- Clouds and Radiation Group
- Atmospheric Processes and Parametrizations
- Met Office (UK)
- FitzRoy Road
- Exeter
- EX1 3PB
- UK
Research Interests
- Cloud parametrization.
- Initiation of convective storms.
- Slantwise convection and conditional symmetric instability.
Career Background
Oct 2006 - Present: Cloud Parametrization Research Scientist, Met Office.Jan 2004 – Sept 2006: Post-Doctoral Research Scientist, Department of Meteorology, University of Reading. Working on the Convective Storm Initiation Project (CSIP).
Oct 2000 – Dec 2003: PhD, University of Reading, Department of Meteorology: “Radar and Modelling Studies of Upright and Slantwise Convection”.
Oct 1996 – July 2000: MPhys (Physics, 2:1, Hons), University of Warwick.
Publications
2010 [14] Analysis of prognostic cloud scheme increments in a climate model, Morcrette, C. J. and J. C. Petch, Q. J. R. Meteorol. Soc., 136, 2061–2073.
2010 [13] Parametrization of area cloud fraction, Boutle, I. A. and Morcrette, C. J., Atmos. Sci. Let., DOI: 10.1002/asl.293.
2010 [12] The increase of spatial data resolution for the detection of the initiation of convection. A case study from CSIP, Khodayar, S., Kalthoff, N., Wickert, J., Corsmeier, U., Morcrette, C. J., Kottmeier, C., Meteorologische Zeitschrift, 19, 179–198.
2009 [11] The surprising role of orography in the initiation of an isolated thunderstorm in southern England, Lean, H., Roberts, N., Clark, P., Morcrette, C., Mon. Wea. Rev., 137, 3026–3046.
2009 [10] Convection forced by a descending dry layer and low-level moist convergence, Russell, A., Vaughan, G., Norton, E., Ricketts, H., Morcrette, C. J., Hewison, T., Browning, K., Blyth A., Tellus A, 61, 250–263.
2008 [9] PC2: A prognostic cloud fraction and condensation scheme. II: Climate model simulations, Wilson, D. R., Bushell, A. C., Kerr-Munslow, A. M., Price, J. D., Morcrette, C. J., Bodas-Salcedo, A., Q. J. R. Meteorol. Soc., 134, 2109–2125.
2008 [8] PC2: A prognostic cloud fraction and condensation scheme. I: Scheme description, Wilson, D. R., Bushell, A. C., Kerr-Munslow, A. M., Price, J. D., Morcrette, C. J., Q. J. R. Meteorol. Soc., 134, 2093–2107.
2008 [7] Convective inhibition beneath an upper-level PV anomaly, Russell, A., Vaughan, G., Norton, E. G., Morcrette, C. J., Browning, K. A., Blyth A. M., Q. J. R. Meteorol. Soc.,134, 371–383.
2007 [6] Combination of mesoscale and synoptic mechanisms for triggering an isolated thunderstorm: Observational case study of CSIP IOP 1, Morcrette, C., Lean, H., Browning, K., Nicol, J., Roberts, N., Clark, P., Russell, A., Blyth, A., Mon. Wea. Rev., 135, 3728–3749.
2007 [5] Variable cirrus shading during CSIP IOP 5. II: Effects on the convective boundary layer, Marsham, J. H., Blyth, A. M., Parker, D. J., Beswick, K., Browning, K. A., Corsmeier, U., Kalthoff, N., Morcrette, C. J., Norton, E. G., Q. J. R. Meteorol. Soc., 133, 1661–1675.
2007 [4] Variable cirrus shading during CSIP IOP 5. I: Effects on the initiation of convection, Marsham, J. H., Morcrette, C. J., Browning, K. A., Blyth, A. M., Parker, D. J., Corsmeier, U., Kalthoff, N., Kohler, M., Q. J. R. Meteorol. Soc., 133, 1643–1660.
2007 [3] The Convective Storm Initiation Project, Browning, K., Blyth, A., Clark, P., Corsmeier, U., Morcrette, C. and others, Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 88, 1939–1955.
2006 [2] Secondary initiation of multiple bands of cumulonimbus over southern Britain. I: An observational case study, Morcrette, C. J., Browning, K. A., Blyth, A. M., Bozier, K. E., Clark, P. A., Ladd, D., Norton, E. G., Pavelin, E., Q. J. R. Meteorol. Soc., 132, 1021–1051.
2006 [1] Formation and release of symmetric instability following Delta-M adjustment, Morcrette, C. J. and Browning, K. A., Q. J. R. Meteorol. Soc., 132, 1073–1089.
2004 [0] Radar and Modelling Studies of Upright and Slantwise Convection, Morcrette, C. J. Ph.D. thesis, Department of Meteorology, University of Reading, U.K.