Jonathan Shanklin
E Fellow
Biography
Jonathan Shanklin joined the British Antarctic Survey in Cambridge in 1976, after graduating from Cambridge University with a BA in Natural Sciences and a PGCE in teaching physics. He retired at the end of March 2012 as head of its Meteorology and Ozone Monitoring Unit and is now an emeritus fellow at BAS. He continues his work in monitoring the Antarctic ozone hole and monitoring climate data for the GCOS Lead Centre for Antarctica. During his time with BAS he made 19 visits to the Antarctic, either to install new equipment, calibrate existing equipment or to make tours of inspection. He was an author of the paper that announced the discovery of what is now known as the Antarctic ozone hole, and the team were jointly awarded the Institute of Physics Charles Chree medal in 2000. He was invested with the Polar Medal by Her Majesty in 2005. He was a chair of the WMO Group on Antarctic Meteorology. At BAS and its parent organisation the NERC, he was the Trades Union vice-chair for Health & Safety.
His other interests are wide ranging: for sports he plays cricket in the summer and ice hockey in the winter, the latter albeit only occasionally these days. He is tower captain at St Benet’s church in Cambridge, which involves leading the bell-ringers in the English style of bell-ringing. He is a Council Member of and Field Meetings Secretary for the Botanical Society of Britain & Ireland and is their botanical co-recorder for the old county of Cambridgeshire. As well as botany he has a particular interest in liverworts. He is a vice-president of the Cambridge Natural History Society. He is Director of the Comet Section of the two leading national UK amateur astronomical societies and has discovered six SOHO comets.
Research interests
WMO/SCAR operational meteorology web page
Collaborations
Publications from NERC Open Research Archive
2023
Dawson, Wayne, Peyton, Jodey M., Pescott, Oliver L. ORCID record for Oliver L. Pescott, Adriaens, Tim, Cottier-Cook, Elizabeth J., Frohlich, Danielle S., Key, Gillian, Malumphy, Chris, Martinou, Angeliki F., Minchin, Dan, Moore, Niall, Rabitsch, Wolfgang, Rorke, Stephanie L., Tricarico, Elena, Turvey, Katharine M.A., Winfield, Ian J. ORCID record for Ian J. Winfield, Barnes, David K.A. ORCID record for David K.A. Barnes, Baum, Diane, Bensusan, Keith, Burton, Frederic J., Convey, Peter ORCID record for Peter Convey, Copeland, Alison I., Fa, Darren A., Fowler, Liza, García-Berthou, Emili, Gonzalez, Albert, González-Moreno, Pablo, Gray, Alan ORCID record for Alan Gray, Griffiths, Richard W., Guillem, Rhian, Guzman, Antenor N., Haakonsson, Jane, Hughes, Kevin A. ORCID record for Kevin A. Hughes, James, Ross, Linares, Leslie, Maczey, Norbert, Mailer, Stuart, Manco, Bryan Naqqi, Martin, Stephanie, Monaco, Andrea, Moverley, David G., Rose-Smyth, Christine, Shanklin, Jonathan, Stevens, Natasha, Stewart, Alan J., Vaux, Alexander G.C., Warr, Stephen J., Werenkaut, Victoria, Roy, Helen E. ORCID record for Helen E. Roy. (2023) Horizon scanning for potential invasive non-native species across the United Kingdom Overseas Territories. Conservation Letters, 16 (). 12 pp. 10.1111/conl.12928
2022
2021
Zhang, Lily N., Solomon, Susan, Stone, Kane A., Shanklin, Jonathan D., Eveson, Joshua D., Colwell, Steve, Burrows, John P., Weber, Mark, Levelt, Pieternel F., Kramarova, Natalya A., Haffner, David P.. (2021) On the use of satellite observations to fill gaps in the Halley station total ozone record. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 21 (). 10 pp. 10.5194/acp-21-9829-2021
Shanklin, Jonathan. (2021) Atmospheric chemistry. The discovery of the ozone hole. In: Foscari, Giulia (eds.). Antarctic Resolution, , Lars Müller Publishers, pp.
Shanklin, Jonathan. (2021) Advocating for consistent data sets. The Dobson Spectro-photometer. In: Foscari, Giulia (eds.). Antarctic Resolution, , Lars Müller Publishers, pp.
2020
Hill, Mark O., Preston, Christopher D., Shanklin, Jonathan D.. (2020) Geographical patterns in the flora of Cambridgeshire (v.c.29). British & Irish Botany, 2 (). 24 pp. 10.33928/bib.2020.02.285
Klekociuk, Andrew R., Tully, Matthew B., Krummel, Paul B., Evtushevsky, Oleksandr, Kravchenko, Volodymyr, Henderson, Stuart I., Alexander, Simon P., Querel, Richard R., Nichol, Sylvia, Smale, Dan, Milinevsky, Gennadi P., Grytsai, Asen, Fraser, Paul J., Xiangdong, Zheng, Gies, H. Peter, Schofield, Robyn, Shanklin, Jonathan D.. (2020) The Antarctic ozone hole during 2017. Journal of Southern Hemisphere Earth Systems Science, 69 (). pp. 10.1071/ES19019
Tully, Matthew B., Klekociuk, Andrew R., Krummel, Paul B., Gies, H. Peter, Alexander, Simon P., Fraser, Paul J., Henderson, Stuart I., Schofield, Robyn, Shanklin, Jonathan D., Stone, Kane A.. (2020) The Antarctic ozone hole during 2015 and 2016. Journal of Southern Hemisphere Earth Systems Science, 69 (). pp. 10.1071/ES19021
Krummel, Paul B., Klekociuk, Andrew R., Tully, Matthew B., Gies, H. Peter, Alexander, Simon P., Fraser, Paul J., Henderson, Stuart I., Schofield, Robyn, Shanklin, Jonathan D., Stone, Kane A.. (2020) The Antarctic ozone hole during 2014. Journal of Southern Hemisphere Earth Systems Science, 69 (). pp. 10.1071/ES19023
Hughes, Kevin A. ORCID record for Kevin A. Hughes, Pescott, Oliver L. ORCID record for Oliver L. Pescott, Peyton, Jodey, Adriaens, Tim, Cottier-Cook, Elizabeth J., Key, Gillian, Rabitsch, Wolfgang, Tricarico, Elena, Barnes, David K.A. ORCID record for David K.A. Barnes, Baxter, Naomi, Belchier, Mark, Blake, Denise, Convey, Peter ORCID record for Peter Convey, Dawson, Wayne, Frohlich, Danielle, Gardiner, Lauren M., González-Moreno, Pablo, James, Ross, Malumphy, Christopher, Martin, Stephanie, Martinou, Angeliki F., Minchin, Dan, Monaco, Andrea, Moore, Niall, Morley, Simon A. ORCID record for Simon A. Morley, Ross, Katherine, Shanklin, Jonathan, Turvey, Katharine, Vaughan, David ORCID record for David Vaughan, Vaux, Alexander G.C., Werenkraut, Victoria, Winfield, Ian J. ORCID record for Ian J. Winfield, Roy, Helen E. ORCID record for Helen E. Roy. (2020) Invasive non‐native species likely to threaten biodiversity and ecosystems in the Antarctic Peninsula region. Global Change Biology, 26 (). pp. 10.1111/gcb.14938
2015
Klekociuk, Andrew R., Krummel, Paul B., Tully, Matthew B., Gies, H. Peter, Alexander, Simon P., Fraser, Paul J., Henderson, Stuart I., Javorniczky, John, Shanklin, Jonathon D., Schofield, Robyn, Stone, Kane A.. (2015) The Antarctic ozone hole during 2013. Australian Meteorological and Oceanographic Journal, 65 (). pp.
2014
Meredith, Michael ORCID record for Michael Meredith, Orr, Andrew ORCID record for Andrew Orr, Shanklin, Jonathan, Turner, John ORCID record for John Turner, [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.)
Shanklin, Jonathan. (2014) Dog-gone it. Physics World, 27 (). pp.
Turner, John ORCID record for John Turner, Barrand, Nicholas E., Bracegirdle, Thomas J. ORCID record for Thomas J. Bracegirdle, Convey, Peter ORCID record for Peter Convey, Hodgson, Dominic A. ORCID record for Dominic A. Hodgson, Jarvis, Martin, Jenkins, Adrian ORCID record for Adrian Jenkins, Marshall, Gareth ORCID record for Gareth Marshall, Meredith, Michael P. ORCID record for Michael P. Meredith, 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 (). pp. doi:10.1017/S0032247413000296
Klekociuk, A.R., Tully, M.B., Krummel, P.B., Gies, H.P., Petelina, S.V., Alexander, S.P., Deschamps, L.L., Fraser, P.J., Henderson, S.I., Javorniczky, J., Shanklin, J.D., Siddaway, J.M., Stone, K.A.. (2014) The Antarctic ozone hole during 2011. Australian Meteorological and Oceanographic Journal, 64 (). pp.
Klekociuk, A.R., Tully, M.B., Krummel, P.B., Gies, H.P., Alexander, S.P., Fraser, P.J., Henderson, S.I., Javorniczky, J., Petelina, S.V., Shanklin, J.D., Schofield, R., Stone, K.A.. (2014) The Antarctic ozone hole during 2012. Australian Meteorological and Oceanographic Journal, 64 (). pp.
2013
Kuttippurath, J., Lefèvre, F., Pommereau, J.-P., Roscoe, H.K., Goutail, F., Pazmiño, A., Shanklin, J.D.. (2013) Antarctic ozone loss in 1979-2010: first sign of ozone recovery. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 13 (). pp. doi:10.5194/acp-13-1625-2013
2012
Shanklin, Jonathan. (2012) Fixing a hole. Physics World, 25 (). pp.
Shanklin, Jon. (2012) Weather and climate. In: Fox, Adrian ORCID record for Adrian Fox (eds.). Antarctic Peninsula. A visitor's guide, London, Natural History Museum, pp.
Shanklin, Jon. (2012) Icebergs and sea ice. In: Fox, Adrian ORCID record for Adrian Fox (eds.). Antarctic Peninsula. A visitor's guide, London, Natural History Museum, pp.
Campanelli, M., Estelles, V., Smyth, T., Tomasi, C., Martìnez-Lozano, M.P., Claxton, B., Muller, P., Pappalardo, G., Pietruczuk, A., Shanklin, Jonathan, Colwell, Steve, Wrench, C., Lupi, A., Mazzola, M., Lanconelli, C., Vitale, V., Congeduti, F., Dionisi, D., Cardillo, F., Cacciani, M., Casasanta, G., Nakajima, T.. (2012) Monitoring of Eyjafjallajokull volcanic aerosol by the new European Skynet Radiometers (ESR) network. Atmospheric Environment, 48 (). pp. 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2011.09.070
2011
Shanklin, Jonathan. (2011) The hole in the ozone layer. The Geographer, August (). pp.
Klekociuk, A.R., Tully, M.B., Alexander, S.P., Dargaville, R.J., Deschamps, L.L., Fraser, P.J., Gies, H.P., Henderson, S.I., Javorniczky, J., Krummel, P.B., Petelina, S.V., Shanklin, J.D., Siddaway, J.M., Stone, K.A.. (2011) The Antarctic ozone during 2010. Australian Meterological and Oceanographic Journal, 61 (). pp.
Tully, M.B., Klekociuk, A.R., Alexander, S.P., Dargaville, R.J., Deschamps, L.L., Fraser, P.J., Gies, H.P., Henderson, S.I., Javorniczky, J., Krummel, P.B., Petelina, S.V., Shanklin, Jonathan D., Siddaway, J.M., Stone, K.A.. (2011) The Antarctic ozone hole during 2008 and 2009. Australian Meteorological and Oceanographic Journal, 61 (). pp.
2010
Shanklin, Jonathan. (2010) Reflections on the ozone hole. Nature, 465 (). pp. 10.1038/465034a
2009
Shanklin, Jonathan D.. (2009) Super-volcanic eruptions: noctilucent clouds. Weather, 64 (). pp. 10.1002/wea.406
Shanklin, Jonathan. (2009) Unlayering the ozone. An Earth sans sunscreen. UN Chronicle, XLVI (). pp.
Shanklin, Jonathan, Moore, Catherine, Colwell, Steve. (2009) Meteorological observing and climate in the British Antarctic Territory and South Georgia: Part 2. Weather, 64 (). pp.
Shanklin, Jonathan, Moore, Catherine, Colwell, Steve. (2009) Meteorological observing and climate in the British Antarctic Territory and South Georgia: Part 1. Weather, 64 (). pp.
2008
Tully, M.B., Klekociuk, A.R., Deschamps, L.L., Henderson, S.I., Krummel, P.B., Fraser, P.J., Shanklin, Jonathan, Downey, A.H., Gies, H.P., Javorniczky, J.. (2008) The 2007 Antarctic ozone hole. Australian Meteorological Magazine, 57 (). pp.
2007
Shanklin, Jonathan D.. (2007) Ozone and the polar stratosphere. In: Riffenburgh, B. (eds.). Encyclopedia of the Antarctic, New York, Routledge, pp.
Shanklin, Jonathan D.. (2007) Meteorological observing. In: Riffenburgh, B. (eds.). Encyclopedia of the Antarctic, New York, Routledge, pp.
2005
Roscoe, H.K., Shanklin, J.D., Colwell, S.R.. (2005) Has the Antarctic Vortex Split before 2002?. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 62 (). pp. 10.1175/JAS-3331.1
Roscoe, H.K., Colwell, S.R., Shanklin, J.D., Karhu, J.A., Taalas, P., Gil, M., Yela, M., Rodriguez, S., Rafanelli, C., Cazeneuve, H., Villanueva, C.A., Ginsburg, M., Diaz, S.B., de Zafra, R.L., Muscari, G., Redaelli, G., Dragani, R.. (2005) Measurements from ground and balloons during APE-GAIA – A polar ozone library. Advances in Space Research, 36 (). pp. doi:10.1016/j.asr.2005.03.016
Hibbins, R.E. ORCID record for R.E. Hibbins, Shanklin, J.D., Espy, P.J., Jarvis, M.J., Riggin, D.M., Fritts, D.C., Lubken, F.-J.. (2005) Seasonal variations in the horizontal wind structure from 0-100 km above Rothera station, Antarctica (67° S, 68° W). Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 5 (). pp. doi:10.5194/acp-5-2973-2005
2004
Roscoe, H.K., Fowler, C.L., Shanklin, J.D., Hill, J.G.T.. (2004) Possible long-term changes in stratospheric circulation: evidence from total ozone measurements at the edge of the Antarctic vortex in early winter. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, 130 (). pp. 10.1256/qj.03.70
2003
Roscoe, H.K., Colwell, S.R., Shanklin, J.D.. (2003) Stratospheric temperatures in Antarctic winter: does the 40-year record confirm mid-latitude trends in stratospheric water vapour?. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, 129 (). pp. 10.1256/qj.02.173
2001
Shanklin, J.D.. (2001) Back to basics: The ozone hole. Weather, 56 (). pp. doi:10.1002/j.1477-8696.2001.tb06579.x
2000
Lambert, J.-C., Van Roozendael, M., Simon, P.C., Pommereau, J.-P., Goutail, F., Gleason, J.F., Andersen, S.B., Arlander, D.W., Bui Van, N.A., Claude, H., de La Noë, J., De Mazière, M., Dorokhov, V., Eriksen, P., Green, A., Karlsen Tørnkvist, K., Kåstad Høiskar, B.A., Kyrö, E., Leveau, J., Merienne, M.-F., Milinevsky, G., Roscoe, H.K., Sarkissian, A., Shanklin, J.D., Stähelin, J., Wahlstrøm Tellefsen, C., Vaughan, G.. (2000) Combined characterisation of GOME and TOMS total ozone measurements from space using ground-based observations from the NDSC. Advances in Space Research, 26 (). pp. doi:10.1016/S0273-1177(00)00178-2
1998
Shanklin, Jonathan. (1998) The Antarctic ozone hole. In: Herschy, Reginald W., Fairbridge, Rhodes W. (eds.). Encyclopedia of hydrology and water resources, , Kluwer Academic Publishers, pp.
1997
Shanklin, Jonathan. (1997) Astronomy on ice: a report on astronomy in Antarctica. Journal of the British Astronomical Association, 107 (). pp.
Shanklin, Jonathan. (1997) Ozone in the Earth’s atmosphere. Astronomy Now, August (). pp.
Shanklin, Jonathan. (1997) Voyages South. Marine Observer, 67 (). pp.
1996
Downey, A., Atkinson, R., Fraser, P., Shanklin, J.D.. (1996) The Antarctic ozone hole – 1994. Australian Meteorological Magazine, 45 (). pp.
1995
Jones, Anna E. ORCID record for Anna E. Jones, Roscoe, Howard K., Sarkissian, A., Shanklin, Jonathan S., Wolff, Eric W.. (1995) Year-round column ozone observations at 65°S: Validation and polar winter data. Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer, 54 (). pp. doi:10.1016/0022-4073(95)00090-8
Jones, Anna E. ORCID record for Anna E. Jones, Shanklin, Jonathan D.. (1995) Continued decline of total ozone over Halley, Antarctica, since 1985. Nature, 376 (). pp. doi:10.1038/376409a0
Peck, Lloyd ORCID record for Lloyd Peck, Morgan, Geoff, Shanklin, Jonathan. (1995) A new type of Bryozoan from Antarctica. NERC News, 33 (). pp.
1992
Rodgers, K.A., Gregory, M.R., Courtney, S.F., Shanklin, J.D.. (1992) Aluminium hydroxide polymorphs in a waste deposit from Faraday Base, Argentine Islands. Neues Jahrbuch fur Mineralogie. Monatshefte, 3 (). pp.
1989
Moran, J.P., Davis, R.J., Bode, M.F., Taylor, A.R., Spencer, R.E., Argue, A.N., Irwin, M.J., Shanklin, Jonathan D.. (1989) MERLIN observations of the Wolf–Rayet star AS431 (WR147)-a double radio source. Nature, 340 (). pp. 10.1038/340449a0
Shanklin, Jonathan D.. (1989) Antarctic stratospheric temperature and ozone trends. In: Herschy, Reginald W., Fairbridge, Rhodes W. (eds.). Third International Conference on Southern Hemisphere Meteorology and Oceanography, Buenos Aires, 13-17 November 1989, Boston, Massachusetts, American Meteorological Society, pp.
Gardiner, B.G., Shanklin, Jonathan D.. ; Herschy, Reginald W., Fairbridge, Rhodes W. (eds.). (1989) Measurements of solar and terrestrial radiation at Faraday and Halley. , Cambridge, British Antarctic Survey, pp.
Williams, I.P., Green, S.F., Andrews, P.J., Cowley, S.W.H., Hendrie, M.J., Hughes, D.W., Johnstone, A.D., McDonnell, J.A.M., Shanklin, Jonathan D., Wallis, M.K., Zarnecki, J.C.. (1989) The UK contribution to observations of Comet Halley. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society, 30 (). pp.
Shanklin, Jonathan D., Gardiner, B.G.. ; Herschy, Reginald W., Fairbridge, Rhodes W. (eds.). (1989) The Antarctic ozone hole. , Cambridge, British Antarctic Survey, 9 pp.
1988
Hughes, David W., Birkett, Charon, Couper, Heather, Green, Simon F., Harpur, Brian, Hendrie, Michael J., Shanklin, Jonathan, Stott, Carole, Wallis, Max K., Williams, Iwan P., Zarnecki, John C.. (1988) Reminiscences of Halley’s Comet. Vistas in Astronomy, 32 (). pp. 10.1016/0083-6656(88)90402-3
Farman, J. C., Gardiner, B. G., Shanklin, Jonathan D.. (1988) How deep is an ‘ozone hole’?. Nature, 336 (). pp. 10.1038/336198a0
1987
Griffiths, L.A., Shanklin, Jonathan D.. (1987) An observation of noctilucent cloud in the Antarctic winter. Weather, 42 (). pp. 10.1002/j.1477-8696.1987.tb07516.x
1986
Gardiner, B.G., Shanklin, Jonathan D.. (1986) Recent measurements of Antarctic ozone depletion. Geophysical Research Letters, 13 (). pp. 10.1029/GL013i012p01199
1985
Shanklin, Jonathan D.. ; Herschy, Reginald W., Fairbridge, Rhodes W. (eds.). (1985) Measurements of solar and terrestrial radiation at King Edward Point, South Georgia, 1973-81. , Cambridge, British Antarctic Survey, 18 pp.
Shanklin, Jonathan D.. (1985) Balloon-borne ozonesonde flights made from Faraday Station. British Antarctic Survey Bulletin, 69 (). pp.
Farman, J.C., Gardiner, B.G., Shanklin, Jonathan D.. (1985) Large losses of total ozone in Antarctica reveal seasonal ClOx/NOx interaction. Nature, 315 (). pp. 10.1038/315207a0
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- Large losses of total ozone in Antarctica reveal seasonal ClOx/NOx interaction
2018
SCIENCE ON THE ICE: 20th visit to Antarctica
Blog 12 January, 2018
2017
World Ozone Day: 30th anniversary of Montreal Protocol
News 11 September, 2017
2016
First signs of healing in the Antarctic ozone hole
News 1 July, 2016
2015
NEWS STORY: World Ozone Day 2015
News 15 September, 2015
NEWS STORY: Ozone hole 30th anniversary
News 11 May, 2015
2014
NEWS STORY: World Ozone Day
News 16 September, 2014
NEWS STORY: Signs of ozone recovery
News 11 September, 2014
2011
International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer (Ozone Day) – 16 September
News 16 September, 2011
Ozone Holes North and South
News 9 May, 2011
2010
PRESS RELEASE: Ozone hole anniversary
News 5 May, 2010
2008
International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer
News 15 September, 2008
2005
20th Anniversary of ozone hole discovery: International Ozone Day
News 14 September, 2005
I was a member of the team that discovered the Antarctic ozone hole.
