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42
Citations
5169
World Ranking
7522
National Ranking
568

Overview

Suzanne L. Gray is affiliated with the University of Reading in the United Kingdom, with a research focus largely within Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science. Their work extensively covers Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change, and related subfields.

Their main topics of research include Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations, Climate Variability and Models, Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research, Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics, Flood Risk Assessment and Management, Atmospheric Ozone and Climate, and Ocean Waves and Remote Sensing.

Recent publications by Suzanne L. Gray demonstrate a focus on cyclones and weather forecasting processes. Notable papers include:

  • A process-based anatomy of Mediterranean cyclones: from baroclinic lows to tropical-like systems, 2021, Weather and Climate Dynamics
  • Linking rapid forecast error growth to diabatic processes, 2020, Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society
  • A composite approach to produce reference datasets for extratropical cyclone tracks: application to Mediterranean cyclones, 2023, Weather and Climate Dynamics
  • Do AI models produce better weather forecasts than physics-based models? A quantitative evaluation case study of Storm Ciarán, 2024, npj Climate and Atmospheric Science
  • Impact of model upgrades on diabatic processes in extratropical cyclones and downstream forecast evolution, 2020, Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Frequent coauthors in their research are Ambrogio Volonté, Oscar Martínez-Alvarado, John Methven, Peter Clark, and Florian Pantillon, with collaboration counts ranging from four to nine joint works.

Suzanne L. Gray has contributed regularly to several publication venues, most frequently to the Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society and Weather and Climate Dynamics, each with eight publications. Other venues include Weather, npj Climate and Atmospheric Science, and Boundary-Layer Meteorology.

Best Publications

  • The North Atlantic Waveguide and Downstream Impact Experiment

    Andreas Schäfler;George Craig;Heini Wernli;Philippe Arbogast

  • CISK or WISHE as the Mechanism for Tropical Cyclone Intensification

    George C. Craig;Suzanne L. Gray

  • The Spatial Distribution and Evolution Characteristics of North Atlantic Cyclones

    Helen Francis Dacre;Suzanne Louise Gray

  • Scientific Challenges of Convective-Scale Numerical Weather Prediction

    Jun-Ichi Yano;Michał Z. Ziemiański;Mike Cullen;Piet Termonia

  • Mesoscale simulations of organized convection: Importance of convective equilibrium

    J. M. Done;G. C. Craig;S. L. Gray;Peter A. Clark

  • Diabatic processes modifying potential vorticity in a North Atlantic cyclone

    J. M. Chagnon;S. L. Gray;J. Methven

  • An objective climatology of the dynamical forcing of polar lows in the Nordic seas

    Thomas J. Bracegirdle;Suzanne L. Gray

  • The extratropical transition of hurricane Irene (1999): A potential-vorticity perspective

    A. Agusti‐panareda;C. D. Thorncroft;G. C. Craig;S. L. Gray

  • Systematic model forecast error in Rossby wave structure

    Suzanne L. Gray;C. M. Dunning;John Methven;Giacomo Masato

  • Foehn jets over the Larsen C Ice Shelf, Antarctica

    Andrew D. Elvidge;Ian A. Renfrew;John C. King;Andrew Orr

  • On a Threefold Classification of Extratropical Cyclogenesis

    R. S. Plant;G. C. Craig;S. L. Gray

  • THE GREENLAND FLOW DISTORTION EXPERIMENT

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

  • Sting jets in extratropical cyclones: a review

    Peter A. Clark;Suzanne L. Gray

  • Synoptic controls on boundary-layer characteristics

    Victoria A. Sinclair;Victoria A. Sinclair;Stephen Ernest Belcher;Suzanne Louise Gray

  • Distinguishing the Cold Conveyor Belt and Sting Jet Airstreams in an Intense Extratropical Cyclone

    Oscar Martínez-Alvarado;Laura H. Baker;Suzanne L. Gray;John Methven

  • A case study of stratosphere to troposphere transport: The role of convective transport and the sensitivity to model resolution

    S. L. Gray

  • A route to systematic error in forecasts of Rossby waves

    O. Martínez-Alvarado;Erica Madonna;Erica Madonna;S. L. Gray;H. Joos

  • Horizontal potential vorticity dipoles on the convective storm scale

    Jeffrey M. Chagnon;Suzanne Louise Gray

  • Conditional symmetric instability in sting-jet storms

    Suzanne L. Gray;Oscar Martinez-Alvarado;Laura H Baker;Peter A. Clark

  • Heavy rainfall in Mediterranean cyclones. Part I: contribution of deep convection and warm conveyor belt

    Emmanouil Flaounas;Vassiliki Kotroni;Konstantinos Lagouvardos;Suzanne L. Gray

  • Upstream Cyclone Influence on the Predictability of Block Onsets over the Euro-Atlantic Region

    J. W. Maddison;S. L. Gray;O. Martínez-Alvarado;K. D. Williams

  • Categorisation of synoptic environments associated with mesoscale convective systems over the UK

    Matthew W. Lewis;Suzanne Louise Gray

  • The dichotomous structure of the warm conveyor belt

    Oscar Martínez-Alvarado;Hanna Joos;Jeffrey Chagnon;Maxi Boettcher

  • Atmospheric changes from solar eclipses.

    K. L. Aplin;Chris J Scott;Suzanne L Gray

Frequent Co-Authors

John Methven
John Methven University of Reading
George C. Craig
George C. Craig Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
David M. Schultz
David M. Schultz University of Manchester
Nigel Roberts
Nigel Roberts Met Office
Joaquim G. Pinto
Joaquim G. Pinto Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Ian A. Renfrew
Ian A. Renfrew University of East Anglia
Heini Wernli
Heini Wernli ETH Zurich
Anna Agusti-Panareda
Anna Agusti-Panareda European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts
Andreas H. Fink
Andreas H. Fink Karlsruhe Institute of Technology

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