Refereed publications
- Nicoll, K. A., Harrison, R. G., Barta, V., Bor, J., Brugge, R., Chillingarian, A., Chum, J., Georgoulias, A. K., Guha, A., Kourtidis, K., Kubicki, M., Mareev, E., Matthews, J., Mkrtchyan, H., Odzimek, A., Raulin, J.-P., Robert, D., Silva, H. G., Tacza, J., Yair, Y. and Yaniv, R. 2019
- A global atmospheric electricity monitoring network for climate and geophysical research. Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics, 184, 18-29. ISSN 1364-6826 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jastp.2019.01.003
- Willis, D. M., Wilkinson, J., Scott, C. J., Wild, M. N., Stephenson, F. R., Hayakawa, H., Brugge, R. and Macdonald, L. T. 2018
- Sunspot observations on 10 and 11 February 1917: a case
study in collating known and previously undocumented
records. Space Weather, 16 (11). pp. 1740-1752. ISSN 1542-7390 doi: https://doi.org/10.1029/2018SW002012
- Singh, R., Kelly, G., Brugge, R. and O'Neill, A. 2011
- A comparison of the performance of Kalpana and Meteosat-7 WV radiances in the ECMWF NWP model. Quart. J. Royal Met. Soc., 137, 1573-1580. DOI: 10.1002/qj.848.
- Irvine, R. and Brugge, R. 2011,
- Readers' forum. Weather, 66 82. doi: 10.1002/wea.760
- Brugge, R., 2010:
- A very wet day over Ireland. Weather, 65, 298.
- Brugge, R., 2010:
- Forty years of the Climatological Observers Link. Weather, 65, 139-143.
- Brugge, R., 2010:
- From observations to forecasts - Part 5. New forms of meteorological observations and information. Weather, 65, 100-104.
- Migliorini, S., R. Dragani, A. Kaiser-Weiss, R. Brugge, J-N Thepaut and A O'Neill 2009:
- The GlobMODEL Demonstrator: Assimilation of new satellite products in an operational meteorological center, IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing, 2, 213-224, doi:10.1109/JSTARS.2009.2021770.
- Brugge, R., 2009:
- A showery mid-May over the British Isles, Weather, 64, 182.
- Singh, R., P. Rayer, R Saunders, S Migliorini, R. Brugge and A O'Neill 2009:
- A fast radiative transfer model for the assimilation of water vapor from the Kalpana very high resolution radiometer, Geophys. Res. Lett. , 36, doi:10.1029/2009GL037852.
- Feng, L., R. Brugge, E. V. Hólm, R. S. Harwood, A. O'Neill, M. J. Filipiak, L. Froidevaux, and N. Livesey 2008:
- Four-dimensional variational assimilation of ozone profiles from the Microwave Limb Sounder on the Aura satellite, J. Geophys. Res., 113, doi:10.1029/2007JD009121.
- S. Migliorini, R. Brugge, A. O'Neill, M. Dobber, V. Fioletov, P. Levelt, and R. McPeters, 2008:
- Evaluation of ozone total column measurements by the Ozone Monitoring Instrument using a data assimilation system, J. Geophys. Res., 113, D15S21, doi:10.1029/2007JD008779.
- Feng, L, R S Harwood, R Brugge, A O'Neill, L Froidevaux, M Schwartz and J W Waters, 2007:
- Equatorial Kelvin waves as revealed by EOS Microwave Limb Sounder observations and European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts analyses: Evidence for slow Kelvin waves of zonal wave number 3, Journal Geophysical Research, 112, D16106, doi: 10.1029/2006JD008329.
- Geer, AJ, C Peubey, R Bannister, R Brugge, DR Jackson, WA Lahoz, S Migliorini, A O Neill and R Swinbank, 2006:
- Assimilation of stratospheric ozone from MIPAS into a global general circulation model: the September 2002 vortex split. Quart. J. Royal Met. Soc., 132, 231-257.
- Lahoz, WA, R Brugge, DR Jackson, S Migliorini, R Swinbank, D Lary, and A Lee, 2005:
- An Observing System Simulation Experiment to evaluate the scientific merit of wind and ozone measurements fm the future SWIFT instrument. Quarterly Journal Royal Meteorological Society, 131, pp 503-523.
- Brugge, R and M Stuttard, 2003:
- From Sputnik to Envisat, and beyond: the use of satellite measurements in
weather forecasting and research. Part 1 - A history. Weather, 58, 107-122.
- Brugge, R and M Stuttard, 2003:
- From Sputnik to Envisat, and beyond: the use of satellite measurements in
weather forecasting and research. Part 2 - Data assimilation and weather forecasting. Weather, 58, 140-143.
- Brugge, R and M Stuttard, 2003:
- From Sputnik to Envisat, and beyond: the use of satellite measurements in
weather forecasting and research. Part 3 - Envisat. Weather. 58, 182-186.
- Struthers, H., R. Brugge, W. A. Lahoz, A. O'Neill and R. Swinbank, 2002:
- Assimilation of ozone profiles and total column measurements into a global general circulation model. J. Geophys. Res., 107, 10.1029/2001JD000957.
- Berrisford, P., Brugge, R., Steenman-Clark, L. and Dingmin Lia
- The UGAMP Use and Diagnosis of the ECMWF Meteorological Analyses. Systems Analysis Modelling Simulation, 42, 1615-1621.
- Brugge, R. (2000):
- The weather of 1850. Weather, 55, pp 9-12.
- Brugge, R (1999):
- Meteorology and the Internet - Climatological information. Weather, 54, 403-404.
- Brugge, R (1998):
- East Pacific Hurricane Linda. Weather, 53, 19-20.
- Brugge, R (1998):
- Meteorology and the Internet - El Nino. Weather, 53, 314-315.
- Phillips, M and R. Brugge (1998):
- The Indian cyclones of early June 1998, as seen from Meteosat-5. Weather, 53, 363-364.
- Brugge, R (1996):
- Back to basics: Atmospheric stability: Part1 - basic concepts. Weather, 51, 134-140.
- Brugge, R (1996):
- Meteorology and the Internet - satellite imagery. Weather, 51, 143-145.
- Brugge, R (1996):
- Meteorology and the Internet - mailing lists and newsgroups. Weather, 51, 431-433.
- Brugge, R (1995):
- Heatwaves and record temperatures in North America, June 1994. Weather, 50, 20-23.
- Brugge, R (1995):
- Meteorology and the Internet - current surface weather information. Weather, 50, 387-389.
- Brugge, R. (1994):
- The Climatological Observers Link. Weather,
49, 35-36.
- Brugge, R. (1994):
- The blizzard of 12-15 March 1993 in the USA and
Canada. Weather, 49, 82-89.
- Brugge, R. (1994):
- Computer networks and meteorological information.
Weather, 49, 298-306.
- Brugge, R. (1994):
- The record-breaking low temperatures of January
1994 in the USA and Canada. Weather, 49, 337-346.
- Brugge, R. (1994):
- The floods of October and November 1894 in
southern Britain. Weather, 49, 383-390.
- Brugge, R. (1994):
- The Alabama tornado outbreak of 27 March 1994 -
an example of tornado formation. Weather, 49, 407-411.
- Slingo, J. M. Blackburn, A. Betts, R. Brugge, K. Hodges, B.J. Hoskins, M.J. Miller, L. Steenman-Clark and J. Thuburn (1994):
- Mean climate and transience in the tropics of the
UGAMP GCM: sensitivity to convective parameterization. Q.
J. R. Meteorol. Soc., 120, 881-922.
- Brugge, R. (1993):
- Drought and disaster in 1893. Weather, 48,
134-141.
- Brugge, R. (1992):
- Three years of warm weather over the British
Isles, 1988-1990. Weather, 47, 230-236.
- Brugge, R. and M.W. Moncrieff (1992):
- Multicell stage of the Munich
hailstorm of 12 July 1984: a numerical study. Tellus,
44A, 339-355.
- Brugge, R. (1991):
- The record-breaking heatwave of 1 - 4 August 1990
over England and Wales. Weather, 46, 2-10.
- Brugge, R. (1991):
- February 1891 - The driest month on record over
England and Wales. Weather, 46, 34-38.
- Brugge, R. (1991):
- The cold snap of February 1991. Weather, 46, 222-231.
- Brugge, R. (1991):
- Two remarkably sunny years in southern Britain -
1989 and 1990. Weather, 46, 384-390.
- Marshall, J.C., A.J.G. Nurser and R. Brugge (1988):
- On the time-averaged flow of quasi-geostrophic wind-driven gyres.
J.G.R. (Oceans), 93, 15427-15436.
- Brugge, R. (1987):
- Low daytime temperatures over England and Wales on 12 January 1987. Weather, 42, 146-152.
- Brugge, R. (1985):
- Letter: The Berkshire thunderstorms of 22 and 23 July 1984. Weather, 40, 296-297.
- Brugge, R. (1985):
- A mechanistic model of grass root growth and development dependent upon photosynthesis and nitrogen uptake. J. Theor. Biol., 116, 443-467.
- Brugge, R. and M.W. Moncrieff (1985):
- The effect of physical processes on numerical simulations of two-dimensional cellular convection. Beitr. Phys. Atmosph., 58, 417-440.
- Brugge, R. and J.H.M. Thornley (1985):
- A growth model of root mass and vertical distribution, dependent on carbon substrate from photosynthesis and with non-limiting soil conditions. Annals of Botany, 55, 563-577.
- Brugge, R. and J.H.M. Thornley (1984):
- Shoot-root-nodule partitioning in a vegetative legume -- a model. Annals of Botany, 54, 653-671.
Other publications
- Brugge, R. 1999-current
- Various articles and notes published, as Editor, in the monthly Bulletin of the Climtological Observers Link.
- Brugge, R. 2023:
- The weather in Reading during 2022. The Reading Naturalist, 75, 70-73.
Published by the Reading and District Natural History Society.
- Brugge, R. 2022:
- The weather in Reading during 2021. The Reading Naturalist, 74, 70-73.
Published by the Reading and District Natural History Society.
- Brugge, R. 2021:
- The weather in Reading during 2020. The Reading Naturalist, 73, 70-73.
Published by the Reading and District Natural History Society.
- Brugge, R. 2020:
- The weather in Reading during 2019. The Reading Naturalist, 72, 70-73.
Published by the Reading and District Natural History Society.
- Brugge, R. 2019:
- The weather in Reading during 2018. The Reading Naturalist, 71, 68-71.
Published by the Reading and District Natural History Society.
- Brugge, R. 2018:
- The weather in Reading during 2017. The Reading Naturalist, 70, 70-73.
Published by the Reading and District Natural History Society.
- Brugge, R. 2017:
- Winter weather - and cycling in Reading. Published in the Weather and Climate Discussion blog,
Online here
- Brugge, R. 2017:
- The weather in Reading during 2016. The Reading Naturalist, 69, 70-73.
Published by the Reading and District Natural History Society.
- Brugge, R. 2017:
- Van Oosterwolde naar Maidenhead - en terug, 39-45.
Published by Historische Vereniging IJsselham.
Online here
- Brugge, R. 2016:
- Setting Up a Weather Station and Understanding the Weather: A Guide for the
Amateur Meteorologist. Publisher: The Crowood Press, ISBN 9781785001611.
See here for details.
- Brugge, R. 2016:
- No heatwave in Reading in July 2016 - but two in December 2015! Published in the Weather and Climate Discussion blog,
Online here
- Brugge, R. 2016:
- Was the weather of June 2016 really that bad? Published in the Weather and Climate Discussion blog,
Online here
- Brugge, R. 2016:
- Wrap up well for St Valentine's Day? a good chance of snow! Published in the Weather and Climate@Reading blog,
Online here
- Brugge, R. 2016:
- The weather in Reading during 2015. The Reading Naturalist, 68, 77-80.
Published by the Reading and District Natural History Society.
- Brugge, R. 2015:
- Not yet Christmas, but has spring sprung? Published in the Weather and Climate Discussion blog,
Online here
- Brugge, R. 2015:
- Summer 2015 in Reading - the story so far. Published in the Weather and Climate@Reading blog,
Online here
- Brugge, R. 2015:
- An unusually dull, but mild, start to November. Published in the Weather and Climate Discussion blog,
Online here
- Brugge, R. and Burt, S.D. 2015:
- One hundred years of Reading Weather.
Publisher: Climatological Observers Link, ISBN: 9780956948519.
See here for details.
- Brugge, R. 2015:
- Watering the garden in April - how unusual is this? Published in the Weather and Climate Discussion blog,
Online here
- Brugge, R. 2015:
- The weather in Reading during 2014. Silehammer, 24, 70-73.
Published by the Reading and District Natural History Society.
- Brugge, R. 2014:
- An analogue forecast for winter 2014/15 in Reading. Published in the Weather and Climate Discussion blog,
Online here
- Brugge, R. 2014:
- What a strange summer we've had! Published in the Weather and Climate@Reading blog,
Online here
- Brugge, R. 2014:
- Wettest February on record adds to winter of extremes. A summary of the winter of 2013/4
in Reading in the University news pages here.
- Brugge, R. 2014:
- A wet winter - and what might come next? ... Published in the Reading Meteorology WCD blog,
Online here
- Brugge, R. 2014:
-
A soggy start to 2014 ... Published in the Reading Meteorology blog,
Online here
- Brugge, R. 2014:
- December 2013-January 2014 in Reading: Wet and, at times, stormy. Published in the Reading Meteorology WCD blog,
Online here
- Brugge, R. 2014:
- The weather in Reading during 2013. The Reading Naturalist, 66, 74-76.
Published by the Reading and District Natural History Society.
- Brugge, R. 2013:
- 2013: the year in extreme weather. An invited piece for The Conversation
blog, published online.
- Burt S.D. and Brugge, R. 2013:
- Radiosonde launch from University of Reading Atmospheric Observatory,
1245 GMT Sunday 15 September 2013.
Online here
- Brugge, R. 2013:
- The summer of 2013 in Reading. Published in the Reading Meteorology WCD blog,
Online here
- Brugge, R. 2013:
- Deep and crisp and even. Published in the Reading Meteorology WCD blog,
Online here
- Brugge, R. 2013:
- The weather in Reading during 2012. The Reading Naturalist, 65,
Published by the Reading and District Natural History Society.
- Brugge, R. 2013:
- Record-breaking year when drought became flood. Published in The Forum,
a blog about research at the University of Reading. Online here
- Brugge, R. 2012:
- A White Christmas in Reading? Published in the Reading Meteorology WCD blog,
Online here
- Brugge, R. 2012:
- Fifty years ago – The winter of 1962-1963 in Reading. Published in the Reading Meteorology WCD blog,
Online here
- Brugge, R. 2012:
- The weather in Reading during 2011. In The Reading Naturalist, 64, 75-78.
Published by the Reading and District Natural History Society.
- Berrisford, P., Dee, D., Poli, P., Brugge, R., Fielding, K.,
Fuentes, M., Kallberg, P., Kobayashi, S., Uppala, S. and Simmons, A 2011:
- The ERA-Interim archive, version 2.0. ECMWF ERA report series, No. 1.
- Burt, S.D. and R. Brugge, 2011:
- Climatological Averages for 1981-2010 and 2001-2010 for
stations appearing in the monthly bulletin of the Climatological Observers Link.
ISBN 9780956948502.
- Brugge, R. 2011:
- The weather in Reading during 2010. In The Reading Naturalist, 63 64-66.
Published by the Reading and District Natural History Society.
- Brugge, R. 2010:
- The weather in Reading during 2009. In The Reading Naturalist, 62 64-66.
Published by the Reading and District Natural History Society.
- Singh, R., G Kelly and R. Brugge 2009:
- Kalpana water vapour channel radiances; their inclusion into a fast radiative transfer model and subsequent use in the ECMWF IFS forecast model.
ISRO internal report, 62 pp.
- Migliorini, S., R. Brugge, A. O'Neill, M. Dobber, P. Levelt, and R. McPeters, 2007:
- Validation of OMI TOMS-V8 total ozone columns using a data assimilation system, Proceedings of the Envisat Symposium 2007, ESA Special Publication SP-636, July 2007.
- Prunet, P, C Camy-Peyrey, R Brugge and others, 2007:
- Atmospheric Wind Speed Retrieval from MIPAS
Measurements. Final Report, April 2007, ESA-ESRIN Contract No. 17896/03/I-LG.
- Prunet, P, C Camy-Peyrey and R Brugge and others, 2005:
- Geophysical data retrieval algorithms developments for
a DIMIWO. Final Report, June 2005, ESA-ESTEC Contract No. 17691/03/NL/FF.
- Lahoz, W., A. Geer, R. Bannister, R. Brugge, S. Migliorini, A. O'Neill, 2004:
- Assimilation of Ozone and Water Vapour into the Unified Model. Proceedings of the Envisat/ERS Symposium, Salzburg, 6-10 September 2004.
- Lahoz, W.A., A. Geer, R. Bannister, C. Peubey, R. Brugge, S. Migliorini, and A. O'Neill, 2004:
- Assimilation of ozone and water vapour into the Unified Model. ESA Special Publication SP-572.
- Lahoz, WA, R Brugge, S Migliorini, D Lary, A Lee, R Swinbank, and DR Jackson, 2003:
- SWIFT - Application of
Stratospheric Wind Measurements to Process Studies and Meteorology. Final Report, April 2003, ESA ESTEC
Contract No 15344/01/NL/MM.
- Lahoz, W. A., S. Migliorini, R. Bannister, R. Brugge, and A. O'Neill, 2003:
- Evaluation of Envisat data using a NWP system: A vortex-centred view. ESA Special Publication SP-531.
- Brugge, R., W. A. Lahoz, and A. O'Neill, 2001:
- Taking a global view: The NERC Data Assimilation Research Centre. NERC News, Summer 2001.
- Brugge, R, and M Stuttard, 2001:
- Envisat Data Use Programme - Technical note. Web Community: Atmosphere, Weather and Climate. A report written for BNSC under contract number ESYS-2001299-SCT-ReadingUni/1.
- Asenek, V. A., W. A. Lahoz, R. Brugge, and H. Struthers, 2000:
- The assimilation of Microwave Limb Sounder-measured temperatures into the Unified Model. NERC DARC Technical Report #1, August 2000.
- Berrisford, P., R. Brugge, D. Li and L. Steenman-Clark (1998):
- Diagnosis of the ECMWF Re-Analysis dataset by the Centre for Global Atmospheric Modelling. UGAMP Technical Report No. 48, 13pp.
- Swinbank, R., W. Lahoz, C. Douglas, A. Heaps, R. Brugge, W. Norton, A. O'Neill and D. Podd (1996):
- Middle Atmosphere Variability in the UKMO Unified Model. UGAMP Technical Report No. 42, 44pp. Also issued as UK Met. Office Climate Research Technical Note No. 76.
- Thuburn, J. and R. Brugge (1994):
- The UGAMP stratosphere-mesosphere
model. UGAMP Internal Report No. 34, 10pp.
- Brugge, R. (1993):
- The UGAMP AMIP SST datasets.
UGAMP Technical Report No. 30, 26pp.
- Slingo, J., M. Blackburn, A. Betts, R. Brugge, B.J. Hoskins, M.J.
Miller, L. Steenman-Clark and J. Thuburn (1993):
- Mean
climate and transience in the tropics of the UGAMP GCM. Part
I: Sensitivity to convective parameterization. UGAMP
Technical Report No. 29, 61pp.
- Slingo, J., M. Blackburn, J. Thuburn, L. Steenman-Clark, R. Brugge
and B.J. Hoskins (1992):
- Synoptic validation of climate
models: Aspects of variability in the tropics of the UGAMP
general circulation model. UGAMP Technical Report No. 27,
15pp.
- Brugge, R. (1991):
- A quasi-geostrophic ocean model for the
simulation of flow in regular or irregular shaped domains.
Imperial College Internal Report, 62pp.
- Brugge, R., H.L. Jones and J.C. Marshall (1991):
- Non-hydrostatic modelling for studies of open-ocean deep convection. In
Deep convection and deep water formation in the oceans. P.C.
Chu and J.C. Gascard (Eds.), Elsevier Science, 325-340.
- Brugge, R. and J.C. Marshall (1991):
- A non-hydrostatic primitive
equation ocean model. Imperial College Internal Report,
91pp.
- Brugge, R. (1990):
- The non-hydrostatic pressure coordinate primitive
equation mesoscale atmospheric model of M.J. Miller.
Imperial College Internal Report, 69pp.
- Brugge, R. and M.J. Johnson (1990):
- Metplot. A package for
graphically displaying two-dimensional fields of scalar
values using contours, hatching or colour shading or two-
dimensional vectors using arrows. Imperial College
Internal Report, 29pp.
- Brugge, R. and J.C. Marshall (1989):
- ERS-1 orbit scenario studies:
the relative merits of 17- and 35-day repeat cycles for
mapping statistics of oceanic variability. Final report to
the European Space Agency on ERS-orbit scenario studies for
oceanography.
- Brugge, R., A.J.G. Nurser and J.C. Marshall (1988):
- A quasi-geostrophic ocean model. Some Introductory notes. Imperial
College Internal Report, 49pp.
- Brugge, R (1982):
- A two-dimensional, non-linear study of mesoscale cellular convection. Ph.D. thesis, University of London, 192pp.