Scott Hosking

Environmental Data Scientist

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Scott Hosking

Biography

Scott Hosking is an Environmental Data Scientist at the British Antarctic Survey (BAS). His research involves using AI and machine learning techniques on vast and various datasets, including the output from global climate models and weather stations.  The primary aims of Scott’s work are to identify and understand the key mechanisms that drive year-to-year climate variability over vulnerable regions, the changes in frequency and strength of extreme weather events, and to reduce uncertainties in future climate predictions. His roles include:

 

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Staff

  • Tom Andersson – Machine Learner and Data Scientist
    • Probabilistic machine learning for Arctic climate prediction
  • Tony Phillips – Climate Model Data and Analysis Software Manager
    • Developing new frameworks for leveraging big data
  • Charles Simpson – Environmental Data Scientist
    • Prediction of future climate risks and hazards

Graduate Students

  • Fruzsina Agocs (Univ. Cambridge, Industrial Placement: Data Intensive Science CDT), 2019-
    • ML for Arctic sea ice prediction
  • Risa Ueno (BAS/Univ. Cambridge, Industry Partner Max Fordham), 2018-
    • PhD Enrichment Student, Alan Turing Institute
    • Machine learning for assessing urban climate extremes and energy usage
  • Robert Edwin Rouse (Univ. Cambridge, Industry Partner Mott MacDonald), 2018-
    • Machine learning approaches to assessing future flood risk in megacities
  • Will Tebbutt (Univ. Cambridge, Industry Partner DeepMind), 2017-
    • Developing Bayesian Machine Learning tools for the calibration of climate model ensembles
  • Matt Amos (Univ. Lancaster), 2017-
    • Statistical and machine learning methods for intelligently aggregating chemistry-climate model output
  • Murk Komal (Univ. Sheffield), 2018-
    • Drivers of Arctic climate change and browning events

Past members
Daniel Bannister (Post-Doc, 2015-18, now Scientist at Satavia); Michelle McCrystall (PhD BAS/Cambridge, 2014-17, now post-doc at Exeter University); Tom Andersson (MEng Part IIB Dissertation, Machine Learning Group, Cambridge, 2019), Aymeric Delon (Masters Dissertation, ENS-Paris-Saclay, 2019), Stratis Markou (Internship, Machine Learning Group, Cambridge, 2017), Daniel Popa-Christobal (Internship, 2018)
 

Collaborations

Alan Turing Institute (ATI) | Amazon | Google DeepMind | European Space Agency (ESA) | European Bank for Reconstruction and Developement | Max Fordham | Mott MacDonald | University of Cambridge | University of Lancaster | Centre for Science and Policy (CSaP) | Department of Business Environment, Innovation and Skills (BEIS) | Department of Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) | Department of International Development (DFID) | University College London | University of Exeter | National Oceanography Centre | UK Met Office | Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar & Marine Research | UCL Centre for Artificial Intelligence

Selected Publications

 
Full publication list (2010-) available –> here
 

 

Publications from NERC Open Research Archive

2020

Bannister, Daniel, Orr, Andrew ORCIDORCID record for Andrew Orr, Jain, Sanjay K., Holman, Ian P., Momblanch, Andrea, Phillips, Tony ORCIDORCID record for Tony Phillips, Adeloye, Adebayo J., Snapir, Boris, Waine, Toby W., Hosking, Scott ORCIDORCID record for Scott Hosking, Allen-Sader, Clare. (2020) Bias Correction of High-Resolution Regional Climate Model Precipitation Output Gives the Best Estimates of Precipitation in Himalayan Catchments.. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 124. 20 pp. 10.1029/2019JD030804

2019

Kapetas, L., Kazakis, N., Voudouris, K., Martinez, Alejandro Tello, Hosking, Scott ORCIDORCID record for Scott Hosking. (2019) Modelling Groundwater – Surface Water Interactions Under Climate Change Scenarios: insights from Axios Delta, Greece.. In: ICONHIC 2019: 2nd International Conference on Natural Hazards & Infrastructure Chania, Greece, 23-26 June.

Turner, John ORCIDORCID record for John Turner, Phillips, Tony ORCIDORCID record for Tony Phillips, Thamban, Meloth, Rahaman, Waliur, Marshall, Gareth ORCIDORCID record for Gareth Marshall, Wille, Jonathan, Favier, Vincent, Winton, Holly, Thomas, Liz ORCIDORCID record for Liz Thomas, Wang, Zhaomin, van den Broeke, Michiel, Hosking, Scott ORCIDORCID record for Scott Hosking, Lachlan-Cope, Thomas. (2019) The dominant role of extreme precipitation events in Antarctic snowfall variability. Geophysical Research Letters, 46. 3502-3511. 10.1029/2018GL081517

2018

Deb, Pranab, Orr, Andrew ORCIDORCID record for Andrew Orr, Bromwich, David H., Nicolas, Julien P., Turner, John ORCIDORCID record for John Turner, Hosking, J. Scott ORCIDORCID record for J. Scott Hosking. (2018) Summer drivers of atmospheric variability affecting ice shelf thinning in the Amundsen Sea Embayment, West Antarctica. Geophysical Research Letters, 45. 4124-4133. 10.1029/2018GL077092

Hosking, J. Scott ORCIDORCID record for J. Scott Hosking, MacLeod, D., Phillips, T. ORCIDORCID record for T. Phillips, Holmes, C.R. ORCIDORCID record for C.R. Holmes, Watson, P., Shuckburgh, E.F. ORCIDORCID record for E.F. Shuckburgh, Mitchell, D.. (2018) Changes in European wind energy generation potential within a 1.5°C warmer world. Environmental Research Letters, 13. 10.1088/1748-9326/aabf78

2017

King, John C., Bannister, Daniel ORCIDORCID record for Daniel Bannister, Hosking, J. Scott ORCIDORCID record for J. Scott Hosking, Colwell, Steve R.. (2017) Causes of the Antarctic region record high temperature at Signy Island, 30 January 1982. Atmospheric Science Letters, 18. 491-496. 10.1002/asl.793

Hosking, J. Scott ORCIDORCID record for J. Scott Hosking, Fogt, Ryan, Thomas, Elizabeth R. ORCIDORCID record for Elizabeth R. Thomas, Moosavi, Vahid, Phillips, Tony ORCIDORCID record for Tony Phillips, Coggins, Jack, Reusch, David. (2017) Accumulation in coastal West Antarctic ice core records and the role of cyclone activity. Geophysical Research Letters, 44. 9084-9092. 10.1002/2017GL074722

Bannister, Daniel, Herzog, Michael, Graf, Hans-F, Hosking, J. Scott ORCIDORCID record for J. Scott Hosking, Short, C. Alan. (2017) An assessment of recent and future temperature change over the Sichuan Basin, China, using CMIP5 climate models. Journal of Climate, 30. 6701-6722. 10.1175/JCLI-D-16-0536.1

Turner, John ORCIDORCID record for John Turner, Phillips, Tony ORCIDORCID record for Tony Phillips, Marshall, Gareth J. ORCIDORCID record for Gareth J. Marshall, Hosking, J. Scott ORCIDORCID record for J. Scott Hosking, Pope, James O. ORCIDORCID record for James O. Pope, Bracegirdle, Thomas J. ORCIDORCID record for Thomas J. Bracegirdle, Deb, Pranab. (2017) Unprecedented springtime retreat of Antarctic sea ice in 2016. Geophysical Research Letters, 44. 6868-6875. 10.1002/2017GL073656

Turner, John ORCIDORCID record for John Turner, Hosking, J. Scott ORCIDORCID record for J. Scott Hosking, Bracegirdle, Thomas J. ORCIDORCID record for Thomas J. Bracegirdle, Phillips, Tony ORCIDORCID record for Tony Phillips, Marshall, Gareth J. ORCIDORCID record for Gareth J. Marshall. (2017) Variability and trends in the Southern Hemisphere high latitude, quasi-stationary planetary waves. International Journal of Climatology, 35. 2325-2336. doi:10.1002/joc.4848

Moffat-Griffin, Tracy ORCIDORCID record for Tracy Moffat-Griffin, Taylor, Mike J., Nakamura, Takuji, Kavanagh, Andrew J. ORCIDORCID record for Andrew J. Kavanagh, Hosking, J. Scott ORCIDORCID record for J. Scott Hosking, Orr, Andrew ORCIDORCID record for Andrew Orr. (2017) 3rd ANtarctic Gravity Wave Instrument Network (ANGWIN) science workshop. Advances in Atmospheric Sciences, 34. 1-3. doi:10.1007/s00376-016-6197-5

2016

Turner, John ORCIDORCID record for John Turner, Lu, Hua ORCIDORCID record for Hua Lu, White, Ian, King, John C., Phillips, Tony ORCIDORCID record for Tony Phillips, Hosking, J. Scott ORCIDORCID record for J. Scott Hosking, Bracegirdle, Thomas J. ORCIDORCID record for Thomas J. Bracegirdle, Marshall, Gareth J. ORCIDORCID record for Gareth J. Marshall, Mulvaney, Robert ORCIDORCID record for Robert Mulvaney, Deb, Pranab. (2016) Absence of 21st century warming on Antarctic Peninsula consistent with natural variability. Nature, 535. 411-415. doi:10.1038/nature18645

Turner, John ORCIDORCID record for John Turner, Hosking, J. Scott ORCIDORCID record for J. Scott Hosking, Marshall, Gareth J. ORCIDORCID record for Gareth J. Marshall, Phillips, Tony ORCIDORCID record for Tony Phillips, Bracegirdle, Thomas J. ORCIDORCID record for Thomas J. Bracegirdle. (2016) Antarctic sea ice increase consistent with intrinsic variability of the Amundsen Sea Low. Climate Dynamics, 46. 2391-2402. 10.1007/s00382-015-2708-9

Deb, Pranab, Orr, Andrew ORCIDORCID record for Andrew Orr, Hosking, J. Scott ORCIDORCID record for J. Scott Hosking, Phillips, Tony ORCIDORCID record for Tony Phillips, Turner, John ORCIDORCID record for John Turner, Bannister, Daniel, Pope, James O. ORCIDORCID record for James O. Pope, Colwell, Steve. (2016) An assessment of the Polar Weather Research and Forecast (WRF) model representation of near-surface meteorological variables over West Antarctica. Journal of Geophysical Research - Atmospheres, 121. 1532-1548. 10.1002/2015JD024037

Hosking, J. Scott ORCIDORCID record for J. Scott Hosking, Orr, Andrew ORCIDORCID record for Andrew Orr, Bracegirdle, Thomas J. ORCIDORCID record for Thomas J. Bracegirdle, Turner, John ORCIDORCID record for John Turner. (2016) Future circulation changes off West Antarctica: Sensitivity of the Amundsen Sea Low to projected anthropogenic forcing. Geophysical Research Letters, 43. 367-376. 10.1002/2015GL067143

Raphael, M.N., Marshall, G. J. ORCIDORCID record for G. J. Marshall, Turner, J. ORCIDORCID record for J. Turner, Fogt, R.L., Schneider, D., Dixon, D.A., Hosking, J.S. ORCIDORCID record for J.S. Hosking, Jones, J.M., Hobbs, W.R.. (2016) The Amundsen Sea Low: Variability, change and impact on Antarctic climate. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 97. 111-121. doi:10.1175/BAMS-D-14-00018.1

2015

Thomas, Elizabeth R. ORCIDORCID record for Elizabeth R. Thomas, Hosking, J. Scott ORCIDORCID record for J. Scott Hosking, Tuckwell, Rebecca R. ORCIDORCID record for Rebecca R. Tuckwell, Ludlow, Emily C.. (2015) Twentieth century increase in snowfall in coastal West Antarctica. Geophysical Research Letters, 42. 9387-9393. 10.1002/2015GL065750

Turner, John ORCIDORCID record for John Turner, Hosking, J. Scott ORCIDORCID record for J. Scott Hosking, Bracegirdle, Thomas J. ORCIDORCID record for Thomas J. Bracegirdle, Marshall, Gareth J. ORCIDORCID record for Gareth J. Marshall, Phillips, Tony ORCIDORCID record for Tony Phillips. (2015) Recent changes in Antarctic sea ice. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, A, 373. 10.1098/rsta.2014.0163

Chemel, Charles, Russo, Maria R., Hosking, J. Scott ORCIDORCID record for J. Scott Hosking, Telford, Paul J., Pyle, John A.. (2015) Sensitivity of tropical deep convection in global models: effects of horizontal resolution, surface constraints, and 3D atmospheric nudging. Atmospheric Science Letters, 16. 148-154. 10.1002/asl2.540

Orr, A. ORCIDORCID record for A. Orr, Hosking, J.S. ORCIDORCID record for J.S. Hosking, Hoffmann, L., Keeble, J., Dean, S.M., Roscoe, H.K., Abraham, N.L., Vosper, S., Braesicke, P.. (2015) Inclusion of mountain wave-induced cooling for the formation of PSCs over the Antarctic Peninsula in a chemistry-climate model. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 15. 1071-1086. 10.5194/acp-15-1071-2015

Hosking, J. Scott ORCIDORCID record for J. Scott Hosking, Bannister, Daniel, Orr, Andrew ORCIDORCID record for Andrew Orr, King, John, Young, Emma ORCIDORCID record for Emma Young, Phillips, Tony ORCIDORCID record for Tony Phillips. (2015) Orographic disturbances of surface winds over the shelf waters adjacent to South Georgia. Atmospheric Science Letters, 16. 50-55. doi:10.1002/asl2.519

2014

Orr, Andrew ORCIDORCID record for Andrew Orr, Phillips, Tony ORCIDORCID record for Tony Phillips, Webster, Stuart, Elvidge, Andy, Weeks, Mark, Hosking, Scott ORCIDORCID record for Scott Hosking, Turner, John ORCIDORCID record for John Turner. (2014) Met Office unified model high resolution simulations of a strong wind event in Antarctica. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, 140. 2287-2297. 10.1002/qj.2296

Bracegirdle, Thomas J. ORCIDORCID record for Thomas J. Bracegirdle, Turner, John ORCIDORCID record for John Turner, Hosking, J. Scott ORCIDORCID record for J. Scott Hosking, Phillips, Tony ORCIDORCID record for Tony Phillips. (2014) Sources of uncertainty in projections of 21st century westerly wind changes over the Amundsen Sea, West Antarctica, in CMIP5 climate models. Climate Dynamics, 43. 2093-2104. 10.1007/s00382-013-2032-1

2013

Turner, John ORCIDORCID record for John Turner, Hosking, J. Scott ORCIDORCID record for J. Scott Hosking, Phillips, Tony ORCIDORCID record for Tony Phillips, Marshall, Gareth J. ORCIDORCID record for Gareth J. Marshall. (2013) Temporal and spatial evolution of the Antarctic sea ice prior to the September 2012 record maximum extent. Geophysical Research Letters, 40. 5894-5898. doi:10.1002/2013GL058371

Hosking, J. Scott ORCIDORCID record for J. Scott Hosking, Orr, Andrew ORCIDORCID record for Andrew Orr, Marshall, Gareth J. ORCIDORCID record for Gareth J. Marshall, Turner, John ORCIDORCID record for John Turner, Phillips, Tony ORCIDORCID record for Tony Phillips. (2013) The influence of the Amundsen–Bellingshausen Seas low on the climate of West Antarctica and its representation in coupled climate model simulations. Journal of Climate, 26. 6633-6648. doi:10.1175/JCLI-D-12-00813.1

Turner, John ORCIDORCID record for John Turner, Phillips, Tony ORCIDORCID record for Tony Phillips, Hosking, J. Scott ORCIDORCID record for J. Scott Hosking, Marshall, Gareth J. ORCIDORCID record for Gareth J. Marshall, Orr, Andrew ORCIDORCID record for Andrew Orr. (2013) The Amundsen Sea low. International Journal of Climatology, 33. 1818-1829. doi:10.1002/joc.3558

Turner, John ORCIDORCID record for John Turner, Bracegirdle, Thomas J. ORCIDORCID record for Thomas J. Bracegirdle, Phillips, Tony ORCIDORCID record for Tony Phillips, Marshall, Gareth J. ORCIDORCID record for Gareth J. Marshall, Hosking, J. Scott ORCIDORCID record for J. Scott Hosking. (2013) An initial assessment of Antarctic Sea ice extent in the CMIP5 models. Journal of Climate, 26. 1473-1484. doi:10.1175/JCLI-D-12-00068.1

Barrand, N.E., Vaughan, D.G. ORCIDORCID record for D.G. Vaughan, Steiner, N., Tedesco, M., Kuipers Munneke, P., van den Broeke, M.R., Hosking, J.S. ORCIDORCID record for J.S. Hosking. (2013) Trends in Antarctic Peninsula surface melting conditions from observations and regional climate modelling. Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface, 118. 315-330. doi:10.1029/2012JF002559

Orr, Andrew ORCIDORCID record for Andrew Orr, Bracegirdle, Thomas J. ORCIDORCID record for Thomas J. Bracegirdle, Hosking, J. Scott ORCIDORCID record for J. Scott Hosking, Feng, Wuhu, Roscoe, Howard K., Haigh, Joanna D.. (2013) Strong dynamical modulation of the cooling of the polar stratosphere associated with the Antarctic ozone hole. Journal of Climate, 26. 662-668. doi:10.1175/JCLI-D-12-00480.1

2012

Orr, Andrew ORCIDORCID record for Andrew Orr, Bracegirdle, Thomas J. ORCIDORCID record for Thomas J. Bracegirdle, Hosking, J. Scott ORCIDORCID record for J. Scott Hosking, Jung, Thomas, Haigh, Joanna D., Phillips, Tony ORCIDORCID record for Tony Phillips, Feng, Wuhu. (2012) Possible dynamical mechanisms for Southern Hemisphere climate change due to the ozone hole. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 69. 2917-2932. 10.1175/JAS-D-11-0210.1

Hosking, J.S. ORCIDORCID record for J.S. Hosking, Russo, M. R., Braesicke, P., Pyle, J. A.. (2012) Tropical convective transport and the Walker circulation. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 12. 9791-9797. doi:10.5194/acp-12-9791-2012