John King

Senior Atmospheric Scientist IMP 3

Biography

Degrees:
B.Sc. (Hons.) Physics, University of Durham, 1976

Ph.D., Applied Mathematics, University of Leeds, 1980

Employment:

1979-1984: Research Scientist, UK Meteorological Office

1984-1988: Research scientist (boundary layer studies), British Antarctic Survey (BAS)

1988-1999: Section Head, Meteorology, BAS

1999-2005: Principal Investigator, Antarctic Climate Processes Programme, BAS

2005- 2009: Principal Investigator, Antarctic Climate and the Earth System Programme, BAS

2009-2014: Science Leader, Climate Programme, BAS

2015-2018: Science Leader, Atmosphere, Ice and Climate, BAS

2018- : Senior atmospheric scientist, BAS

Publications:

Co-author (with J. Turner) of “Antarctic Meteorology and Climatology” (CUP, 1997).

Over 110 refereed research papers since 1979.

Positions held and professional service:

External Ph.D. examiner: University of Utrecht (1992, 2016), University of London (1995), University of Leeds (1998, 2002, 2018), University of Hobart (1999), Free University of Amsterdam (2000), University of Helsinki (2008), University of Grenoble (2014, 2016, 2017, 2021), Sorbonne University (2019)

Postgraduate training: Supervisor or co-supervisor for 19 PhD students since 1986. Executive member, EnvEast Doctoral Training Partnership management board, 2013-2018 . Strategy and executive boards member, ARIES Doctoral Training Partnership, 2018-2021. Lecturer, NCAS “Introduction to Atmospheric Science” course, 2007- .

Journals: Member, Editorial Board, Weather 1996-1998. Associate Editor, Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, 1998-2004. Regular reviewer for Journal of Geophysical Research, Geophysical Research Letters, Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, Journal of Climate, International Journal of Climatology, Boundary-Layer Meteorology, The Cryosphere, Nature.

Reviewing: Member, DFG Antarctic Programme review panel, 2007. MONSooN proposal review panel, 2013-2017 . Member, Helmholtz Association review panel for the Alfred Wegener Institute, 2018. Regular reviewer for proposals to US National Science Foundation, Partnership for Advanced Computing in Europe (PRACE), Italian National Antarctic Research Programme.

Learned societies and international bodies: Council Member, Royal Meteorological Society 1996-1999. Member, International Commission on Polar Meteorology, 1997-2007, 2015- . Member of the Scientific Committee for the Bayer Climate Prize, 2008-2014. Member, WMO world record hurricane gust investigation committee, 2009. Member, WMO record Antarctic temperature investigation committee, 2015.

Programme management: Member, Hadley Centre Climate Models Partners’ Board, 2005-7. Member, Joint Science Strategy Group, NERC-Met Office Joint Weather and Climate Research Programme, 2010-2013. Chair, NERC ACSIS Project Management Board, 2016-2022.

Honours and awards: NERC Individual Merit Promotion, Band 3, 2011. Honorary professor, School of Environmental Sciences, University of East Anglia, 2018.

Research interests

Boundary-layer and mesoscale meteorology, including: Observational and theoretical studies of the atmospheric boundary layer in Antarctica, katabatic winds, blowing snow, air-sea-ice interaction, orographic effects.

Climatology and climate modelling, including: Investigations of climate variability and change, particularly in the Antarctic Peninsula. Improving the parametrisation of polar surface processes in climate models.

Collaborations

Principal Investigator, “Orographic Flows and the Climate of the Antarctic Peninsula (OFCAP)”, 2009-2012
Investigator, “Aerosol-Cloud Coupling and Climate Interactions in the Arctic (ACCACIA)”, 2012-2016
Investigator, “South Georgia Wave Experiment (SGWEX)” 2014-2017
Investigator, “Microphysics of Antarctic Clouds (MAC)”, 2014-2017
Project partner, “Impact of surface melt and ponding on ice shelf dynamics and stability (MIDAS)”, 2014-2017
Investigator, ” Improved projections of winds at the crossroads between Antarctica and the Southern Ocean (ACW)” 2021-2024

Publications from NERC Open Research Archive

2023

Barrell, Christopher, Renfrew, Ian A., King, John C. , Abel, Steven J., Elvidge, Andrew D.. (2023) Projected Changes to Wintertime Air‐Sea Turbulent Heat Fluxes Over the Subpolar North Atlantic Ocean. Earth's Future, 11. 17 pp. 10.1029/2022EF003337

2022

Caton Harrison, Thomas , Biri, Stavroula , Bracegirdle, Thomas J. , King, John C. , Kent, Elizabeth C. , Vignon, Étienne, Turner, John . (2022) Reanalysis representation of low-level winds in the Antarctic near-coastal region. Weather and Climate Dynamics, 3. 23 pp. 10.5194/wcd-3-1415-2022

King, John C. , Marshall, Gareth J. , Colwell, Steve, Arndt, Stefanie, Allen-Sader, Clare, Phillips, Tony . (2022) The performance of the ERA-Interim and ERA5 atmospheric reanalyses over Weddell Sea pack ice. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 127. 12 pp. 10.1029/2022JC018805

Clem, Kyle R., Bozkurt, Deniz, Kennett, Daemon, King, John C. , Turner, John . (2022) Central tropical Pacific convection drives extreme high temperatures and surface melt on the Larsen C Ice Shelf, Antarctic Peninsula. Nature Communications, 13. 13 pp. 10.1038/s41467-022-31119-4

Gilbert, E. , Orr, A. , King, J.C. , Renfrew, I., Lachlan-Cope, T.A. . (2022) A 20-year study of melt processes over Larsen C Ice Shelf using a high-resolution regional atmospheric model: Part 1, Model configuration and validation. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 127. 17 pp. 10.1029/2021JD034766

Gilbert, E. , Orr, A. , Renfrew, I.A., King, J.C. , Lachlan-Cope, T. . (2022) A 20‐year study of melt processes over Larsen C Ice Shelf using a high‐resolution regional atmospheric model: Part 2, Drivers of surface melting. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 127. 19 pp. 10.1029/2021JD036012

Turner, John , Lu, Hua , King, John C. , Carpentier, Scott, Lazzara, Matthew, Phillips, Tony , Wille, Jonathan. (2022) An extreme high temperature event in coastal East Antarctica associated with an atmospheric river and record summer downslope winds. Geophysical Research Letters, 49. 11 pp. 10.1029/2021GL097108

2021

Francelino, Márcio Rocha, Schaefer, Carlos, de Los Milagros Skansi, Maria, Colwell, Steve, Bromwich, David H., Jones, Phil, King, John C. , Lazzara, Matthew, Renwick, James, Solomon, Susan, Brunet, Manola, Cerveny, Randall S.. (2021) WMO evaluation of two extreme high temperatures occurring in February 2020 for the Antarctic Peninsula region. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 102. E2053-E2061. 10.1175/BAMS-D-21-0040.1

Orr, Andrew , Kirchgaessner, Amélie , King, John , Phillips, Tony , Gilbert, Ella, Elvidge, Andrew, Weeks, Mark, Gadian, Alan, Kuipers Munneke, Peter, van den Broeke, Michiel, Webster, Stuart, McGrath, Daniel. (2021) Comparison of kilometre and sub‐kilometre scale simulations of a foehn wind event over the Larsen C Ice Shelf, Antarctic Peninsula using the Met Office Unified Model (MetUM). Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, 147. 3472-3492. 10.1002/qj.4138

Lu, Hua , Gray, Lesley J., Martineau, Patrick, King, John C. , Bracegirdle, Thomas J. . (2021) Regime behavior in the upper stratosphere as a precursor of stratosphere-troposphere coupling in the northern winter. Journal of Climate, 34. 7677-7696. 10.1175/JCLI-D-20-0831.1

King, John C. , Turner, John , Colwell, Steve, Lu, Hua , Orr, Andrew , Phillips, Tony , Hosking, J. Scott , Marshall, Gareth J. . (2021) Inhomogeneity of the surface air temperature record from Halley, Antarctica. Journal of Climate, 34. 13 pp. 10.1175/JCLI-D-20-0748.1

Hindley, N.P., Wright, C.J, Gadian, A.M., Hoffmann, L., Hughes, J.K., Jackson, D.R., King, J.C. , Mitchell, N.J., Moffat-Griffin, T. , Moss, A.C., Vosper, S.B., Ross, A.N.. (2021) Stratospheric gravity waves over the mountainous island of South Georgia: testing a high-resolution dynamical model with 3-D satellite observations and radiosondes.. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 21. 28 pp. 10.5194/acp-21-7695-2021

Turner, John , Lu, Hua , King, John , Marshall, Gareth J. , Phillips, Tony , Bannister, Dan , Colwell, Steve. (2021) Extreme temperatures in the Antarctic. Journal of Climate, 34. 2653-2668. 10.1175/JCLI-D-20-0538.1

Kirchgaessner, Amélie , King, John C. , Anderson, Philip S.. (2021) The impact of Föhn conditions across the Antarctic Peninsula on local meteorology based on AWS measurements. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 126. 22 pp. 10.1029/2020JD033748

Weidner, George, King, John , Box, Jason E., Colwell, Steve, Jones, Philip, Lazzara, Matthew, Cappelen, John, Brunet, Manola, Cerveny, Randall S.. (2021) WMO evaluation of northern hemispheric coldest temperature: -69.6°C at Klinck Greenland, 22 December 1991. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, 147. 9 pp. 10.1002/qj.3901

Renfrew, I. A., Barrell, C., Elvidge, A. D., Brooke, J. K., Duscha, C., King, J.C. , Kristiansen, J., Lachlan-Cope, T. , Moore, G. W. K., Pickart, R. S., Reuder, J., Sandu, I., Sergeev, D., Terpstra, A., Våge, K., Weiss, A.. (2021) An evaluation of surface meteorology and fluxes over the Iceland and Greenland Seas in ERA5 reanalysis: The impact of sea ice distribution. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, 147. 691-712. 10.1002/qj.3941

2020

Turton, Jenny V. , Kirchgaessner, Amélie , Ross, Andrew N., King, John C. , Kuipers Munneke, Peter. (2020) The influence of föhn winds on annual and seasonal surface melt on the Larsen C Ice Shelf, Antarctica. The Cryosphere, 14. 16 pp. 10.5194/tc-14-4165-2020

Elvidge, Andrew D., Kuipers Munneke, Peter, King, John C. , Renfrew, Ian A., Gilbert, Ella . (2020) Atmospheric drivers of melt on Larsen C Ice Shelf: surface energy budget regimes and the impact of foehn. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 125. 10.1029/2020JD032463

Gilbert, Ella , Orr, Andrew , King, John C. , Renfrew, I.A., Lachlan-Cope, Thomas , Field, P.F., Boutle, I.A.. (2020) Summertime cloud phase strongly influences surface melting on the Larsen C ice shelf, Antarctica. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, 146. 1575-1589. 10.1002/qj.3753

Bannister, Daniel , King, John C. . (2020) The characteristics and temporal variability of föhn winds at King Edward Point, South Georgia. International Journal of Climatology, 40. 2778-2794. 10.1002/joc.6366

Kirchgaessner, Amelie , King, John , Gadian, Alan. (2020) The representation of Föhn events to the east of the Antarctic Peninsula in simulations by the Antarctic Mesoscale Prediction System (AMPS). Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 124. 17 pp. 10.1029/2019JD030637

2019

Listowski, Constantino, Delanoë, Julien, Kirchgaessner, Amelie , Lachlan-Cope, Tom , King, John . (2019) Antarctic clouds, supercooled liquid water and mixed-phase investigated with DARDAR: geographical and seasonal variations. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 19. 6771-6808. 10.5194/acp-19-6771-2019

2018

Kuipers Munneke, P., Luckman, A.J., Bevan, S.L., Smeets, C.J.P.P., Gilbert, Ella , van den Broeke, M.R., Wang, W., Zender, C., Hubbard, B., Ashmore, D., Orr, Andrew , King, John C. , Kulessa, B.. (2018) Intense winter surface melt on an Antarctic ice shelf. Geophysical Research Letters, 45. 7615-7623. 10.1029/2018GL077899

Jackson, D.R., Gadian, A., Hindley, N.P., Hoffmann, L., Hughes, J., King, J. , Moffat-Griffin, T. , Moss, A.C., Ross, A.N., Vosper, S.B., Wright, C.J., Mitchell, N.J.. (2018) The South Georgia Wave Experiment (SG-WEX) – a means for improved analysis of gravity waves and low-level wind impacts generated from mountainous islands. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 99. 1027-1040. 10.1175/BAMS-D-16-0151.1

Turton, Jenny V. , Kirchgaessner, Amelie , Ross, Andrew N., King, John C. . (2018) The spatial distribution and temporal variability of föhn winds over the Larsen C Ice Shelf, Antarctica. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, 144. 1169-1178. 10.1002/qj.3284

2017

King, John C. , Bannister, Daniel , Hosking, J. Scott , 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

King, J.C. , Kirchgaessner, A. , Bevan, S., Elvidge, A.D., Kuipers Munneke, P., Luckman, A., Orr, A. , Renfrew, I.A., van den Broeke, M.R.. (2017) The impact of föhn winds on surface energy balance during the 2010-11 melt season over Larsen C Ice Shelf, Antarctica. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 122. 12062-12076. 10.1002/2017JD026809

Moffat-Griffin, Tracy , Wright, Corwin, Moss, Andrew, King, John , Colwell, Steve, Hughes, John, Mitchell, Nicholas. (2017) The South Georgia Wave Experiment (SG-WEX): Radiosonde observations of gravity waves in the lower stratosphere. Part 1: Energy density, momentum flux and wave propagation direction. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, 143. 3279-3290. 10.1002/qj.3181

Turton, J.V. , Kirchgaessner, A. , Ross, A.N., King, J.C. . (2017) Does high-resolution modelling improve the spatial analysis of föhn flow over the Larsen C ice shelf?. Weather, 72. 192-196. 10.1002/wea.3028

Skansi, M.d.L., King, J. , Lazzara, M.A., Cerveny, R.S., Stella, J.S., Solomon, S., Jones, P., Bromwich, D., Renwick, J., Burt, C.C., Peterson, T.C., Brunet, M., Driouech, F., Vose, R., Krahenbuhl, D.. (2017) Evaluating highest temperature extremes for the Antarctic region. Eos, 98. 10.1029/2017EO068325

2016

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

Elvidge, A. D., Renfrew, I. A., Weiss, A. I., Brooks, I. M., Lachlan-Cope, T. A. , King, J. C. . (2016) Observations of surface momentum exchange over the marginal-ice-zone and recommendations for its parametrisation. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 16. 1545-1563. 10.5194/acp-16-1545-2016

Elvidge, Andrew D., Renfrew, Ian A., King, John C. , Orr, Andrew , Lachlan-Cope, Tom A. . (2016) Foehn warming distributions in non-linear and linear flow regimes: A focus on the Antarctic Peninsula. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, 142. 618-631. doi:10.1002/qj.2489

Burton, Robert, King, John C. . (2016) Robert Mossman, Endurance and the Weddell Sea ice. Polar Record, 52. 92-97. doi:10.1017/S0032247415000285

Nygard, Tiina, Vihma, Timo, Birnbaum, Gerit, Hartmann, Jorg, King, John , Lachlan-Cope, Tom , Ladkin, Russell, Lupkes, Christof, Weiss, Alexandra. (2016) Validation of eight atmospheric reanalyses in the Antarctic Peninsula region. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, 142. 684-692. 10.1002/qj.2691

2015

Elvidge, Andrew D., Renfrew, Ian A., King, John C. , Orr, Andrew , Lachlan-Cope, Tom A. , Weeks, Mark, Gray, Sue L.. (2015) Foehn jets over the Larsen C Ice Shelf, Antarctica. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, 141. 698-713. 10.1002/qj.2382

King, J.C. , Gadian, A., Kirchgaessner, A. , Kuipers Munneke, P., Lachlan-Cope, T.A. , Orr, A. , Reijmer, C., van den Broeke, M.R., van Wessem, J.M., Weeks, M.. (2015) Validation of the summertime surface energy budget of Larsen C Ice Shelf (Antarctica) as represented in three high-resolution atmospheric models. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 120. 1335-1347. 10.1002/2014JD022604

Hosking, J. Scott , Bannister, Daniel, Orr, Andrew , King, John , Young, Emma , Phillips, Tony . (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

Luckman, Adrian, Elvidge, Andrew, Jansen, Daniela, Kulessa, Bernd, Kuipers-Munneke, Peter, King, John , Barrand, Nick. (2014) Surface melt and ponding on Larsen C Ice shelf and the impact of foehn winds. Antarctic Science, 26. 625-635. 10.1017/S0954102014000339

Bannister, Daniel, King, John . (2014) Föhn winds on South Georgia and their impacts on regional climate. Weather, 70. 324-329. 10.1002/wea.2548

Grosvenor, D. P., King, J. C. , Choularton, T. W., Lachlan-Cope, T. . (2014) Downslope föhn winds over the Antarctic Peninsula and their effect on the Larsen Ice Shelves. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 14. 9481-9509. doi:10.5194/acp-14-9481-2014

Valisuo, I., Vihma, T., King, J.C. . (2014) Surface energy budget on Larsen and Wilkins ice shelves in the Antarctic Peninsula: results based on reanalyses in 1989-2010. Cryosphere, 8. 1519-1538. 10.5194/tc-8-1519-2014

King, John . (2014) Climate science: A resolution of the Antarctic paradox. Nature, 505. 491-492. doi:10.1038/505491a

2012

Kuipers Munneke, P., van den Broeke, M.R., King, J.C. , Gray, T., Reijmer, C.H.. (2012) Near-surface climate and surface energy budget of Larsen C ice shelf, Antarctic Peninsula. The Cryosphere, 6. 353-363. doi:10.5194/tc-6-353-2012

Courtney, J., Buchan, S., Cerveny, R.S., Bessemoulin, P., Peterson, T.C., Rubiera Torres, J.M., Beven, J., King, J. , Trerwin, B., Rancourt, K.. (2012) Documentation and verification of the world extreme wind gust record: 113.3 m s–1 on Barrow Island, Australia, during passage of tropical cyclone Olivia. Australian Meterological and Oceanographic Journal, 62. 1-9.

Clarke, Andrew , Barnes, David K. A. , Bracegirdle, Thomas J. , Ducklow, Hugh. W., King, John C. , Meredith, Michael P. , Murphy, Eugene J. , Peck, Lloyd S. . (2012) The impact of regional climate change on the marine ecosystem of the western Antarctic Peninsula. In: Rogers, Alex D., Johnston, Nadine M., Murphy, Eugene J. , Clarke, Andrew (eds.). Antarctic Ecosystems: An Extreme Environment in a Changing World, Blackwell Publishing, 91-120. 10.1002/9781444347241.ch4

Weiss, Alexandra, King, John , Lachlan-Cope, Thomas , Ladkin, Russell. (2012) Albedo of the ice covered Weddell and Bellingshausen Seas. The Cryosphere, 6. 479-491. 10.5194/tc-6-479-2012

2011

Weiss, Alexandra I., King, John , Lachlan-Cope, Tom , Ladkin, Russ. (2011) On the effective aerodynamic and scalar roughness length of Weddell Sea ice. Journal of Geophysical Research, 116. 9 pp. 10.1029/2011JD015949

2010

King, J.C. , Doble, M.J., Holland, P.R. . (2010) Analysis of a rapid sea ice retreat event in the Bellingshausen Sea. Journal of Geophysical Research, 115. 10 pp. 10.1029/2010JC006101

Fiedler, E.K., Lachlan-Cope, T.A. , Renfrew, I.A., King, J.C. . (2010) Convective heat transfer over thin ice covered coastal polynyas. Journal of Geophysical Research, 115. 19 pp. 10.1029/2009JC005797

King, John . (2010) Review of The long thaw. By David Archer. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2009. Polar Record, 46. 91-92.

2009

Turner, John , Anderson, Philip, Lachlan-Cope, Thomas , Colwell, Steve, Phillips, Tony , Kirchgaessner, Amélie , Marshall, Gareth J. , King, John C. , Bracegirdle, Tom , Vaughan, David G. , Lagun, Victor, Orr, Andrew . (2009) Record low surface air temperature at Vostok Station, Antarctica. Journal of Geophysical Research, 114. 14 pp. 10.1029/2009JD012104

Shaffrey, L.C., Norton, W.A., Vidale, P.L., Demory, M.E., Donners, J., Cole, J.W., Wilson, S.S., Slingo, J.M., Steenman-Clark, L., Stevens, I., Stevens, D.P., Roberts, M.J., Clayton, A., Johns, T.C., Martin, G.M., Harle, J.D., New, A.L. , Jrrar, A., Connolley, W.M., King, J.C. , Woodage, J., Slingo, A., Clark, D.B., Davies, T.M., Iwi, A.M.. (2009) UK-HiGEM: The New U.K. High Resolution Global Environment Model – Model description and basic evaluation. Journal of Climate, 22. 1861-1896. 10.1175/2008JCLI2508.1

2008

Orr, Andrew , Marshall, Gareth J. , Hunt, Julian C.R., Sommeria, Joel, Wang, Chang-Gui, Van Lipzig, Nicole P.M., Cresswell, Doug, King, John C. . (2008) Characteristics of summer airflow over the Antarctic Peninsula in response to recent strengthening of westerly circumpolar winds. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 65. 1396-1413. 10.1175/2007JAS2498.1

Van Lipzig, Nicole P.M., Marshall, Gareth J. , Orr, Andrew , King, John C. . (2008) The relationship between the Southern Hemisphere Annular Mode and Antarctic Peninsula summer temperatures: analysis of a high-resolution model climatology. Journal of Climate, 21. 1649-1668. 10.1175/2007JCLI1695.1

Meredith, Michael P. , Murphy, Eugene J. , Hawker, Elizabeth J., King, John C. , Wallace, Margaret I.. (2008) On the interannual variability of ocean temperatures around South Georgia, Southern Ocean: forcing by El Niño/Southern Oscillation and the Southern Annular Mode. Deep Sea Research II, 55. 2007-2022. doi:10.1016/j.dsr2.2008.05.020

Meredith, Michael P. , Brandon, Mark A., Wallace, Margaret I., Clarke, Andrew , Leng, Melanie J. , Renfrew, Ian A., Van Lipzig, Nicole P.M., King, John C. . (2008) Variability in the freshwater balance of northern Marguerite Bay, Antarctic Peninsula: results from δ18O. Deep Sea Research II, 55. 309-322. doi:10.1016/j.dsr2.2007.11.005

King, John C. , Pomeroy, John W., Gray, Donald M., Fierz, Charles, Fohn, Paul M. B., Harding, Richard J., Jordan, Rachel E., Martin, Eric, Pluss, Christian. (2008) Snow-atmosphere energy and mass balance. In: Armstrong, Richard L., Brun, Eric (eds.). Snow and Climate: Physical Processes, Surface Energy Exchange and Modeling, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 70-124.

King, J.C. , Lachlan-Cope, T.A. , Ladkin, R.S., Weiss, A.. (2008) Airborne measurements in a stable boundary layer over the Larsen Ice Shelf, Antarctica. Boundary-Layer Meteorology, 127. 413-428. doi:10.1007/s10546-008-9271-4

2007

King, J.C. , Jrrar, A., Connolley, W.M.. (2007) Sensitivity of modelled atmospheric circulation to the representation of stable boundary layer processes. Geophysical Research Letters, 34. 4 pp. doi:10.1029/2006GL028563

King, John C. . (2007) Antarctic climate variability and change. In: Armstrong, Richard L., Brun, Eric (eds.). Proceedings of a seminar held at ECMWF on Polar Meteorology, 4-8 September 2006, Reading, ECMWF, 67-74.

King, John C. . (2007) Atmospheric boundary layer. In: Riffenburgh, B. (eds.). Encyclopedia of the Antarctic, New York, Routledge, 99-102.

King, John C. . (2007) Climate change. In: Riffenburgh, B. (eds.). Encyclopedia of the Antarctic, New York, Routledge, 252-255.

Clarke, Andrew , Murphy, Eugene J. , Meredith, Michael P. , King, John C. , Peck, Lloyd S. , Barnes, David K.A. , Smith, Raymond C.. (2007) Climate change and the marine ecosystem of the western Antarctic Peninsula. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society (B), 362. 149-166. doi:10.1098/rstb.2006.1958

2006

King, J.C. , Argentini, S., Anderson, P.S.. (2006) Contrasts between the summertime surface energy balance and boundary layer structure at Dome C and Halley stations, Antarctica. Journal of Geophysical Research, 111. 13 pp. 10.1029/2005JD006130

Roscoe, H.K., Marshall, G.J. , King, J.C. . (2006) Low potential for stratospheric dynamical change to be implicated in the large winter warming in the central Antarctic Peninsula. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, 132. 803-820. doi:10.1256/qj.05.81

Marshall, Gareth J. , Orr, Andrew, van Lipzig, Nicole P.M., King, John C. . (2006) The impact of a changing Southern Hemisphere Annular Mode on Antarctic Peninsula summer temperatures. Journal of Climate, 19. 5388-5404. 10.1175/JCLI3844.1

2005

Meredith, Michael P. , King, John C. . (2005) Rapid climate change in the ocean west of the Antarctic Peninsula during the second half of the 20th century. Geophysical Research Letters, 32. 5 pp. doi:10.1029/2005GL024042

Yu, Ye, Cai, Xiaoming, King, John C. , Renfrew, Ian A.. (2005) Numerical simulations of katabatic jumps in coats land, Antartica. Boundary-Layer Meteorology, 114. 413-437. 10.1007/s10546-004-9564-1

2004

Vaughan, D.G. , Anderson, P.S., King, J.C. , Mann, G.W., Mobbs, S.D., Ladkin, R.S.. (2004) Imaging of firn isochrones across an Antarctic ice rise and implications for patterns of snow accumulation rate. Journal of Glaciology, 50. 413-418. 10.3189/172756504781829882

Simmonds, Ian, King, John C. . (2004) Global and hemispheric climate variations affecting the Southern Ocean. Antarctic Science, 16. 401-413. 10.1017/S0954102004002226

Meredith, Michael P. , Renfrew, Ian A., Clarke, Andrew , King, John C. , Brandon, Mark A.. (2004) Impact of the 1997/98 ENSO on upper ocean characteristics in Marguerite Bay, western Antarctic Peninsula. Journal of Geophysical Research, 109. 19 pp. 10.1029/2003JC001784

Marshall, Gareth J. , Stott, Peter A., Turner, John , Connolley, William M., King, John C. , Lachlan-Cope, Thomas A. . (2004) Causes of exceptional atmospheric circulation changes in the Southern Hemisphere. Geophysical Research Letters, 31. 4 pp. 10.1029/2004GL019952

King, J.C. , Anderson, P.S., Vaughan, D.G. , Mann, G.W., Mobbs, S.D., Vosper, S.B.. (2004) Wind-borne redistribution of snow across an Antarctic ice rise. Journal of Geophysical Research, 109. 12 pp. 10.1029/2003JD004361

van Lipzig, N.P.M., King, J.C. , Lachlan-Cope, T.A. , van den Broeke, M.R.. (2004) Precipitation, sublimation, and snow drift in the Antarctic Peninsula region from a regional atmospheric model. Journal of Geophysical Research, 109. 16 pp. 10.1029/2004JD004701

2003

Turner, J. , Harangozo, S.A., King, J.C. , Connolley, W.M., Lachlan-Cope, T.A. , Marshall, G.J. . (2003) An exceptional winter sea-ice retreat/advance in the Bellingshausen Sea, Antarctica. Atmosphere-Ocean, 41. 171-185. 10.3137/ao.410205

Priddle, Julian, King, John C. . (2003) Foreword to special section: Southern Ocean large-scale variability. Journal of Geophysical Research, 108. 2 pp. 10.1029/2002JC001409

Vaughan, David G. , Marshall, Gareth J. , Connolley, William M., Parkinson, Claire, Mulvaney, Robert , Hodgson, Dominic A. , King, John C. , Pudsey, Carol J., Turner, John . (2003) Recent rapid regional climate warming on the Antarctic Peninsula. Climatic Change, 60. 243-274. 10.1023/A:1026021217991

King, John C. , Comiso, Josefino C.. (2003) The spatial coherence of interannual temperature variations in the Antarctic Peninsula. Geophysical Research Letters, 30. 4 pp. 10.1029/2002GL015580

King, J.C. , Turner, J. , Marshall, G.J. , Connolley, W.M., Lachlan-Cope, T.A. . (2003) Antarctic Peninsula climate variability and its causes as revealed by analysis of instrumental records. Antarctic Research Series, 79. 17-30. 10.1029/079ARS02

King, J.C. . (2003) Validation of ECMWF sea level pressure analyses over the Bellingshausen Sea, Antarctica. Weather and Forecasting, 18. 536-540. 10.1175/1520-0434(2003)18<536:VOESLP>2.0.CO;2

2002

Turner, John , Harangozo, Stephen A., Marshall, Gareth J. , King, John C. , Colwell, Steve R.. (2002) Anomalous atmospheric circulation over the Weddell Sea, Antarctica during the austral summer of 2001/02 resulting in extreme sea ice conditions. Geophysical Research Letters, 29. 13-1-13-4. 10.1029/2002GL015565

Renfrew, Ian A., King, John C. , Markus, Thorsten. (2002) Coastal polynyas in the southern Weddell Sea: variability of the surface energy budget. Journal of Geophysical Research, 107. 16-1-16-22. 10.1029/2000JC000720

Zilitinkevich, S.S., Perov, V.I., King, J.C. . (2002) Near-surface turbulent fluxes in stable stratification: calculation techniques for use in general-circulation models. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, 128. 1571-1587. 10.1002/qj.200212858309

King, J.C. . (2002) Pingu’s pleasure: why is it colder at the South Pole than at the North Pole?. New Scientist, 176. 89-89.

Turner, John , King, John C. , Lachlan-Cope, Tom A. , Jones, Phil D.. (2002) Recent temperature trends in the Antarctic. Nature, 418. 291-292. doi:10.1038/418291b

2001

Cassano, John J., Parish, Thomas R., King, John C. . (2001) Evaluation of turbulent surface flux parameterizations for the stable surface layer over Halley, Antarctica. Monthly Weather Review, 129. 26-46.

Ackley, S.F., Geiger, C.A., King, J.C. , Hunke, E.C., Comiso, J.. (2001) The Ronne polynya of 1997/98: observations of air-ice-ocean interaction. Annals of Glaciology, 33. 425-429.

Vaughan, David G. , Marshall, Gareth J. , Connolley, William M., King, John C. , Mulvaney, Robert . (2001) Climate change: Devil in the detail. Science, 293. 1777-1779. doi:10.1126/science.1065116

Renfrew, Ian A., King, John C. , Markus, Thorsten. (2001) Coastal polynyas in the southern Weddell Sea: variability of the surface energy budget. In: Riffenburgh, B. (eds.). Sixth Conference on Polar Meteorology and Oceanography, San Diego, May 2001. Preprints, Boston, American Meteorological Society, 21-24.

King, J.C. , Connolley, W.M., Derbyshire, S.H.. (2001) Sensitivity of modelled Antarctic climate to surface and boundary-layer flux parametrizations. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, 127. 779-794. 10.1002/qj.49712757304

King, J.C. , Anderson, P.S., Mann, G.W.. (2001) The seasonal cycle of sublimation at Halley, Antarctica. Journal of Glaciology, 47. 1-8.

2000

Rees, J.M., Denholm-price, J.C.W., King, J.C. , Anderson, P.S.. (2000) A climatological study of internal gravity waves in the atmospheric boundary layer overlying the Brunt Ice Shelf, Antarctica. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 57. 511-526.

Renfrew, Ian A., King, John. C . (2000) A simple model of the convective internal boundary layer and its application to surface heat flux estimates within polynyas. Boundary-Layer Meteorology, 94. 335-356. doi:10.1023/A:1002492412097

1999

Denholm-price, J.C.W., Rees, J.M., Anderson, P.S., King, J.C. . (1999) Beamsteering analysis of internal gravity waves in the stable atmospheric boundary layer. In: Davies, P.A. (eds.). Mixing and dispersion in stably stratified flows, Oxford, Oxford University Press, 423-437.

King, J.C. , Anderson, P.S.. (1999) A humidity climatology for Halley, Antarctica, based on frost-point hygrometer measurements. Antarctic Science, 11. 100-104. 10.1017/S0954102099000139

1998

Houseago, Richenda E., McGregor, Glenn R., King, John C. , Harangozo, Steve A.. (1998) Climate anomaly wave-train patterns linking southern low and high latitudes during South Pacific warm and cold events. International Journal of Climatology, 18. 1181-1193. doi:10.1002/(SICI)1097-0088(199809)18:11<1181::AID-JOC332>3.0.CO;2-X

King, J. C. , Varley, M. J., Lachlan-Cope, T. A. . (1998) Using satellite thermal infrared imagery to study boundary layer structure in an Antarctic katabatic wind region. International Journal of Remote Sensing, 19. 3335-3348. doi:10.1080/014311698214028

King, J.C. , Harangozo, S.A.. (1998) Climate change in the western Antarctic Peninsula since 1945: observations and possible causes. Annals of Glaciology, 27. 571-575.

König-Langlo, G., King, J. C. , Pettré, P.. (1998) Climatology of the three coastal Antarctic stations Dumont d’Urville, Neumayer, and Halley. Journal of Geophysical Research, 103. 10935-10946. doi:10.1029/97JD00527

Marshall, Gareth J. , King, John C. . (1998) Southern hemisphere circulation anomalies associated with extreme Antarctic peninsula winter temperatures. Geophysical Research Letters, 25. 2437-2440. doi:10.1029/98GL01651

Morris, E.M., King, J.C. , Anderson, P.S., Lachlan-Cope, T.A. , Turner, J. . Davies, P.A. (eds.). (1998) Investigation and modelling of the physical characteristics and properties of snow at the surface of the polar ice sheets. Final Report to the European Union on Project ENV4-CT95-0076, European Union

Rees, J.M., Anderson, P.S., King, J.C. . (1998) Observations of solitary waves in the stable atmospheric boundary layer. Boundary-Layer Meteorology, 86. 47-61.

1997

Harangozo, Stephen A., Colwell, Steven R., King, John C. . (1997) An analysis of a 34-year air temperature record from Fossil Bluff (71°S, 68°W), Antarctica. Antarctic Science, 9. 355-363. doi:10.1017/S0954102097000436

Murphy, Eugene , King, John . (1997) Climate change: Icy message from the Antarctic. Nature, 389. 20-21. doi:10.1038/37876

King, J.C. , Connolley, W.C.. (1997) Validation of the surface energy balance over the Antarctic ice sheets in the U.K. Meteorological Office Unified Climate Model. Journal of Climate, 10. 1273-1287. doi:10.1175/1520-0442(1997)010<1273:VOTSEB>2.0.CO;2

1996

King, J.C. , Anderson, P.S., Smith, M.C., Mobbs, S.D.. (1996) The surface energy and mass balance at Halley, Antarctica during winter. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 101. 19119-19128. doi:10.1029/96JD01714

King, J.C. . (1996) Longwave atmospheric radiation over Antarctica. Antarctic Science, 8. 105-109. doi:10.1017/S0954102096000132

Connolley, W.M., King, J.K. . (1996) A modeling and observational study of East Antarctic surface mass balance. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 101. 1335-1343. doi:10.1029/95JD03034

1995

King, J.C. , Anderson, P.S., Smith, M.C., Mobbs, S.D.. (1995) Surface energy and water balance over an Antarctic ice shelf in winter. In: Davies, P.A. (eds.). Fourth Conference on Polar Meteorology and Oceanography, Dallas, Texas, Janaury 1995. Preprints, Boston, American Meteorological Society, 79-81.

King, J.C. , Turner, J. . (1995) Comments on “Laboratory Simulation of Atmospheric Motions in the Vicinity of Antarctica”. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 52. 1260-1260. doi:10.1175/1520-0469(1995)052<1260:COSOAM>2.0.CO;2

1994

Moore, I, Mobbs, S.D., Ingham, D.B., King, J.C. . (1994) A numlerical model of blowing snow around an Antarctic building. Annals of Glaciology, 20. 341-346. doi:10.3189/172756494794587195

King, John C. . (1994) Recent climate variability in the vicinity of the antarctic peninsula. International Journal of Climatology, 14. 357-369. doi:10.1002/joc.3370140402

King, J. C. , Anderson, P. S.. (1994) Heat and water vapour fluxes and scalar roughness lengths over an Antarctic ice shelf. Boundary-Layer Meteorology, 69. 101-121. doi:10.1007/BF00713297

Harangozo, Stephen A., Colwell, Steve R., King, John C. . (1994) Interannual and long-term air temperature variability in the southern Antarctic Peninsula from a reconstructed record for eastern Alexander Island. In: Davies, P.A. (eds.). Sixth Conference on Climate Variation, Nashville, Tennessee, January 1994. Preprints, Boston, American Meteorological Society, 259-261.

King, John C. , Mobbs, S.D., Edwards, N.R.. (1994) Surface boundary conditions in stably-stratified environmental flows. In: Castro, I.P., Rockliff, N.J. (eds.). Stably stratified flows: flow and dispersion over topography, Oxford, Clarendon Press, 93-103. (Institute of Mathematics and its Application conference series. New series, ).

Rees, J.M., McConnell, I., Anderson, P.S., King, J.C. . (1994) Observations of internal gravity waves over an Antarctic ice shelf using a microbarograph array. In: Castro, I., Rockliff, N.J. (eds.). Stably stratified flows: flow and dispersion over topography, Oxford, Clarendon Press, 61-79. (Institute of Mathematics and its Applications conference series, New series, ).

1993

Connolley, William M., King, John C. . (1993) Atmospheric water-vapour transport to Antarctica inferred from radiosonde data. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, 119. 325-342. 10.1002/qj.49711951006

Culf, A.D., McIlveen, J.F.R.. (1993) Acoustic observation of the peripheral Antarctic boundary layer. In: Mobbs, S.B., King, J.C. (eds.). Waves and turbulence in stably stratified flows, Oxford, Clarendon Press, 139-154. (Institute of Mathematics and its Applications conference series, New series, ).

Culf, Alistair D.. (1993) Acoustic sounder observations of low level jets at Halley, Antarctica. In: Mobbs, S.B., King, J.C. (eds.). Waves and turbulence in stably stratified flows, Oxford, Clarendon Press, 121-138. (Institute of Mathematics and its Applications conference series, New series, ).

King, J.C. . (1993) Control of near-surface winds over an Antarctic ice shelf. Journal of Geophysical Research, 98. 12949-12953. 10.1029/92JD02425

King, John C. . (1993) Contrasts between the Antarctic stable boundary layer and the mid-latitude nocturnal boundary layer. In: Mobbs, S.D., King, J.C. (eds.). Waves and turbulence in stably stratified flows, Oxford, Clarendon Press, 105-120. (Insitute of Mathematics and its Applications conference series, ).

Mobbs, S.D., King, J.C. (eds.). (1993) Waves and turbulence in stably stratified flows. Oxford, Clarendon Press, 465 pp. (Institute of Mathematics and Applications conference series, new series, 40).

1991

King, John C. . (1991) Global warming and Antarctica. Weather, 46. 115-120. 10.1002/j.1477-8696.1991.tb05718.x

King, John C. . (1991) Recent climate variability in the Antarctic Peninsula. (Preprint). In: Mobbs, S.D., King, J.C. (eds.). Fifth Conference on Climate Variations. Denver, Colorado, October 1991, Boston, American Meteorological Society, 354-357.

McConnell, I., Rees, J.M., King, John C. , Anderson, Philip S.. (1991) Observations of internal gravity waves in the Antarctic boundary layer using a microbarograph array. (preprint). In: Mobbs, S.D., King, J.C. (eds.). Eighth Conference on Atmospheric and Oceanic Waves and Stability, Denver, Colorado, 1991, Boston, American Meteorological Society, 332-335.

1990

King, John C. . (1990) Some measurements of turbulence over an antarctic ice shelf. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, 116. 379-400. 10.1002/qj.49711649208

1989

King, John C. . (1989) Low-level wind profiles at an Antarctic coastal station. Antarctic Science, 1. 169-178. 10.1017/S095410208900026X

Mobbs, S.D., Rees, J.M., Darby, M.S., Brindley, J., King, John C. . (1989) Internal gravity waves in the atmospheric boundary layer. In: Heywood, R.B. (eds.). University research in Antarctica. Proceedings of British Antarctic Survey Antarctic Special Topic Scheme Symposium 9-10 November 1988, Cambridge, British Antarctic Survey, 35-41.

1988

King, John C. . (1988) Some measurements of turbulence length scales in the stably-stratified surface layer. In: Puttock, J.S. (eds.). Stably stratified flow and dense gas dispersion, Oxford, Oxford University Press, 39-53. (Institute of Mathematics and its Applications conference series, ).

King, John C. , Anderson, Philip S.. (1988) Installation and performance of the STABLE instrumentation at Halley. British Antarctic Survey Bulletin, 79. 65-77.

1987

King, John C. , Mobbs, S.D., Darby, M.S., Rees, J.M.. (1987) Observations of an internal gravity wave in the lower troposphere at Halley, Antarctica. Boundary-Layer Meteorology, 39. 1-13. 10.1007/BF00121862

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