Ian Brooks

Biography

Ian obtained a PhD from UMIST where he studied the cloud microphysical processes leading to thunderstorm electrification. He then spent 8 years at Scripps Institution of Oceanography in San Diego, first as a PDRA and then as associate project scientist, working on various issues in marine boundary layer meteorology: turbulent processes in marine stratocumulus, radar ducting, coastally trapped flows, and entrainment processes. He moved to Leeds in 2002. His research interests remain in boundary layer processes, in particular turbulent air-sea exchange, entrainment, and Arctic boundary layers. Most of this work is based on in-situ measurements obtained during field campaigns all over the world: from the central Arctic Ocean to the Weddell Sea, and from the Persian Gulf to the South China Sea. Qualifications Ph.D. (UMIST): Laboratory studies of thunderstorm electrification processes B.Sc. (UMIST): Pure and Applied Physics (Hons, 1st class) Memberships/Fellowships Member of the American Meteorological Society Member of the American Geophysical Union Member of the Challenger Society for Marine Science Member of the American Meteorological Society's specialist committee on boundary layers and turbulence (2013-2016) Research Interests

Research Interest

Boundary layer meteorology Air-sea interaction Arctic meteorology and climate processes Ian's research encompasses a broad range of topics, unified by their links to turbulent exchange processes. One major strand of research is air-sea exchange processes. Using detailed measurements made at sea, his group studies the physical processes controlling the exchange of momentum, heat, moisture, sea-spray aerosol, and trace gases across the air sea interface. They have pioneered the measurement of size-resolved sea-spray aerosol fluxes by eddy covariance, making the first such measurements in the open ocean. A second major research area is that of Arctic boundary layer processes and the processes controlling the formation, evolution, and properties of Arctic stratus clouds, and the coupling of these clouds to the surface.