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Geraint Vaughan

Geraint Vaughan

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 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0885-0398

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BA Physics (Cambridge) 1976; PhD Atmospheric Physics (Oxford) 1982;

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Biography

A native of North Wales, Prof. Vaughan gained his BA from Cambridge University and DPhil from Oxford. He started his research career in the Meteorological Office, initially on rocket-borne measurements of mesospheric ozone, then on airborne measurements of stratosphere-troposphere exchange. In 1984 he joined the Physics department at the University of Wales Aberystwyth, moving to Manchester in January 2005.

Prof Vaughan's research interests are concerned with measurements of atmospheric dynamics and chemistry, and interpreting those measurements in terms of the meteorological processes involved. He is Director of Observations for the National Centre for Atmospheric Science (NCAS), overseeing a range of airborne and ground based facilities for measuring the atmosphere. Prof Vaughan  has a particular interest in active remote sensing, using light and radio waves; he is a major user of the NERC Mesosphere-Stratosphere-Troposphere radar facility near Aberystwyth, and operates a number of lidars at this site to measure profiles of ozone, aerosols and humidity.

Currently, he is working on mesoscale structures in weather systems, the impact of convection on the upper tropical troposphere, the transport of chemicals from the boundary layer to the free troposphere, remote sensing of the boundary layer and interpretation of clear-air radar echoes and improvements in lidar profiling of the atmosphere. Prof. Vaughan is a Fellow of the Royal Meteorological Society, a member of the American Geophysical Union and an associate editor of Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics.

Research interests

Dynamics and remote sensing of the atmosphere

External positions

Director of Observations, National Centre for Atmospheric Science

1 Jan 2013 → …

Research Beacons, Institutes and Platforms

  • Digital Futures
  • Institute for Data Science and AI

Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals

In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):

  1. SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being
    SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being
  2. SDG 7 - Affordable and Clean Energy
    SDG 7 Affordable and Clean Energy
  3. SDG 11 - Sustainable Cities and Communities
    SDG 11 Sustainable Cities and Communities
  4. SDG 14 - Life Below Water
    SDG 14 Life Below Water

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  • Measurement Report: Lidar measurements of stratospheric aerosol following the 2019 Raikoke and Ulawun volcanic eruptions

    Vaughan, G., Wareing, D. P. & Ricketts, H., 15 Feb 2021, (Accepted/In press) In: Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • A midlatitude climatology and interannual variability of 200- and 500-hPa cut-off lows

    Muñoz, C., Schultz, D. & Vaughan, G., 20 Dec 2019, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Journal of Climate.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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  • A Global Climatology of Tropospheric Inertial Instability

    Thompson, C., Schultz, D. & Vaughan, G., 1 Mar 2018, In: Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences. 75, 3, p. 805-825 21 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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  • Observations of ozone-poor air in the Tropical Tropopause Layer

    Newton, R., Vaughan, G., Hintsa, E., Filus, M. T., Pan, L. L., Honomichl, S., Atlas, E., Andrews, S. J. & Carpenter, L. J., 2018, In: Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics. 18, p. 5157-5171 14 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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  • The north atlantic waveguide and downstream impact experiment

    Schäfler, A., Craig, G., Wernli, H., Arbogast, P., Doyle, J. D., Mctaggart-Cowan, R., Methven, J., Rivière, G., Ament, F., Boettcher, M., Bramberger, M., Cazenave, Q., Cotton, R., Crewell, S., Delanoë, J., DörnbrAck, A., Ehrlich, A., Ewald, F., Fix, A. & Grams, C. M. & 29 others, Gray, S. L., Grob, H., Groß, S., Hagen, M., Harvey, B., Hirsch, L., JAcob, M., Kölling, T., Konow, H., Lemmerz, C., Lux, O., Magnusson, L., Mayer, B., Mech, M., Pelon, J., Quinting, J., Rahm, S., Rapp, M., Rautenhaus, M., Reitebuch, O., Reynolds, C. A., Sodemann, H., Spengler, T., Vaughan, G., Wendisch, M., Wirth, M., Witschas, B., Wolf, K. & Zinner, T., 6 Sept 2018, In: Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society. 99, 8, p. 1607-1637 31 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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