Summary
Research Interests:
- Direct impacts of aerosol on the Earth's radiation budget
- The role of Saharan dust in the global climate system
- Diagnosing climate impacts and feedbacks due to greenhouse gases and aerosol using spectrally resolved ground-based, in situ and satellite observations
- Atmospheric impacts on the potential for solar energy generation from the desert
Current Projects:
- PI (Collaborative Research Grant) - Quantifying the radiative impact of dust aerosol over the Arabian Peninsula and the Red Sea and its implications for local, regional and global climate
- PI (NERC Consortium) - Fennec: The Saharan Heat Low
- PI (NERC joint grant): Do-4-Models: Improving the representation of dust uplift in regional climate models
- Co-I (NERC Standard Grant): CLARREO: A new opportunity for climate monitoring from space
Education/Qualifications:
- PhD in Atmospheric Physics from the Space and Atmospheric Physics Group, Imperial College London
- BSc in Physics and Meteorology from the University of Reading
Publications
Journals
Bellisario C, Brindley HE, Tett SFB, et al., 2019, Can downwelling far-infrared radiances over Antarctica be estimated from mid-infrared information?, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, Vol:19, ISSN:1680-7316, Pages:7927-7937
Banks JR, Huenerbein A, Heinold B, et al., 2019, The sensitivity of the colour of dust in MSG-SEVIRI Desert Dust infrared composite imagery to surface and atmospheric conditions, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, Vol:19, ISSN:1680-7316, Pages:6893-6911
Banks JR, Schepanski K, Heinold B, et al., 2018, The influence of dust optical properties on the colour of simulated MSG-SEVIRI Desert Dust infrared imagery, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, Vol:18, ISSN:1680-7316, Pages:9681-9703
Gristey JJ, Chiu JC, Gurney RJ, et al., 2018, Insights into the diurnal cycle of global Earth outgoing radiation using a numerical weather prediction model, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, Vol:18, ISSN:1680-7316, Pages:5129-5145
Mackie A, Palmer PI, Brindley H, 2017, Characterizing energy budget variability at a Sahelian site: a test of NWP model behaviour, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, Vol:17, ISSN:1680-7316, Pages:15095-15119