Dr Simon Lee
Lecturer in Atmospheric Science
Teaching
- ES3013 Oceans and Atmosphere (co-lecturer)
- ES2003 Dynamic Earth: Earth Surface Processes (co-lecturer)
- ES1002 Earth's Resource Challenges (co-lecturer)
Research areas
My research focuses on large-scale atmospheric and climate variability from weeks to decades ahead, with a focus on subseasonal and seasonal timescales. This encompasses:
- Understanding the fundamental dynamical processes
- Quantifying skill and biases in numerical prediction models
- Developing frameworks to extract useable information from models
- Translating the results to users and stakeholders.
I utilise a range of data including reanalyses, subseasonal and seasonal forecast model output, Earth system model experiments and climate model data.
Specifically, my research has targeted a better understanding of variability in the stratospheric polar vortex (including sudden stratospheric warmings) and how this influences tropospheric weather and climate. I am part of the steering committee for the APARC Stratospheric Network for the Assessment of Predictability (SNAP) activity.
More recently, I have been working on North American weather regimes, including introducing a novel year-round classification which is suitable for use in operational and research settings.
I am passionate about bridging the gap between weather and climate sciences, and communicating the science clearly and accurately to the public through a variety of media.
More information is available on my website: simonleewx.com.
Selected publications
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Large model biases in the Pacific centre of the Northern Annular Mode due to exaggerated variability of the Aleutian Low
Lee, S. H. & Polvani, L. M., 7 Aug 2024, In: Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Open access
The climate is changing so fast that we haven’t seen how bad extreme weather could get
Lee, S. H., Fowler, H. J. & Davies, P., 30 Jul 2024, The Conversation.Research output: Contribution to specialist publication › Article
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Open access
Événements météorologiques extrêmes: le pire reste à venir
Lee, S. H., Fowler, H. J. & Davies, P., 2 Sept 2024, The Conversation.Research output: Contribution to specialist publication › Article