Dr Helen Dacre
Lecturer in Dynamical Meteorology
Department of Meteorology
University of Reading
United Kingdom
Biography
Dr. Helen Dacre is currently working as a Lecturer in Dynamical Meteorology in the Department of Meteorology, University of Reading , United Kingdom. Current Research Projects: • STFC - Design of a probabilistic wildfire alert system for Chile. • NERC Environmental Risks to Infrastructure Innovation Project - Protecting airspace infrastructure: A tool for calculating along-flight volcanic ash dosage. • NERC - Summertime: Testing Influences and Mechanisms for Europe. • NERC - Probability, Uncertainty and Risk in the Environment - Robust Assessment and Communication of Environmental Risk (PURE-RACER) Other interests • Development of an online Extratropical Cyclone Atlas
Research Interest
Development mechanisms of extratropical cyclones Pollution transport Volcanic ash dispersion
Publications
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Vanniere, B., Czaja, A. and Dacre, H. (2017) Contribution of the cold sector of extratropical cyclones to mean state features in winter. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, 143 (705). pp. 1990-2000. ISSN 1477-870X doi: 10.1002/qj.3058
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Priestley, M. D. K., Pinto, J. G., Dacre, H. F. and Shaffrey, L. C. (2017) The role of cyclone clustering during the stormy winter of 2013/2014. Weather, 72 (7). pp. 187-192. ISSN 0043-1656 doi: 10.1002/wea.3025
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Mulder, K. J., Lickiss, M., Harvey, N., Black, A., Charlton-Perez, A., Dacre, H. and McCloy, R. (2017) Visualizing volcanic ash forecasts: scientist and stakeholder decisions using different graphical representations and conflicting forecasts. Weather, Climate and Society, 9 (3). pp. 333-348. ISSN 1948-8327 doi: 10.1175/WCAS-D-16-0062.1
