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Prof James Screen

Professor in Climate Science

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Location: Laver Building 920

Telephone: 01392 726408

Extension: (Streatham) 6408

Follow me on Twitter: @polar_james

Prof. Screen is a Professor in Climate Science within the Department of Mathematics and Statistics and Faculty of Environment, Science and Economy. He current research focuses on the climate of the Polar Regions and how Arctic sea-ice loss influences mid-latitude weather and climate. His work has significantly advanced scientific understanding of the causes, and global effects, of rapid Arctic climate change. Prof. Screen is an internationally recognised expert in modelling the climate response to Arctic sea ice changes.

Prof. Screen held a prestigous NERC Fellowship from 2012-2015. His achievements have been recognized by the awards of the International Association of Meteorology and Atmospheric Sciences Early Career Scientist Medal in 2013, Philip Leverhulme Prize in 2015, and 2023 Blavatnik Awards for Young Scientists in the UK.

Research Interests

  • Climate variability and change
  • Climate predictions and projections
  • Large-scale climate dynamics
  • Polar amplification, its causes and consequences
  • Role of sea ice in the climate system
  • Teleconnections

Opportunities

I am happy to hear from prospective PhD students or Postdoctoral Fellowship applicants interested in the above research areas.

Selected Publications

A full list of publications and citations can be found here.

2024

  • Saurral, R.I., F.J. Doblas-Reyes, J.A. Screen, J.L. Catto, S.E. Hay & H. Yu, 2024: Western Mediterranean droughts fostered by Arctic sea ice loss. J. Clim., submitted.
  • Lewis, N.T., M.R. England, J.A. Screen, R. Geen, W.J.M. Seviour & S.I. Thomson, 2024: Assessing the spurious impacts of ice-constraining methods on the climate response to sea-ice loss using an idealised aquaplanet GCM. J. Clim., submitted.
  • Luu, L.N., E. Hanna, D. de Alwis Pitts, J. Maddison, J.A. Screen, J.L. Catto & X. Fettweis, 2024: Greenland summer blocking characteristics: an evaluation of a high-resolution multi-model ensemble. Clim. Dyn., submitted.
  • Xu, M, J.A. Screen, W. Tian, J. Zhang & C. Zhang, 2024: Influence of future regional sea-ice loss on the Arctic stratospheric polar vortex. J. Geophys. Res. Atmos., in revision.
  • Yu, H., J.A. Screen, M. Xu, S. Hay & J.L. Catto, 2024: Comparing the atmospheric responses to reduced Arctic sea ice, a warmer ocean, and increased CO2 and their contributions to projected change at 2℃ global warming. J. Clim., submitted.
  • Collins, M., J.D. Beverley, T. Bracegirdle, J. Catto, M. McCrystall, A. Dittus, N. Freychet, J. Grist, G. Hegerl, P. Holland, C. Holmes, S. Josey, M. Joshi, E. Hawkins, E. Lo, N. Lord, D. Mitchell, P.-A. Monerie, M.D.K. Priestley, A. Scaife, J.A. Screen, N. Senior, D. Sexton, E. Shuckburgh, S. Siegert, C. Simpson, D.B. Stephenson, R. Sutton, V. Thompson, L. Wilcox & T. Woollings, 2024: Emerging signals of climate change from the equator to the poles: new insights on a warming world. Frontiers in Science, revised.
  • Gong, H., L. Wang., J.A. Screen, W. Chen, J. Cohen & R. Wu, 2024: Teleconnection from Arctic warming suppresses long-term warming in central Eurasia. Nature Geosci., revised.  
  • Mudhar, R., W.J.M. Seviour, J.A. Screen, R. Geen, N.T. Lewis & S.I. Thomson, 2024: Exploring mechanisms for model-dependency of the stratospheric response to Arctic warming. J. Geophys. Res. Atmos, revised.
  • Maddison, J., J.L. Catto, E. Hanna, L. Luu & J.A. Screen, 2024: Missing increase in summer Greenland blocking in climate models. Geophys. Res. Lett., revised.
  • Hay, S., J.A. Screen & J.L. Catto, 2024: Steady but model dependent Arctic Amplification of the forced temperature response in 21st century CMIP6 projections. Environ. Res.: Climate, accepted.
  • Fang, Y., S. Yang, X. Hu, S. Lin & J.A. Screen, 2024: Remote forcing for the interannual variability of surface melting events over the Ross Ice Shelf. J. Clim, revised.
  • Weisheimer, A.,  L.H. Baker, J. Bröcker, C.I. Garfinkel, S.C. Hardiman, D.L.R. Hodson, T.N. Palmer, J.I. Robson, A.A. Scaife, J.A. Screen, T.G. Shepherd, D.M. Smith &  R.T. Sutton, 2024: The signal-to-noise paradox in climate forecasts: revisiting our understanding and identifying future prioritiesBull. Amer. Meteorol. Soc.​, accepted.
  • Lewis, N.T., W.J.M. Seviour, H. Roberts-Straw & J.A. Screen, 2024: The response of midlatitude surface temperature persistence to Arctic sea-ice lossGeophys. Res. Lett., e2023GL106863.
  • Cottrell, F.M., J.A. Screen & A.A. Scaife, 2024: Signal-to-noise errors in free-running atmospheric simulations and their dependence on model resolutionAtmos. Sci. Lett., accepted.
  • Williams, N., A.A. Scaife & J.A. Screen, 2024: Effect of increased ocean resolution on model errors in ENSO and its teleconnectionsQ. J. R. Meteorol. Soc., accepted.
  • Ye, K, T. Woollings, S.N. Sparrow, P. Watson & J.A. Screen, 2024: Response of winter climate and extreme weather to projected Arctic sea-ice loss in very large-ensemble climate model simulationsnpj Clim. Atmos. Sci, 7, 20.
  • Oltmanns, M., N.P. Holliday, J.A. Screen, D.G. Evans, S.A. Josey & B. Moat, 2024: European summer weather linked to North Atlantic freshwater events in preceding yearsWeather Clim. Dynam., 5, 109–132.
  • Cai,  Z., Q. You, H.W. Chen, R. Zhang, Z. Zuo, D. Chen, J. Cohen & J.A. Screen, 2024: Assessing Arctic wetting: performance of CMIP6 models and projections of future precipitation changesAtmos. Res., 297, 107124.
  • Liang, Y-C., Y-O. Kwon, C. Frankignoul, G. Gastineau, K.L. Smith, L.M. Polvani, L. Sun, Y. Peings, C. Deser, R. Zhang & J.A. Screen, 2024: The weakening of the stratospheric polar vortex and the subsequent surface impacts as consequences to Arctic sea-ice lossJ. Clim., 37, 309-333.

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