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
2024
Wille, Jonathan D., Alexander, Simon P., Amory, Charles, Baiman, Rebecca, Barthélemy, Léonard, Bergstrom, Dana M., Berne, Alexis, Binder, Hanin, Blanchet, Juliette, Bozkurt, Deniz, Bracegirdle, Thomas J. ORCID record for Thomas J. Bracegirdle, Casado, Mathieu, Choi, Taejin, Clem, Kyle R., Codron, Francis, Datta, Rajashree, Di Battista, Stefano, Favier, Vincent, Francis, Diana, Fraser, Alexander D., Fourré, Elise, Garreaud, René D., Genthon, Christophe, Gorodetskaya, Irina V., González-Herrero, Sergi, Heinrich, Victoria J., Hubert, Guillaume, Joos, Hanna, Kim, Seong-Joong, King, John C. ORCID record for John C. King, Kittel, Christoph, Landais, Amaelle, Lazzara, Matthew, Leonard, Gregory H., Lieser, Jan L., Maclennan, Michelle, Mikolajczyk, David, Neff, Peter, Ollivier, Inès, Sprenger, Michael, Trusel, Luke, Udy, Danielle, Vance, Tessa, Vignon, Étienne, Walker, Catherine, Wever, Nander, Zou, Xun. (2024) The Extraordinary March 2022 East Antarctica “Heat” Wave. Part II: Impacts on the Antarctic Ice Sheet. Journal of Climate, 37. 779-799. 10.1175/JCLI-D-23-0176.1
Wille, Jonathan D., Alexander, Simon P., Amory, Charles, Baiman, Rebecca, Barthélemy, Léonard, Bergstrom, Dana M., Berne, Alexis, Binder, Hanin, Blanchet, Juliette, Bozkurt, Deniz, Bracegirdle, Thomas J. ORCID record for Thomas J. Bracegirdle, Casado, Mathieu, Choi, Taejin, Clem, Kyle R., Codron, Francis, Datta, Rajashree, Di Battista, Stefano, Favier, Vincent, Francis, Diana, Fraser, Alexander D., Fourré, Elise, Garreaud, René D., Genthon, Christophe, Gorodetskaya, Irina V., González-Herrero, Sergi, Heinrich, Victoria J., Hubert, Guillaume, Joos, Hanna, Kim, Seong-Joong, King, John C. ORCID record for John C. King, Kittel, Christoph, Landais, Amaelle, Lazzara, Matthew, Leonard, Gregory H., Lieser, Jan L., Maclennan, Michelle, Mikolajczyk, David, Neff, Peter, Ollivier, Inès, Sprenger, Michael, Trusel, Luke, Udy, Danielle, Vance, Tessa, Vignon, Étienne, Walker, Catherine, Weaver, Nander, Zou, Xun. (2024) The Extraordinary March 2022 East Antarctica “Heat” Wave. Part I: Observations and Meteorological Drivers. Journal of Climate, 37. 757-778. 10.1175/JCLI-D-23-0175.1
2023
Lu, Hua ORCID record for Hua Lu, Colwell, Steve, King, John ORCID record for John King, Orr, Andrew ORCID record for Andrew Orr, Phillips, Tony ORCID record for Tony Phillips, Dobb, Emilia, Xue, Jonathan, Kucieba, Sabina, Phillips, Guy, Marshall, Gareth ORCID record for Gareth Marshall. (2023) Temperature variation in the South Orkney Islands, maritime Antarctic. International Journal of Climatology, 43. 18 pp. 10.1002/joc.8302
Jacobs, Rachel, Spence, Jocelyn, Abbott, Frank, Chamberlain, Alan, Heim, Wallace, Yemaoua Dayo, Alexandre, Kemp, David, Benford, Steve, Price, Dominic, Shackford, Robin, Robson, Juliet, Locke, Caroline, King, John ORCID record for John King. (2023) FUTURE MACHINE: Making Myths & Designing Technology for a Responsible Future: Making Myths and Entanglement: Community engagement at the edge of participatory design and user experience. Mindtrek '23: Proceedings of the 26th International Academic Mindtrek Conference. 381 pp. 10.1145/3616961.3616979
Lu, Hua ORCID record for Hua Lu, Orr, Andrew ORCID record for Andrew Orr, King, John C. ORCID record for John C. King, Phillips, Tony ORCID record for Tony Phillips, Gilbert, Ella ORCID record for Ella Gilbert, Colwell, Steve R., Bracegirdle, Thomas J. ORCID record for Thomas J. Bracegirdle. (2023) Extreme warm events in the South Orkney Islands, Southern Ocean: Compounding influence of atmospheric rivers and föhn conditions. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, 149. 24 pp. 10.1002/qj.4578
Barrell, Christopher, Renfrew, Ian A., King, John C. ORCID record for John C. King, 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 ORCID record for Thomas Caton Harrison, Biri, Stavroula ORCID record for Stavroula Biri, Bracegirdle, Thomas J. ORCID record for Thomas J. Bracegirdle, King, John C. ORCID record for John C. King, Kent, Elizabeth C. ORCID record for Elizabeth C. Kent, Vignon, Étienne, Turner, John ORCID record for John Turner. (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. ORCID record for John C. King, Marshall, Gareth J. ORCID record for Gareth J. Marshall, Colwell, Steve, Arndt, Stefanie, Allen-Sader, Clare, Phillips, Tony ORCID record for Tony Phillips. (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. ORCID record for John C. King, Turner, John ORCID record for John Turner. (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. ORCID record for E. Gilbert, Orr, A. ORCID record for A. Orr, Renfrew, I.A., King, J.C. ORCID record for J.C. King, Lachlan-Cope, T. ORCID record for T. Lachlan-Cope. (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
Gilbert, E. ORCID record for E. Gilbert, Orr, A. ORCID record for A. Orr, King, J.C. ORCID record for J.C. King, Renfrew, I., Lachlan-Cope, T.A. ORCID record for T.A. Lachlan-Cope. (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
Turner, John ORCID record for John Turner, Lu, Hua ORCID record for Hua Lu, King, John C. ORCID record for John C. King, Carpentier, Scott, Lazzara, Matthew, Phillips, Tony ORCID record for Tony Phillips, 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. ORCID record for John C. King, 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 ORCID record for Andrew Orr, Kirchgaessner, Amélie ORCID record for Amélie Kirchgaessner, King, John ORCID record for John King, Phillips, Tony ORCID record for Tony Phillips, 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 ORCID record for Hua Lu, Gray, Lesley J., Martineau, Patrick, King, John C. ORCID record for John C. King, Bracegirdle, Thomas J. ORCID record for Thomas J. Bracegirdle. (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. ORCID record for John C. King, Turner, John ORCID record for John Turner, Colwell, Steve, Lu, Hua ORCID record for Hua Lu, Orr, Andrew ORCID record for Andrew Orr, Phillips, Tony ORCID record for Tony Phillips, Hosking, J. Scott ORCID record for J. Scott Hosking, Marshall, Gareth J. ORCID record for Gareth J. Marshall. (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. ORCID record for J.C. King, Mitchell, N.J., Moffat-Griffin, T. ORCID record for T. Moffat-Griffin, 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 ORCID record for John Turner, Lu, Hua ORCID record for Hua Lu, King, John ORCID record for John King, Marshall, Gareth J. ORCID record for Gareth J. Marshall, Phillips, Tony ORCID record for Tony Phillips, Bannister, Dan ORCID record for Dan Bannister, Colwell, Steve. (2021) Extreme temperatures in the Antarctic. Journal of Climate, 34. 2653-2668. 10.1175/JCLI-D-20-0538.1
Kirchgaessner, Amélie ORCID record for Amélie Kirchgaessner, King, John C. ORCID record for John C. King, 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
Renfrew, I. A., Barrell, C., Elvidge, A. D., Brooke, J. K., Duscha, C., King, J.C. ORCID record for J.C. King, Kristiansen, J., Lachlan-Cope, T. ORCID record for T. Lachlan-Cope, 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
Weidner, George, King, John ORCID record for John King, 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
2020
Turton, Jenny V. ORCID record for Jenny V. Turton, Kirchgaessner, Amélie ORCID record for Amélie Kirchgaessner, Ross, Andrew N., King, John C. ORCID record for John C. King, 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. ORCID record for John C. King, Renfrew, Ian A., Gilbert, Ella ORCID record for Ella Gilbert. (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 ORCID record for Ella Gilbert, Orr, Andrew ORCID record for Andrew Orr, King, John C. ORCID record for John C. King, Renfrew, I.A., Lachlan-Cope, Thomas ORCID record for Thomas Lachlan-Cope, 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 ORCID record for Daniel Bannister, King, John C. ORCID record for John C. King. (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 ORCID record for Amelie Kirchgaessner, King, John ORCID record for John King, 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 ORCID record for Amelie Kirchgaessner, Lachlan-Cope, Tom ORCID record for Tom Lachlan-Cope, King, John ORCID record for John King. (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 ORCID record for Ella Gilbert, van den Broeke, M.R., Wang, W., Zender, C., Hubbard, B., Ashmore, D., Orr, Andrew ORCID record for Andrew Orr, King, John C. ORCID record for John C. King, 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. ORCID record for J. King, Moffat-Griffin, T. ORCID record for T. Moffat-Griffin, 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. ORCID record for Jenny V. Turton, Kirchgaessner, Amelie ORCID record for Amelie Kirchgaessner, Ross, Andrew N., King, John C. ORCID record for John C. King. (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. ORCID record for John C. King, Bannister, Daniel ORCID record for Daniel Bannister, Hosking, J. Scott ORCID 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
King, J.C. ORCID record for J.C. King, Kirchgaessner, A. ORCID record for A. Kirchgaessner, Bevan, S., Elvidge, A.D., Kuipers Munneke, P., Luckman, A., Orr, A. ORCID record for A. Orr, 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 ORCID record for Tracy Moffat-Griffin, Wright, Corwin, Moss, Andrew, King, John ORCID record for John King, 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. ORCID record for J.V. Turton, Kirchgaessner, A. ORCID record for A. Kirchgaessner, Ross, A.N., King, J.C. ORCID record for J.C. King. (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. ORCID record for J. King, 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 ORCID record for John Turner, Lu, Hua ORCID record for Hua Lu, White, Ian, King, John C. ORCID record for John C. King, Phillips, Tony ORCID record for Tony Phillips, Hosking, J. Scott ORCID record for J. Scott Hosking, Bracegirdle, Thomas J. ORCID record for Thomas J. Bracegirdle, Marshall, Gareth J. ORCID record for Gareth J. Marshall, Mulvaney, Robert ORCID 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
Elvidge, A. D., Renfrew, I. A., Weiss, A. I., Brooks, I. M., Lachlan-Cope, T. A. ORCID record for T. A. Lachlan-Cope, King, J. C. ORCID record for J. C. King. (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
Nygard, Tiina, Vihma, Timo, Birnbaum, Gerit, Hartmann, Jorg, King, John ORCID record for John King, Lachlan-Cope, Tom ORCID record for Tom Lachlan-Cope, 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
Elvidge, Andrew D., Renfrew, Ian A., King, John C. ORCID record for John C. King, Orr, Andrew ORCID record for Andrew Orr, Lachlan-Cope, Tom A. ORCID record for Tom A. Lachlan-Cope. (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. ORCID record for John C. King. (2016) Robert Mossman, Endurance and the Weddell Sea ice. Polar Record, 52. 92-97. doi:10.1017/S0032247415000285
2015
Bannister, Daniel, King, John ORCID record for John King. (2015) Föhn winds on South Georgia and their impacts on regional climate. Weather, 70. 324-329. 10.1002/wea.2548
Elvidge, Andrew D., Renfrew, Ian A., King, John C. ORCID record for John C. King, Orr, Andrew ORCID record for Andrew Orr, Lachlan-Cope, Tom A. ORCID record for Tom A. Lachlan-Cope, 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. ORCID record for J.C. King, Gadian, A., Kirchgaessner, A. ORCID record for A. Kirchgaessner, Kuipers Munneke, P., Lachlan-Cope, T.A. ORCID record for T.A. Lachlan-Cope, Orr, A. ORCID record for A. Orr, 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 ORCID record for J. Scott Hosking, Bannister, Daniel, Orr, Andrew ORCID record for Andrew Orr, King, John ORCID record for John King, Young, Emma ORCID record for Emma Young, Phillips, Tony ORCID 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
Luckman, Adrian, Elvidge, Andrew, Jansen, Daniela, Kulessa, Bernd, Kuipers-Munneke, Peter, King, John ORCID record for John King, 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
Grosvenor, D. P., King, J. C. ORCID record for J. C. King, Choularton, T. W., Lachlan-Cope, T. ORCID record for T. Lachlan-Cope. (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. ORCID record for J.C. King. (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 ORCID record for John King. (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. ORCID record for J.C. King, 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
Weiss, Alexandra, King, John ORCID record for John King, Lachlan-Cope, Thomas ORCID record for Thomas Lachlan-Cope, Ladkin, Russell. (2012) Albedo of the ice covered Weddell and Bellingshausen Seas. The Cryosphere, 6. 479-491. 10.5194/tc-6-479-2012
Clarke, Andrew ORCID record for Andrew Clarke, Barnes, David K. A. ORCID record for David K. A. Barnes, Bracegirdle, Thomas J. ORCID record for Thomas J. Bracegirdle, Ducklow, Hugh. W., King, John C. ORCID record for John C. King, Meredith, Michael P. ORCID record for Michael P. Meredith, Murphy, Eugene J. ORCID record for Eugene J. Murphy, Peck, Lloyd S. ORCID record for Lloyd S. Peck. (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. ORCID record for Eugene J. Murphy, Clarke, Andrew ORCID record for Andrew Clarke (eds.). Antarctic Ecosystems: An Extreme Environment in a Changing World, Blackwell Publishing, 91-120. 10.1002/9781444347241.ch4
Courtney, J., Buchan, S., Cerveny, R.S., Bessemoulin, P., Peterson, T.C., Rubiera Torres, J.M., Beven, J., King, J. ORCID record for J. King, 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.
2011
Weiss, Alexandra I., King, John ORCID record for John King, Lachlan-Cope, Tom ORCID record for Tom Lachlan-Cope, 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. ORCID record for J.C. King, Doble, M.J., Holland, P.R. ORCID record for P.R. Holland. (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. ORCID record for T.A. Lachlan-Cope, Renfrew, I.A., King, J.C. ORCID record for J.C. King. (2010) Convective heat transfer over thin ice covered coastal polynyas. Journal of Geophysical Research, 115. 19 pp. 10.1029/2009JC005797
King, John ORCID record for John King. (2010) Review of The long thaw. By David Archer. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2009. Polar Record, 46. 91-92.
2009
Turner, John ORCID record for John Turner, Anderson, Philip, Lachlan-Cope, Thomas ORCID record for Thomas Lachlan-Cope, Colwell, Steve, Phillips, Tony ORCID record for Tony Phillips, Kirchgaessner, Amélie ORCID record for Amélie Kirchgaessner, Marshall, Gareth J. ORCID record for Gareth J. Marshall, King, John C. ORCID record for John C. King, Bracegirdle, Tom ORCID record for Tom Bracegirdle, Vaughan, David G. ORCID record for David G. Vaughan, Lagun, Victor, Orr, Andrew ORCID record for Andrew Orr. (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. ORCID record for A.L. New, Jrrar, A., Connolley, W.M., King, J.C. ORCID record for J.C. King, 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 ORCID record for Andrew Orr, Marshall, Gareth J. ORCID record for Gareth J. Marshall, Hunt, Julian C.R., Sommeria, Joel, Wang, Chang-Gui, Van Lipzig, Nicole P.M., Cresswell, Doug, King, John C. ORCID record for John C. King. (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
2004
Vaughan, D.G. ORCID record for D.G. Vaughan, Anderson, P.S., King, J.C. ORCID record for J.C. King, 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
2002
Turner, John ORCID record for John Turner, Harangozo, Stephen A., Marshall, Gareth J. ORCID record for Gareth J. Marshall, King, John C. ORCID record for John C. King, 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
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