Dr Simon C. Peatman MPhys (Oxon) PhD (UEA) AFHEA
School of Earth and Environment, University of Leeds

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URL: | www.simonpeatman.me.uk |
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I am a research fellow in the Institute for Climate and Atmospheric Science (ICAS) in the School of Earth and Environment at the University of Leeds.
I am an Associate Fellow of the HEA.
Research interests
- Tropical meteorology
- Intraseasonal variability and the Madden-Julian Oscillation
- Diurnal cycle of convection
- Maritime Continent
- Tropical cyclones
- Indian summer monsoon
- Convectively-coupled equatorial waves
Current projects
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- TerraMaris (PDRA)
PhD supervision
- Ashar Aslam – Severe weather over Southeast Asia
- Isaac Tan (Monash University) – Cold surges over the Maritime Continent
Previous projects
Below are the previous projects I have worked on at the University of Leeds. For a list of all past research, click here.
- Severe Precipitation In South East Asia (SPISEA), WCSSP SE Asia (PI)
- Coupled Air-Sea Prediction of Extreme Rainfall (CASPER), WCSSP India (co-I)
- Vertical Structure of Weather over South East Asia, WCSSP SE Asia (PDRA)
Curriculum vitae
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2018–2023: | Post-doctoral researcher, School of Earth and Environment, University of Leeds |
2014–2018: | Post-doctoral researcher, Department of Meteorology, University of Reading |
2010–2014: | PhD, tropical meteorology, University of East Anglia |
2006–2010: | MPhys Physics, St John's College, University of Oxford |