfer model (currently at version 12)

    Roger Saunders;James Hocking;Emma Turner;Peter Rayer

  • Three-Way Error Analysis between AATSR, AMSR-E, and In Situ Sea Surface Temperature Observations

    Anne G. O’Carroll;John R. Eyre;Roger W. Saunders

  • Satellite multichannel infrared measurements of sea surface temperature of the N.E. Atlantic Ocean using AVHRR/2

    D. T. Llewellyn-Jones;P. J. Minnett;R. W. Saunders;A. M. Zavody

  • An update on the RTTOV fast radiative transfer model (currently at version 12)

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  • Radiance and Jacobian Intercomparison of Radiative Transfer Models Applied to HIRS and AMSU Channels

    L. Garand;D. S. Turner;M. Larocque;J. Bates

  • A Tool to Estimate Land-Surface Emissivities at Microwave frequencies (TELSEM) for use in numerical weather prediction

    Filipe Aires;Filipe Aires;Catherine Prigent;Frédéric Bernardo;Carlos Jiménez

  • Retrieval of physical properties of volcanic ash using Meteosat: A case study from the 2010 Eyjafjallajökull eruption

    Peter N. Francis;Michael C. Cooke;Roger W. Saunders

  • An automated scheme for the removal of cloud contamination from AVHRR radiances over western Europe

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  • An observational and theoretical study of the radiative properties of cirrus: Some results from ICE'89

    P. N. Francis;A. Jones;R. W. Saunders;K. P. Shine

  • The radiometric characterization of AMSU-B

    R.W. Saunders;T.J. Hewison;S.J. Stringer;N.C. Atkinson

  • Meteorology and climatology

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  • Theoretical algorithms for satellite‐derived sea surface temperatures

    I. J. Barton;A. M. Zavody;D. M. O'Brien;D. R. Cutten

  • The determination of broad band surface albedo from AVHRR visible and near-infrared radiances

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  • Fast radiative transfer model for simulation of infrared atmospheric sounding interferometer radiances

    Marco Matricardi;Roger Saunders

  • A comparison of radiative transfer models for simulating Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS) radiances

    R. Saunders;P. Rayer;P. Brunel;A. von Engeln

  • The feasibility of monitoring CO2 from high‐resolution infrared sounders

    A. Chédin;R. Saunders;A. Hollingsworth;N. Scott

  • A 20 year independent record of sea surface temperature for climate from Along-Track Scanning Radiometers

    Christopher J. Merchant;Owen Embury;Nick A. Rayner;David I. Berry

  • Airborne observations of the physical and chemical characteristics of the Kuwait oil smoke plume

    D. W. Johnson;C. G. Kilsby;C. G. Kilsby;D. S. McKenna;R. W. Saunders

  • Revisiting the mystery of recent stratospheric temperature trends.

    Amanda C. Maycock;William J. Randel;Andrea K. Steiner;Alexey Yu Karpechko

  • FORUM: Unique Far-Infrared Satellite Observations to Better Understand How Earth Radiates Energy to Space

    L. Palchetti;H. Brindley;R. Bantges;S. Buehler

  • The accuracy of SST retrievals from AATSR: An initial assessment through geophysical validation against in situ radiometers, buoys and other SST data sets

    G.K. Corlett;I.J. Barton;C.J. Donlon;M.C. Edwards

  • Use and Impact of Satellite Atmospheric Motion Winds on ECMWF Analyses and Forecasts

    M. Tomassini;G. Kelly;R. Saunders

  • Radiometric characterization of AMSU-B

    Roger W. Saunders;Tim J. Hewison;Nigel C. Atkinson;S. J. Stringer

Frequent Co-Authors

Nick Rayner
Nick Rayner Met Office
Stefan Buehler
Stefan Buehler Universität Hamburg
Christopher J. Merchant
Christopher J. Merchant University of Reading
Dick Dee
Dick Dee European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts
Elizabeth C. Kent
Elizabeth C. Kent National Oceanography Centre
David Parker
David Parker Met Office
Peter J. Minnett
Peter J. Minnett University of Miami
Veronika Eyring
Veronika Eyring University of Bremen
Duane E. Waliser
Duane E. Waliser Jet Propulsion Lab
Kevin E. Trenberth
Kevin E. Trenberth University of Auckland

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