Thomas Lachlan-Cope

Group Leader Climate Processes

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Thomas Lachlan-Cope

Group Leader Climate Processes

Biography

I am an atmospheric scientist with a personal interest in cloud microphysical processes. I lead the Climate Processes group at BAS whose role is to investigate the processes that drive the Antarctic Climate system including clouds, surface fluxes, sea ice and links to the upper atmosphere.

I originally joined BAS in 1977 and wintered in Antarctica between 1978 and 1980. I then spent a period as a weather forecaster in the North Sea before completing a PhD in upper atmosphere winds at University of Sheffield. I returned to BAS in 1988.

Research interests

My particular research interest is in Antarctic clouds and the processes involved in their formation. I use a variety of methods to investigate clouds and the aerosols needed for their formation including aircraft and ground based measurements.

I lead the Climate Processes group. As such I am responsible for the meteorological instrument fit to the BAS Twin Otter. I use this aircraft to study energy exchange above sea ice and in the marine boundary layer.

Publications from NERC Open Research Archive

2024

Rivière, Gwendal, Delanoë, Julien, Doyle, James D., Methven, John, Barrell, Chris, Fearon, Matthew, Gray, Suzanne, Johnson, Aaron, Jourdan, Olivier, Lachlan-Cope, Thomas , Renfrew, Ian, Torn, Ryan D., Volonté, Ambrogio, Weiss, Alexandra, Wimmer, Meryl, Aubry, Clemantyne, Baudoux, Antoine, Bazile, Eric, Beeden, Daniel, Bennett, Miriam, Biernat, Kevin, Bitz, Cecilia M., Blanchard-Wrigglesworth, Edward, Bounissou, Sophie, Bray, Matthew, Burg, Tomer, Burzdak, Joseph, Businger, Steven, Capute, Peyton, Caudoux, Christophe, Cavallo, Steven, Cossalter, Laure, Cozzolino, Capucine, Croad, Hannah, Douet, Vincent, Elvidge, Andrew, Finocchio, Peter, Gourbeyre, Christophe, Harvey, Ben, Huet, Kevin, Hutchinson, Todd, Ladkin, Russ, Marshland, Kai, Martinez-Alvarado, Oscar, Mioche, Guillaume, Pantillon, Florian, Paquette, Cameron, Parsons, David B., Persson, Ola, Raillard, Lea, Raut, Jean-Christophe, Seity, Yann, Trules, Jérémie, Vignon, Etienne, Wang, Xuguang. (2024) The THINICE field campaign: Interactions between Arctic cyclones, tropopause polar vortices, clouds and sea ice in summer. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society. 10.1175/BAMS-D-23-0143.1 (In Press)

Paglione, M., Beddows, D.C.S., Jones, Anna , Lachlan-Cope, Thomas , Rinaldi, M., Decesari, S., Manarini, F., Russo, M., Mansour, K., Harrison, R.M., Mazzanti, A., Tagliavini, E., Dall’Osto, M.. (2024) Simultaneous organic aerosol source apportionment at two Antarctic sites reveals large-scale and eco-region specific components. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 24. 18 pp. 10.5194/acp-24-6305-2024

Król, Stanisław, Blyth, Alan, Böing, Steven, Denby, Leif, Lachlan-Cope, Tom , Malinowski, Szymon P.. (2024) Can Recurrence Quantification Analysis Be Useful in the Interpretation of Airborne Turbulence Measurements?. Geophysical Research Letters, 51. 8 pp. 10.1029/2023GL105753

2022

France, James L. , Lunt, Mark F., Andrade, Marcos, Moreno, Isabel, Ganesan, Anita L., Lachlan-Cope, Thomas , Fisher, Rebecca E., Lowry, David, Parker, Robert J., Nisbet, Euan G., Jones, Anna E. . (2022) Very large fluxes of methane measured above Bolivian seasonal wetlands. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 119. 3 pp. 10.1073/pnas.2206345119

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

Foulds, Amy, Allen, Grant, Shaw, Jacob T., Bateson, Prudence, Barker, Patrick A., Huang, Langwen, Pitt, Joseph R., Lee, James D., Wilde, Shona E., Dominutti, Pamela, Purvis, Ruth M., Lowry, David, France, James L., Fisher, Rebecca E., Fiehn, Alina, Pühl, Magdalena, Bauguitte, Stéphane J. B., Conley, Stephen A., Smith, Mackenzie L., Lachlan-Cope, Tom , Pisso, Ignacio, Schwietzke, Stefan. (2022) Quantification and assessment of methane emissions from offshore oil and gas facilities on the Norwegian continental shelf. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 22. 4303-4322. 10.5194/acp-22-4303-2022

2021

Stevens, Bjorn, Bony, Sandrine, Farrell, David, Ament, Felix, Blyth, Alan, Fairall, Christopher, Karstensen, Johannes, Quinn, Patricia K., Speich, Sabrina, Acquistapace, Claudia, Aemisegger, Franziska, Albright, Anna Lea, Bellenger, Hugo, Bodenschatz, Eberhard, Caesar, Kathy-Ann, Chewitt-Lucas, Rebecca, de Boer, Gijs, Delanoë, Julien, Denby, Leif, Ewald, Florian, Fildier, Benjamin, Forde, Marvin, George, Geet, Gross, Silke, Hagen, Martin, Hausold, Andrea, Heywood, Karen J., Hirsch, Lutz, Jacob, Marek, Jansen, Friedhelm, Kinne, Stefan, Klocke, Daniel, Kölling, Tobias, Konow, Heike, Lothon, Marie, Mohr, Wiebke, Naumann, Ann Kristin, Nuijens, Louise, Olivier, Léa, Pincus, Robert, Pöhlker, Mira, Reverdin, Gilles, Roberts, Gregory, Schnitt, Sabrina, Schulz, Hauke, Siebesma, A. Pier, Stephan, Claudia Christine, Sullivan, Peter, Touzé-Peiffer, Ludovic, Vial, Jessica, Vogel, Raphaela, Zuidema, Paquita, Alexander, Nicola, Alves, Lyndon, Arixi, Sophian, Asmath, Hamish, Bagheri, Gholamhossein, Baier, Katharina, Bailey, Adriana, Baranowski, Dariusz, Baron, Alexandre, Barrau, Sébastien, Barrett, Paul A., Batier, Frédéric, Behrendt, Andreas, Bendinger, Arne, Beucher, Florent, Bigorre, Sebastien, Blades, Edmund, Blossey, Peter, Bock, Olivier, Böing, Steven, Bosser, Pierre, Bourras, Denis, Bouruet-Aubertot, Pascale, Bower, Keith, Branellec, Pierre, Branger, Hubert, Brennek, Michal, Brewer, Alan, Brilouet, Pierre-Etienne, Brügmann, Björn, Buehler, Stefan A., Burke, Elmo, Burton, Ralph, Calmer, Radiance, Canonici, Jean-Christophe, Carton, Xavier, Cato Jr., Gregory, Charles, Jude Andre, Chazette, Patrick, Chen, Yanxu, Chilinski, Michal T., Choularton, Thomas, Chuang, Patrick, Clarke, Shamal, Coe, Hugh, Cornet, Céline, Coutris, Pierre, Couvreux, Fleur, Crewell, Susanne, Cronin, Timothy, Cui, Zhiqiang, Cuypers, Yannis, Daley, Alton, Damerell, Gillian M., Dauhut, Thibaut, Deneke, Hartwig, Desbios, Jean-Philippe, Dörner, Steffen, Donner, Sebastian, Douet, Vincent, Drushka, Kyla, Dütsch, Marina, Ehrlich, André, Emanuel, Kerry, Emmanouilidis, Alexandros, Etienne, Jean-Claude, Etienne-Leblanc, Sheryl, Faure, Ghislain, Feingold, Graham, Ferrero, Luca, Fix, Andreas, Flamant, Cyrille, Flatau, Piotr Jacek, Foltz, Gregory R., Forster, Linda, Furtuna, Iulian, Gadian, Alan, Galewsky, Joseph, Gallagher, Martin, Gallimore, Peter, Gaston, Cassandra, Gentemann, Chelle, Geyskens, Nicolas, Giez, Andreas, Gollop, John, Gouirand, Isabelle, Gourbeyre, Christophe, de Graaf, Dörte, de Groot, Geiske E., Grosz, Robert, Güttler, Johannes, Gutleben, Manuel, Hall, Kashawn, Harris, George, Helfer, Kevin C., Henze, Dean, Herbert, Calvert, Holanda, Bruna, Ibanez-Landeta, Antonio, Intrieri, Janet, Iyer, Suneil, Julien, Fabrice, Kalesse, Heike, Kazil, Jan, Kellman, Alexander, Kidane, Abiel T., Kirchner, Ulrike, Klingebiel, Marcus, Körner, Mareike, Kremper, Leslie Ann, Kretzschmar, Jan, Krüger, Ovid, Kumala, Wojciech, Kurz, Armin, L'Hégaret, Pierre, Labaste, Matthieu, Lachlan-Cope, Tom , Laing, Arlene, Landschützer, Peter, Lang, Theresa, Lange, Diego, Lange, Ingo, Laplace, Clément, Lavik, Gauke, Laxenaire, Rémi, Le Bihan, Caroline, Leandro, Mason, Lefevre, Nathalie, Lena, Marius, Lenschow, Donald, Li, Qiang, Lloyd, Gary, Los, Sebastian, Losi, Niccolò, Lovell, Oscar, Luneau, Christopher, Makuch, Przemyslaw, Malinowski, Szymon, Manta, Gaston, Marinou, Eleni, Marsden, Nicholas, Masson, Sebastien, Maury, Nicolas, Mayer, Bernhard, Mayers-Als, Margarette, Mazel, Christophe, McGeary, Wayne, McWilliams, James C., Mech, Mario, Mehlmann, Melina, Meroni, Agostino Niyonkuru, Mieslinger, Theresa, Minikin, Andreas, Minnett, Peter, Möller, Gregor, Morfa Avalos, Yanmichel, Muller, Caroline, Musat, Ionela, Napoli, Anna, Neuberger, Almuth, Noisel, Christophe, Noone, David, Nordsiek, Freja, Nowak, Jakub L., Oswald, Lothar, Parker, Douglas J., Peck, Carolyn, Person, Renaud, Philippi, Miriam, Plueddemann, Albert, Pöhlker, Christopher, Pörtge, Veronika, Pöschl, Ulrich, Pologne, Lawrence, Posyniak, Michał, Prange, Marc, Quiñones Meléndez, Estefanía, Radtke, Jule, Ramage, Karim, Reimann, Jens, Renault, Lionel, Reus, Klaus, Reyes, Ashford, Ribbe, Joachim, Ringel, Maximilian, Ritschel, Markus, Rocha, Cesar B., Rochetin, Nicolas, Röttenbacher, Johannes, Rollo, Callum, Royer, Haley, Sadoulet, Pauline, Saffin, Leo, Sandiford, Sanola, Sandu, Irina, Schäfer, Michael, Schemann, Vera, Schirmacher, Imke, Schlenczek, Oliver, Schmidt, Jerome, Schröder, Marcel, Schwarzenboeck, Alfons, Sealy, Andrea, Senff, Christoph J., Serikov, Ilya, Shohan, Samkeyat, Siddle, Elizabeth, Smirnov, Alexander, Späth, Florian, Spooner, Branden, Stolla, M. Katharina, Szkółka, Wojciech, de Szoeke, Simon P., Tarot, Stéphane, Tetoni, Eleni, Thompson, Elizabeth, Thomson, Jim, Tomassini, Lorenzo, Totems, Julien, Ubele, Alma Anna, Villiger, Leonie, von Arx, Jan, Wagner, Thomas, Walther, Andi, Webber, Ben, Wendisch, Manfred, Whitehall, Shanice, Wiltshire, Anton, Wing, Allison A., Wirth, Martin, Wiskandt, Jonathan, Wolf, Kevin, Worbes, Ludwig, Wright, Ethan, Wulfmeyer, Volker, Young, Shanea, Zhang, Chidong, Zhang, Dongxiao, Ziemen, Florian, Zinner, Tobias, Zöger, Martin. (2021) EUREC4A. Earth System Science Data, 13. 4067-4119. 10.5194/essd-13-4067-2021

Wilde, Shona E., Dominutti, Pamela A., Andrews, Stephen J., Bauguitte, Stephane J.-B., Burton, Ralph R., Colfescu, Ioana, France, James , Hopkins, James R., Jones, Anna E. , Lachlan-Cope, Thomas , Lee, James D., Lewis, Alastair C., Mobbs, Stephen, Weiss, Alexandra, Young, Stuart, Purvis, Ruth M.. (2021) Speciation of VOC emissions related to offshore North Sea oil and gas production. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 21. 22 pp. 10.5194/acp-21-3741-2021

Sotiropoulou, G., Vignon, E., Young, G., Morrison, H., O'Shea, S.J., Lachlan-Cope, T. , Berne, A., Nenes, A.. (2021) Secondary ice production in summer clouds over the Antarctic coast: An underappreciated process in atmospheric models.. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 21. 17 pp. 10.5194/acp-21-755-2021

France, James , Bateson, Prudence, Dominutti, Pamela, Allen, Grant, Andrews, Stephen, Bauguitte, Stephane, Coleman, Max, Lachlan-Cope, Tom , Fisher, Rebecca, Huang, Langwen, Jones, Anna E. , Lee, James, Lowry, David, Pitt, Joseph, Purvis, Ruth, Pyle, John, Shaw, Jacob, Warwick, Nicola, Weiss, Alexandra, Wilde, Shona, Witherstone, Jonathan, Young, Stuart. (2021) Facility level measurement of offshore oil and gas installations from a medium-sized airborne platform: method development for quantification and source identification of methane emissions. Atmospheric Measurement Techniques, 14. 18 pp. 10.5194/amt-14-71-2021

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

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

Lachlan-Cope, Thomas , Beddows, David C.S., Brough, Neil , Jones, Anna E. , Harrison, Roy M., Lupi, Angelo, Yoon, Young Jun, Virkkula, Aki, Dall'Osto, Manuel. (2020) On the annual variability of Antarctic aerosol size distributions at Halley research station. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 20. 4461-4476. 10.5194/acp-20-4461-2020

Sotiropoulou, George, Sullivan, Sylvia, Savre, Julien, Lloyd, Gary, Lachlan-Cope, Thomas , Ekman, Annica M.L., Nenes, Athanasios. (2020) The impact of secondary ice production on Arctic stratocumulus. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 20. 1301-1316. 10.5194/acp-20-1301-2020

2019

Renfrew, I. A., Pickart, R. S., Våge, K., Moore, G. W. K., Bracegirdle, Thomas J. , Elvidge, A. D., Jeansson, E., Lachlan-Cope, Thomas , McRaven, L.T., Papritz, L., Reuder, J., Sodemann, H., Terpstra, A., Waterman, S., Valdimarsson, H., Weiss, Alexandra, Almansi, M. , Bahr, F., Brakstad, A., Barrell, C., Brooke, J. K., Brooks, B.J., Brooks, I. M., Brooks, M. E., Bruvik, E. M., Duscha, C., Fer, I., Golid, H. M., Hallerstig, M., Hessevik, I., Huang, J., Houghton, L., Jónsson, S., Jonassen, M., Jackson, K., Kvalsund, K., Kolstad, E. W., Konstali, K., Kristiansen, J., Ladkin, Russell, Lin, P., Macrander, A., Mitchell, A., Olafsson, H., Pacini, A., Payne, C., Palmason, B., Pérez-Hernández, M. D., Peterson, A. K., Petersen, G. N., Pisareva, M. N., Pope, James O. , Seidl, A., Semper, S., Sergeev, D., Skjelsvik, S., Søiland, H., Smith, D., Spall, M. A., Spengler, T., Touzeau, A., Tupper, G., Weng, Y., Williams, K. D., Yang, X., Zhou, S.. (2019) The Iceland Greenland Seas Project. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 100. 1795-1817. 10.1175/BAMS-D-18-0217.1

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

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

Young, Gillian, Lachlan-Cope, Thomas , O'Shea, S.J., Dearden, C., Listowski, C., Bower, K.N., Choularton, T.W., Gallagher, M.W.. (2019) Radiative effects of secondary ice enhancement in coastal Antarctic clouds. Geophysical Research Letters, 46. 2312-2321. 10.1029/2018GL080551

2017

Crawford, I., Gallagher, Martin W., Bower, Keith N., Choularton, Thomas W., Flynn, Michael J., Ruske, Simon, Listowski, Constantino, Brough, Neil , Lachlan-Cope, Thomas , Fleming, Zoe L., Foot, Virginia E., Stanley, Warren R.. (2017) Real time detection of airborne fluorescent bioparticles in Antarctica. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 17. 14291-14307. 10.5194/acp-17-14291-2017

O'Shea, Sebastian J., Choularton, Thomas W., Flynn, Michael, Bower, Keith N., Gallagher, Martin, Crosier, Jonathan, Williams, Paul, Crawford, Ian, Fleming, Zoë L., Listowski, Constantino, Kirchgaessner, Amelie , Ladkin, Russell S., Lachlan-Cope, Thomas . (2017) In situ measurements of cloud microphysics and aerosol over coastal Antarctica during the MAC campaign. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 17. 13049-13070. 10.5194/acp-17-13049-2017

Listowski, Constantino, Lachlan-Cope, Tom . (2017) The microphysics of clouds over the Antarctic Peninsula – Part 2: modelling aspects within Polar WRF. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 17. 10195-10221. 10.5194/acp-17-10195-2017

2016

Lachlan-Cope, Thomas , Listowski, Constantino, O'Shea, Sebastian. (2016) The microphysics of clouds over the Antarctic Peninsula – Part 1: Observations. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 16. 15605-15617. 10.5194/acp-16-15605-2016

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

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

Lloyd, G., Choularton, T. W., Bower, K. N., Crosier, J., Jones, H., Dorsey, J. R., Gallagher, M. W., Connolly, P., Kirchgaessner, A. C. R. , Lachlan-Cope, T. . (2015) Observations and comparisons of cloud microphysical properties in spring and summertime Arctic stratocumulus clouds during the ACCACIA campaign. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 15. 3719-3737. doi:10.5194/acp-15-3719-2015

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

2014

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

2013

Williams, Guy D., Maksym, Ted, Kunz, Clayton, Kimball, Peter, Singh, Hanumant, Wilkinson, Jeremy, Lachlan-Cope, Tom , Trujillo, Ernesto, Steer, Adam, Massom, Rob, Meiners, Klaus, Heil, Petra, Lieser, Jan, Leonard, Katherine, Murphy, Chris. (2013) Beyond point measurements: sea ice floes characterized in 3-D. Eos, Transactions American Geophysical Union, 94. 69-70. doi:10.1002/2013EO070002

2012

Bromwich, David H., Nicolas, Julien P., Hines, Keith M., Kay, Jennifer E., Key, Erica L., Lazzara, Matthew A., Lubin, Dan, McFarquhar, Greg M., Gorodetskaya, Irina V., Grosvenor, Daniel P., Lachlan-Cope, Thomas , van Lipzig, Nicole P.M.. (2012) Tropospheric clouds in Antarctica. Reviews of Geophysics, 50. 40 pp. 10.1029/2011RG000363

Grosvenor, D.P., Choularton, T.W., Lachlan-Cope, T. , Gallagher, M.W., Crosier, J., Bower, K.N., Ladkin, R.S., Dorsey, J.R.. (2012) In-situ aircraft observations of ice concentrations within clouds over the Antarctic Peninsula and Larsen Ice Shelf. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 12. 11275-11294. doi:10.5194/acp-12-11275-2012

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

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

Lachlan-Cope, Tom . (2010) Antarctic clouds. Polar Research, 29. 150-158. 10.3402/polar.v29i2.6065

Pearce, David A. , Hughes, K. A. , Lachlan-Cope, T. , Harangozo, S.A., Jones, A.E. . (2010) Biodiversity of air-borne microorganisms at Halley station Antarctica. Extremophiles, 14. 145-159. 10.1007/s00792-009-0293-8

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

Turner, John , Comiso, Josefino C., Marshall, Gareth J. , Lachlan-Cope, Tom A. , Bracegirdle, Tom , 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

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

2008

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

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

Lachlan-Cope, Tom . (2007) Clouds. In: Riffenburgh, B. (eds.). Encyclopedia of the Antarctic, New York, Routledge, 265-267.

Lachlan-Cope, Tom . (2007) Teleconnections. In: Riffenburgh, B. (eds.). Encyclopedia of the Antarctic, New York, Routledge, 985-986.

2006

Lachlan-Cope, Tom , Connolley, William. (2006) Teleconnections between the tropical Pacific and the Amundsen-Bellinghausens Sea: Role of the El Niño/Southern Oscillation. Journal of Geophysical Research, 111. 10 pp. doi:10.1029/2005JD006386

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

2005

Lachlan-Cope, Tom . (2005) Role of sea ice in forcing the winter climate of Antarctica in a global climate model. Journal of Geophysical Research, 110. 8 pp. doi:10.1029/2004JD004935

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 , 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

2004

Hughes, K.A. , McCartney, H.A., Lachlan-Cope, T.A. , Pearce, D.A . (2004) A preliminary study of airborne microbial biodiversity over peninsular Antarctica. Cellular and Molecular Biology, 50. 537-542.

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

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.

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

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

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

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

2002

Marshall, Gareth J. , Lagun, Victor, Lachlan-Cope, Thomas A. . (2002) Changes in Antarctic Peninsula tropospheric temperatures from 1956 to 1999: a synthesis of observations and reanalysis data. International Journal of Climatology, 22. 291-310. 10.1002/joc.758

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 , 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

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

Lachlan-Cope, T. , Smellie, J.L., Ladkin, R.. (2001) Discovery of a recurrent lava lake on Saunders Island (South Sandwich Islands) using AVHRR imagery. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, 112. 105-116. 10.1016/S0377-0273(01)00237-2

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

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 , 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

2000

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.

1999

Roscoe, Howard K, Lachlan-Cope, Tom A. , Roscoe, John. (1999) Feasibility of an airborne TV camera as a size spectrometer for cloud droplets in daylight. Applied Optics, 38. 441-450. doi:10.1364/AO.38.000441

1998

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

Lachlan-Cope, T.A. . (1998) The use of high resolution weather satellite imagery for the support of science. In: Hall, J. (eds.). Proceedings of the Seventh Symposium on Antarctic Logistics and Operations, Cambridge, August 1996, Cambridge, British Antarctic Survey, 157-162.

McLure, Alison, Lachlan-Cope, Tom . (1998) Assessment of the benefits of weather forecasting for British Antarctic Survey operations. Meteorological Applications, 5. 95-102. doi:10.1017/S1350482798000826

Morris, E.M., King, J.C. , Anderson, P.S., Lachlan-Cope, T.A. , Turner, J. . Hall, J. (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. 10.3189/1998AoG27-1-591-596

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

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

1996

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

Vaughan, David , Lachlan-Cope, Tom . (1995) Recent retreat of ice shelves on the Antarctic Peninsula. Weather, 50. 374-380. 10.1002/j.1477-8696.1995.tb07248.x

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, 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

1994

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: Hall, J. (eds.). 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, ).

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: Hall, J. (eds.). 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

1992

Lachlan-Cope, Thomas , Turner, John . (1992) The effect of resolution on high latitude cloud track winds produced from AVHRR imagery. Advances in Space Research, 12. 119-121. 10.1016/0273-1177(92)90205-C

Turner, John , Lachlan-Cope, Thomas A. , Moore, J.C.. (1992) A comparison of satellite sounding data and aircraft measurements within a mature polar low. Tellus A, 44. 119-132. 10.1034/j.1600-0870.1992.t01-1-00003.x

Lachlan-Cope, Thomas A. . (1992) The use of a simultaneous physical retrieval scheme for satellite derived atmospheric temperatures: Weddell Sea, Antarctica. International Journal of Remote Sensing, 13. 141-154. 10.1080/01431169208904031

1991

Turner, John , Lachlan-Cope, Thomas , Rasmussen, E. A.. (1991) Polar lows. Weather, 46. 107-114. 10.1002/j.1477-8696.1991.tb05716.x

Lachlan-Cope, Thomas A. . (1991) Principal component analysis applied to cloud detection and first guess selection for TOVS retrieval over Antarctica. In: Menzel, W.P. (eds.). Technical proceedings of the Sixth International TOVS Study Conference, Airlie, Virginia, May 1991, Madison, Wisconsin, Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Studies, 286-292.

BAS PI on Arctic programme consortium grant – Aerosol-Cloud Coupling And Climate Interactions in the Arctic (ACCACIA), July 2012 – Jun 2016, £555,038.58 awarded to BAS

PI on Standard Grant – Microphysics of Antarctic Clouds (MAC), May 2014 – May 2017, £415,365.75 awarded to BAS. Extra extension to May 2018 and £100,000 to allow for delay because of problems at Halley

CoI on standard grant – Atmospheric Forcing of the Iceland Sea, October 2016 – October 2019, £396,472 awarded to BAS

CoI on Strategic Highlight Topic Oct15 – The Global Methane Budget, May 2016 – May 2020, £214,968.01 awarded to BAS

CoI on (ORCHESTRA) Ocean Regulation of Climate by Heat and Carbon Sequestration and Transports (LTSMC)

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