John Turner

Variability Climatologist

Biography

I have been a meteorologist for over 40 years, first at the Met. Office and since 1986 at the British Antarctic Survey. I have a B.Sc in Meteorology and Physics and a Ph.D in Antarctic Climate Variability. At the Met. Office I was involved in the development of numerical weather prediction models, satellite meteorology and operational weather forecasting, while at BAS I have carried out research into high-latitude precipitation, polar lows, teleconnections between the Antarctic and lower latitudes and weather forecasting in the Antarctic.

I have had a long involvement with the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR) and have been active in several SCAR committees. I’m currently a member of the Antarctic Climate 2100 (AntClim21) Steering Committee and chair the Antarctic Climate Change and the Environment Advisory Group.

I’ve also been heavily involved with the International Association of Meteorology and Atmospheric Sciences (IAMAS) and was President of the IAMAS International Commission on Polar Meteorology from 1995 to 2003. I’m currently the President of IAMAS.

I have been awarded the International Journal of Climatology Prize of the Royal Meteorological Society and the SCAR Medal for Excellence in Antarctic Research.

Research interests

Tropical – high latitude climate linkages

Sea ice variability and change

Antarctic climate change

High latitude weather systems

Publications from NERC Open Research Archive

2020

Clem, Kyle R., Fogt, Ryan L., Turner, John , Lintner, Benjamin R., Marshall, Gareth J. , Miller, James R., Renwick, James A.. (2020) Record warming at the South Pole during the past three decades. Nature Climate Change. 10.1038/s41558-020-0815-z

Turner, John , Guarino, Maria Vittoria , Arnatt, Jack, Jena, Babula, Marshall, Gareth J. , Phillips, Tony , Bajish, C.C., Clem, Kyle, Wang, Zhaomin, Andersson, Tom, Murphy, Eugene J. , Cavanagh, Rachel . (2020) Recent decrease of summer sea ice in the Weddell Sea, Antarctica. Geophysical Research Letters, 47. 10.1029/2020GL087127

Turner, John , Marshall, Gareth , Clem, Kyle, Colwell, Steve, Phillips, Tony , Lu, Hua . (2020) Antarctic temperature variability and change from station data. International Journal of Climatology, 40. 10.1002/joc.6378

Liu, Jiping, Bromwich, David, Chen, Dake, Cordero, Raul, Jung, Thomas, Raphael, Marilyn, Turner, John , Yang, Qinghua. (2020) Preface to the Special Issue on Antarctic Meteorology and Climate: Past, Present and Future. Advances in Atmospheric Sciences, 37. 421-422. 10.1007/s00376-020-2001-7

2019

Wille, Jonathan D., Favier, Vincent, Dufour, Ambrose, Gorodetskaya, Irina V., Turner, John , Agosta, Cecile, Codron, Francis. (2019) West Antarctic surface melt triggered by atmospheric rivers. Nature Geoscience, 12. 911-916. 10.1038/s41561-019-0460-1

Wang, Zhaomin, Turner, John , Wu, Yang, Liu, Chengyan. (2019) Rapid decline of total Antarctic sea ice extent during 2014–16 controlled by wind-driven sea ice drift. Journal of Climate, 32. 5381-5395. 10.1175/JCLI-D-18-0635.1

Jena, B., Ravichandran, M., Turner, J. . (2019) Recent reoccurrence of large open‐ocean polynya on the Maud Rise Seamount. Geophysical Research Letters, 46. 4320-4329. 10.1029/2018GL081482

Turner, John , Phillips, Tony , Thamban, Meloth, Rahaman, Waliur, Marshall, Gareth , Wille, Jonathan, Favier, Vincent, Winton, Holly, Thomas, Liz , Wang, Zhaomin, van den Broeke, Michiel, Hosking, Scott , 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

Chenoli, Sheeba Nettukandy, Turner, John , Abu Samah, Azizan. (2018) Effects of vertically propagating mountain waves during a strong wind event over the Ross Ice Shelf, Antarctica. Current Science, 115. 1684-1689. 10.18520/cs/v115/i9/1684-1689

(2018) The State of the Polar Oceans 2018.

Meredith, Michael , Sundfjord, Arild, Henson, Stephanie, Meijers, Andrew , Murphy, Eugene , Bellerby, Richard, Daase, Malin, Cottier, Finlo, Belchier, Mark, Chierici, Melissa, Ellingsen, Ingrid, Falk-Petersen, Stig, Hill, Simeon, Holland, Paul , Tarling, Geraint , Trathan, Phil, Turner, John , Wilkinson, Jeremy, Batchellier, Layla, Capper, Linda, Oliver, Jamie. (2018) The state of the polar oceans 2018: making sense of our changing world. Cambridge, British Antarctic Survey, 14 pp.

Deb, Pranab, Orr, Andrew , Bromwich, David H., Nicolas, Julien P., Turner, John , Hosking, J. Scott . (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

Turner, John , Nakajima, Teruyuki. (2018) Report on IAMAS Activity since 2015 and the IAPSO-IAMAS-IAGA Scientific Assembly—Good Hope For Earth Sciences. Advances in Atmospheric Sciences, 35. 371-375. 10.1007/s00376-017-7240-x

2017

Cavanagh, Rachel D. , Murphy, Eugene J. , Bracegirdle, Thomas J. , Turner, John , Knowland, Cheryl A., Corney, Stuart P., Smith, Walker O., Waluda, Claire M., Johnston, Nadine M., Bellerby, Richard G.J., Constable, Andrew J., Costa, Daniel p., Hofmann, Eileen E., Jackson, Jennifer A. , Staniland, Iain J. , Wolf-Gladrow, Dieter, Xavier, Jose C. . (2017) A synergistic approach for evaluating climate model output for ecological applications. Frontiers in Marine Science, 4. 10.3389/fmars.2017.00308

Turner, John , Comiso, Josefino. (2017) Solve Antarctica’s sea-ice puzzle. Nature, 547. 275-277. 10.1038/547275a

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

Turner, John , Gudmundsson, Hilmar . (2017) Warm waters in West Antarctica. Eos. 10.1029/2018EO074785

Turner, John , Hosking, J. Scott , Bracegirdle, Thomas J. , Phillips, Tony , Marshall, Gareth J. . (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

Lu, Hua , Scaife, Adam A., Marshall, Gareth J. , Turner, John , Gray, Lesley J.. (2017) Downward wave reflection as a mechanism for the stratosphere-troposphere response to the 11-year Solar Cycle. Journal of Climate, 30. 2395-2414. 10.1175/JCLI-D-16-0400.1

Turner, John , Orr, Andrew , Gudmundsson, G. Hilmar , Jenkins, Adrian , Bingham, Robert G., Hillenbrand, Claus-Dieter , Bracegirdle, Thomas J. . (2017) Atmosphere-ocean-ice interactions in the Amundsen Sea Embayment, West Antarctica. Reviews of Geophysics, 55. 235-276. doi:10.1002/2016RG000532

Comiso, Josefino C., Gersten, Robert A., Stock, Larry V., Turner, John , Perez, Gay J., Cho, Kohei. (2017) Positive trend in the Antarctic sea ice cover and associated changes in surface temperature. Journal of Climate, 30. 2251-2267. doi:10.1175/JCLI-D-16-0408.1

Chenoli, Sheeba Nettukandy, Ahmad Mazuki, Muhammad Yunus, Turner, John , Samah, Azizan Abu. (2017) Historical and projected changes in the Southern Hemisphere Sub-tropical Jet during winter from the CMIP5 models. Climate Dynamics, 48. 661-681. doi:10.1007/s00382-016-3102-y

2016

Hunt, George L., Drinkwater, Kenneth F., Arrigo, Kevin, Berge, Jørgen, Daly, Kendra L., Danielson, Seth, Daase, Malin, Hop, Haakon, Isla, Enrique, Karnovsky, Nina, Laidre, Kristin, Mueter, Franz J., Murphy, Eugene J. , Renaud, Paul E., Smith, Walker O., Trathan, Philip, Turner, John , Wolf-Gladrow, Dieter. (2016) Advection in polar and sub-polar environments: Impacts on high latitude marine ecosystems. Progress in Oceanography, 149. 40-81. doi:10.1016/j.pocean.2016.10.004

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

Turner, John , Hosking, J. Scott , Marshall, Gareth J. , Phillips, Tony , Bracegirdle, Thomas J. . (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

Xavier, Jose C. , Peck, Lloyd S., Fretwell, Peter , Turner, John . (2016) Climate change and polar range expansions: Could cuttlefish cross the Arctic?. Marine Biology, 163. doi:10.1007/s00227-016-2850-x

Bracegirdle, T.J. , Bertler, N.A.N., Carleton, A.M., Ding, Q., Fogwill, C.J., Fyfe, J.C., Hellmer, H.H., Karpechko, A.Y., Kusahara, K., Larour, E., Mayewski, P.A., Meier, W.N., Polvani, L.M., Russell, J.L., Stevenson, S.L., Turner, J. , van Wessem, J. M., van de Berg, W.J., Wainer, I.. (2016) A multi-disciplinary perspective on climate model evaluation for Antarctica. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 92. ES23-ES26. doi:10.1175/BAMS-D-15-00108.1

Deb, Pranab, Orr, Andrew , Hosking, J. Scott , Phillips, Tony , Turner, John , Bannister, Daniel, Pope, James O. , 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 , Orr, Andrew , Bracegirdle, Thomas J. , Turner, John . (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. , Turner, J. , Fogt, R.L., Schneider, D., Dixon, D.A., Hosking, J.S. , 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

van Wessem, J. M., Ligtenberg, S. R. M., Reijmer, C. H., van de Berg, W. J., van den Broeke, M. R., Barrand, N. E., Thomas, E. R. , Turner, John , Wuite, J., Scambos, T. A., van Meijgaard, E.. (2016) The modelled surface mass balance of the Antarctic Peninsula at 5.5 km horizontal resolution. The Cryosphere, 10. 271-285. 10.5194/tc-10-271-2016

2015

Bracegirdle, Thomas J. , Stephenson, David B., Turner, John , Phillips, Tony . (2015) The importance of sea ice area biases in 21st century multimodel projections of Antarctic temperature and precipitation. Geophysical Research Letters, 42. 10832-10839. 10.1002/2015GL067055

Chenoli, Sheeba Nettukandy, Turner, John , Samah, Azizan Abu. (2015) A strong wind event on the Ross Ice Shelf, Antarctica: A case study of scale interactions. Monthly Weather Review, 143. 4163-4180. doi:10.1175/MWR-D-15-0002.1

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

Mayewski, P. A., Bracegirdle, T. , Goodwin, I., Schneider, D., Bertler, N. A. N., Birkel, S., Carleton, A., England, M. H., Kang, J.-H., Khan, A., Russell, J., Turner, J. , Velicogna, I.. (2015) Potential for Southern Hemisphere climate surprises. Journal of Quaternary Science, 30. 391-395. doi:10.1002/jqs.2794

Lu, Hua , Bracegirdle, Thomas J. , Phillips, Tony , Turner, John . (2015) A comparative study of wave forcing derived from the ERA-40 and ERA-interim reanalysis data sets. Journal of Climate, 28. 2291-2311. 10.1175/JCLI-D-14-00356.1

2014

Orr, Andrew , Phillips, Tony , Webster, Stuart, Elvidge, Andy, Weeks, Mark, Hosking, Scott , Turner, John . (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. , Turner, John , Hosking, J. Scott , Phillips, Tony . (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

Meredith, Michael , Orr, Andrew , Shanklin, Jonathan, Turner, John , [and 126 others], . Ennis, Christine A. (eds.). (2014) Assessment for Decision-Makers: Scientific Assessment of Ozone Depletion: 2014. Geneva, Switzerland, World Meteorological Organization, 46 pp. (Global Ozone Research and Monitoring Project Report No. 56.)

Murphy, E.J. , Clarke, A., Abram, N.J., Turner, J. . (2014) Variability of sea-ice in the northern Weddell Sea during the 20th century. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 119. 4549-4572. doi:10.1002/2013JC009511

Abram, Nerilie J., Mulvaney, Robert , Vimeux, Francoise, Phipps, Steven J., Turner, John , England, Matthew H.. (2014) Evolution of the Southern Annular Mode during the past millennium. Nature Climate Change, 4. 564-569. 10.1038/nclimate2235

Wang, Zhaomin, Turner, John , Sun, Bo, Li, Bingrui, Liu, Chengyan. (2014) Cyclone-induced rapid creation of extreme Antarctic sea ice conditions. Scientific Reports, 4. 6 pp. doi:10.1038/srep05317

Turner, John , Barrand, Nicholas E., Bracegirdle, Thomas J. , Convey, Peter , Hodgson, Dominic A. , Jarvis, Martin, Jenkins, Adrian , Marshall, Gareth , Meredith, Michael P. , Roscoe, Howard, Shanklin, Jon, French, John, Goosse, Hugues, Guglielmin, Mauro, Gutt, Julian, Jacobs, Stan, Kennicutt, Marlon C., Masson-Delmotte, Valerie, Mayewski, Paul, Navarro, Francisco, Robinson, Sharon, Scambos, Ted, Sparrow, Mike, Summerhayes, Colin, Speer, Kevin, Klepikov, Alexander. (2014) Antarctic climate change and the environment: an update. Polar Record, 50. 237-259. doi:10.1017/S0032247413000296

2013

Turner, John , Hosking, J. Scott , Phillips, Tony , Marshall, Gareth J. . (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

Thomas, Elizabeth R , Bracegirdle, Thomas J , Turner, John , Wolff, Eric W. (2013) A 308-year record of climate variability in West Antarctica. Geophysical Research Letters, 40. 5492-5496. doi:10.1002/2013GL057782

Chenoli, Sheeba Nettukandy, Turner, John , Samah, Azizan Abu. (2013) A climatology of strong wind events at McMurdo station, Antarctica. International Journal of Climatology, 33. 2667-2681. doi:10.1002/joc.3617

Hosking, J. Scott , Orr, Andrew , Marshall, Gareth J. , Turner, John , Phillips, Tony . (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

Marshall, Gareth J. , Orr, Andrew , Turner, John . (2013) A predominant reversal in the relationship between the SAM and East Antarctic temperatures during the Twenty-First Century. Journal of Climate, 26. 5196-5204. 10.1175/JCLI-D-12-00671.1

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

Turner, John , Maksym, Ted, Phillips, Tony , Marshall, Gareth J. , Meredith, Michael P. . (2013) The impact of changes in sea ice advance on the large winter warming on the western Antarctic Peninsula. International Journal of Climatology, 33. 852-861. doi:10.1002/joc.3474

Dash, Mihir K., Pandey, P.C., Vyas, N.K., Turner, John . (2013) Variability in the ENSO-induced southern hemispheric circulation and Antarctic sea ice extent. International Journal of Climatology, 33. 778-783. doi:10.1002/joc.3456

Turner, John , Bracegirdle, Thomas J. , Phillips, Tony , Marshall, Gareth J. , Hosking, J. Scott . (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

Christensen, Jens Hesselbjerg, Kanikicharla, Krishna Kumar, Marshall, Gareth , Turner, John . (2013) Climate phenomena and their relevance for future regional climate change. In: Climate Change 2013: The physical science basis. Contribution of Working Group I to the fifth Assessment of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1217-1308.

Turner, John . (2013) Contrasting climate change in the two polar regions. In: Scientific and geopolitical interests in Arctic and Antarctic, New Delhi, LIGHTS Research Foundation, 73-85.

2012

Gutt, Julian, Zurell, Damaris, Bracegirdle, Thomas J. , Cheung, William, Clark, Melody S. , Convey, Peter , Danis, Bruno, David, Bruno, De Broyer, Claude, Di Prisco, Guido, Griffiths, Huw , Laffont, Rémi, Peck, Lloyd S., Pierrat, Benjamin, Riddle, Martin J., Saucède, Thomas, Turner, John , Verde, Cinzia, Wang, Zhaomin , Grimm, Volker. (2012) Correlative and dynamic species distribution modelling for ecological predictions in the Antarctic: a cross-disciplinary concept. Polar Research, 31. 23 pp. 10.3402/polar.v31i0.11091

2011

Turner, John , Marshall, Gareth . ; Ramesh, R., Sudhakar, M., Chattopadhyay, Sulagna (eds.). (2011) Climate change in the polar regions. Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 434 pp.

2009

Lachlan-Cope, Thomas A., Connolley, W.M., Turner, John , Roscoe, Howard K., Marshall, Gareth J. , Colwell, Steve R., Höpfner, M., Ingram, W.. (2009) Antarctic winter tropospheric warming – the potential role of polar stratospheric clouds, a sensitivity study. Atmospheric Science Letters, 10. 262-266. 10.1002/asl.237

Turner, John , Bindschadler, R., Convey, Peter , Di Prisco, G., Fahrbach, E., Gutt, J., Hodgson, Dominic A. , Mayewski, P.A., Summerhayes, C.P. (eds.). (2009) Antarctic climate change and the environment: A contribution to the International Polar Year 2007-2008. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research, 526 pp.

Turner, John , Bindschadler, Robert, Convey, Pete , Di Prisco, Guido, Fahrbach, Eberhard, Gutt, Jultan, Hodgson, Dominic , Mayewski, Paul, Summerhayes, Colin, Woodworth (as contributor to chapters 2 and 4), Philip L: . Turner, John , Bindschadler, R., Convey, Peter , Di Prisco, G., Fahrbach, E., Gutt, J., Hodgson, Dominic A. , Mayewski, P.A., Summerhayes, C.P. (eds.). (2009) Antarctic Climate Change and the Environment. A contribution to the International Polar Year 2007-2008.. Cambridge, Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research

Turner, John , Overland, Jim. (2009) Contrasting climate change in the two polar regions. Polar Research, 28. 146-164. 10.1111/j.1751-8369.2009.00128.x

Turner, John , Comiso, Josefino C., Marshall, Gareth J. , Lachlan-Cope, Tom A., Bracegirdle, Toms , Maksym, Ted, Meredith, Michael P. , Wang, Zhaomin , Orr, Andrew . (2009) Non-annular atmospheric circulation change induced by stratospheric ozone depletion and its role in the recent increase of Antarctic sea ice extent. Geophysical Research Letters, 36. 5 pp. 10.1029/2009GL037524

Turner, John , Chenoli, Sheeba Nettukandy, abu Samah, Azizan, Marshall, Gareth , Phillips, Tony , Orr, Andrew . (2009) Strong wind events in the Antarctic. Journal of Geophysical Research, 114. 25 pp. 10.1029/2008JD011642

Turner, John , Anderson, Philip, Lachlan-Cope, Thomas, Colwell, Steven, Phillips, Tony , Kirchgaessner, Amelie , Marshall, Gareth , King, John, Bracegirdle, Thomas , Vaughan, David , Lagun, V, Orr, Andrew . (2009) Record low surface air temperature at Vostok Station, Antarctica. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 114. 14 pp. 10.1029/2009JD012104

Mayewski, P.A., Meredith, M.P. , Summerhayes, C.P., Turner, J. , Worby, A., Barrett, P.J., Casassa, G., Bertler, N.A.N., Bracegirdle, T., Naveira Garabato, A.C., Bromwich, D., Campbell, H., Hamilton, G.H., Lyons, W.B., Maasch, K.A., Aoki, S., Xiao, C.. (2009) State of the Antarctic and Southern Ocean climate system. Reviews of Geophysics, 47. 38 pp. doi:10.1029/2007RG000231

Convey, Peter , Bindschadler, R., Di Prisco, G., Fahrbach, E., Gutt, J., Hodgson, Dominic A. , Mayewski, P.A., Summerhayes, C.P., Turner, John . (2009) Review. Antarctic climate change and the environment. Antarctic Science, 21. 541-563. 10.1017/S0954102009990642

2008

Turner, John . (2008) Projections of the Antarctic climate for the end of the twenty first century. In: Proceedings for the 3rd Malaysian International Seminar on Antarctica (MISA3) "From the tropics to the poles" in conjunction with the International Polar Year 2007-2008, 21st - 23rd March 2007, Malaysia, Academy of Sciences, 3-6.

Bracegirdle, Thomas J. , Connolley, William M., Turner, John . (2008) Antarctic climate change over the twenty first century. Journal of Geophysical Research, 113. 13 pp. doi:10.1029/2007JD008933

Overland, J., Turner, John , Francis, J., Gillett, N., Marshall, Gareth J. , Tjernström, M.. (2008) The Arctic and Antarctic: two faces of climate change. Eos. Transactions, American Geophysical Union, 89. 177-178. 10.1029/2008EO190001

2007

Hill, Simeon L., Watters, George M., Punt, Andre E., McAllister, Murdoch K., Le Quere, Corinne, Turner, John . (2007) Model uncertainty in the ecosystem approach to fisheries. Fish and Fisheries, 8. 315-336. doi:10.1111/j.1467-2979.2007.00257.x

Lachlan-Cope, T.A., Connolley, W.M., Turner, J. . (2007) Effects of tropical sea surface temperature (SST) errors on the Antarctic atmospheric circulation of HadCM3. Geophysical Research Letters, 34. 4 pp. doi:10.1029/2006GL029067

Turner, John , Bracegirdle, Tom . (2007) Polar lows and other high latitude weather systems. In: Proceedings of a seminar held at ECMWF on Polar Meteorology, 4-8 September 2006, Reading, ECMWF, 67-74.

Turner, J. . (2007) Synoptic-scale weather systems, fronts and jets. In: Encyclopedia of the Antarctic, New York, Routledge, 979-982.

Turner, J. . ; Riffenburgh, B. (eds.). (2007) Polar meteorology – understanding global impacts. Geneva, World Meterorological Organization, 38 pp.

Turner, John , Overland, James E., Walsh, John E.. (2007) An Arctic and Antarctic perspective on recent climate change. International Journal of Climatology, 27. 277-293. doi:10.1002/joc.1406

Turner, John , Abu Samah, Azizan. (2007) Workshop on the Antarctic wind field. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 88. 721-723. 10.1175/BAMS-88-5-721

2006

Turner, J. , Connolley, W.M., Lachlan-Cope, T.A., Marshall, G.J. . (2006) The performance of the Hadley Centre climate model (HADCM3) in high southern latitudes. International Journal of Climatology, 26. 91-112. doi:10.1002/joc.1260

Turner, J. , Lachlan-Cope, T.A., Colwell, S.R., Marshall, G.J. , Connolley, W.M.. (2006) Significant warming of the Antarctic winter troposphere. Science, 311. 1914-1917. doi:10.1126/science.1121652

Jones, A.E. , Anderson, P.S., Wolff, E.W., Turner, J. , Rankin, A.M., Colwell, S.R.. (2006) A role for newly forming sea ice in springtime polar tropospheric ozone loss? Observational evidence from Halley station, Antarctica. Journal of Geophysical Research, 111. 11 pp. 10.1029/2005JD006566

2005

Turner, John , Lachlan-Cope, Tom, Colwell, Steve, Marshall, Gareth J. . (2005) A positive trend in western Antarctic Peninsula precipitation over the last 50 years reflecting regional and Antarctic-wide atmospheric circulation changes. Annals of Glaciology, 41. 85-91. 10.3189/172756405781813177

Turner, John , Colwell, Steve R., Marshall, Gareth J. , Lachlan-Cope, Tom A., Carleton, Andrew M., Jones, Phil D., Lagun, Victor, Reid, Phil A., Iagovkina, Svetlana. (2005) Antarctic climate change during the last 50 years. International Journal of Climatology, 25. 279-294. 10.1002/joc.1130

Turner, John . (2005) Polar lows. In: Encyclopedia of the Arctic, Vol. 3, New York, Routledge, 1663-1664.

Turner, John . (2005) Aspects of modern Antarctic meteorology and climatology. Archives of Natural History, 32. 334-345.

Turner, John . (2005) Antarctic and tropical interactions. In: Antarctica: global laboratory for scientific and international cooperation. Proceedings of the 2nd Malaysian International Seminar on Antarctica, Penang, May 2004, Academy of Sciences Malaysia, 57-62.

Rignot, E., Casassa, G., Gogineni, S., Kanagaratnam, P., Krabill, W., Pritchard, H. , Rivera, A., Thomas, R., Turner, J. , Vaughan, D. . (2005) Recent ice loss from the Fleming and other glaciers, Wordie Bay, West Antarctic Peninsula. Geophysical Research Letters, 32. 4 pp. doi:10.1029/2004GL021947

2004

Turner, John , Colwell, Steve R., Marshall, Gareth J. , Lachlan-Cope, Tom A., Carleton, Andrew M., Jones, Phil D., Lagun, Victor, Reid, Phil A., Iagovkina, Svetlana. (2004) The SCAR READER Project: toward a high-quality database of mean Antarctic meteorological observations. Journal of Climate, 17. 2890-2898. 10.1175/1520-0442(2004)017<2890:TSRPTA>2.0.CO;2

Turner, John . (2004) The El Niño-Southern Oscillation and Antarctica. International Journal of Climatology, 24. 1-31. 10.1002/joc.965

Massom, Robert A., Pook, Michael J., Comiso, Josefino C., Adams, Neil, Turner, John , Lachlan-Cope, Tom, Gibson, Timothy T.. (2004) Precipitation over the interior East Antarctic Ice Sheet related to midlatitude blocking-high activity. Journal of Climate, 17. 1914-1928.

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

Turner, J. , Pendlebury, S. (eds.). (2004) The international Antarctic weather forecasting handbook. Cambridge, British Antarctic Survey, 663 pp.

van Lipzig, N.P.M., Turner, J. , Colwell, S.R., Van Den Broeke, M.R.. (2004) The near-surface wind field over the Antarctic continent. International Journal of Climatology, 24. 1973-1982. 10.1002/joc.1090

2003

Van Delden, A., Rasmussen, E.A., Turner, J., Røsting, B.. (2003) Theoretical investigations. In: Polar lows: mesoscale weather systems in the polar regions, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 286-404.

Turner, John , Rasmussen, Erik. (2003) Serial development of polar lows. Weather, 58. 448-450.

Turner, J. , Rasmussen, E.A., Røsting, B.. (2003) Forecasting of polar lows. In: Polar lows: mesoscale weather systems in the polar regions, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 501-574.

Turner, J. , Rasmussen, E.A.. (2003) Conclusion and further research needs. In: Polar lows: mesoscale weather systems in the polar regions, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 575-579.

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

Pendlebury, Stephen F., Adams, Neil D., Hart, Terry L., Turner, John . (2003) Numerical weather prediction model performance over high southern latitudes. Monthly Weather Review, 131. 335-353.

Rasmussen, Erik A., Turner, John (eds.). (2003) Polar lows: mesoscale weather systems in the polar regions. Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 612 pp.

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

Turner, J. , Rasmussen, E.A., Carleton, A.M.. (2003) Introduction. In: Polar lows: mesoscale weather systems in the polar regions, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1-51.

Rasmussen, E.A., Turner, J. , Ninomiya, K., Renfrew, I.A.. (2003) Observational studies. In: Polar lows: mesoscale weather systems in the polar regions, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 150-285.

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

2002

Turner, J. , Lachlan-Cope, T.A., Marshall, G.J. , Morris, E.M., Mulvaney, R. , Winter, W.. (2002) Spatial variability of Antarctic Peninsula net surface mass balance. Journal of Geophysical Research, 107. 18 pp. 10.1029/2001JD000755

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. 4 pp. 10.1029/2002GL015565

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

Turner, J. . (2002) Antarctic climate. In: Encyclopedia of atmospheric sciences, London, Academic Press, 135-142.

2001

Miao, Jungang, Kunzi, Klaus, Heygster, Georg, Lachlan-Cope, Tom A., Turner, John . (2001) Atmospheric water vapor over Antarctica derived from Special Sensor Microwave/Temperature 2 data. Journal of Geophysical Research, 106. 10,187-10,203. 10.1029/2000JD900811

Turner, John , Connolley, William, Cresswell, Doug, Harangozo, Stephen. (2001) The simulation of Antarctic sea ice in the Hadley Centre Climate Model (HadCM3). Annals of Glaciology, 33. 585-591. doi:10.3189/172756401781818095

Lachlan-Cope, Tom A., Connolley, William M., Turner, John . (2001) The role of the non-axisymmetric Antarctic orography in forcing the observed pattern of variability of the Antarctic climate. Geophysical Research Letters, 28. 4111-4114. 10.1029/2001GL013465

Turner, John , Pendlebury, Stephen. (2001) The International Antarctic Weather Forecasting Handbook. In: Sixth Conference on Polar Meteorology and Oceanography, San Diego, May 2001. Preprints, Boston, American Meteorological Society, 329-330.

Turner, John , Lachlan-Cope, Tom A., Marshall, Gareth J. , Pendlebury, Stephen, Adams, Neil. (2001) An extreme wind event at Casey Station, Antarctica. Journal of Geophysical Research, 106. 7291-7311. doi:10.1029/2000JD900544

Turner, John , Marshall, Gareth J. . (2001) Signals of ENSO in the atmospheric circulation around the Antarctic Peninsula. In: Sixth Conference on Polar Meteorology and Oceanography, San Diego, May 2001, Boston, American Meteorological Society, 65-68.

Turner, J. , Marshall, G.J. , Ladkin, R.S.. (2001) An operational, real-time cloud detection scheme for use in the Antarctic based on AVHRR data. International Journal of Remote Sensing, 22. 3027-3046. doi:10.1080/01431160121291

Lachlan-Cope, Tom, Ladkin, Russell, Turner, John , Davison, Paul. (2001) Observations of cloud and precipitation particles on the Avery Plateau, Antarctic Peninsula. Antarctic Science, 13. 339-348. 10.1017/S0954102001000475

2000

Turner, John , Pendlebury, S. (eds.). (2000) The international Antarctic weather forecasting handbook. Boston, American Meteorological Society,

Lachlan-Cope, T., Turner, J. , Sear, C.B., Burt, P.J.A., Jones, A. , Bowden, T., Monreal, R.. (2000) A pilot study for predicting ozone amounts for the general public in southern Chile. Meteorological Applications, 7. 37-43.

Turner, John , Pendlebury, Stephen, Cowled, Lance, Jones, Marjorie, Targett, Philip, Jacka, Kieran. (2000) Report on the First International Symposium on Operational Weather Forecasting in Antarctica. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 81. 75-94. doi:10.1175/1520-0477(2000)081<0075:ROTFIS>2.3.CO;2

1999

Colwell, Steven, Turner, John . (1999) Antarctic meteorological observations on the GTS during the FROST project. Weather and Forecasting, 14. 811-816. doi:10.1175/1520-0434(1999)014<0811:AMOOTG>2.0.CO;2

Donlon, C. J., Nightingale, T. J., Sheasby, T., Turner, J. , Robinson, I. S., Emergy, W. J.. (1999) Implications of the oceanic thermal skin temperature deviation at high wind speed. Geophysical Research Letters, 26. 2505-2508. doi:10.1029/1999GL900547

Harold, Julie M., Bigg, Grant R., Turner, John . (1999) Mesocyclone activity over the North-East Atlantic. Part 1: vortex distribution and variability. International Journal of Climatology, 19. 1187-1204. doi:10.1002/(SICI)1097-0088(199909)19:11<1187::AID-JOC419>3.0.CO;2-Q

Harold, Julie M., Bigg, Grant R., Turner, John . (1999) Mesocyclone activity over the Northeast Atlantic. Part 2: An investigation of causal mechanisms. International Journal of Climatology, 19. 1283-1299. doi:10.1002/(SICI)1097-0088(199910)19:12<1283::AID-JOC420>3.0.CO;2-T

Hutchinson, Hugh A., Dixon, T. Stephen, Adams, Neil, Jacka, Kieran, Pendlebury, Stephen F., Marsh, Lawrence, Cowled, Lance H., Phillpot, Henry R., Pook, Michael J., Turner, John . (1999) On the Reanalysis of Southern Hemisphere Charts for the FROST Project. Weather and Forecasting, 14. 909-919. doi:10.1175/1520-0434(1999)014<0909:OTROSH>2.0.CO;2

Leonard, S R, Turner, J , Wal, A Van Der. (1999) An assessment of three automatic depression tracking schemes. Meteorological Applications, 6. 173-183. doi:10.1017/S135048279900119X

Marshall, Gareth J. , Turner, John . (1999) Synoptic-scale weather systems observed during the FROST project via scatterometer winds. Weather and Forecasting, 14. 867-877. doi:10.1175/1520-0434(1999)014<0867:SSWSOD>2.0.CO;2

Noone, David, Turner, John , Mulvaney, Robert . (1999) Atmospheric signals and characteristics of accumulation in Dronning Maud Land, Antarctica. Journal of Geophysical Research, 104. 19191-19211. doi:10.1029/1999JD900376

Turner, John . (1999) An overview of the Antarctic FROST Project. Australian Meteorological Magazine. 3-7.

Turner, John , Bromwich, David H., Carter, Gary M.. (1999) Antarctic First Regional Observing Study of the Troposphere. Weather and Forecasting, 14. 809-810. doi:10.1175/1520-0434(1999)014<0809:AFROSO>2.0.CO;2

Turner, John , Colwell, Steven, Leonard, Steven. (1999) Data collected during the FROST project. Australian Meteorological Magazine. 9-14.

Turner, John , Connolley, William M., Leonard, Steven, Marshall, Gareth J. , Vaughan, David G. . (1999) Spatial and temporal variability of net snow accumulation over the Antarctic from ECMWF re-analysis project data. International Journal of Climatology, 19. 697-724. doi:10.1002/(SICI)1097-0088(19990615)19:7<697::AID-JOC392>3.0.CO;2-3

Turner, John , Leonard, Steven, Marshall, Gareth J. , Pook, Michael, Cowled, Lance, Jardine, Richard, Pendlebury, Stephen, Adams, Neil. (1999) An assessment of operational Antarctic analyses based on data from the FROST Project. Weather and Forecasting, 14. 817-834. doi:10.1175/1520-0434(1999)014<0817:AAOOAA>2.0.CO;2

Turner, John , Marshall, Gareth , Colwell, Steve, Sinclair, Jean. (1999) Atmospheric circulation variability in the high latitude areas of the South Pacific during the last 50 years. In: Eighth Conference on Climate Variations, Denver, Colorado, September 1999, Boston, American Meteorological Society, 224-228.

1998

Jones, Anna E. , Bowden, Tanya, Turner, John . (1998) Predicting total ozone based on GTS data: applications for South American high-latitude populations. Journal of Applied Meteorology, 37. 477-485. doi:10.1175/1520-0450(1998)037<0477:PTOBOG>2.0.CO;2

Marshall, Gareth J. , Turner, John , Miners, William D.. (1998) Interpreting recent accumulation records through an understanding of the regional synoptic climatology: an example from the southern Antarctic Peninsula. Annals of Glaciology, 27. 610-616.

Morris, E.M., King, J.C., Anderson, P.S., Lachlan-Cope, T.A., Turner, J. . Turner, John , Pendlebury, S. (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

Turner, John , Leonard, Steven, Lachlan-Cope, Tom, Marshall, Gareth J. . (1998) Understanding Antarctic Peninsula precipitation distribution and variability using a numerical weather prediction model. Annals of Glaciology, 27. 591-596.

Turner, John , Marshall, Gareth J. , Lachlan-Cope, Thomas A.. (1998) Analysis of synoptic-scale low pressure systems within the Antarctic Peninsula sector of the circumpolar trough. International Journal of Climatology, 18. 253-280. doi:10.1002/(SICI)1097-0088(19980315)18:3<253::AID-JOC248>3.0.CO;2-3

1997

Marshall, Gareth J. , Turner, John . (1997) Katabatic wind propagation over the western Ross Sea observed using ERS-1 scatterometer data. Antarctic Science, 9. doi:10.1017/S0954102097000278

Marshall, Gareth J. , Turner, John . (1997) Surface wind fields of Antarctic mesocyclones derived from ERS 1 scatterometer data. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 102. 13907-13921. doi:10.1029/96JD03362

Turner, J. , Colwell, S.R., Harangozo, S.. (1997) Variability of precipitation over the coastal western Antarctic Peninsula from synoptic observations. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 102. 13999-14007. doi:10.1029/96JD03359

Leonard, S., Turner, J. , Milton, S.. (1997) An assessment of UK Meteorological Office numerical weather prediction analyses and forecasts for the Antarctic. Antarctic Science, 9. 100-109. doi:10.1017/S0954102097000126

Lachlan-Cope, T.A., Turner, J. . (1997) Passive microwave retrievals of precipitation over the Southern Ocean. International Journal of Remote Sensing, 18. 1725-1742. doi:10.1080/014311697218070

Marshall, Gareth J. , Turner, John . (1997) ERS scatterometer observations of katabatic winds over a polynya. In: Third ERS Symposium on Space at the Service of our Environment, Florence, March, 1997, Vol.III, Noordwijk, ESA Publications, 1591-1596.

1996

Turner, John , Bromwich, David, Colwell, Steven, Dixon, Stephen, Gibson, Tim, Hart, Terry, Heinemann, Günther, Hutchinson, Hugh, Jacka, Kieran, Leonard, Steven, Lieder, Michael, Marsh, Lawrie, Pendlebury, Stephen, Phillpot, Henry, Pook, Mike, Simmonds, Ian. (1996) The Antarctic First Regional Observing Study of the Troposphere (FROST) Project. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 77. 2007-2032. doi:10.1175/1520-0477(1996)077<2007:TAFROS>2.0.CO;2

Bromwich, David H., Carrasco, Jorge F., Turner, John . (1996) A downward developing mesoscale cyclone over the Ross Ice Shelf during Winter. Global Atmosphere and Ocean System, 4. 125-147.

Turner, J. , Corcoran, G., Cummins, S., Lachlan-Cope, T., Leonard, S.. (1996) Seasonal variability of mesocyclone activity in the Bellingshausen/Weddell region of Antarctica. Global Atmosphere-Ocean System, 5. 73-97.

1995

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

Thomas, J. P., Knight, R. J., Roscoe, H. K., Turner, J. , Symon, C.. (1995) An evaluation of a self-calibrating infrared radiometer for measuring sea surface temperature. Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, 12. 301-316. doi:10.1175/1520-0426(1995)012<0301:AEOASC>2.0.CO;2

Thomas, J. P., Turner, J. . (1995) Validation of Atlantic Ocean sea surface temperatures measured by the ERS-1Along Track Scanning Radiometer. Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, 12. 1303-1312. doi:10.1175/1520-0426(1995)012<1303:VOAOSS>2.0.CO;2

Thomas, J. P., Turner, J. , Lachlan-Cope, T.A., Corcoran, G.. (1995) High resolution observations of Weddell Sea surface currents using ERS-l SAR sea-ice motion vectors. International Journal of Remote Sensing, 16. 3409-3425. doi:10.1080/01431169508954637

Turner, J. , Row, M.. (1995) Polar phenomena. In: Images in weather forecasting, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 484-490.

Turner, John , Colwell, Steve R.. (1995) Temporal variability of precipitation over the western Antarctic Peninsula. In: Fourth Conference on Polar Meteorology and Oceanography, Dallas, Texas, January 1995. Preprints, Boston, American Meteorological Society, 113-116.

Turner, John , Lachlan-Cope, Thomas A., Thomas, J.P., Colwell, Steve R.. (1995) The synoptic origins of precipitation over the Antarctic Peninsula. Antarctic Science, 7. 327-337. doi:10.1017/S0954102095000447

Wattam, S., Turner, J. . (1995) Weather forecasting for aviation and marine operations in the Antarctic Peninsula region. Meteorological Applications, 2. 323-332. doi:10.1002/met.5060020405

1994

Turner, John , Thomas, Jeremy P.. (1994) Summer-season mesoscale cyclones in the bellingshausen-weddell region of the antarctic and links with the synoptic-scale environment. International Journal of Climatology, 14. 871-894. 10.1002/joc.3370140805

Lachlan-Cope, T.A., Turner, J. , Thomas, J.P., Rasmussen, E.A.. (1994) High latitude mesoscale atmospheric circulation features observed with ERS-1 scaterrometer. In: Space at the service of our environment. Proceedings of the Second ERS-1 Symposium, Hamburg, October 1994. Vol. II, Paris, European Space Agency, 809-814. (ESA, ).

Thomas, Jeremy P., Turner, John , Cummins, S.. (1994) The inter-relationship between near-surface vorticity, convergence and synoptic depression tracks over the Bellingshausen Sea, Antarctica. In: Seventh Conference on Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography, Monterey, California, June 1994. Preprints, Boston, American Meteorological Society, 557-560.

Turner, John , Corcoran, G., Lachlan-Cope, Thomas, Thomas, J.P.. (1994) Sea ice motion in the Weddell Sea, Antarctica from pairs of ERS-1 SAR images. In: Space at the service of our environment. Proceedings of the Second ERS-1 Symposium, Hamburg, October 1993, Paris, European Space Agency, 303-308. (ESA Sp, ).

Turner, John , Lachlan-Cope, Thomas. (1994) The AIRES project – satellite imagery of Antarctica. NERC News, 28. 24-26.

1993

Turner, John , Lachlan-Cope, Thomas A., Thomas, Jeremy P.. (1993) A comparison of Arctic and Antarctic mesoscale vortices. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 98. 13019-13034. 10.1029/92JD02426

Turner, John , Lachlan-Cope, Thomas A., Warren, David E., Duncan, Charles N.. (1993) A mesoscale vortex over Halley Station, Antarctica. Monthly Weather Review, 121. 1317-1336. 10.1175/1520-0493(1993)121<1317:AMVOHS>2.0.CO;2

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