Emma Boland
Ocean Adjoint Modeller
Biography
- 2023-Present: Co-Director, AI for the research of Environmental Risk Centre for Doctoral Training, University of Cambridge.
- 2023-Present: Sustainability By-Fellow, Churchill College, Cambridge.
- 2013-Present: Physical Oceanographer in the Polar Oceans group, part of the NERC-funded CANARI and BIOPOLE projects.
- 2009-2013: PhD, BAS and Atmosphere-Oceans Dynamics Group, DAMTP, the University of Cambridge. Part of the international DIMES project.
Research interests
I am primarily interested in adjoint modelling and meso-scale eddy activity in the Polar regions. I also have interests in quasi-geostrophic dynamics, Lagrangian processes and climate science communication.
Collaborations
Boland, Emma J. D., 2013: Jets, Mixing, and Topography in the Southern Ocean, Phd Thesis, University of Cambridge, UK E-Thesis on DSpace
Publications from NERC Open Research Archive
2025
Tarling, Geraint A. ORCID record for Geraint A. Tarling, Abrahamsen, E. Povl ORCID record for E. Povl Abrahamsen, Aksenov, Yevgeny ORCID record for Yevgeny Aksenov, Anderson, Madeline P.B.C. ORCID record for Madeline P.B.C. Anderson, Arrowsmith, Carol, Baker, Chelsey A. ORCID record for Chelsey A. Baker, Barry, Chris ORCID record for Chris Barry, Belcher, Anna ORCID record for Anna Belcher, Benavides, Mar, Bischof, Milo J.D., Boland, Emma J.D. ORCID record for Emma J.D. Boland, Bowes, Mike ORCID record for Mike Bowes, Brearley, J. Alexander ORCID record for J. Alexander Brearley, Brown, Peter J. ORCID record for Peter J. Brown, Burson, Amanda ORCID record for Amanda Burson, Buzzard, Sammie C., Callaghan, Nathan ORCID record for Nathan Callaghan, Coët, Arthur, Cook, Kathryn B. ORCID record for Kathryn B. Cook, Coombs, Sarah, Evans, Chris D. ORCID record for Chris D. Evans, Fielding, Sophie ORCID record for Sophie Fielding, Ford, Elaina, Fournier, Isabelle ORCID record for Isabelle Fournier, Freer, Jennifer J. ORCID record for Jennifer J. Freer, Garcia-Martin, E. Elena ORCID record for E. Elena Garcia-Martin, Ghosh, V.R. Dipin, Giering, Sarah L.C. ORCID record for Sarah L.C. Giering, Grant, Alanna ORCID record for Alanna Grant, Griffiths, Huw J. ORCID record for Huw J. Griffiths, Hamilton, Ruta, Hendry, Katherine R. ORCID record for Katherine R. Hendry, Hill, Simeon L. ORCID record for Simeon L. Hill, Hubot, Nathan, Hunter, Aidan ORCID record for Aidan Hunter, Johnston, Nadine M. ORCID record for Nadine M. Johnston, Katavouta, Anna ORCID record for Anna Katavouta, Kitson, Ezra ORCID record for Ezra Kitson, Leng, Melanie J. ORCID record for Melanie J. Leng, Lewis, Isabel H., Linse, Katrin ORCID record for Katrin Linse, Lofts, Stephen ORCID record for Stephen Lofts, Manno, Clara ORCID record for Clara Manno, Martin, Adrian P. ORCID record for Adrian P. Martin, Marzocchi, Alice ORCID record for Alice Marzocchi, Mawji, Edward, Mayor, Daniel J. ORCID record for Daniel J. Mayor, McKenzie, Rebecca M., Meijers, Andrew J.S. ORCID record for Andrew J.S. Meijers, Meredith, Michael P. ORCID record for Michael P. Meredith, Munday, David R. ORCID record for David R. Munday, Pereira, M. Glória ORCID record for M. Glória Pereira, O'Brien, Alexandra V.E. ORCID record for Alexandra V.E. O'Brien, Olszewska, Justyna P. ORCID record for Justyna P. Olszewska, Painter, Stuart C., Palmieri, Julien ORCID record for Julien Palmieri, Patel, Shailee, Pickard, Amy E. ORCID record for Amy E. Pickard, Richt, Jessica J.R., Rynders, Stefanie ORCID record for Stefanie Rynders, Sanders, Rachael N.C. ORCID record for Rachael N.C. Sanders, Saunders, Ryan A. ORCID record for Ryan A. Saunders, Shepherd, Andrew, Slater, Thomas, Spears, Bryan M. ORCID record for Bryan M. Spears, Stowasser, Gabriele ORCID record for Gabriele Stowasser, Swiggs, Amy E., Taylor, Laura R., ten Hoopen, Petra ORCID record for Petra ten Hoopen, Thorpe, Sally E. ORCID record for Sally E. Thorpe, Timms-Wilson, Tracey M., van Soest, Maud A.J., Venables, Hugh J. ORCID record for Hugh J. Venables, Wright, Zoe, Yool, Andrew ORCID record for Andrew Yool, Young, Emma ORCID record for Emma Young. (2025) BIOPOLE: biogeochemical processes and ecosystem functioning in changing polar systems and their global impacts. Research Ideas & Outcomes, 11 (). pp. 10.3897/rio.11.e163757
Virdee, Mala ORCID record for Mala Virdee, Kazlauskaite, Ieva ORCID record for Ieva Kazlauskaite, Boland, Emma J.D. ORCID record for Emma J.D. Boland, Shuckburgh, Emily, Ming, Alison. (2025) Spatial and temporal dependence in distribution‐based evaluation of CMIP6 daily maximum temperatures. Atmospheric Science Letters, 26 (). 18 pp. doi:10.1002/asl.1290
2023
Boland, Emma J.D. ORCID record for Emma J.D. Boland, Atkinson, Erin, Jones, Dani C. ORCID record for Dani C. Jones. (2023) A novel heuristic method for detecting overfit in unsupervised classification of climate model data. Environmental Data Science, 2 (). 14 pp. 10.1017/eds.2023.40
Boland, Emma J.D. ORCID record for Emma J.D. Boland, Dittus, Andrea J., Jones, Daniel C. ORCID record for Daniel C. Jones, Josey, Simon A. ORCID record for Simon A. Josey, Sinha, Bablu. (2023) Ocean Heat Content responses to changing Anthropogenic Aerosol Forcing Strength: Regional and multi-decadal variability. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 128 (). 20 pp. 10.1029/2022JC018725
Meijers, Andrew J.S. ORCID record for Andrew J.S. Meijers, Meredith, Michael P. ORCID record for Michael P. Meredith, Shuckburgh, Emily F., Kent, Elizabeth C. ORCID record for Elizabeth C. Kent, Munday, David R. ORCID record for David R. Munday, Firing, Yvonne L. ORCID record for Yvonne L. Firing, King, Brian ORCID record for Brian King, Smyth, Timothy J., Leng, Melanie J. ORCID record for Melanie J. Leng, Nurser, A.J. George, Hewitt, Helene T., Abrahamsen, E. Povl ORCID record for E. Povl Abrahamsen, Weiss, Alexandra ORCID record for Alexandra Weiss, Yang, Mingxi, Bell, Thomas G., Brearley, J. Alexander ORCID record for J. Alexander Brearley, Boland, Emma J.D. ORCID record for Emma J.D. Boland, Jones, Daniel C. ORCID record for Daniel C. Jones, Josey, Simon A. ORCID record for Simon A. Josey, Owen, Robyn P., Grist, Jeremy P. ORCID record for Jeremy P. Grist, Blaker, Adam T. ORCID record for Adam T. Blaker, Biri, Stavroula ORCID record for Stavroula Biri, Yelland, Margaret J. ORCID record for Margaret J. Yelland, Pimm, Ciara, Zhou, Shenjie ORCID record for Shenjie Zhou, Harle, James, Cornes, Richard C. ORCID record for Richard C. Cornes. (2023) Finale: Impact of the ORCHESTRA/ENCORE programmes on Southern Ocean heat and carbon understanding. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A, 381 (). 25 pp. 10.1098/rsta.2022.0070
2021
Boland, Emma J.D. ORCID record for Emma J.D. Boland, Jones, Daniel C. ORCID record for Daniel C. Jones, Meijers, Andrew J.S. ORCID record for Andrew J.S. Meijers, Forget, Gael, Josey, Simon A. ORCID record for Simon A. Josey. (2021) Local and remote influences on the heat content of Southern Ocean mode water formation regions. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 126 (). 25 pp. 10.1029/2020JC016585
2020
Jones, Daniel C. ORCID record for Daniel C. Jones, Boland, Emma ORCID record for Emma Boland, Meijers, Andrew J.S. ORCID record for Andrew J.S. Meijers, Forget, Gael, Josey, Simon ORCID record for Simon Josey, Sallee, Jean-Baptiste, Shuckburgh, Emily. (2020) The sensitivity of Southeast Pacific heat distribution to local and remote changes in ocean properties. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 50 (). 18 pp. 10.1175/JPO-D-19-0155.1
2019
Jones, Daniel C. ORCID record for Daniel C. Jones, Boland, Emma ORCID record for Emma Boland, Meijers, Andrew J.S. ORCID record for Andrew J.S. Meijers, Forget, Gael, Josey, Simon A. ORCID record for Simon A. Josey, Sallee, Jean-Baptiste, Shuckburgh, Emily ORCID record for Emily Shuckburgh. (2019) Heat distribution in the Southeast Pacific is only weakly sensitive to high-latitude heat flux and wind stress.. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 124 (). pp. 10.1029/2019JC015460
2018
Jones, Daniel C. ORCID record for Daniel C. Jones, Forget, Gael, Sinha, Bablu, Josey, Simon A. ORCID record for Simon A. Josey, Boland, Emma J.D. ORCID record for Emma J.D. Boland, Meijers, Andrew J.S. ORCID record for Andrew J.S. Meijers, Shuckburgh, Emily ORCID record for Emily Shuckburgh. (2018) Local and remote influences on the heat content of the Labrador Sea: an adjoint sensitivity study. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 123 (). pp. 10.1002/2018JC013774
2017
Boland, Emma J.D. ORCID record for Emma J.D. Boland, Bracegirdle, Thomas J. ORCID record for Thomas J. Bracegirdle, Shuckburgh, Emily F. ORCID record for Emily F. Shuckburgh. (2017) Assessment of sea ice-atmosphere links in CMIP5 models. Climate Dynamics, 49 (). pp. doi:10.1007/s00382-016-3367-1
2015
Boland, Emma J.D. ORCID record for Emma J.D. Boland, Shuckburgh, Emily ORCID record for Emily Shuckburgh, Haynes, Peter H., Ledwell, James R., Messias, Marie-José, Watson, Andrew J.. (2015) Estimating a sub-mesoscale diffusivity using a roughness measure applied to a tracer release experiment in the Southern Ocean. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 45 (). pp. 10.1175/JPO-D-14-0047.1
2012
Boland, Emma J. D. ORCID record for Emma J. D. Boland, Thompson, Andrew F., Shuckburgh, Emily ORCID record for Emily Shuckburgh, Haynes, Peter H.. (2012) The formation of nonzonal jets over sloped topography. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 42 (). pp. doi:10.1175/JPO-D-11-0152.1
2018
Cambridge Science Festival: Sensing the climate discussion
Event 20 March, 2018
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