Dr Richard Ellis

Climate Modeller

Background

I have worked at CEH in Wallingford since 2004 examining interactions between the land-surface and the atmosphere. Prior to this I studied for a PhD at the University of Leeds: examining the influence of land surface properties on the dynamics of the West African Monsoon.

Current research

Funded by the NERC collaborative centre CLASSIC, I am examining the influence of diverse land surface properties on the climate system. Recent work has included: the utilisation of remotely sensed data to examine the influence of soil moisture on the development of convection; and assessing the sensitivity of surface heat and moisture fluxes to vegetation cover.

Selected publications

See also the NERC Open Research Archive.

Slater, Frances R.; Bruce, Kenneth D.; Ellis, Richard J.; Lilley, Andrew K.; Turner, Sarah L.. 2008 Heterogeneous selection in a spatially structured environment affects fitness tradeoffs of plasmid carriage in pseudomonads. Applied & Environmental Microbiology, 74 (10). 3189-3197. doi:10.1128/AEM.02383-07

Taylor, Christopher M.; Ellis, Richard J. 2006 Satellite detection of soil moisture impacts on convection at the mesoscale. Geophysical Research Letters, 33 (L03404). doi:10.1029/2005GL025252

D.J. Parker  Burton, R.R. Diongue-Niang, A. Ellis, R.J. Felton, M. Taylor, C.M. Thorncroft, C.D. Bessemoulin, P. Thomkins, A.M. The diurnal cycle of the West African Monsoon circulation. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society. 2005 Volume 131

C.M Taylor, R.J. Ellis, D.J. Parker R.R Burton. Linking boundary layer variation with convection: a case study from JET2000. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society. 2003. Volume 129

C.M. Taylor, R.J. Ellis. Satellite detection of soil moisture impacts on convection at the mesoscale. Geophysical Research Letters. 2006. Vol 33. Number 3.