Available PhD Projects

The group offers a range of PhD research projects each year. Below is a summary of the project titles offered for 2011 entry, including the name of the supervisor.

Prospective applicants are encouraged to contact the project supervisor before applying for the project. Please see the School PhD page for further details about applying.

• Linking Climate Change, Mid-Latitude Storms and Air Pollution Events. Supervisor: Ruth Doherty.
• Modelling Multi-Pollutant Air Quality in the UK and the Design of Effective Control Policies. Supervisor: Ruth Doherty.
• Modelling Cenozoic climate transitions in a realistic geological framework. Supervisor: Richard Essery.
• Reanalysis of Scottish mountain snow observations. Supervisor: Richard Essery.
• Changes in North American climate over the last few centuries. Supervisor: Gabi Hegerl.
• Representing the Arctic in global surface temperature time-series of recent climate change. Supervisor: Chris Merchant.
• The role of boreal forest fires in determining global atmospheric composition. Supervisor: Paul Palmer.
• Modelling and space-based observation of volcanic SO₂ plumes. Supervisor: Hugh Pumphrey.
• Global-scale modelling of atmosphere-biosphere exchange and interactions between air quality and climate change Supervisor: David Stevenson.
• Investigating past and future changes in the stratospheric ozone influx to the troposphere Supervisor: David Stevenson.
• Was there a significant human influence on tropical climate in the 18th and 19th century? Supervisor: Simon Tett.
• Global Climate, Water and Carbon: Predicting the future of atmospheric CO₂. Supervisor: Simon Tett.