Contact Alan Woolley
- Email: A.Woolley@cranfield.ac.uk
Background
Physics Degree Bsc Warwick 1996
Research Scientist at UK National Physical Laboratory 1996-2004
Intrument Manager at FAAM Airborne Laboratory 2004-2014
Head of FAAM (initially acting) 2014-present
Current activities
Leads the FAAM Airborne Laboratory, a team of around 20 staff supporting operation of the NERC-funded BAe-146 FAAM aircraft. https://www.faam.ac.uk https://ncas.ac.uk
Development of operational fieldwork capabilities
Custodianship of nationally-recognised large infrastructure
Development of instrumentation and measurement capabilities to make world-leading measurements of the atmosphere
Foster national and international partnerships
Publications
Articles In Journals
- Turner AG, Bhat GS, Martin GM, Parker DJ, Taylor CM, .... (2019). Interaction of convective organization with monsoon precipitation, atmosphere, surface and sea: the 2016 INCOMPASS field campaign in India. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, 146(731)
- Vaughan G, Methven J, Anderson D, Antonescu B, Baker L, .... (2015). Cloud Banding and Winds in Intense European Cyclones: Results from the DIAMET Project. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 96(2)
- Schmidt A, Witham CS, Theys N, Richards NAD, Thordarson T, .... (2014). Assessing hazards to aviation from sulfur dioxide emitted by explosive Icelandic eruptions. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 119(24)
- Dixon NS, Parker DJ, Taylor CM, Garcia‐Carreras L, Harris PP, .... (2013). The effect of background wind on mesoscale circulations above variable soil moisture in the Sahel. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, 139(673)
- Johnson B, Turnbull K, Brown P, Burgess R, Dorsey J, .... (2012). In situ observations of volcanic ash clouds from the FAAM aircraft during the eruption of Eyjafjallajökull in 2010. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 117(D20)
- Turnbull K, Johnson B, Marenco F, Haywood J, Minikin A, .... (2012). A case study of observations of volcanic ash from the Eyjafjallajökull eruption: 1. In situ airborne observations. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 117(D20)
- Renfrew IA, Moore GWK, Kristjánsson JE, Ólafsson H, Gray SL, .... (2008). THE GREENLAND FLOW DISTORTION EXPERIMENT. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 89(9)
- Ryder CL, McQuaid JB, Flamant C, Rosenberg PD, Washington R, .... Advances in understanding mineral dust and boundary layer processes over the Sahara from Fennec aircraft observations. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 15(14)
- Vance AK, Abel SJ, Cotton RJ & Woolley AM. Performance of WVSS-II hygrometers on the FAAM research aircraft. Atmospheric Measurement Techniques, 8(3)
- Jones HM, Haywood J, Marenco F, O'Sullivan D, Meyer J, .... A methodology for in-situ and remote sensing of microphysical and radiative properties of contrails as they evolve into cirrus. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 12(17)