Dr Michaela Hegglin
Associate Professor in Atmospheric Chemistry
Department of Meteorology
University of Reading
United Kingdom
Biography
Dr. Michaela Hegglin is currently working as a Associate Professor in Atmospheric Chemistry in the Department of Meteorology, University of Reading , United Kingdom. Responsibilities: Visitor Programme Coordinator Research Interests: • Chemistry-climate interactions • Stratospheric chemistry and transport • Stratospheric ozone, UV radiation, and environmental impacts • Greenhouse gas distributions and radiative forcing • Tropospheric ozone, air pollution, and transport • Atmospheric observations (ground-based, balloons, aircraft, space) • Atmosphere-biosphere interactions, biogeochemical cycles Research Projects: • IGAC/SPARC Chemistry Climate Model Initiative: The study of chemistry-climate interactions and their impact on climate and the ozone layer using global models and observations (CCMI) • SPARC Reanalyses Intercomparison Project: The evaluation of processes and long-term behaviour of global atmospheric reanalyses (SRIP) • SPARC Data Initiative: A comprehensive assessment of available chemical trace gas climatologies from satellite limb-sounders (SPARC DI) • SMURPHS: Securing Multidisciplinary UndeRstanding and Prediction of Hiatus and Surge events Other interests • Science communication • Women in science
Research Interest
• Chemistry-climate interactions • Stratospheric chemistry and transport • Stratospheric ozone, UV radiation, and environmental impacts • Greenhouse gas distributions and radiative forcing • Tropospheric ozone, air pollution, and transport • Atmospheric observations (ground-based, balloons, aircraft, space) • Atmosphere-biosphere interactions, biogeochemical cycles
Publications
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Hegglin MI, Plummer D, Eyring V, Butchart N, Lamarque JF. Ozone and stratospheric water vapour concentration databases for CMIP6.
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Hegglin MI, Tegtmeier S, Anderson J, Froidevaux L, Fuller R, Funke B, Jones A, Lingenfelser G, Lumpe J, Pendlebury D, Remsberg E. SPARC Data Initiative: Comparison of water vapor climatologies from international satellite limb sounders. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres. 2013 Oct 27;118(20).
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Hegglin MI, Plummer DA, Shepherd TG, Scinocca JF, Anderson J, Froidevaux L, Funke B, Hurst D, Rozanov A, Urban J, Von Clarmann T. Vertical structure of stratospheric water vapour trends derived from merged satellite data. Nature Geoscience. 2014 Oct 1;7(10):768.
