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Bibliography

    Submitted

  1. M. R. Muetzelfeldt, R. S. Plant, H. M. Christensen, Z. Zhang, T. Woollings, Z. Feng, and P. Li. Environmental Conditions Affecting Global Mesoscale Convective System Occurrence. Submitted to: J. Atmos. Sci., 2024.
  2. Z. Zhang, H. M. Christensen, Z. Zhang, M. R. Muetzelfeldt, T. Woollings, R. S. Plant, A. J. Stirling, M. A. Whitall, M. W. Moncrieff, C.-C. Chen, and Z. Feng. Advancing Organized Convection Representation in the Unified Model: Implementing and Enhancing Multiscale Coherent Structure Parameterization. Submitted to: J. Adv. Model. Earth Syst., 2024.
  3. G. A. Efstathiou, R. S. Plant, and F. K. Chow. Grey-zone simulations of shallow-to-deep convection transition using dynamic subgrid-scale turbulence models. Submitted to: Q. J. R. Meteorol. Soc., 2023.
  4. J.-F. Gu, R. S. Plant, and C. E. Holloway. Connections between Sub-cloud Coherent Structures and the Life Cycle of Shallow Cumulus Clouds: Evidence from Large Eddy Simulation. Submitted to: J. Adv. Model. Earth Syst., 2023.
Bibliography

    Accepted

  1. S. L. Lavender, A. J. Stirling, M. Whitall, R. Stratton, C. L. Daleu, R. S. Plant, A. Lock, and J.-F. Gu. The use of idealised experiments in testing a new convective parameterization: Performance of CoMorph-A. To appear in: Q. J. R. Meteorol. Soc., 2024.
  2. J.-F. Gu, R. S. Plant, C. E. Holloway, and P. A. Clark. Halo region around shallow cumulus clouds in large eddy simulations. To appear in: Q. J. R. Meteorol. Soc., 2023.
Bibliography

    Books

  1. R. S. Plant and J.-I. Yano, editors. Parameterization of Atmospheric Convection. Volume 1: Theoretical Background and Formulation. World Scientific, Imperial College Press, 2015. 515pp.
  2. R. S. Plant and J.-I. Yano, editors. Parameterization of Atmospheric Convection. Volume 2: Current Issues and New Theories. World Scientific, Imperial College Press, 2015. 617pp.
Bibliography

    Journal Articles

  1. L. P. Blunn, R. S. Plant, O. Coceal, S. I. Bohnenstengel, H. W. Lean, and J. F. Barlow. The influence of resolved convective motions on scalar dispersion in hectometric scale numerical weather prediction models. Q. J. R. Meteorol. Soc., 150:976-994, 2024.
  2. C. L. Daleu, R. S. Plant, A. J. Stirling, and M. A. W. Whitall. Evaluating the CoMorph parameterization using idealised simulations of the two-way coupling between convection and large-scale dynamics. Q. J. R. Meteorol. Soc., 149:3087-3109, 2023.
  3. M. C. Johnston, C. E. Holloway, and R. S. Plant. Sensible Heat Fluxes Control Cloud Trail Strength. Q. J. R. Meteorol. Soc., 149:1165-1179, 2023.
  4. J. I. Yano and R. S. Plant. Interaction of the Convective Energy Cycle and Large-Scale Dynamics. J. Atmos. Sci., 80:2685-2699, 2023.
  5. L. P. Blunn, O. Coceal, N. Nazarian, J. F. Barlow, R. S. Plant, S. I. Bohnenstengel, and H. W. Lean. Turbulence characteristics across a range of idealised urban canopy geometries. Bound. Lay. Meteorol., 182:275-307, 2022.
  6. S. Hagos, J. Chen, K. Barber, K. Sakaguchi, R. S. Plant, Z. Feng, and H. Xiao. A Machine Learning Assisted Stochastic Cloud Population Model as a Parameterization of Cumulus Convection. J. Adv. Model. Earth Syst., 14:e2021MS002808, 2022.
  7. N. J. Harvey, C. L. Daleu, R. A. Stratton, R. S. Plant, S. J. Woolnough, and A. J. Stirling. The impact of surface heterogeneity on the diurnal cycle of deep convection. Q. J. R. Meteorol. Soc., 148:3509-3527, 2022.
  8. M.-J. M. Bopape, H. Cardoso, R. S. Plant, E. Phaduli, H. Chikoore, T. Ndarana, L. Khalau, and E. Rakate. Sensitivity of tropical cyclone Idai simulations to cumulus parametrization schemes. Atmosphere, 12:932, 2021.
  9. M.-J. M. Bopape, D. Waitolo, R. S. Plant, E. Phaduli, E. Nkonde, H. Simfukwe, S. Mkanda, E. Rakate, and R. Maisha. Sensitivity of simulations of a Zambian heavy rainfall event to the atmospheric boundary layer schemes. Climate, 9:38, 2021.
  10. M. M. Bopape, R. S. Plant, O. Coceal, G. A. Efstathiou, and M. Valdivieso. Effects of stability functions in a dynamic model convective boundary layer simulation. Atmos. Sci. Lett., 22:e1008, 2021.
  11. D. L. A. Flack, P. A. Clark, C. E. Halliwell, N. Roberts, S. L. Gray, R. S. Plant, and H. W. Lean. A Physically-Based Stochastic Boundary-Layer Scheme Part II: Perturbation Growth within a Super Ensemble Framework. J. Atmos. Sci., 78:747-761, 2021.
  12. J.-F. Gu, R. S. Plant, C. E. Holloway, and T. R. Jones. Composited structure of non-precipitating shallow cumulus clouds. Q. J. R. Meteorol. Soc., 147:2818-2833, 2021.
  13. A. Hermoso, V. Homar, and R. S. Plant. Potential of stochastic methods for improving convection-permitting ensemble forecasts of extreme events over the western Mediterranean. Atmos. Res., 257:105571, 2021.
  14. Y. L. Hwong, S. Song, S. C. Sherwood, A. J. Stirling, C. Rio, R. Roehrig, C. L. Daleu, R. S. Plant, D. Fuchs, P. Maher, and L. Touzé-Peiffer. Characterizing Convection Schemes Using Their Responses to Imposed Tendency Perturbations. J. Adv. Model. Earth Syst., 13:e2021MS002461, 2021.
  15. M. R. Muetzelfeldt, R. S. Plant, P. A. Clark, A. J. Stirling, and S. J. Woolnough. A climatology of tropical wind shear produced by clustering wind profiles from a climate model. Geosci. Model Dev., 14:4035-4049, 2021.
  16. M. M. Bopape, R. S. Plant, and O. Coceal. Resolution Dependence of Turbulent Structures in Convective Boundary Layer Simulations. Atmosphere, 11:986, 2020.
  17. C. L. Daleu, R. S. Plant, S. J. Woolnough, A. J. Stirling, and N. J. Harvey. Memory properties in cloud-resolving simulations of the diurnal cycle of deep convection. J. Adv. Model. Earth Syst., 12:e2019MS001897, 2020.
  18. J.-F. Gu, R. S. Plant, C. E. Holloway, T. R. Jones, A. Stirling, P. A. Clark, S. J. Woolnough, and T. L. Webb. Evaluation of the bulk mass flux formulation using large eddy simulations. J. Atmos. Sci., 77:2115-2137, 2020.
  19. J.-F. Gu, R. S. Plant, C. E. Holloway, and M. R. Muetzelfeldt. Pressure drag for shallow cumulus clouds: from thermals to the cloud ensemble. Geophys. Res. Lett., 47:e2020GL090460, 2020.
  20. S. Hagos, Z. Feng, R. S. Plant, and A. Protat. A Machine Learning Assisted Development of a Model for the Populations of Convective and Stratiform Clouds. J. Adv. Model. Earth Syst., 12:e2019MS001798, 2020.
  21. R. Honnert, G. A. Efstathiou, R. J. Beare, J. Ito, A. Lock, R. Neggers, R. S. Plant, H. H. Shin, L. Tomassini, and B. Zhou. The Atmospheric Boundary Layer and the "Gray Zone" of Turbulence: A Critical Review. J. Geophys. Res.: Atmospheres, 125:e2019JD030317, 2020.
  22. J.-I. Yano and R. S. Plant. Why Does Arakawa and Schubert's Convective Quasi-Equilibrium Closure Not Work? Mathematical Analysis and Implications. J. Atmos. Sci., 77:1371-1385, 2020.
  23. S. L. Dance, S. P. Ballard, R. N. Bannister, P. Clark, H. L. Cloke, T. Darlington, D. L. A. Flack, S. L. Gray, L. Hawkness-Smith, N. Husnoo, A. J. Illingworth, G. A. Kelly, H. W. Lean, D. Li, N. K. Nichols, J. C. Nicol, A. Oxley, R. S. Plant, N. M. Roberts, I. Roulstone, D. Simonin, R. J. Thompson, and J. A. Waller. Improvements in forecasting intense rainfall: results from the FRANC (Forecasting Rainfall exploiting new data Assimilation techniques and Novel observations of Convection) project. Atmosphere, 10:125, 2019.
  24. G. A. Efstathiou and R. S. Plant. A dynamic extension of the pragmatic blending scheme for sub-grid mixing across the scales. Q. J. R. Meteorol. Soc., 145:1-9, 2019.
  25. D. L. A. Flack, S. L. Gray, and R. S. Plant. A simple ensemble approach for more robust process-based sensitivity analysis of case studies in convection-permitting models. Q. J. R. Meteorol. Soc., 145:3089-3101, 2019.
  26. G. A. Efstathiou, R. S. Plant, and M. M. Bopape. Simulation of an evolving convective boundary layer using a scale-dependent dynamic Smagorinsky model at near grey-zone resolution. J. Appl. Meteorl. Climatol., 57:2197-2214, 2018.
  27. D. L. A. Flack, S. L. Gray, R. S. Plant, H. W. Lean, C. Keil, and G. C. Craig. Convective-scale perturbation growth across the spectrum of convective regimes. Mon. Weather Rev., 146:387-405, 2018.
  28. S. Hagos, Z. Feng, R. S. Plant, R. A. Houze Jr, and H. Xiao. A stochastic framework for modeling the population dynamics of convective clouds. J. Adv. Model. Earth Syst., 10:doi:10.1002/2017MS001214, 2018.
  29. M. C. Johnston, C. E. Holloway, and R. S. Plant. Cloud trails past Bermuda: A five-year climatology from 2012-2016. Mon. Weather Rev., 146:4039-4055, 2018.
  30. J. A. Kamieniecki, M. H. P. Ambaum, R. S. Plant, and S. J. Woolnough. The implications of an idealised large-scale circulation for mechanical work done by tropical convection. J. Atmos. Sci., 75:2533-2547, 2018.
  31. C. L. Daleu, R. S. Plant, and S. J. Woolnough. Using the Weak-Temperature Gradient approximation to evaluate parameterizations: An example of the transition from suppressed to active convection. J. Adv. Model. Earth Syst., 9:doi:10.1002/2017MS000940, 2017.
  32. C. L. Daleu, R. S. Plant, S. J. Woolnough, S. Sessions, M. J. Herman, A. Sobel, S. Wang, D. Kim, A. Cheng, G. Bellon, P. Peyrille, F. Ferry, A. P. Siebesma, and B. van Ulft. Intercomparison of methods of coupling between convection and large-scale circulation.Part 2: Comparison over non-uniform surface conditions. J. Adv. Model. Earth Syst., 8:doi:10.1002/2015MS000570, 2016.
  33. S. R. A. Dey, R. S. Plant, N. M. Roberts, and S. Migliorini. Assessing spatial precipitation uncertainties in a convective-scale ensemble. Q. J. R. Meteorol. Soc., 142:2935-2948, 2016.
  34. S. R. A. Dey, N. M. Roberts, R. S. Plant, and S. Migliorini. A new method for the characterisation and verification of local spatial predictability for convective scale ensembles. Q. J. R. Meteorol. Soc., 142:1982-1996, 2016.
  35. D. L. A. Flack, R. S. Plant, S. L. Gray, H. W. Lean, C. Keil, and G. C. Craig. Characterisation of convective regimes over the British Isles. Q. J. R. Meteorol. Soc., 142:1541-1553, 2016.
  36. R. J. Keane, R. S. Plant, and W. J. Tennant. Evaluation of the Plant-Craig stochastic convection scheme (v2.0) in the ensemble forecasting system MOGREPS-R (24km) based on the Unifed Model (v7.3). Geosci. Model Dev., 9:1921-1935, 2016. Discussion paper published in Geosci. Model Dev. Discuss. 8, 10199-10236 (2015).
  37. J.-I. Yano and R. S. Plant. Generalized Convective Quasi-Equilibrium Principle. Dyn. Atmos. Ocean., 73:10-33, 2016.
  38. I. A. Boutle, S. E. Belcher, and R. S. Plant. Friction in mid-latitude cyclones: an Ekman-PV mechanism. Atmosph. Sci. Lett., 16:103-109, 2015.
  39. C. L. Daleu, R. S. Plant, S. J. Woolnough, S. Sessions, M. J. Herman, A. Sobel, S. Wang, D. Kim, A. Cheng, G. Bellon, P. Peyrille, F. Ferry, A. P. Siebesma, and B. van Ulft. Intercomparison of methods of coupling between convection and large-scale circulation.Part I: Comparison over uniform surface conditions. J. Adv. Model. Earth Syst., 7:doi:10.1002/2015MS000468, 2015.
  40. C. L. Daleu, S. J. Woolnough, and R. S. Plant. Transition from suppressed to active convection modulated by a weak-temperature gradient derived large-scale circulation. J. Atmos. Sci., 72:834-853, 2015.
  41. K. E. Hanley, R. S. Plant, T. H. M. Stein, R. J. Hogan, H. W. Lean, C. Halliwell, and P. A. Clark. Mixing length controls on high resolution simulations of convective storms. Q. J. R. Meteorol. Soc., 141:272-284, 2015.
  42. J. C. Nicol, R. J. Hogan, T. H. Stein, K. E. Hanley, P. A. Clark, C. E. Halliwell, H. W. Lean, and R. S. Plant. Convective updraught evaluation in high-resolution NWP simulations using single-Doppler radar measurements. Q. J. R. Meteorol. Soc., 141:3177-3189, 2015.
  43. T. H. Stein, R. J. Hogan, P. A. Clark, C. E. Halliwell, K. E. Hanley, H. W. Lean, J. C. Nicol, and R. S. Plant. The DYMECS project: A statistical approach for the evaluation of convective storms in high-resolution NWP models. Bull. Amer. Meteorol. Soc., 96:939-951, 2015.
  44. G. Vaughan, J. Methven, D. Anderson, B. Antonescu, L. Baker, T. P. Baker, S. P. Ballard, K. N. Bower, P. R. A. Brown, J. Chagnon, T. W. Choularton, J. Chylik, P. J. Connolly, P. A. Cook, R. J. Cotton, J. Crosier, C. Dearden, J. R. Dorsey, T. H. A. Frame, M. W. Gallagher, M. Goodliff, B. J. Harvey, S. L. Gray, P. Knippertz, H. W. Lean, D. Li, G. Lloyd, O. Martinez-Alvarado, J. Nicol, J. Norris, E. Ostrom, J. Owen, D. J. Parker, R. S. Plant, I. A. Renfrew, N. M. Roberts, P. Rosenberg, A. C. Rudd, D. M. Schultz, J. P.Taylor, T. Trzeciak, R. Tubbs, A. K. Vance, P. J. van Leeuwen, A. Wellpott, and A. Woolley. Cloud Banding and Winds in Intense European Cyclones: Results from the DIAMET Project. Bull. Amer. Meteorol. Soc., 96:249-265, 2015.
  45. J.-I. Yano, J.-F. Geleyn, M. Koller, D. Mironov, J. Quaas, P. Soares, V. T. J. Phillips, R. S. Plant, A. Deluca, P. Marquet, L. Stulic, and Z. Fuchs. Basic Concepts for Convection Parameterization in Weather Forecast and Climate Models: COST Action ES0905 Final Report. Atmosphere, 6:88-147, 2015.
  46. S. R. A. Dey, G. Leoncini, N. M. Roberts, R. S. Plant, and S. Migliorini. A spatial view of ensemble spread in convection permitting ensembles. Mon. Weather Rev., 142:4091-4107, 2014.
  47. C. E. Holloway, J. C. Petch, R. J. Beare, P. Bechtold, G. C. Craig, S. H. Derbyshire, L. J. Donner, P. R. Field, S. L. Gray, J. H. Marsham, D. J. Parker, R. S. Plant, N. M. Roberts, D. M. Schultz, A. J. Stirling, and S. J. Woolnough. Understanding and representing atmospheric convection across scales: Recommendations from the meeting held at Dartington Hall, Devon, UK, 28-30 January 2013. Atmos. Sci. Lett., 15:348-353, 2014.
  48. O. Martinez-Alvarado, L. H. Baker, S. L. Gray, J. Methven, and R. S. Plant. Distinguishing the cold conveyor belt and sting jet air streams in an intense extratropical cyclone. Mon. Weather Rev., 142:2571-2595, 2014.
  49. O. Martinez-Alvarado, H. Joos, J. Chagnon, M. Boettcher, S. L. Gray, R. S. Plant, J. Methven, and H. Wernli. The dichotomous structure of the warm conveyor belt. Q. J. R. Meteorol. Soc., 140:1809-1824, 2014.
  50. O. Martinez-Alvarado and R. S. Plant. Parameterised diabatic processes in numerical simulations of an extratropical cyclone. Q. J. R. Meteorol. Soc., 140:1742-1755, 2014.
  51. R. S. Plant, Z. Fuchs, and J.-I. Yano. Basic Theory Behind Parameterizing Atmospheric Convection. Eos, 95:137, 2014.
  52. T. H. M. Stein, R. J. Hogan, K. E. Hanley, J. C. Nicol, H. W. Lean, R. S. Plant, P. A. Clark, and C. Halliwell. The three-dimensional morphology of simulated and observed convective storms over southern England. Mon. Wea. Rev., 142:3264-3283, 2014.
  53. R. A. Warren, D. J. Kirshbaum, R. S. Plant, and H. W. Lean. A 'Boscastle-type' quasi-stationary convective system over the UK Southwest Peninsula. Q. J. R. Meteorol. Soc., 140:240-257, 2014.
  54. L. Davies, C. Jakob, K. Cheung, A. Del Genio, A. Hill, T. Hume, R. J. Keane, T. Komori, V. E. Larson, Y. Lin, X. Liu, B. J. Nielsen, J. Petch, R. S. Plant, M. S. Singh, X. Shi, X. Song, W. Wang, M. A. Whitall, A. Wolf, S. Xie, and G. Zhang. A single-column model ensemble approach applied to the TWP-ICE experiment. J. Geophys. Res., 118:6544-6563, 2013.
  55. L. Davies, R. S. Plant, and S. H. Derbyshire. Departures from convective equilibrium with a rapidly-varying forcing. Q. J. R. Meteorol. Soc., 139:1731-1746, 2013.
  56. G. Leoncini, R. S. Plant, S. L. Gray, and P. A. Clark. Ensemble forecasts of a flood producing storm: comparison of the influence of model-state perturbations and parameter modifications. Q. J. R. Meteorol. Soc., 139:198-211, 2013.
  57. R. S. Plant and J.-I. Yano. The Energy-Cycle Analysis of the Interactions Between Shallow and Deep Atmospheric Convection. Dyn. Atmos. Ocean., 64:27-52, 2013.
  58. J.-I. Yano, E. Machulskaya, P. Bechtold, and R. S. Plant. Bells and Whistles of Convection Parameterization: Workshop Report. Bull. Amer. Meteorol. Soc., 94:ES5-ES7, 2013.
  59. C. L. Daleu, S. J. Woolnough, and R. S. Plant. Cloud-resolving model simulations with one and two-way couplings via the weak-temperature gradient approximation. J. Atmos. Sci., 69:3683-3699, 2012.
  60. R. J. Keane and R. S. Plant. Length and time scales for stochastic convective parameterization. Q. J. R. Meteorol. Soc., 138:1150-1164, 2012.
  61. R. S. Plant. A new modelling framework for statistical cumulus dynamics. Phil. Trans. Roy. Soc. A, 370:1041-1060, 2012.
  62. J.-I. Yano and R. S. Plant. Convective quasi-equilibrium. Rev. Geophys., 50:RG4004, 2012.
  63. J.-I. Yano and R. S. Plant. Finite departure from convective quasi-equilibrium: Periodic cycle and discharge-recharge mechanism. Q. J. R. Meteorol. Soc., 138:626-637, 2012.
  64. J. I. Yano and R. S. Plant. Interactions between shallow and deep convection under a finite departure from convective quasi-equilibrium. J. Atmos. Sci., 69:3463-3470, 2012.
  65. I. A. Boutle, S. E. Belcher, and R. S. Plant. Moisture transport in mid-latitude cyclones. Q. J. R. Meteorol. Soc., 137:360-373, 2011.
  66. R. S. Plant and J.-I. Yano. Comments on "An ensemble cumulus convection parameterization with explicit cloud treatment". J. Atmos. Sci., 68:1541-1544, 2011.
  67. I. A. Boutle, R. J. Beare, S. E. Belcher, A. R. Brown, and R. S. Plant. The moist boundary layer under a mid-latitude weather system. Bound. Lay. Meteorol., 134:367-386, 2010.
  68. G. Leoncini, R. S. Plant, S. L. Gray, and P. A. Clark. Perturbation growth at the convective scale for CSIP IOP18. Q. J. R. Meteorol. Soc., 136:653-670, 2010.
  69. R. S. Plant. A review of the theoretical basis for bulk mass flux convective parameterization. Atmos. Chem. Phys., 10:3529-3544, 2010. Discussion paper published in Atmos. Chem. Phys. Discuss. 9, 24945-24984 (2009).
  70. L. Davies, R. S. Plant, and S. H. Derbyshire. A simple model of convection with memory. J. Geophys. Res., 114:D17202, 2009.
  71. R. S. Plant. Statistical properties of cloud lifecycles in cloud-resolving models. Atmos. Chem. Phys., 9:2195-2205, 2009. Discussion paper published in Atmos. Chem. Phys. Discuss. 8, 20537-20564 (2008).
  72. M. A. Ball and R. S. Plant. Comparison of stochastic parameterization approaches in a single-column model. Phil. Trans. Roy. Soc. A, 366:2605-2623, 2008. Also published as Chp. 17 of Stochastic Physics and Climate Modelling, Cambridge University Press, 2009.
  73. R. S. Plant and G. C. Craig. A stochastic parameterization for deep convection based on equilibrium statistics. J. Atmos. Sci., 65:87-105, 2008.
  74. J.-I. Yano, J. Quass, T. M. Wagner, and R. S. Plant. Toward Statistical Descriptions of Convective Cloud Dynamics: Workshop on Concepts for Convective Parameterizations in Large-Scale Models. Eos, 88:212, 2008.
  75. I. A. Boutle, R. J. Beare, S. E. Belcher, and R. S. Plant. A Note on Boundary Layer Friction in Baroclinic Cyclones. Q. J. R. Meteorol. Soc., 133:2137-2141, 2007.
  76. R. S. Plant and S. E. Belcher. Numerical simulation of baroclinic waves with a parameterized boundary layer. J. Atmos. Sci., 64:4383-4399, 2007.
  77. R. S. Plant and G. J. Keith. Occurence of Kelvin-Helmholtz Billows in Sea Breeze Circulations. Bound. Lay. Meteorol., 122:1-15, 2007.
  78. D. S. Adamson, S. E. Belcher, B. J. Hoskins, and R. S. Plant. Boundary Layer Friction in Mid-latitude Cyclones. Q. J. R. Meteorol. Soc., 132:101-124, 2006.
  79. F. Ahmadi-Givi, G. C. Craig, and R. S. Plant. The Dynamics of a Mid-latitude Cyclone with Very Strong Latent Heat Release. Q. J. R. Meteorol. Soc., 130:295-323, 2004.
  80. R. S. Plant, G. C. Craig, and S. L. Gray. On a Threefold Classification of Extratropical Cyclogenesis. Q. J. R. Meteorol. Soc., 129:2989-3012, 2003.
  81. R. S. Plant and B. W. Atkinson. Sea Breeze Modification of the Growth of a Marine Internal Boundary Layer. Bound. Lay. Meteorol., 102:201-228, 2002.
  82. R. S. Plant and M. C. Birse. Mesonic Fluctuations in a Nonlocal Nambu-Jona-Lasinio Model. Nucl. Phys. A, 703:717-744, 2002.
  83. B. W. Atkinson, J.-G. Li, and R. S. Plant. Numerical Modeling of the Propagation Environment in the Atmospheric Boundary Layer over the Persian Gulf. J. Appl. Meteorol., 40:586-603, 2001.
  84. J. S. Small, P. N. Humphreys, T. L. Johnstone, R. Plant, M. G. Randall, and D. P. Trivedi. Results of an Aqueous Source Term Model for a Radiological Risk Assessment of the Drigg LLW Site, UK. In R. W. Smith and D. W. Shoesmith, editors, Scientific Basis for Nuclear Waste Management XXIII, volume 608 of Materials Research Society Proceedings, pages 129-134, 2000.
  85. R. S. Plant and M. C. Birse. Meson Properties in an Extended Nonlocal NJL Model. Nucl. Phys. A, 628:607-644, 1998.
  86. R. S. Plant and M. C. Birse. $ρ \to 4π$ in Chirally-Symmetric Models. Phys. Lett. B, 365:292-296, 1996.
Bibliography

    Book Chapters

  1. R. S. Plant, L. Bengtsson, and M. A. Whitall. Stochastic aspects of convective parameterization. In R. S. Plant and J.-I. Yano, editors, Parameterization of Atmospheric Convection. Volume 2: Current Issues and New Theories, chapter 20, pages 135-172. World Scientific, Imperial College Press, 2015.
  2. R. S. Plant and O. Martinez-Alvarado. Spectral and bulk mass-flux representations. In R. S. Plant and J.-I. Yano, editors, Parameterization of Atmospheric Convection. Volume 1: Theoretical Background and Formulation, chapter 9, pages 249-272. World Scientific, Imperial College Press, 2015.
  3. R. S. Plant and J.-I. Yano. Conclusions. In R. S. Plant and J.-I. Yano, editors, Parameterization of Atmospheric Convection. Volume 2: Current Issues and New Theories, chapter 29, pages 527-538. World Scientific, Imperial College Press, 2015.
  4. R. S. Plant and J.-I. Yano. Quasi-Equilibrium. In R. S. Plant and J.-I. Yano, editors, Parameterization of Atmospheric Convection. Volume 1: Theoretical Background and Formulation, chapter 4, pages 101-146. World Scientific, Imperial College Press, 2015.
  5. J.-I. Yano and R. S. Plant. Closure. In R. S. Plant and J.-I. Yano, editors, Parameterization of Atmospheric Convection. Volume 1: Theoretical Background and Formulation, chapter 11, pages 325-402. World Scientific, Imperial College Press, 2015.
  6. M. A. Ball and R. S. Plant. Comparison of stochastic parameterization approaches in a single-column model. In T. Palmer and P. Williams, editors, Stochastic Physics and Climate Modelling, chapter 17, pages 424-445. Cambridge University Press, 2009.
Bibliography

    Conferences and Reports

  1. R. S. Plant, A. Hally, S.-J. Lock, M. Ahlgrimm, M. Arpagaus, W. Bauer, C. Cafaro, I. Chen, J. Fannon, H. Feddersen, A. Fleury, I.-L. Frogner, C. Gebhardt, K. Hämäläinen, M. Hieronymus, J. Kauhanen, S. Kouhen, P. Kuntze, H. W. Lean, A. Mamgain, A. McCabe, M. Milan, J. Petch, M. Puh, C. Schraff, A. J. Stirling, K. Tempest, A. Tsiringakis, F. Weidle, and M. Wimmer. Summary and Recommendations from Working Group 1: Model uncertainty representations in convection-permitting / shorter lead-time / limited-area ensembles. In ECMWF Workshop on Model Uncertainty, Reading, UK, 9-12 May 2022, 2022.
  2. M. Köhler, G. Szépszó, G. Carver, S. L. Gray, and R. S. Plant. OpenIFS workshop held at the University of Reading. ECMWF Newsletter, 160:6-7, 2019.
  3. M.-J. Bopape, F. Engelbrecht, B. Abiodun, A. Beraki, J. McGregor, T. Ndarana, L. Ntsangwane, R. S. Plant, D. Randall, H. Rautenbach, H. Sithole, M. Sovara, and J. Witi. Weather and Climate Numerical Models Development Programme in South Africa. In Proceedings of the 34th Annual Conference of the South African Society for Atmospheric Sciences, 20-21 September, University of KawZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa, pages 1-4, 2018.
  4. R. S. Plant and S. L. Gray. OpenIFS used by University of Reading students. ECMWF Newsletter, 152:6-7, 2017.
  5. A. Stirling, S.-J. Lock, R. S. Plant, M. Diamantakis, M. Blaschek, J.-P. Chaboureau, L. Gerard, A. Hally, J. Kealy, D. Klocke, H. W. Lean, C. Marsigli, R. McTaggart-Cowan, , A. Reinecke, P. Samuelsson, and I. Sandu. Working Group 3 Report. In ECMWF Workshop on Shedding Light on the Grey Zone, Reading, UK, 13-16 November 2017, 2017.
  6. M.-J. Bopape, R. S. Plant, and O. Coceal. Simulating the convective boundary layer with a dynamic Smagorinsky model. In Proceedings of the 32nd Annual Conference of the South African Society for Atmospheric Sciences, 31 October - 1 November, University of Cape Town, South Africa, pages 11-15, 2016.
  7. C. Reynolds, M. Leutbecher, L. Batte, S. Chen, H. Christensen, C. Klasa, P. Pegion, R. S. Plant, L. Raynaud, N. M. Roberts, I. Sandu, A. Singleton, M. Sommer, R. Swinbank, W. Tennant, and S. Theis. Working Group 3: What are the pros/cons of existing model uncertainty schemes and how should these be measured?. In ECMWF/WWRP Workshop on Model Uncertainty, Reading, UK, 11-15 April 2016, pages 13-16, 2016.
  8. H. W. Lean, P. A. Clark, C. Halliwell, K. E. Hanley, R. J. Hogan, J. Nicol, R. S. Plant, and T. Stein. Statistical analysis of UK convection and its representation in high resolution NWP models. In World Weather Open Science Conference, Montreal, Canada, August 16-21, page 469, 2014. SCI PS217.01.
  9. R. S. Plant and J.-I. Yano. Towards a Statistical Cumulus Dynamics: Two-Mode System, 2012. COST Action ES0905 Report (69pp).
  10. R. Pincus, G. Shutts, R. Forbes, H. Arnold, D. Crommelin, L. Descamps, J. Dorrestijn, H. Feddersen, T. Komori, F. Kwasniok, H. McNamara, P. Räisänen R. Plant, D. Randall, F. Rauser, A. Seifert, J. Teixeira, and L. Zanna. Working Group 1: Future developments in deterministic and stochastic parametrizations. In ECMWF Workshop on Representing model uncertainty and error in numerical weather and climate prediction models, Reading, UK, 20-24 June 2011, pages vii-xi, 2011.
  11. R. S. Plant, R. J. Keane, W. A. Tennant, and M. A. Whitall. Stochastic parameterization: Uncertainties from convection. In ECMWF Workshop on Representing model uncertainty and error in numerical weather and climate prediction models, Reading, UK, 20-24 June 2011, pages 233-242, 2011.
  12. J.-I. Yano and R. S. Plant. Introduction to statistical cumulus dynamics, 2011. COST Action ES0905 Report (26pp).
  13. T. I. Ngwana, M.-E. Demory, P.-L. Vidale, R. S. Plant, and M. P. Mbedzi. Impact of land cover changes on the South African climate. IOP Conf. Ser.: Earth Environ. Sci., 13:012009, 2010.
  14. R. S. Plant. Cloud tracking in cloud resolving models. In 4th European Conference on Severe Storms, 10-14th September, ICTP, Miramere, Trieste, Italy, page 03.13, 2007.
  15. G. Craig, K. Fraedrich, J. Lin, M. Moncrieff, R. S. Plant, D. Thomson, and A. Tompkins. Working Group 1 Report: Issues in Convection. In ECMWF Workshop on Representation of Sub-grid Processes using Stochastic-Dynamic Models, Reading, UK, 6-8 June 2005, pages ix-xii, 2005.
  16. G. C. Craig, B. G. Cohen, and R. S. Plant. Statistical mechanics and stochastic convective parameterisation. In ECMWF Workshop on Representation of Sub-grid Processes using Stochastic-Dynamic Models, Reading, UK, 6-8 June 2005, pages 107-114, 2005.
  17. R. S. Plant and G. C. Craig. Stochastic Convective Parameterization with Multiple Plumes. In 14th International Conference on Clouds and Precipitation, Bologna, Italy, 18-23 July 2004 Proceedings, pages 1401-1403, 2004.
  18. J. Graham, R. S. Plant, J. Small, and D. H. Smalley. Program User's Guide for the code GRM, version 4.1. BNFL Report 00/EN0127/7/1, 2003.
  19. D. H. Smalley, R. S. Plant, and N. S. Cooper. Program User's Guide for the code MONDRIAN groundwater flow code GRWOLF, version 4.2.2. BNFL Report 00/EN0055/6/22, 2002.
  20. R. S. Plant and B. W. Atkinson. Application of the TERPEM Propagation Model. MoD Agreement FS2/2042/02. Report No. 3 (72pp), 2000.
  21. R. S. Plant and B. W. Atkinson. Horizontal Variations in the Marine Internal Boundary Layer. MoD Agreement FS2/2042/02. Report No. 2 (69pp), 2000.
  22. R. S. Plant and B. W. Atkinson. Initial Conditions in the Mesoscale Model. MoD Agreement FS2/2042/02. Report No. 4 (48pp), 2000.
  23. R. S. Plant and B. W. Atkinson. Summary of Findings from Phase 2. MoD Agreement FS2/2042/02. Report No. 5 (25pp), 2000.
  24. R. S. Plant and B. W. Atkinson. Resolution Effects. MoD Agreement FS2/2042/02. Report No. 1 (61pp), 1999.
Bibliography

    Talks

  1. G. A. Efstathiou and R. S. Plant. A Dynamic Blending Scheme for Scale-Dependent Turbulent Mixing at Grey-Zone Resolutions, 2023. Talk at: 24th Symposium on Boundary Layers and Turbulence, AMS Annual Meeting, 8-12 January, Denver, USA.
  2. J.-F. Gu, R. S. Plant, C. Holloway, and M. Muetzelfeldt. Pressure Drag for Shallow Cumulus Clouds: From Thermals to the Cloud Ensemble, 2023. Talk at: AOGS 20th Annual Meeting, Singapore, 30 July - 4 August.
  3. C. E. Holloway, M. C. Johnston, and R. S. Plant. Sensible Heat Fluxes Control Cloud Trail Strength, 2023. Talk at: 3rd Workshop on Cloud Organisation and Precipitation Extremes, ICTP, Trieste, 4-8 September.
  4. M. R. Muetzelfeldt, R. S. Plant, and H. C. Christensen. Environmental Precursors to Mesoscale Convective Systems, 2023. Talk at: EGU General Assembly 2023, 23-28 April, Vienna.
  5. M. R. Muetzelfeldt, R. S. Plant, Z. Zhang, T. Woollings, and H. C. Christensen. Environmental Conditions Affecting MCS Occurrence and their Importance for MCS Parametrization, 2023. Talk at: NCAR seminar, 25 July, Boulder.
  6. M. R. Muetzelfeldt, Z. Zhang, R. S. Plant, T. Woollings, and H. C. Christensen. Towards a probabilistic parametrisation of Mesoscale Convective Systems, 2023. Talk at: IUGG General Assembly 2023, 11-20 July, Berlin.
  7. R. S. Plant. Convection and parameterization, 2023. Talk at: NCAS Climate Modelling Summer School, 10-22 September, Cambridge.
  8. R. S. Plant, H. Christensen, M. R. Muetzelfeldt, T. Woollings, and Z. Zhang. Towards a Stochastic Parameterization of Unresolved MCS Impacts on Large Scales, 2023. Invited talk at: AOGS 20th Annual Meeting, Singapore, 30 July - 4 August.
  9. A. Power, R. S. Plant, P. A. Clark, G. A. Efstathiou, and T. R. Jones. Dynamically Calculating Mixing Lengths in Shallow Cumulus Convection, 2023. Royal Meteorological Society Student Conference, Reading, UK, 4-5 July.
  10. S. Sherwood, R. S. Plant T. Raupach, C. L. Daleu, and Y.-L. Hwong. CRM and LES Estimates of Tangent Linear Convective Responses, 2023. Talk at: AOGS 20th Annual Meeting, Singapore, 30 July - 4 August.
  11. C. L. Daleu, R. S. Plant, A. J. Stirling, M. Whitall, and S. Lavender. Update on CAPE closure, 2022. Talk at: ParaCon Plenary Meeting, 19-20 December, online.
  12. J.-F. Gu, R. S. Plant, C. E. Holloway, and P. A. Clark. Halo Size Around Shallow Cumulus Clouds in the Large Eddy simulations, 2022. Talk at: EGU General Assembly 2022, 23-27 May, Vienna, Austria.
  13. J.-F. Gu, R. S. Plant, C. E. Holloway, and P. A. Clark. Understanding the Entrainment and Detrainment Processes in Shallow Cumulus Clouds using Lagrangian Trajectories, 2022. Talk at: 35th Conference on Hurricanes and Tropical Meteorology, 9-13, New Orleans, LA, USA.
  14. R. S. Plant. Beyond $I_\mathrmorg$: Advertisment for a suite of more robust organization measures, 2022. Talk at: ParaCon Plenary Meeting, 20-21 June, Met Office, Exeter.
  15. R. S. Plant, H. Christensen, M. R. Muetzelfeldt, Z. Zhang, M. W. Moncrieff, Z. Feng, R. Leung, A. J. Stirling, K. Williams, W. J. Tennant, and C. Piccolo. Introduction to MCS:PRIME, 2022. Talk at: ParaCon Plenary Meeting, 20-21 June, Met Office, Exeter.
  16. R. S. Plant and P. A. Clark. Representing uncertainties due to modest numbers of coherent sub-grid structures, 2022. ECMWF Workshop on Model Uncertainty, Reading, UK, 9-12 May 2022.
  17. A. Power, R. S. Plant, P. A. Clark, and G. A. Efstathiou. Modelling convective turbulence in shallow cumulus convection, 2022. Talk at: ParaCon Plenary Meeting, 19-20 December, online.
  18. L. P Blunn, O. Coceal, R. S. Plant, J. F. Barlow, H. W. Lean, and S. Bohnenstengel. High-Resolution Dispersion Modelling in the Convective Boundary Layer, 2021. Invited talk at: Urban Fluid Mechanics Special Interest Group Meeting: Heterogeneity, unsteadiness and uncertainty in urban environments, 29 March, online.
  19. C. L. Daleu and R. S. Plant. Design for representing shear-induced convection organiztion in CoMorph, 2021. Talk at: ParaCon Plenary Meeting, 29 June - 1 July, online.
  20. C. L. Daleu, R. S. Plant, S. J. Woolnough, A. Stirling, and N. Harvey. Memory properties in cloud-resolving simulations of the diurnal cycle of deep convection, 2021. Talk at: EGU General Assembly 2021, 19-30 April, online.
  21. C. L. Daleu, R. S. Plant, S. J. Woolnough, A. Stirling, and N. Harvey. Memory properties in cloud-resolving simulations of the diurnal cycle of deep convection, 2021. Talk at: Conference on Improvement and Calibration of Clouds in Models, 12-16 April, Meteo-France, Toulouse, France.
  22. J.-F. Gu, R. S. Plant, and C. E. Holloway. Can Simplified Cloud Structures Capture Vertical Fluxes?, 2021. Talk at: 34th Conference on Hurricanes and Tropical Meteorology Virtual Meeting, American Meteorological Society Virtual Meeting 10-14 May.
  23. J.-F. Gu, R. S. Plant, C. E. Holloway, T. R. Jones, A. Stirling, P. A. Clark, and S. J. Woolnough. The Key Components of Convection for Vertical Transport of Heat and Moisture: A Core-cloak Conceptual Model, 2021. Talk at: 34th Conference on Hurricanes and Tropical Meteorology Virtual Meeting, American Meteorological Society Virtual Meeting 10-14 May.
  24. J.-F. Gu, R. S. Plant, C. E. Holloway, and M. Muetzelfeldt. Pressure drag for shallow cumulus clouds: from thermals to the cloud ensemble, 2021. Talk at: EGU General Assembly 2021, 19-30 April, online.
  25. J.-F. Gu, R. S. Plant, C. E. Holloway, and M. Muetzelfeldt. Pressure Drag for Shallow Cumulus Clouds: From Thermals to the Cloud Ensemble, 2021. Talk at: Conference on Improvement and Calibration of Clouds in Models, 12-16 April, Meteo-France, Toulouse, France.
  26. S. Hagos, J. Chen, K. Barber, K. Sakaguchi, Z. Feng, H. Xiao, and R. S. Plant. A machine learning assisted stochastic cloud population model as a parameterization of cumulus convection, 2021. Talk at: Conference on Improvement and Calibration of Clouds in Models, 12-16 April, Meteo-France, Toulouse, France.
  27. A. Hermoso, V. Homar, and R. S. Plant. Improving heavy precipitation forecasting over the western Mediterranean: Benefits of stochastic techniques for model error sampling, 2021. Talk at: EGU General Assembly 2021, 19-30 April, online.
  28. C. E. Holloway, J.-F. Gu, R. S. Plant, and T. R. Jones. Composited structure of shallow cumulus clouds, 2021. Talk at: EGU General Assembly 2021, 19-30 April, online.
  29. Y.-L. Hwong, S. Song, S. Sherwood, A. Stirling, C. Rio, R. Roehrig, C. L. Daleu, R. S. Plant, D. Fuchs, P. Maher, and L. Touze-Peiffer. Characterising Convection Schemes Using Their Linearised Responses to Convective Tendency Perturbations, 2021. Talk at: Conference on Improvement and Calibration of Clouds in Models, 12-16 April, Meteo-France, Toulouse, France.
  30. M. C. Johnston, C. E. Holloway, and R. S. Plant. Role of Wind Speed in Organizing Shallow Convection on Small Islands in Idealized Simulations, 2021. Talk at: 34th Conference on Hurricanes and Tropical Meteorology Virtual Meeting, American Meteorological Society Virtual Meeting 10-14 May.
  31. R. S. Plant. Representing Convection in Numerical Weather Prediction Models and its Implications, 2021. Invited talk at: Royal Met Soc Meteorological Masterclass Series, 10 March.
  32. D. Shipley, P. A. Clark, R. S. Plant, and H. Weller. Capturing linear instability in two-fluid convection, 2021. Talk at: ParaCon Plenary Meeting, 13-14 December, Leeds.
  33. L. P Blunn, O. Coceal, R. S. Plant, J. F. Barlow, H. W. Lean, S. Bohnenstengel, and N. Nazarian. Neighbourhood-scale Urban Dispersion Modelling Using a Canopy Approach, 2020. Talk at: 21st Joint Conference on the Applications of Air Pollution Meteorology, 12-16 January, Boston Convention and Exhibition Center, Boston, USA.
  34. C. L. Daleu, R. S. Plant, A. J. Stirling, M. Whitall, and S. Lavender. Characterising convective schemes by their linearised responses, 2020. Talk at: ParaCon Plenary Meeting, 8-10 July, Exeter.
  35. L. P Blunn, O. Coceal, R. S. Plant, J. F. Barlow, H. W. Lean, S. Bohnenstengel, and N. Nazarian. Neighbourhood-scale Urban Dispersion Modelling Using a Canopy Approach, 2019. Talk at: 2019 NCAS Air Quality Symposium, 27-28 November, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK.
  36. C. L. Daleu, N. Harvey, R. S. Plant, and S. J. Woolonough. Idealized modelling of the diurnal cycle of deep convection using the new Met Office Cloud-Resolving Model (MONC), 2019. Talk at: UM User Workshop 2019, 17-21 June, Met Office, Exeter.
  37. C. L. Daleu, N. Harvey, R. S. Plant, and S. J. Woolonough. The simulation of the diurnal cycle of deep convection over land in a new Met Office Cloud-Resolving model, 2019. Talk at: Convection Parametrization: Progress and Challenges 2019, 15-19 July, Met Office, Exeter.
  38. S. L. Gray and R. S. Plant. Workshop Summary and Thanks, 2019. Talk at at: 5th OpenIFS User Workshop, Reading, 17-21 June.
  39. J.-F. Gu, R. S. Plant, and C. E Holloway. Parameterizing the sub-grid vertical fluxes with composited distributions of variables within the cloud, 2019. Talk at: ParaCon Plenary Meeting, 15-16 May, Leeds.
  40. J.-F. Gu, R. S. Plant, C. E. Holloway, T. R. Jones, A. Stirling, P. A. Clark, and S. J. Woolnough. Evaluation of bulk mass flux formulation using large-eddy simulations, 2019. Talk at: Nanjing University Seminar, 25 October, Nanjing, China.
  41. J.-F. Gu, R. S. Plant, C. E. Holloway, T. R. Jones, A. Stirling, P. A. Clark, S. J. Woolnough, and T. Webb. Key components of Convection for Vertical Transport of Heat and Moisture: A Core-cloak Conceptual Model, 2019. Talk at: Convection Parametrization: Progress and Challenges 2019, 15-19 July, Met Office, Exeter.
  42. S. Hagos, Z. Feng, R. A. Houze Jr, R. S. Plant, and A. Protat. A Machine Learning Assisted Development of a Model for the Population Dynamics of Clouds, 2019. Talk at: EGU General Assembly, 7-12 April 2019, Vienna, Austria.
  43. S. Hagos, Z. Feng, R. A. Houze Jr, R. S. Plant, and A. Protat. A Stochastic Transition Matrix Approach to Modeling of the Population Dynamics of Clouds, 2019. Talk at: 2019 AMS Annual Meeting, 6-10 January, Phoenix, Arizona, USA.
  44. M. C. Johnston, C. E. Holloway, and R. S. Plant. Cloud Trails: Are the clouds important?, 2019. Talk at: Convection Parametrization: Progress and Challenges 2019, 15-19 July, Met Office, Exeter.
  45. T. R. Jones, P. A. Clark, R. S. Plant, C. E. Holloway, and S. J. Woolnough. Radiative Convective Equilibrium Across the Gray Zone, 2019. Talk at: Convection Parametrization: Progress and Challenges 2019, 15-19 July, Met Office, Exeter.
  46. M. R. Muetzelfeldt, R. S. Plant, P. A. Clark, and A. Stirling. Using a cloud-resolving model to diagnose the effects of different wind shear profiles on deep convective cloud fields, 2019. Talk at: Convection Parametrization: Progress and Challenges 2019, 15-19 July, Met Office, Exeter.
  47. R. S. Plant, J.-F. Gu, T. R. Jones, C. E. Holloway, and the ParaCon team. Convective parameterization development from cloud resolving simulations of convective equilibrium: what can we still learn?, 2019. Invited talk at: EGU General Assembly, 7-12 April 2019, Vienna, Austria.
  48. R. S. Plant, A. Stirling, P. A. Clark, J. Thuburn, A. Ross, M. Herzog, H. Weller, and the ParaCon Team. The ParaCon programme: New approaches for modelling convection, 2019. Invited talk at: Weather and Climate Modelling Special Interest Group Seminar, Centre for High Performance Computing Conference 2019, Johannesburg, South Africa, 1-5 December.
  49. A. Stirling, P. A. Clark, R. S. Plant, D. J. Parker, M. Herzog, and J. Thuburn. ParaCon's parametrisation of convection at kilometre scales, 2019. Talk at: UCP2019 Understanding Clouds and Precipitation, Berlin, 25 February - 1 March.
  50. M. A. W. Whittall, P. Bechtold, A. Shimikobe, E. Dunne, R. Roehrig, D. Paquin-Ricard, J.-W. Bao, L. Gerard, R. S. Plant, J. Thuburn, H. E. Weller, D. Shipley, and Y. Cohen. The “nitty gritty” of convection scheme development, 2019. Talk at: Convection Parametrization: Progress and Challenges 2019, 15-19 July, Met Office, Exeter.
  51. L. P. Blunn, O. Coceal, R. S. Plant, J. F. Barlow, S. Bohnenstengel, and H. W. Lean. High-Resolution Modelling of the Boundary Layer and Implications For Urban Air Quality Forecasting, 2018. Talk at: RMetS/NCAS Atmospheric Science Conference: Weather, Climate and Air Quality, 3-4 July, University of York.
  52. M.-J. Bopape, F. Engelbrecht, B. Abiodun, A. Beraki, J. McGregor, T. Ndarana, L. Ntsangwane, R. S. Plant, D. Randall, H. Rautenbach, H. Sithole, M. Sovara, and J. Witi. Weather and Climate Numerical Models Development Programme in South Africa, 2018. Talk at: 34th Annual Conference of the South African Society for Atmospheric Sciences, 20-21 September, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa.
  53. C. L. Daleu, N. Harvey, R. S. Plant, and S. J. Woolnough. Diurnal Cycle of Deep Convection Using MONC, 2018. Talk at: ParaCon Plenary Meeting, December, Met Office, Exeter.
  54. J.-F. Gu, R. S. Plant, and C. E Holloway. A composite study of cloud structures, 2018. Talk at: ParaCon Plenary Meeting, 3-4 December, Met Office, Exeter.
  55. S. Hagos, Z. Feng, R. S. Plant, R. A. Houze Jr, and A. Protat. A Stochastic Framework for Modeling the Population Dynamics of Convective Clouds, 2018. Talk at: 2nd Global Atmospheric System Studies (GASS) Conference, 26 February - 2 March, Lorne, Victoria, Australia.
  56. T. R. Jones, P. A. Clark, R. S. Plant, C. E. Holloway, and S. J. Woolnough. Radiative Convective Equilibrium Across the Gray Zone, 2018. Talk at: AGU Fall Meeting, 10-14 December, Washington, USA.
  57. M. Muetzelfeldt, R. S. Plant, P. A. Clark, and A. J. Stirling. A climatology of tropical wind shear produced by clustering wind profiles from a climate model, 2018. Talk at: ParaCon Plenary Meeting, 3-4 December, Met Office, Exeter.
  58. R. S. Plant. Sources of heterogeneity for convection and some implications, 2018. Invited talk at: Boundary-layer moist-convection coupling workshop, 5-6 March, Leeds University.
  59. C. L. Daleu, N. Harvey, R. S. Plant, and S. J. Woolnough. The Diurnal Cycle in MONC, 2017. Talk at: ParaCon Plenary Meeting, December, Exeter.
  60. G. A. Efstathiou, R. S. Plant, M. M. Bopape, and R. J. Beare. Dynamic sub-grid modelling of an evolving CBL at greyzone resolutions, 2017. Talk at: Shedding light on the greyzone, ECMWF Workshop, 13-16 November, ECMWF, Reading.
  61. D. L. A. Flack, P. A. Clark, S. L. Gray, R. S. Plant, C. E. Halliwell, H. W. Lean, and N. M. Roberts. Convective-Scale Perturbation Growth Across a Spectrum of Convective Cases, 2017. Talk at: 17th AMS Conference on Mesoscale Processes, 23-27 July, San Diego.
  62. S. Hagos, Z. Feng, R. S. Plant, R. A. Houze Jr, and H. Xiao. Development of stochastic models of convective cloud populations, 2017. Talk at: The Future of Cumulus Parametrization, 10-14 July 2017, TU Delft, Netherlands.
  63. R. S. Plant. Implementing stochastic parameterizations: Noise we want and noise we don't, 2017. Invited talk at: The Future of Cumulus Parametrization, 10-14 July 2017, TU Delft, Netherlands.
  64. R. S. Plant. Stochastic aspects of convection-permitting models, 2017. Invited talk at: Scaling Cascades in Complex Systems 2017, 27-29 March, Freie Universitat, Berlin, Germany.
  65. R. S. Plant, C. Daleu, and S. J. Woolnough. Parameterizing large-scale circulations based on the weak temperature gradient approximation, 2017. Talk at: GAFD Seminar, 13 March, Exeter University.
  66. R. S. Plant, C. Daleu, and S. J. Woolnough. Parameterizing large-scale circulations based on the weak temperature gradient approximation, 2017. Talk at: Convection Seminar, 23 May, Leeds University.
  67. M.-J. Bopape, O. Coceal, and R. S. Plant. A Comparison of LES Sub-grid Turbulence Models at Different Grid Resolutions in a Convective BL, 2016. Talk at: 22nd AMS Symposium on Boundary Layers and Turbulence, 20-24 June 2016, Salt Lake City, USA.
  68. M.-J. Bopape, F. A. Engelbecht, T. Ndarana, R. S. Plant, O. Coceal, and M. Thatcher. Simulating the Earth System with filtered Navier Stokes Equations, 2016. Invited talk at: 10th CHPC National Meeting, 5-9 December, East London ICC, South Africa.
  69. M.-J. Bopape, R. S. Plant, and O. Coceal. Simulating the convective boundary layer with a dynamic Smagorinsky model, 2016. Talk at: 32nd Annual Conference of the South African Society for Atmospheric Sciences, 31 October - 1 November, University of Cape Town, South Africa.
  70. M.-J. Bopape, R. S. Plant, and O. Coceal. Simulations of a convective boundary layer with a dynamic Smagorinsky scheme, 2016. Talk at: 31st annual meeting of the Working Group on Numerical Experimentation (WGNE), 26-29 April, CSIR, South Africa.
  71. C. Daleu, R. S. Plant, S. J. Woolnough, A. Sobel, S. Wang, S. Sessions, M. Herman, G. Bellon, F. Ferry, P. Peyrille, A. Cheng, P. Siebesma, B. Van Ulft, and D. Kim. Intercomparison of methods of coupling between convection and large-scale circulation, 2016. Talk at: Understanding Clouds and Precipitation Conference, HD(CP)2, 15-19 February, Berlin.
  72. A. Deluca, R. S. Plant, C. E. Holloway, and H. Kantz. Self-organised convection in a cloud-resolving model: realistic and idealistic simulations, 2016. Talk at: Centre for Dynamics Workshop, Technische Universitat, Dresden.
  73. D. L. A. Flack, R. S. Plant, S. L. Gray, H. W. Lean, and G. C. Craig. Model physics perturbations in different convective regimes, 2016. Talk at: Early-Career Researchers' FFIR Meeting, January 2016, Hull.
  74. D. L. A. Flack, R. S. Plant, S. L. Gray, H. W. Lean, and G. C. Craig. Model physics perturbations in different convective regimes, 2016. Talk at: FRANC Annual Science Meeting, 22 June 2016, Reading.
  75. D. L. A. Flack, R. S. Plant, S. L. Gray, H. W. Lean, and G. C. Craig. Model physics perturbations in different convective regimes, 2016. Talk at: Ludwig Maximilian University seminar, 16 June 2016, Munich, Germany.
  76. D. L. A. Flack, R. S. Plant, S. L. Gray, H. W. Lean, and G. C. Craig. Model physics perturbations in different convective regimes, 2016. Talk at: Departmental seminar, Department of Meteorology, University of Reading.
  77. R. S. Plant. Regime transitions in a parameterized world: where are/should the decisions be taken?, 2016. Talk at: US DoE ASR Workshop on the Representation of Convection in Next-Generation Climate Models, 3-5 February, PNNL, Richland, Washington, USA.
  78. R. S. Plant, E. Carter, P. Clark, H. Guy, C. Haliwell, K. E. Hanley, R. J. Hogan, H. W. Lean, T. H. M. Stein, and M. Weeks. Characteristics of precipitating convection in the UM at $Δ x \approx$200m-2km, 2016. Talk at: RMetS NCAS Conference, 6-8 July 2016, Manchester.
  79. T. Stein, R. J. Hogan, K. E. Hanley, P. A. Clark, C. Halliwell, H. W. Lean, J . Nicol, and R. S. Plant. The DYMECS project: A statistical approach for the evaluation of convective storms in high-resolution NWP models, 2016. Talk at: EGU General Assembly, 18-22 April 2016, Vienna, Austria.
  80. M.-J. Bopape, R. S. Plant, and O. Coceal. Resolution dependence of the temperature flux in the convective boundary layer, 2015. Talk at: NCAS Science Conference 2015, 16-17 July, York.
  81. M.-J. Bopape, R. S. Plant, and O. Coceal. Resolution dependence of the temperature flux in the convective boundary layer, 2015. Talk at: NCAS Early Career Research Forum 2015, 6 May, Reading.
  82. M.-J. Bopape, R. S. Plant, O. Coceal, G. Efstathiou, R. J. Beare, A. P. Lock, and H. W. Lean. Simulations of the boundary layer with a dynamic Smagorinsky model, 2015. Talk at: Departmental seminar, Department of Meteorology, University of Reading.
  83. C. Daleu, R. S. Plant, S. J. Woolnough, A. Sobel, S. Wang, S. Sessions, M. Herman, G. Bellon, F. Ferry, P. Peyrille, A. Cheng, P. Siebesma, B. Van Ulft, and D. Kim. Intercomparison of methods of coupling between convection and large-scale circulation, 2015. Talk at: Departmental seminar, Department of Meteorology, University of Reading.
  84. C. Daleu, R. S. Plant, S. J. Woolnough, A. Sobel, S. Wang, S. Sessions, M. Herman, G. Bellon, F. Ferry, P. Peyrille, A. Cheng, P. Siebesma, B. Van Ulft, and D. Kim. Intercomparison of methods of coupling between convection and large-scale circulation, 2015. Talk at: New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, September.
  85. C. Daleu, R. S. Plant, S. J. Woolnough, A. Sobel, S. Wang, S. Sessions, M. Herman, G. Bellon, F. Ferry, P. Peyrille, A. Cheng, P. Siebesma, B. Van Ulft, and D. Kim. Intercomparison of methods of coupling between convection and large-scale circulation, 2015. Talk at: NCAS Science Conference 2015, 16-17 July, York.
  86. S. Dey, R. S. Plant, N. Roberts, and S. Migliorini. A look at the spatial characteristics of convective storms in high resolution ensembles, 2015. Talk at: Departmental Seminar, Department of Meteorology, University of Reading.
  87. S. Dey, R. S. Plant, N. Roberts, and S. Migliorini. A new method for the characterization and verification of local spatial predictability for convective-scale ensembles, 2015. Talk at: 27th Conference On Weather Analysis And Forecasting / 23rd Conference On Numerical Weather Prediction, American Meteorological Society, 28 June - 3 July, Chicago, USA.
  88. D. L. A. Flack, R. S. Plant, S. L. Gray, H. W. Lean, and G. C. Craig. Characterising Convective Regimes over the UK, 2015. FRANC Annual Meeting, Met Office, Exeter, UK, 27 April 2015.
  89. J. Nicol, R. J. Hogan, T. H. M. Stein, R. J. Hogan, R. S. Plant, P. A. Clark, C. Haliwell, K. E. Hanley, H. W. Lean, M. Clarke, A. Doo, and D. Ladd. DYMECS: A statistical evaluation of convective storms in high-resolution Unified Model simulations, 2015. Talk at: Met Office seminar, 23 January, Exeter.
  90. R. S. Plant. Convection closure and energy cycle, 2015. Talk at: Workshop on Statistical Cumulus Dynamics, 15 June, National Meteorological Administration, Bucharest, Romania.
  91. O. Coceal, M.-J. Bopape, and R. S. Plant. Evaluation of a tensor eddy-diffusivity model for the terra incognita, 2014. Talk at: 21st AMS Symposium on Boundary Layers and Turbulence, 9-13 June 2014, Leeds.
  92. O. Coceal, M.-J. Bopape, and R. S. Plant. Performance of a tensor eddy-diffusivity model for a neutral and convective boundary layer at grey-zone resolutions, 2014. Talk at: NCAS Science Conference 2014, 17-18 July, Bristol.
  93. C. L. Daleu, S. J. Woolnough, R. S. Plant, A. H. Sobel, D. J. Raymond, S. Sessions, S. Wang, and G. Bellon. Intercomparison of methods of coupling between convection and large-scale circulation, 2014. Talk at: AGU Fall Meeting, 15-19 December, San Fransisco, USA.
  94. S. Dey, R. S. Plant, S. Migliorini, and N. Roberts. A look at the spatial location and predictability of convective storms over the UK, 2014. Talk at: Royal Meteorological Society, SE Centre Meeting, 3 December, Reading.
  95. S. R. A. Dey, R. S. Plant, N. M. Roberts, and S. Migliorini. A look at the spatial characteristics of convective storms in MOGREPS-UK, 2014. Talk at: Met Office seminar, 14 November, Exeter, UK.
  96. G. Efstathiou, R. J. Beare, M.-J. Bopape, O. Coceal, and R. S. Plant. Modelling grey zone boundary layers: The GreyBLs project, 2014. Talk at: WGNE/GASS Workshop: The Grey Zone Project, Max Planck Institute for Meteorology, 1-3 December, Hamburg, Germany.
  97. D. L. A. Flack, R. S. Plant, S. L. Gray, H. W. Lean, and G. C. Craig. The appropriate use of a convective adjustment timescale to distinguish between regimes of predictability, 2014. Royal Meteorological Society Student Conference, Manchester, UK, July 2014.
  98. H. W. Lean, P. A. Clark, C. Halliwell, K. E. Hanley, R. J. Hogan, J. Nicol, R. S. Plant, and T. Stein. Statistical analysis of UK convection and its representation in high resolution NWP models, 2014. World Weather Open Science Conference 2014, Montreal, Canada, 16-21 August.
  99. H. W. Lean, K. E. Hanley, C. Halliwell, T. H. M. Stein, R. J. Hogan, J. Nicol, R. S. Plant, and P. Clark. Use of DYMECS Observations to Validate the Representation of Convection over the UK in High Resolution Versions of the Unified Model, 2014. Talk at: 26th Conference on Weather Analysis and Forecasting / 22nd Conference on Numerical Weather Prediction, 2-6 February, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
  100. O. Martinez-Alvarado, L. Baker, S. L. Gray, J. Methven, and R. S. Plant. Distinguishing the cold conveyor belt and sting jet air streams in an intense extratropical cyclone, 2014. World Weather Open Science Conference 2014, Montreal, Canada, 16-21 August.
  101. R. S. Plant. Boundary Layer Parameterization, 2014. Talk at: Summer School on Physics and Dynamics of Numerical Weather Prediction, 28 - 31 July, Nanjing University, China.
  102. R. S. Plant. Convection Parameterization: Part II, 2014. Talk at: Summer School on Physics and Dynamics of Numerical Weather Prediction, 28 - 31 July, Nanjing University, China.
  103. R. S. Plant. Convection Parameterization: Part I, 2014. Talk at: Summer School on Physics and Dynamics of Numerical Weather Prediction, 28 - 31 July, Nanjing University, China.
  104. R. S. Plant. Convection "Resolving" Models: How well is the convection actually resolved?, 2014. Talk at: Summer School on Physics and Dynamics of Numerical Weather Prediction, 28 - 31 July, Nanjing University, China.
  105. R. S. Plant. Microphysics Parameterization, 2014. Talk at: Summer School on Physics and Dynamics of Numerical Weather Prediction, 28 - 31 July, Nanjing University, China.
  106. R. S. Plant. Overview and Cloud Cover Parameterization, 2014. Talk at: Summer School on Physics and Dynamics of Numerical Weather Prediction, 28 - 31 July, Nanjing University, China.
  107. T. H. M. Stein, R. J. Hogan, P. A. Clark, C. E. Haliwell, K. E. Hanley, H. W. Lean, J. C. Nicol, and R. S. Plant. The DYMECS project: A statistical approach for the evaluation of convective storms in high-resolution models, 2014. Talk at: WGNE/GASS Workshop: The Grey Zone Project, Max Planck Institute for Meteorology, 1-3 December, Hamburg, Germany.
  108. T. H. M. Stein, R. J. Hogan, J. Nicol, R. S. Plant, P. A. Clark, K. E. Hanley, C. Halliwell, and H. W. Lean. The DYMECS project: A statistical approach for the evaluation of convective storms in high-resolution models, 2014. Talk at: Cascade Downstream Workshop on Convection Modelling, 7-8 October, Reading.
  109. S. Dey, R. S. Plant, S. Migliorini, and N. Roberts. High resolution ensemble analysis: linking correlations and spread to physical processes, 2013. Talk at: 13th EMS Annual Meeting and 11th European Conference on Applications of Meteorology, 9-13 September, Reading.
  110. K. E. Hanley, R. S. Plant, H. W. Lean, C. Halliwell, T. Stein, and R. Hogan. Mixing length controls on high resolution simulations of convective storms, 2013. Talk at: 13th EMS Annual Meeting and 11th European Conference on Applications of Meteorology, 9-13 September, Reading.
  111. K. E. Hanley, R. S. Plant, H. W. Lean, C. Halliwell, T. Stein, and R. J. Hogan. Mixing length controls on high resolution simulations of convective storms, 2013. Talk at: European Geosciences Union General Assembly, 7-12 April, Vienna, Austria.
  112. K. E. Hanley, R. S. Plant, T. H. Stein, R. J. Hogan, H. Lean, and C. Halliwell. DYMECS: Dynamical and Microphysical Evolution of Convective Storms, 2013. Talk at: JWCRP Workshop on Understanding and Representing Atmospheric Convection Across Scales, 28-30 January, Dartington, UK.
  113. R. J. Hogan, T. Stein, J. Nicol, R. S. Plant, K. Hanley, H. Lean, C. Halliwell, and E. Carter. Radar evaluation of the structure of thunderstorms in high resolution forecasts, 2013. Talk at: RMetS National Meeting, 20th March, London, UK.
  114. R. J. Keane, R. S. Plant, and W. J. Tennant. The Plant-Craig stochastic Convection scheme in MOGREPS, 2013. Talk at: Joint SRNWP Workshop on Model Physics and Ensemble Prediction Systems, 18-20 June, AEMET, Madrid, Spain.
  115. O. Martinez-Alvarado, L. Baker, S. L. Gray, J. Methven, and R. S. Plant. Airstreams in regions of strong winds in extratropical cyclone Friedhelm: Model results and observational evidence, 2013. Talk at: RACEWIN Workshop on European Storms, 2-4 September, Hadley Centre, Exeter.
  116. O. Martinez-Alvarado, L. Baker, S. L. Gray, J. Methven, and R. S. Plant. Progress on the analysis of IOP-8, 11 December 2011, 2013. Talk at: DIAMET Science Meeting, 7-8 March, Manchester.
  117. O. Martinez-Alvarado, H. Joos, J. Chagnon, M. Bottcher, S. L. Gray, R. S. Plant, J. Methven, and H. Wernli. Progress on the analysis of the warm conveyor belt in the T-NAWDEX-III case 23-25 November 2009, 2013. Talk at: DIAMET Science Meeting, 7-8 March, Manchester.
  118. O. Martinez-Alvarado, H. Joos, J. M. Chagnon, M. Bottcher, S. L. Gray, R. S. Plant, and H. Wernli. Diabatic processes and branch splitting of a warm conveyor belt in MetUM and COSMO model simulations, 2013. Talk at: 13th EMS Annual Meeting and 11th European Conference on Applications of Meteorology, 9-13 September, Reading.
  119. O. Martinez-Alvarado and R. S. Plant. Liquid detrainment in convection embedded in a cold front, 2013. Talk at: DIAMET Science Meeting, 7-8 March, Manchester.
  120. O. Martinez-Alvarado and R. S. Plant. Progress on the analysis 30 September 2011 DIAMET case, 2013. Talk at: DIAMET Science Meeting, 7-8 March, Manchester.
  121. O. Martinez-Alvarado and R. S. Plant. Resolved versus parameterised convection in numerical simulations of extratropical cyclones, 2013. Talk at: 13th EMS Annual Meeting and 11th European Conference on Applications of Meteorology, 9-13 September, Reading.
  122. O. Martinez-Alvarado, R. S. Plant, L. Baker, J. Chagnon, S. L. Gray, J. Methven, H. Joos, M. Bottcher, and H. Wernli. Understanding the mesoscale structure of extratropical cyclones: Three case studies during the DIAMET project, 2013. Talk at: Departmental seminar, Department of Meteorology, University of Reading.
  123. D. McNamara, R. S. Plant, and S. E. Belcher. A global climatology of boundary layer ventilation, 2013. Talk at: European Geosciences Union General Assembly, 7-12 April, Vienna, Austria.
  124. R. S. Plant. The ingredients of a typical mass flux scheme, 2013. Talk at: COST ES0905 Final Training School, 29 September - 9 October, Brac, Croatia.
  125. R. S. Plant. Parameterization in the grey zone: what should it recognize?, 2013. Talk at: JWCRP Workshop on Understanding and Representing Atmospheric Convection Across Scales, 28-30 January, Dartington, UK.
  126. R. S. Plant, E. Carter, P. A. Clark, C. Halliwell, K. E. Hanley, R. J. Hogan, D. E. Kirshbaum, H. W. Lean, J. Nicol, T. Stein, and R. A. Warren. Convective-Scale Numerical Modelling. How accurate is "realistic-looking"?, 2013. Talk at: Space and Atmospheric Physics Seminar Series, 18th June, Imperial College.
  127. T. Stein, R. J. Hogan, E. Carter, C. Halliwell, K. E. Hanley, H. Lean, J. Nicol, and R. S. Plant. The three-dimensional microphysical and dynamical structure of convective storms, 2013. Talk at: 7th European Conference on Severe Storms, 3-7 June, Helsinki, Finland.
  128. T. H. M. Stein, R. J. Hogan, P. Clark, C. Halliwell, K. E. Hanley, H. W. Lean, J. Nicol, and R. S. Plant. The three-dimensional microphysical and dynamical structure of convective storms, 2013. Talk at: 13th EMS Annual Meeting and 11th European Conference on Applications of Meteorology, 9-13 September, Reading.
  129. T. H. M. Stein, R. J. Hogan, J. Nicol, R. S. Plant, P. A. Clark, K. E. Hanley, C. Halliwell, and H. W. Lean. Evaluation of three-dimensional cloud structures in DYMECS, 2013. Talk at: Workshop on Convection in Met Office models at high resolution, 13 June, Reading.
  130. R. A. Warren, D. J. Kirshbaum, R. S. Plant, and H. W. Lean. A Quasi-Stationary Convective System Associated with Sea Breeze Convergence, 2013. Talk at: 15th AMS Conference on Mesoscale Processes, 6-9 August, Portland, Oregon, USA.
  131. M. A. Whitall and R. S. Plant. Using stochastic parameterisations to study the sensitivity of the atmosphere to variability at scales poorly resolved in GCMs, 2013. Talk at: Met Office seminar, Exeter, UK.
  132. L. Baker, O. Martinez-Alvarado, S. L. Gray, J. Methven, N. Roberts, and R. S. Plant. Analysis of Cyclone Friedhelm, 8 December 2011 (DIAMET IOP-8), 2012. Talk at: DIAMET Science Meeting, 6 November, Manchester.
  133. K. N. Bower, T. W. Choularton, J. Crosier, G. Lloyd, J. R. Dorsey, M. W. Gallagher, P. Connolly, C. Dearden, G. Vaughan, and the DIAMET Team. The Microphysics of Cold Fronts measured during DIAMET, 2012. Talk at: European Geosciences Union General Assembly, 22-27 April, Vienna, Austria.
  134. C. L. Daleu, R. S. Plant, and S. J. Woolnough. Modelling the interactions between tropical convection and large-scale dynamics, 2012. Talk at: 1st Pan-GASS Meeting: Advances in the Modelling of Atmospheric Physical Processes, 10-14 September, Boulder, Colarado, USA.
  135. R. J. Hogan, R. S. Plant, T. Stein, K. Hanley, J. Nicol, H. Lean, and C. Halliwell. DYMECS: Dynamical and Microphysical Evolution of Convective Storms, 2012. Talk at: COPE Science Meeting, 25th October, Reading, UK.
  136. O. Martinez-Alvarado, J. Chagnon, S. L. Gray, R. S. Plant, J. Methven, H. Joos, M. Bötcher, and H. Wernli. Diabatic processes and the structure of the warm conveyor belt, 2012. Talk at: 2nd European Windstorms Workshop, 3-5 September 2012, Leeds, UK.
  137. O. Martinez-Alvarado and R. S. Plant. Diagnosis of convective parameterisation schemes in extratropical cyclones, 2012. Talk at: Workshop on Concepts for Convective Parmeterisations in Large-Scale Models, 20-22 March, CIMA Foundation, Savona, Italy.
  138. O. Martinez-Alvarado and R. S. Plant. Liquid detrainment in convection embedded in a cold front, 2012. Talk at: COST Action WG1+2 Meeting on Entrainment and Detrainment, 22-23 February, KNMI, Utrecht, Netherlands.
  139. O. Martinez-Alvarado, R. S. Plant, J. Chagnon, S. L. Gray, J. Methven, H. Joos, M. Bottcher, and H. Wernli. Diabatic processes and the structure of extratropical cyclones, 2012. Talk at: Geophysical and Nonlinear Fluid Dynamics Seminar, AOPP, 23 October, Oxford.
  140. R. S. Plant. Spectral and Bulk Mass-Flux Convective Parameterizations, 2012. Talk at: Workshop on Concepts for Convective Parmeterisations in Large-Scale Models, 20-22 March, CIMA Foundation, Savona, Italy.
  141. T. H. M. Stein, K. E. Hanley, R. Hogan, J. Nicol, R. S. Plant, E. Carter, C. Halliwell, H. W. Lean, A. Macallan, M. Clarke, A. Doo, and D. Ladd. DYMECS: The evolution of thunderstorms in the Met Office Unified Model, 2012. Talk at: NCAS Weather Rainfall Forum, 27 July, Manchester.
  142. T. H. M. Stein, K. E. Hanley, R. Hogan, R. S. Plant, E. Carter, H. W. Lean, J. Nicol, C. Halliwell, and A. Macallan. Tracking the three-dimensional evolution of convective storms in radar observations and high-resolution models, 2012. Talk at: 26th Conference on Severe Local Storms, 5-8 November, Nashville, USA.
  143. G. Vaughan and the DIAMET Team. The DIAMET Campaign, 2012. Invited talk at: European Geosciences Union General Assembly, 22-27 April, Vienna, Austria.
  144. R. A. Warren, R. S. Plant, H. Lean, and D. Kirshbaum. Numerical simulations of a COPE-type case, 2012. Talk at: COPE Science Meeting, 25th October, Reading, UK.
  145. R. A. Warren, R. S. Plant, H. Lean, and D. Kirshbaum. Quasi-Stationary Convective Storms in the UK: A case study, 2012. Talk at: RMetS Conference, 9-12 July, Leeds, UK.
  146. R. A. Warren, R. S. Plant, H. Lean, and D. Kirshbaum. A quasi-stationary convective system over the UK Southwest Peninsula, 2012. Talk at: 4th CNR-ISAC Summer School. Severe Convective Weather: Theory and Applications, 17-21 September, Lecce, Italy.
  147. O. Peters and R. S. Plant. The precipitation phase transition and climate modeling, 2011. Talk at: Workshop on Concepts for Convective Parameterizations in Large-Scale Models IV: Convective organisation, 23-25 March, Cambridge, UK.
  148. R. S. Plant. A Modelling Framework for Statistical Cumulus Dynamics, 2011. Talk at: Workshop on Hamiltonian Approaches and Statistical Mechanics in Convection Parameterisation, 2-5 May, Ludwig Maximilian University, Munich, Germany.
  149. R. S. Plant. Novel Parameterisations in the Boundary Layer, 2011. Talk at: NCAS Workshop on the Boundary Layer, 1 July, Exeter, UK.
  150. R. S. Plant. Stochastic parameterization: uncertainties from convection, 2011. ECMWF Workshop on Representing model uncertainty and error in numerical weather and climate prediction models, Reading, UK, 20-24 June 2011.
  151. S. E. Belcher, I. A. Boutle, R. J. Beare, A. R. Brown, and R. S. Plant. Synoptic controls on moist boundary layer structure, 2010. Talk at: 19th Symposium on Boundary Layers and Turbulence, 2-6th August, Keystone, Colorado, USA.
  152. A. Illingworth, J. Nicol, K. Bartholomew, R. Plant, G. Leoncini, S. Gray, D. Livings, R. Moore, S. Cole, and A. Robson. Enhancing storm and flood forecasting using radar, data assimilation and ensemble Numerical Weather Prediction models, 2010. Talk at: Flood Risk from Extreme Events, Royal Meteorological Sociey National Meeting, 20th October 2010, Imperial College, London UK.
  153. R. J. Keane, R. S. Plant, N. E. Bowler, and W. J. Tennant. Development of a stochastic convection scheme, 2010. Talk at: Departmental seminar, Department of Meteorology, University of Reading.
  154. R. J. Keane, R. S. Plant, N. E. Bowler, and W. J. Tennant. Development of a stochastic convection scheme, 2010. Talk at: April, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitat, Munich.
  155. R. S. Plant. Boundary layer controls on extratropical cyclone development, 2010. Talk at: Met, Ocean and Climate Seminar Series, 28th May, School of Environmental Sciences, University of East Anglia.
  156. R. S. Plant. Issues with convection. What is a useful framework beyond bulk models of large N, non-interacting, scale-separated, equilibrium systems?, 2010. Talk at: Workshop on Stochastic Methods in Climate Modelling, 23-27 August, Isaac Newton Institute for Mathematical Sciences, Cambridge, UK.
  157. R. S. Plant. Self-organized criticality in tropical convection?, 2010. Talk at: Climate Thermodynamics workshop, 21-22nd April, University of Reading, UK.
  158. R. S. Plant and M. A. Whitall. Stochastic parameterization: is sophistication useful?, 2010. Talk at: European Geosciences Union General Assembly, 2-7 May, Vienna, Austria.
  159. I. A. Boutle, S. E. Belcher, R. S. Plant, R. J. Beare, and A. R. Brown. Boundary Layer Dynamics in Extra-tropical Cyclones, 2009. Talk at: Applied Mathematics Seminar, 8 June, University of Exeter.
  160. I. A. Boutle, R. S. Plant, S. E. Belcher, R. J. Beare, and A. R. Brown. Moisture Transport in Baroclinic Waves, 2009. Talk at: European Geosciences Union General Assembly, 19-24 April, Vienna, Austria.
  161. R. J. Keane and R. S. Plant. 3D experiments with a stochastic convective parameterisation scheme, 2009. Talk at: 9th European Conference on Applications of Meteorology, 28 September-2 October, Toulouse, France.
  162. R. J. Keane and R. S. Plant. 3D experiments with a stochastic convective parameterisation scheme, 2009. Talk at: 4th SRNWP Workshop on Short-range Ensemble Prediction Systems, 23-25 June, Met Office, Exeter, UK.
  163. G. Leoncini, R. S. Plant, and S. L. Gray. Convective scale NWP, 2009. Talk at: NERC FREE Workshop on Ensembles, 23-24 September 2009, Reading, UK.
  164. G. Leoncini, R. S. Plant, S. L. Gray, and P. Clark. Error growth at the convective scale, 2009. Talk at: Departmental seminar, Department of Meteorology, University of Reading.
  165. G. Leoncini, R. S. Plant, S. L. Gray, and P. A. Clark. Contrasting convective-scale perturbation growth in two cases over the UK, 2009. Talk at: 9th European Conference on Applications of Meteorology, 28 September-2 October, Toulouse, France.
  166. G. Leoncini, R. S. Plant, S. L. Gray, and P. A. Clark. Error growth at the convective scale, 2009. Talk at: 4th SRNWP Workshop on Short-range Ensemble Prediction Systems, 23-25 June, Met Office, Exeter, UK.
  167. T. I. Ngwana, M.-E. Demory, P.-L. Vidale, R. S. Plant, and M. P. Mbedzi. Impact of land cover changes on the South African climate, 2009. International Conference on Planetary Boundary Layer and Climate Change, Cape Town, South Africa, 26-28 October.
  168. R. S. Plant. Convective Cloud Lifecycles, 2009. Talk at: Departmental seminar, Department of Meteorology, University of Reading.
  169. R. S. Plant. Deep convective parameterization: Some issues (and some solutions?), 2009. Talk at: Centre for Atmospheric Science Seminar, 23rd February, Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge.
  170. R. S. Plant. What (if any) constraints are desirable on near grid-scale noise?, 2009. Talk at: Mathematical Challenges in Climate Science workshop, 9-13th March, Lorentz Centre, Leiden, Netherlands.
  171. V. A. Sinclair, S. L. Gray, I. A. Boutle, R. S. Plant, and S. E. Belcher. Boundary layer ventilation by weather systems, 2009. Talk at: Symposium on Air Pollution, 9th July, Reading, UK.
  172. S. E. Belcher, I. A. Boutle, R. S. Plant, and R. J. Beare. The role of boundary layer processes in mid-latitude cyclones, 2008. Talk at: 18th Symposium on Boundary Layers and Turbulence, 9-13th June, Stockholm, Sweden.
  173. R. S. Plant. Theory of moist convection in statistical equilibrium, by analogy with Maxwell-Boltzmann statistics, 2008. Talk at: Workshop on Concepts for Convective Parmeterisations in Large-Scale Models, 12-14 February, MPI Hamburg, Germany.
  174. R. S. Plant and L. Davies. Limitations of Equilibrium. Or: What if $\tau_LS\not \gg\tau_adj$?, 2008. Talk at: Workshop on Concepts for Convective Parmeterisations in Large-Scale Models, 12-14 February, MPI Hamburg, Germany.
  175. S. E. Belcher, R. J. Beare, I. A. Boutle, B. J. Hoskins, and R. S. Plant. Role of boundary layer processes in mid-latitude cyclones, 2007. Talk at: 15th Conference on Air-Sea Interaction, 20-24th August, Portland, Oregon, USA.
  176. I. A. Boutle, R. S. Plant, S. E. Belcher, R. J. Beare, and A. R. Brown. Friction in mid-latitude cyclones, 2007. Talk at: RMetS Student Assembly, 1-3rd September, Edinburgh, UK.
  177. L. Davies, R. S. Plant, and S. E. Derbsyhire. Investigating the equilibrium assumption between convection and the forcing, 2007. Talk at: RMetS Conference, 3-6th September, Edinburgh, UK.
  178. L. Davies, R. S. Plant, and S. E. Derbsyhire. What's quasi-equilibrium all about?, 2007. Talk at: Atmosphere-Ocean Convection in Climate Dynamics, Alpine Summer School Course XV, 18-27th June, Valsavarenche, Italy.
  179. A. Illingworth, S. Dance, R. Plant, S. Gray, S. Rennie, J. Nicol, G. Leoncini, K. Bartholomew, R. Moore, S. Cole, S. Ballard, and P. Clark. Overview of FREE project entitled: Exploitation of new data sources, data assimilation and ensemble techniques for storm and flood forecasting, 2007. Talk at: First FREE Science Meeting, 14-15 November 2007, Salford, UK.
  180. G. Leoncini, R. Plant, and S. Gray. Cloud ensemble simulations: Plans and preliminary results, 2007. Talk at: First FREE Science Meeting, 14-15 November 2007, Salford, UK.
  181. R. S. Plant. Cloud tracking in cloud-resolving models, 2007. Talk at: RMetS Conference, 3-6th September, Edinburgh, UK.
  182. S. E. Belcher, D. S. Adamson, B. J Hoskins, and R. S. Plant. The role of boundary layer friction in mid latitude weather systems, 2006. Talk at: DAMTP, Cambridge, UK.
  183. R. S. Plant. Lagrangian Diagnostics, 2006. Talk at: UWERN Mesoscale Modelling Workshop, Reading, UK.
  184. R. S. Plant, G. C. Craig, and C. Keil. A stochastic parameterization for deep convection, 2006. Talk at: European Geosciences Union General Assembly, 2-7 April, Vienna, Austria.
  185. S. E. Belcher, D. S. Adamson, B. J Hoskins, and R. S. Plant. Friction in Mid-Latitude Cyclones: More Than Ekman Pumping, 2005. Talk at: Met Office seminar, Exeter, UK.
  186. G. C. Craig, B. G. Cohen, and R. S. Plant. Statistical mechanics and stochastic convective parameterisation, 2005. ECMWF Workshop on Representation of Sub-grid Processes using Stochastic-Dynamic Models, Reading, UK, 6-8 June 2005.
  187. R. S. Plant and G. C. Craig. Stochastic Representation of Convection, 2005. Talk at: Royal Meteorological Society Dynamical Problems Group. Statistical/stochastic approaches to atmospheric physics, 9th June, Reading, UK. (Also presented as seminar at DLR-Institut fuer Physik der Atmosphaere, Germany).
  188. R. S. Plant, G. C. Craig, and C. Keil. Towards an Ensemble System with a Stochastic Convection Scheme, 2005. Talk at: RMetS Conference, 11-16th September, Exeter, UK.
  189. G. C. Craig, R. S. Plant, and B. G. Cohen. Stochastic Cumulus Parameterisation(?), 2004. Talk at: NCAS/Met Office Workshop on Convection, 6-8th January, Farnham Castle, UK.
  190. R. S. Plant and G. J. Keith. Occurence of Kelvin-Helmholtz Billows in Sea Breezes, 2004. Talk at: UWERN Conference, 13-15th December, Salford, UK.
  191. G. C. Craig, B. G. Cohen, and R. S. Plant. Towards a Stochastic Convection Scheme, 2003. Talk at: ECMWF seminar, Reading, UK.
  192. R. S. Plant. Mesoscale Applications for Microscale Model?, 2003. Talk at: 2nd Microscale Model Meeting, Leeds, UK.
  193. R. S. Plant. PV Generation in the Boundary Layer, 2003. Talk at: Departmental seminar, Department of Meteorology, University of Reading.
  194. R. S. Plant. Stochastic Aspects of Convection, 2003. Talk at: CSIP Planning Meeting, 14-15th October, Reading, UK.
  195. R. S. Plant and S. E. Belcher. Towards understanding the role of the boundary layer in cyclones: Beyond Ekman spindown, 2003. Talk at: EGS-AGU-EUG Joint Assembly, 7-11th April, Nice, France.
  196. R. S. Plant. Frictional Damping of Cyclones, 2002. Talk at: JCMM seminar, University of Reading.
  197. R. S. Plant and S. E. Belcher. Identifying the Origins of PV Anomalies, 2002. Talk at: UWERN Conference, 9-11th September, Colchester, UK.
  198. R. S. Plant, G. C. Craig, and S. L. Gray. A Threefold Classification of Extratropical Cyclogenesis, 2002. European Geographical Society XXVII General Assembly, 21-26th April, Nice, France.
  199. R. S. Plant and M. C. Birse. The $π^0 γ γ^\ast$ Form Factor, 1997. Talk at: Particle Physics and the Early Universe Conference, 7-11th April, Cambridge, UK.
Bibliography

    Posters

  1. Z. Zhang, H. C. Christensen, M. R. Muetzelfeldt, T. Woollings, R. S. Plant, A. J. Stirling, M. A. W. Whitall, M. Moncrieff, and C.-C. Chen. Improving and Assessing Organized Convection Parameterization in the Unified Model, 2024. Talk at: EGU General Assembly 2024, 14-19 April, Vienna.
  2. M. R. Muetzelfeldt, R. S. Plant, Z. Zhang, T. Woollings, and H. C. Christensen. MCS:PRIME. Environmental Precursors to Mesoscale Convective Systems, 2023. Poster at: 20th AMS Conference on Mesoscale Processes, 17-21 July, Madison, WI.
  3. A. Power, R. S. Plant, P. A. Clark, G. A. Efstathiou, and T. R. Jones. Mixing Length Scales in a Shallow Cumulus Boundary Layer Simulation, 2023. Poster at: 24th Symposium on Boundary Layers and Turbulence, AMS Annual Meeting, 8-12 January, Denver, USA.
  4. Z. Zhang, M. R. Muetzelfeldt, H. C. Christensen, T. Woollings, R. S. Plant, A. J. Stirling, M. A. W. Whitall, and M. Moncrieff. Implementation of Organized Convection Parameterization in the Met Office Unified Model, 2023. Poster at: 20th AMS Conference on Mesoscale Processes, 17-21 July, Madison, WI.
  5. P. A. Clark, R. S. Plant, D. L. A. Flack, C. Halliwell, S. L. Gray, N. M. Roberts, and H. W. Lean. Evaluation of a Physically-Based Stochastic Boundary-Layer Perturbation Scheme Using a Super-Ensemble, 2022. Poster at: ECMWF Workshop on Model Uncertainty, Reading, UK, 9-12 May 2022.
  6. C. L. Daleu, R. S. Plant, A. J. Stirling, and M. A. W. Whitall. Evaluating the CoMorph Parameterization using idealised simulations of the two-way coupling between convection and large-scale dynamics, 2022. Poster at: 6th WGNE workshop on systematic errors in weather and climate models, ECMWF, Reading, 31 October - 4 November.
  7. J.-F. Gu, R. S. Plant, C. E. Holloway, and M. R. Muetzelfeldt. Pressure Drag for Shallow Cumulus Clouds: From Thermals to the Cloud Ensemble, 2022. Poster at: 35th Conference on Hurricanes and Tropical Meteorology, 9-13, New Orleans, LA, USA.
  8. J.-F. Gu, R. S. Plant, C. E. Hollway, and P. A. Clark. Moist Halo Region Around Shallow Cumulus Clouds in Large Eddy Simulations, 2022. Poster at: 6th WGNE workshop on systematic errors in weather and climate models, ECMWF, Reading, 31 October - 4 November.
  9. J.-F. Gu, R. S. Plant, C. E. Hollway, and M. R. Muetzelfeldt. Pressure drag for shallow cumulus clouds – from thermals to the cloud ensemble, 2022. Poster at: 6th WGNE workshop on systematic errors in weather and climate models, ECMWF, Reading, 31 October - 4 November.
  10. R. S. Plant, C. L. Daleu, M. A. W. Whitall, A. J. Stirling, and S. Lavender. Tests of the closure for the CoMorph cumulus parameterization, 2022. Poster at: 6th WGNE workshop on systematic errors in weather and climate models, ECMWF, Reading, 31 October - 4 November.
  11. S. Hagos, J. Chen, K. Barber, K. Sakaguchi, Z. Feng, H. Xiao, and R. S. Plant. A machine learning assisted cloud population model as a parameterization of cumulus convection, 2020. Poster at: AGU Fall Meeting, 1-17 December, Online Event.
  12. S. Hagos, Z. Feng, R. S. Plant, and A. Protat. A Machine Learning Assisted Development of a Model for the Populations of Convective and Stratiform Clouds, 2020. Poster at: MOAP Machine Learning for Nowcasting Workshop 9-11 September, Met Office, Exeter.
  13. J.-F. Gu, R. S. Plant, C. E. Holloway, and T. R. Jones. A composite study of cloud structure and its implication for the parameterization of vertical fluxes, 2019. Poster at: Convection Parametrization: Progress and Challenges 2019, 15-19 July, Met Office, Exeter.
  14. J.-F. Gu, R. S. Plant, C. E. Holloway, T. R. Jones, A. Stirling, P. A. Clark, and S. J. Wooolnough. A core-cloak representation of convection, 2019. Poster at: UCP2019 Understanding Clouds and Precipitation, Berlin, 25 February - 1 March.
  15. S. Hagos, Z. Feng, R. S. Plant, and A. Protat. A Machine Learning Assisted Development of a Model for the Population Dynamics of Clouds, 2019. Poster at: 2019 Joint ARM User Facility and ASR PI Meeting, 10-13 June, Rockville, Maryland, USA.
  16. N. Harvey, C. L. Daleu, S. J. Woolnough, and R. S. Plant. Understanding the impact of surface heterogeneity on the diurnal cycle of deep convection, 2019. Poster at: Convection Parametrization: Progress and Challenges 2019, 15-19 July, Met Office, Exeter.
  17. C. E. Holloway, J.-F. Gu, W. A. Mcintyre, T. Webb, R. S. Plant, P. A. Clark, H. Weller, S. J. Woolnough, A. Stirling, H. W. Lean, C. C. Chui, C. L. Daleu, C. Halliwell, K. E. Hanley, N. Harvey, M. Johnston, T. R. Jones, M. R. Muetzelfeldt, A. Osprey, and D. Shipley. ParaCon at Reading: New approaches for modelling convection, 2019. Poster at: UCP2019 Understanding Clouds and Precipitation, Berlin, 25 February - 1 March.
  18. M. Johnston, C. E. Holloway, and R. S. Plant. Large-eddy resolution simulation of organised convection on a small island, 2019. Poster at: EGU General Assembly, 7-12 April 2019, Vienna, Austria.
  19. M. R. Muetzelfeldt, R. S. Plant, P. A. Clark, S. J. Woolnough, and A. Stirling. Using a cloud-resolving model to diagnose the effects of different wind shear profiles on deep convective cloud fields, 2019. Poster at: UCP2019 Understanding Clouds and Precipitation, Berlin, 25 February - 1 March.
  20. R. S. Plant and G. Efstathiou. A dynamic extension of the pragmatic blending scheme for sub-grid mixing across the scales, 2019. Poster at: EGU General Assembly, 7-12 April 2019, Vienna, Austria.
  21. S. Song, Y.-L. Hwong, S. C Sherwood, A. Stirling, C. Rio, R. Roehrig, C. L. Daleu, and R. S. Plant. Characterising Convective Schemes by Their Linearised Responses, 2019. Poster at: AGU Fall Meeting, 9-13 December, San Fransisco, USA.
  22. L. P. Blunn, D. Galea, O. Coceal, R. S. Plant, J. F. Barlow, S. Bohnenstengel, and H. W. Lean. Modelling passive scalar dispersion within and above an urban canopy, 2018. Talk at: 3rd Annual UK Fluids Conference, 4-6 September, University of Manchester.
  23. C. C. Chui, P. A. Clark, and R. S. Plant. A stochastic and prognostic convective parameterisation scheme for the “grey-zone”, 2018. Poster at: EGU General Assembly, 8-13 April 2018, Vienna, Austria.
  24. S. Hagos, Z. Feng, R. S. Plant, R. A. Houze Jr, and A. Protat. A Stochastic Framework for Modeling the Population Dynamics of Convective Clouds, 2018. Poster at: 2018 ARM/ASR PI Meeting, 19-23 March, Vienna, Virginia, USA.
  25. M. Johnston, C. E. Holloway, and R. S. Plant. Environments that support organised shallow island convection, 2018. Poster at: EMS Annual Meeting, 3-7 September, Corvinus University of Budapest, Hungary.
  26. M. Muetzelfeldt, R. S. Plant, P. A. Clark, S. J. Woolnough, and A. Stirling. Clustering wind profiles to identify shear conditions in climate models, 2018. Poster at: Met Office Academic Partnership Meeting, 15-16 February 2018, Exeter.
  27. M. Muetzelfeldt, R. S. Plant, P. A. Clark, S. J. Woolnough, and A. Stirling. Effects of wind shear on cloud field organization, 2018. Poster at: EGU General Assembly, 8-13 April 2018, Vienna, Austria.
  28. W. N. S. Rupasinghe, T. R. Jones, and R. S. Plant. Do the properties of convective clouds converge at high resolution?, 2018. Poster at: RMetS Students & Early Career Scientist Conference, Evolution of Science: Past, Present and Future, 5-6 July, University of York.
  29. L. P. Blunn, O. Coceal, R. S. Plant, J. F. Barlow, S. Bohnenstengel, and H. W. Lean. Modelling the Impact of Meteorological Conditions Affecting Urban Air Quality, 2017. Poster at: RMetS Student Conference, 11-12 July, Met Office, Exeter, UK. Also presented at: NCAS Staff Conference, 6-7 February 2018, Manchester, UK.
  30. C. C. Chui, P. A. Clark, and R. S. Plant. A convection parametrisation scheme for the grey-zone, 2017. Poster at: Met Office Academic Partnership Meeting, 22-23 February 2017, Exeter.
  31. C. C. Chui, P. A. Clark, and R. S. Plant. A convective parametrisation scheme with a prognostic vertical plume growth for the grey zone, 2017. Poster at: The Future of Cumulus Parametrization, 10-14 July 2017, TU Delft, Netherlands. Also presented at: Shedding light on the greyzone, ECMWF Workshop, 13-16 November, ECMWF, Reading.
  32. C. L. Daleu, S. J. Woolnough, and R. S. Plant. Using the Weak Temperature Gradient Approximation to Develop and Evaluate Convective Parametrization Schemes, 2017. Poster at: 5th WGNE workshop on systematic errors in weather and climate models, Montreal, Canada, 19-23 June, 2017.
  33. G. Efstathiou and R. S. Plant. Dynamic sub-grid modelling of shallow cumulus convection, 2017. Poster at: The Future of Cumulus Parametrization, 10-14 July 2017, TU Delft, Netherlands.
  34. D. L. A. Flack, S. L. Gray, R. S. Plant, H. W. Lean, and G. C. Craig. Convective-Scale Practical Predictability Within Different Convective Regimes, 2017. Poster at: 17th AMS Conference on Mesoscale Processes, 23-27 July, San Diego.
  35. M. Johnston, C. E. Holloway, and R. S. Plant. Satellite observations of Bermuda's island-induced clouds, 2017. Poster at: The Future of Cumulus Parametrization, 10-14 July 2017, TU Delft, Netherlands.
  36. J. Kamieniecki, M. H. P. Ambaum, R. S. Plant, and S. J. Woolnough. Thermodynamic work done in a WTG-coupled two column model diagnosed using energy cycles, 2017. Poster at: EGU General Assembly, 23-28 April 2017, Vienna, Austria.
  37. R. J. Keane, R. S. Plant, and W. J. Tennant. Evaluation of the Plant-Craig stochastic convection parameterisation in MOGREPS, 2017. 5th WGNE workshop on systematic errors in weather and climate models, Montreal, Canada, 19-23 June, 2017.
  38. M. Muetzelfeldt, R. S. Plant, P. A. Clark, and A. Stirling. Effects of shear on cloud field organization, 2017. Poster at: Met Office Academic Partnership Meeting, 22-23 February 2017, Exeter.
  39. M. R. Muetzelfeldt, R. S. Plant, P. A. Clark, S. J. Woolnough, and A. Stirling. Effects of vertical shear on cloud field organization and variability, 2017. Poster at: The Future of Cumulus Parametrization, 10-14 July 2017, TU Delft, Netherlands.
  40. T. H. M. Stein, R. J. Hogan, P. A. Clark, C. Halliwell, K. E. Hanley, H. W. Lean, N. Marsden, J. Nicol, R. S. Plant, and R. Scovell. The DYMECS project: Evaluating convective storms in NWP models, 2017. Poster at: CFMIP Meeting on Clouds, Precipitation, Circulation, and Climate Sensitivity, 25-28 September, University of Tokyo, Japan.
  41. M.-J. Bopape, O. Coceal, and R. S. Plant. A Comparison of LES Sub-grid Turbulence Models at Different Grid Resolutions in a Convective BL, 2016. Poster at: RMetS NCAS Conference, 6-8 July 2016, Manchester.
  42. A. Deluca Silberberg, R. S. Plant, C. E. Holloway, and H. Kantz. Understanding the transition to strong convection in realistic and idealised cloud-resolving simulations of different aggregation scenarios, 2016. Poster at: Understanding Clouds and Precipitation Conference, HD(CP)2, 15-19 February, Berlin.
  43. D. Flack, G. C. Craig, S. L. Gray, H. W. Lean, and R. S. Plant. Perturbation Growth Structure in Different Convective Regimes, 2016. Poster at: RMetS NCAS Conference, 6-8 July 2016, Manchestera.
  44. D. Flack, R. S. Plant, S. L. Gray, H. W. Lean, and G. C. Craig. Model Physics Perturbation Growth Within Different Convective Regimes, 2016. Poster at: EGU General Assembly, 18-22 April 2016, Vienna, Austria.
  45. D. Flack, R. S. Plant, S. L. Gray, H. W. Lean, C. Keil, and G. C. Craig. Characterisation of Convective Regimes over the British Isles, 2016. Poster at: EGU General Assembly, 18-22 April 2016, Vienna, Austria.
  46. D. L. A. Flack, R. S. Plant, S. L. Gray, H. W. Lean, C. Keil, and G. C. Craig. Characterisation of Convective Regimes over the British Isles, 2016. Poster at: Met Office Academic Partnership Meeting, March 2016, Exeter.
  47. R. S. Plant, S. R. A. Dey, N. M. Roberts, and S. Migliorini. Assessing spatial precipitation uncertainties in a convective-scale ensemble, 2016. Poster at: ECMWF/WWRP Workshop on Model Uncertainty, Reading, UK, 11-15 April 2016. Also presented at: RMetS NCAS Conference, 6-8 July 2016, Manchester.
  48. N. M. Roberts, S. R. A. Dey, G. Leoncini, and R. S. Plant. The spatial behaviour and use of a convection-permitting ensemble, 2016. ECMWF/WWRP Workshop on Model Uncertainty, Reading, UK, 11-15 April 2016.
  49. J.-I. Yano and R. S. Plant. Generalized Convective Quasi-Equilibrium Closure, 2016. Poster at: EGU General Assembly, 18-22 April 2016, Vienna, Austria.
  50. C. L. Daleu, R. S. Plant, S. J. Woolnough, A. Sobel, S. Wang, S. Sessions, M. Herman, G. Bellon, F. Ferry, P. Peyrille, A. Cheng, P. Siebesma, B. Van Ulft, and D. Kim. Intercomparison of methods of coupling between convection and large-scale circulation, 2015. Talk at: Monsoons and ITCZ: The annual cycle in the Holocene and the future, Conference and Workshop, 15-19 September, Columbia University, New York, USA.
  51. A. Deluca, R. S. Plant, C. E. Holloway, and H. Kantz. Understanding the transition to strong convection in realistic and idealised cloud-resolving simulations of different aggregation scenarios, 2015. Poster at: AGU Fall Meeting, 14-18 December, San Fransisco, USA.
  52. M.-J. M. Bopape, R. S. Plant, and O. Coceal. Resolution dependence of the temperature flux in the convective boundary layer, 2014. Poster at: CHPC National Meeting, Kruger National Park, Mpumalanga, South Africa, 1-5 December.
  53. C. L. Daleu, S. J. Woolnough, and R. S. Plant. Intercomparison of methods of coupling between small scale and large-scale processes in the tropics, 2014. Poster at: 7th International Scientific Conference on the Global Energy and Water Cycle, 14-17 July, The Hague, Netherlands.
  54. C. L. Daleu, S. J. Woolnough, and R. S. Plant. Transition from suppressed to active convection modulated by a weak-temperature gradient derived large-scale circulation, 2014. Poster at: 7th International Scientific Conference on the Global Energy and Water Cycle, 14-17 July, The Hague, Netherlands.
  55. S. Dey, R. S. Plant, N. M. Roberts, and S. Migliorini. High resolution ensemble analysis: linking correlations and spread to physical processes, 2014. Poster at: Met Office Academic Partnership Poster Conference, 21 February, Exeter, UK.
  56. S. R. A. Dey, R. S. Plant, N. M. Roberts, and S. Migliorini. Summer Convective Storms: Spatial Analysis of Numerical Weather Forecasts, 2014. Poster at: SEPnet Graduate Network Summer School, 9-12 June 2014, National Physical Laboratory, UK.
  57. D. L. A. Flack, R. S. Plant, S. L. Gray, H. W. Lean, and G. C. Craig. Environmental Controls on Convective-Scale Error Growth, 2014. Flooding from Intense Rainfall Programme Integration Meeting, Reading, UK, 27 June 2014.
  58. D. L. A. Flack, R. S. Plant, S. L. Gray, H. W. Lean, and G. C. Craig. Improving Short-Range Weather Forecasts: When Do Fine-Scale Observations Matter?, 2014. ECMWF Training Course on Predictability and Ocean-Atmosphere Ensemble Forecasting, Reading, UK, 7-16 May 2014.
  59. R. J. Hogan, K. E. Hanley, T. H. M. Stein, H. W. Lean, R. S. Plant, J. Nicol, P. Clark, and C. Halliwell. The role of sub-grid mixing on the scale and evolution of convective storms in high resolution simulations, 2014. Poster at: 14th Conference on Cloud Physics, Boston, USA, 7-11 July.
  60. O. Martinez-Alvarado and R. S. Plant. Interaction of diabatic processes in numerical simulations of extratropical cyclones, 2014. Poster at: EGU General Assembly, 27 April - 2 May 2014, Vienna, Austria.
  61. T. Stein, R. J. Hogan, K. E. Hanley, J. Nicol, R. S. Plant, H. W. Lean, P. A. Clark, and Carol Halliwell. The DYMECS project: The Dynamical and Microphysical Evolution of Convective Storms, 2014. Poster at: EGU General Assembly, 27 April - 2 May 2014, Vienna, Austria.
  62. R. A. Warren, R. S. Plant, H. W. Lean, D. J. Kirshbaum, and P. A. Clark. Idealised numerical simulations of peninsula sea breezes, 2014. Poster at: Met Office Academic Partnership Poster Conference, 21 February, Exeter, UK.
  63. R. A. Warren, R. S. Plant, H. W. Lean, D. J. Kirshbaum, and P. A. Clark. Sea breezes in along-shore flow: Idealised simulations and scaling, 2014. Poster at: ARC Centre of Excellence for Climate System Science Annual Workshop, 24-27 November, Pokolbin, Australia.
  64. O. Coceal and R. S. Plant. Evaluation of a tensor eddy-diffusivity model for the terra incognita using DNS data, 2013. Poster at: 13th EMS Annual Meeting and 11th European Conference on Applications of Meteorology, 9-13 September, Reading. Also shown at: NCAS Annual Meeting, 16-17 July 2013, Birmingham.
  65. O. Martinez-Alvarado, L. H. Baker, S. L. Gray, J. Methven, and R. S. Plant. Multiple mesoscale airstreams within regions of strong winds in extratropical cyclone Friedhelm, 2013. Poster at: 13th EMS Annual Meeting and 11th European Conference on Applications of Meteorology, 9-13 September, Reading.
  66. T. Stein, R. J. Hogan, E. Carter, C. Halliwell, K. E. Hanley, H. Lean, J. Nicol, and R. S. Plant. High-resolution model evaluation of convective storm evolution using precipitation radar data, 2013. Poster at: 7th European Conference on Severe Storms, 3-7 June, Helsinki, Finland.
  67. T. Stein, R. J. Hogan, C. Halliwell, K. E. Hanley, H. W. Lean, J. Nicol, and R. S. Plant. The three-dimensional microphysical and dynamical structure of convective storms, 2013. Poster at: European Geosciences Union General Assembly, 7-12 April, Vienna, Austria.
  68. R. A. Warren, D. J. Kirshbaum, R. S. Plant, and H. W. Lean. A 'Boscastle-type' quasi-stationary convective system over the UK Southwest Peninsula, 2013. Poster at: European Geosciences Union General Assembly, 7-12 April, Vienna, Austria.
  69. R. A. Warren, R. S. Plant, H. W. Lean, and D. J. Kirshbaum. A climatology of heavy-rain-producing convective systems in the UK, 2013. Poster at: 15th AMS Conference on Mesoscale Processes, 6-9 August, Portland, Oregon, USA.
  70. C. L. Daleu, R. S. Plant, and S. J. Woolnough. Cloud-resolving model simulations with one and two-way couplings via the weak-temperature gradient approximation, 2012. Poster at: 1st Pan-GASS Meeting: Advances in the Modelling of Atmospheric Physical Processes, 10-14 September, Boulder, Colarado, USA. Also presented at NCAS Annual Meeting, 16-17 July 2013, Birmingham.
  71. K. E. Hanley, R. S. Plant, T. Stein, R. Hogan, J. Nicol, E. Carter, and H. W. Lean. Statistical analyses of convective updraughts using radar scans and model data, 2012. Poster at: 26th Conference on Severe Local Storms, 5-8 November, Nashville, USA.
  72. O. Martinez-Alvarado, J. Chagnon, R. S. Plant, and S. L. Gray. Lagrangian diagnostics for analysing budgets of heat, moisture, and potential vorticity in extratropical cyclones, 2012. Poster at: NERC Research Programmes Changing Water Cycle and Storm Risk Mitigation, Combined Integration Workshop and Joint Annual Meeting, 1-2 May 2012, Oxford, UK.
  73. O. Martinez-Alvarado and R. S. Plant. Diabatic processes in numerical simulations of extratropical cyclones, 2012. Poster at: AGU Fall Meeting, 3-7 December 2012, San Fransisco, USA.
  74. O. Martinez-Alvarado and R. S. Plant. New diagnostics for analysing diabatic processes in extratropical cyclones, 2012. Poster at: 2nd European Windstorms Workshop, 3-5 September 2012, Leeds, UK.
  75. D. J. McNamara, R. S. Plant, and S. E. Belcher. Boundary Layer Ventilation in Mid-latitude Cyclones, 2012. Poster at: Met Office Poster Conference, 24 February, Exeter, UK.
  76. R. A. Warren, R. S. Plant, H. W. Lean, and D. J. Kirshbaum. Quasi-Stationary Convective Storms in the UK: A case study, 2012. Poster at: Met Office Poster Conference, 24 February, Exeter, UK.
  77. J.-I. Yano and R. S. Plant. A Simple Model for A Discharge-Recharge Cycle of a Convective System: Finite Departure from Convective Quasi-Equilibrium and Periodic Cycle, 2012. Poster at: European Geosciences Union General Assembly, 22-27 April, Vienna, Austria.
  78. C. L. Daleu, R. S. Plant, and S. J. Woolnough. Modelling the interactions between tropical convection and large-scale dynamics, 2011. Poster at: RMetS Conference, 27-30 June, Exeter, UK. Also presented at: RMetS Student Conference, 30 June - 2 July, Exeter, UK.
  79. R. S. Plant, G. Leoncini, and S. L. Gray. Comparing model-state and model-physics ensembles for high-resolution NWP simulation of the Boscastle flood, 2010. Poster at: Flood Risk from Extreme Events, Royal Meteorological Sociey National Meeting, 20th October 2010, Imperial College, London UK.
  80. M. A. Whitall and R. S. Plant. Sensitivity of the tropical atmosphere to the high-frequency variability associated with convection, 2010. Poster at: European Geosciences Union General Assembly, 2-7 May, Vienna, Austria.
  81. M. A. Whitall and R. S. Plant. Using stochastic parameterisations to study the sensitivity of the global atmosphere to variability in unresolved processes, 2010. Poster at: European Geosciences Union General Assembly, 2-7 May, Vienna, Austria. Also presented by RSP at: Workshop on Stochastic Methods in Climate Modelling, 23-27 August, Isaac Newton Institute for Mathematical Sciences, Cambridge, UK.
  82. I. A. Boutle, R. J. Beare, S. E. Belcher, A. R. Brown, and R. S. Plant. Moisture Transport in Cyclone Waves, 2009. Poster at: RMetS Conference, 29 June-2 July, Reading, UK.
  83. R. J. Keane and R. S. Plant. 3D experiments with a stochastic convective parameterisation scheme, 2009. Poster at: RMetS Conference, 29 June-2 July, Reading, UK.
  84. G. Leoncini, R. S. Plant, and S. L. Gray. Error growth at the convective scale, 2009. Poster at: RMetS Conference, 29 June-2 July, Reading, UK.
  85. G. Leoncini, R. S. Plant, S. L. Gray, and P. A. Clark. Perturbation Growth at the Convective Scale, 2009. Poster at: European Geosciences Union General Assembly, 19-24 April, Vienna, Austria.
  86. M. A. W. Whitall and R. S. Plant. Sensitivity of the global atmosphere to fast, small-scale variability in moist physical processes, 2009. Poster at: RMetS Conference, 29 June-2 July, Reading, UK.
  87. I. Boutle, S. Belcher, R. Plant, R. Beare, and A. Brown. Boundary layer processes in midlatitude cyclones, 2008. Poster at: Atmospheric Boundary Layers: Concepts, Observations, and Numerical Simulations, 17-27 June 2008, Les Houches, France.
  88. I. Boutle, S. Belcher, R. Plant, R. Beare, and A. Brown. Boundary layer processes in midlatitude cyclones, 2008. Poster at: RMetS National Meeting on Extratropical Weather Systems: From the Dynamics of Individual Storms to Stormtrack Behaviour, 16th January 2008, Reading, UK.
  89. G. Leoncini, R. S. Plant, and S. L. Gray. Error growth at the convective scale, 2008. Poster at: Second FREE Science Meeting, 12-13 November 2008, Reading, UK.
  90. L. Davies, R. S. Plant, and S. E. Derbyshire. Limitations of the Equilibrium Assumption Between Convection and the Forcing, 2007. Poster at: European Geosciences Union General Assembly, 15-20 April, Vienna, Austria.
  91. R. S. Plant. Cloud tracking in cloud resolving models, 2007. Poster at: 4th European Conference on Severe Storms, 10-14th September, ICTP, Miramere, Trieste, Italy.
  92. G. C. Craig, C. Keil, and R. Plant. Tests of a physically-based stochastic convection scheme in a mesoscale ensemble, 2006. Poster at: Second THORPEX International Science Symposium, 4-8 December, Landshut, Germany.
  93. L. Davies, R. S. Plant, and S. E. Derbyshire. Investigating the effect of memory on a convective system, 2006. Poster at: European Geosciences Union General Assembly, 2-7 April, Vienna, Austria.
  94. L. Davies, R. S. Plant, and S. E. Derbyshire. What Time scales Throw Convection out of Equilibrium?, 2005. Poster at: RMetS Conference, 11-16th September, Exeter, UK.
  95. R. S. Plant and G. C. Craig. Stochastic Convective Parameterization with Multiple Plumes, 2004. Poster at: 14th International Conference on Clouds and Precipitation, 18-23 July 2004, Bologna, Italy.
  96. G. C. Craig and R. S. Plant. A Stochastic Cumulus Parameterisation: Design and Single Column Tests, 2003. Poster at: 5th International SRNWP Workshop on Non-hydrostatic Modelling, 27-29th October, Bad Orb, Germany.
  97. R. S. Plant and G. C. Craig. Building a Stochastic Convection Scheme, 2003. Poster at: RMetS 3rd National Conference, 1-5th September, UEA, Norwich, UK.
  98. R. S. Plant, D. S. Adamson, and S. E. Belcher. Barotropic and Baroclinic Frictional Damping of Cyclone Development, 2002. Poster at: European Geographical Society XXVII General Assembly, 21-26th April, Nice, France.
  99. R. S. Plant and B. W. Atkinson. Influences of Coastal Mesoscale Processes on Radar Propagation, 2001. Poster at: RMetS 2nd National Conference, 12-14th September, UMIST, Manchester, UK.
  100. R. S. Plant. Structure of light mesons, 1996. Poster at: Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Manchester.
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