Prof. Janet Barlow
Director of ACTUAL. Professor of Environmental Physics (SMPS) and Director of the Centre for Technologies for Sustainable Built Environments (TSBE, SCME) – University of Reading, UK “I oversee the creation and use of our Urban Atmospheric Laboratory and investigate the research linking sustainable engineering with urban climate processes.” |
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Dr Christoforos Halios
Post-Doc – University of Reading “My research focuses on the turbulence structure of the Urban Boundary Layer.” |
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Dr Daniel Drew
Post-Doc – University of Reading, UK “I am investigating the representation of wind and turbulence profiles in the various wind loading standards, with a view to examining their accuracy with measurements made using a Doppler Lidar in Greater London.” |
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Dr Alex Boon
Post-Doc – University of Reading, UK “I handle the dissemination of research from the ACTUAL project to industry, policy and the public. I also am investigating the ‘source area’ of urban measurements of gases and polluants.” |
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Mr John Lally
Project Technician – University of Reading, UK “I am responsible for the installation and maintainance of measuring, logging and data retrieval systems.” |
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Aidan Brocklehurst
PhD Student – University of Reading, UK. PhD Topic: “The Effect of Urban Climate on Urban Energy Supply and Demand” “I am studying the energy balances on building surfaces so as to measure and model the causes of overheating.” |
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Siân Lane
PhD Student – University of Reading, UK. PhD Topic: “Assessing the Validity and Impact of Urban-Scale Numerical Weather Prediction” “My project involves comparing our data from central London with forecasts from the Met Office’s UK forecast model. I would like to understand how the simple representation of cities in the model affects weather forecasts for London.” |
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Wagner Nogueira Neto
PhD Student – University of Reading, UK. PhD Topic: “The Dependence of Urban Climate on Building Layout and Design” “My work involves the use of wind tunnel modelling to quantify heat transfer for different urban morphologies.” |
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Prof. Stuart Bradley
Project Partner, University of Auckland, NZ. “I am developing a novel bistatic Urban SODAR in collaboration with the ACTUAL project to measure low level winds and turbulence.” |
Past Team Members
Dr. Curtis Wood
Former Project Manager (Now in the Finnish Meteorology Institute) Former Post-Doctoral Researcher – University of Reading, UK. Curtis used to manage the project on a day-to-day basis and conduct research into urban atmospheres. |
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Luca Caporaso
Former Visiting PhD Student – University of Bologna, Italy. PhD Topic: “Detection and Modelling of Boundary Layer Height” “I am comparing the evolution of the planetary boundary layer height as predicted by numerical simulation to what is measured by in-situ and on board of aircraft instruments.” |