Project title: Using Earth-Observation Data to Classify Atmospheric Rivers and  Investigate Their Impacts on the Stability of West Antarctic Ice Shelves

Primary supervisor: Dr. Hua Lu (British Antarctic Survey)

Supervisors: Prof. Amanda C. Maycock (University of Leeds), Dr. Andrew Orr (British Antarctic Survey), Dr. Andrew Fleming (British Antarctic Survey), Prof. Anna E. Hogg (University of Leeds), Dr. Grzegorz Muszynski (University of Edinburgh)

Doctoral training program:  SENSE Earth Observation CDT

Research interests

• Extreme Events
• Climate Dynamics
• Polar Meteorology
• Earth Observation

Publications from NERC Open Research Archive

2026

Avilés-Podgurski, Luisa E. ORCID record for Avilés-Podgurski, Luisa E.. Martineau, Patrick ORCID record for Martineau, Patrick. Lu, Hua ORCID record for Lu, Hua. Yamamoto, Ayako ORCID record for Yamamoto, Ayako. Maycock, Amanda C. ORCID record for Maycock, Amanda C.. Orr, Andrew ORCID record for Orr, Andrew. Phillips, Tony ORCID record for Phillips, Tony. Bracegirdle, Thomas ORCID record for Bracegirdle, Thomas. Hogg, Anna E. Muszynski, Grzegorz. Fleming, Andrew ORCID record for Fleming, Andrew. (2026) Impact, drivers and pathways of two Arctic atmospheric rivers in April 2020.