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Theodore G. Shepherd

Theodore G. Shepherd

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Environmental Sciences
UK
2023

D-Index & Metrics

Environmental Sciences

D-Index
85
Citations
27755
World Ranking
744
National Ranking
62

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in United Kingdom Leader Award
  • 2016 - Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom
  • 2010 - Fellow of American Geophysical Union (AGU)
  • 2007 - Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada Academy of Science

Overview

Theodore G. Shepherd is affiliated with the University of Reading in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily covers Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a notable focus on Global and Planetary Change and Atmospheric Science. The scientist's work extends into subfields such as Sociology and Political Science, Water Science and Technology, and Oceanography.

Their research topics include:

  • Climate variability and models
  • Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations
  • Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics
  • Atmospheric Ozone and Climate
  • Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research
  • Climate Change Communication and Perception
  • Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies

Shepherd has contributed to a number of recent papers, including:

  • Event-Based Storylines to Address Climate Risk, 2020, Earth's Future
  • The 2019 Southern Hemisphere Stratospheric Polar Vortex Weakening and Its Impacts, 2021, Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
  • Changes in Northern Hemisphere temperature variability shaped by regional warming patterns, 2020, Nature Geoscience
  • Brief communication: The role of using precipitation or river discharge data when assessing global coastal compound flooding, 2020, Natural hazards and earth system sciences
  • Quantifying Causal Pathways of Teleconnections, 2021, Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

Frequent coauthors of Theodore G. Shepherd include:

  • Nigel W. Arnell
  • Bart van den Hurk
  • Marlene Kretschmer
  • Geoff Darch
  • Julia Mindlin

Publishing venues where Shepherd has frequently contributed are:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
  • Climatic Change
  • Journal of Climate
  • Natural hazards and earth system sciences

Awards received by Theodore G. Shepherd include:

  • Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom, 2016
  • Fellow of American Geophysical Union (AGU), 2010
  • Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, 2007, Academy of Science

Best Publications

  • On the “Downward Control” of Extratropical Diabatic Circulations by Eddy-Induced Mean Zonal Forces

    P. H. Haynes;M. E. McIntyre;T. G. Shepherd;C. J. Marks

  • Atmospheric circulation as a source of uncertainty in climate change projections

    Theodore G. Shepherd

  • Clouds, circulation and climate sensitivity

    Sandrine Bony;Bjorn Stevens;Dargan M W Frierson;Christian Jakob

  • Attribution of climate extreme events

    Kevin E. Trenberth;John T. Fasullo;Theodore G. Shepherd

  • Storylines: an alternative approach to representing uncertainty in physical aspects of climate change

    Theodore G. Shepherd;Emily Boyd;Raphael A. Calel;Raphael A. Calel;Sandra C. Chapman;Sandra C. Chapman

  • Towards process-informed bias correction of climate change simulations

    Douglas Maraun;Theodore G. Shepherd;Martin Widmann;Giuseppe Zappa

  • Assessment of temperature, trace species, and ozone in chemistry-climate model simulations of the recent past

    V. Eyring;N. Butchart;D. W. Waugh;H. Akiyoshi

  • The impact of stratospheric ozone recovery on the Southern Hemisphere westerly jet.

    S.-W. Son;L. M. Polvani;D. W. Waugh;H. Akiyoshi

  • Enhanced seasonal forecast skill following stratospheric sudden warmings

    M. Sigmond;J. F. Scinocca;V. V. Kharin;T. G. Shepherd;T. G. Shepherd

  • Nonlinear response of mid-latitude weather to the changing Arctic

    James E. Overland;Klaus Dethloff;Jennifer A. Francis;Richard J. Hall

  • Symmetries, Conservation Laws, and Hamiltonian Structure in Geophysical Fluid Dynamics

    Theodore G. Shepherd

  • Multimodel projections of stratospheric ozone in the 21st century

    V. Eyring;D. W. Waugh;G. E. Bodeker;Eugene C. Cordero

  • Impact of stratospheric ozone on Southern Hemisphere circulation change: A multimodel assessment

    S.-W. Son.;E. P. Gerber;J. Perlwitz;J. Perlwitz;L. M. Polvani

  • Large-Scale Two-Dimensional Turbulence in the Atmosphere

    G. J. Boer;T. G. Shepherd

  • Large climate-induced changes in ultraviolet index and stratosphere-to-troposphere ozone flux

    Michaela I. Hegglin;Theodore G. Shepherd

  • Uncertainties and assessments of chemistry-climate models of the stratosphere

    J. Austin;D. Shindell;S. R. Beagley;C. Bruhl

  • Overview of IGAC/SPARC Chemistry-Climate Model Initiative (CCMI) Community Simulations in Support of Upcoming Ozone and Climate Assessments

    Veronika Eyring;Jean-François Lamarque;Peter Hess;Florian Arfeuille

  • Chemistry-Climate Model Simulations of Twenty- First Century Stratospheric Climate and Circulation Changes

    Neal Butchart;I. Cionni;V. Eyring;T. G. Shepherd

  • Ozone database in support of CMIP5 simulations: results and corresponding radiative forcing

    I. Cionni;V. Eyring;J. F. Lamarque;W. J. Randel

  • Storyline approach to the construction of regional climate change information

    Theodore G Shepherd

Frequent Co-Authors

John F. Scinocca
John F. Scinocca University of Victoria
Veronika Eyring
Veronika Eyring University of Bremen
Martyn P. Chipperfield
Martyn P. Chipperfield University of Leeds
David A. Plummer
David A. Plummer Environment and Climate Change Canada
Darryn W. Waugh
Darryn W. Waugh Johns Hopkins University
Martin Dameris
Martin Dameris German Aerospace Center
Andrew Gettelman
Andrew Gettelman Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Eugene Rozanov
Eugene Rozanov Saint Petersburg State University
Steven Pawson
Steven Pawson Goddard Space Flight Center
Kiyotaka Shibata
Kiyotaka Shibata Kochi University of Technology

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