Adrian Mark Tompkins

Permanent Scientific Staff
Senior Research Scientist
Adrian Mark Tompkins
Earth System Physics
+39 040 2240 579
tompkins@ictp.it
+39 040 2240 579
tompkins@ictp.it
SISSA-251
http://users.ictp.it/~tompkins
0000-0003-0975-6691

Adrian Mark Tompkins

I am a research scientist in the Earth System Physics section of ICTP.

My research interests focus on cloud and convection dynamics and physics, and their representation in weather forecast and climate models, and how the organisation of convection in the tropics may impact climate sensitivity.

I am a research scientist in the Earth System Physics section of ICTP.

My research interests focus on cloud and convection dynamics and physics, and their representation in weather forecast and climate models, and how the organisation of convection in the tropics may impact climate sensitivity.

Regarding the mandate of ICTP, I am particularly concerned with how weather prediction and climate models can be better applied in developing countries. I have taught at over 35 schools, workshops and training events in Africa, Asia and C/S America in the past 13 years, being the main director/organiser of over 25 of these events in over 12 African countries. In recent years, these have also focussed on training of the use of open-access tools and datasets, particularly those available within the Copernicus climate services framework, hosted and operated by my previous employer ECMWF.

More recently, my research has branched in climate applications of particular relevance to Africa, mostly in the area of health. I am the lead developer of a open-source, regional dynamical malaria transmission model that accounts for climate and population and also a (highly efficient!) agent-based model for cyclic human mobility. If you would like to partner me with projects in this area, please get in touch.

I am a member of the technical advisory group of the malaria section of the Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute (Swiss TPH). I also served as a member on the World Climate Research Programme (WCRP) Working Group on sub-Seasonal to Interdecadal Prediction (WGSIP) from 2012 to 2019 and as member and then co-chair of the scientific advisory committee (SAC) of the West African Science Service Center on Climate Change and Adapted Land Use (WASCAL) since its inception

Publications

Journal article
2007
Generalizing cloud overlap treatment to include solar zenith angle effects on cloud geometry
Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences (2007)
Tompkins, A.M. | Di Giuseppe, F.
Journal article
2007
Ice supersaturation in the ECMWF integrated forecast system
Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society (2007)
Tompkins, A.M. | Gierens, K. | Rädel, G.
Journal article
2007
Monthly forecast of the Madden-Julian oscillation using a coupled GCM
Monthly Weather Review (2007)
Vitart, F. | Woolnough, S. | Balmaseda, M.A. | Tompkins, A.M.
Journal article
2007
Analysis and forecast impact of the main humidity observing systems
Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society (2007)
Andersson, E. | Hólm, E. | Bauer, P. | Beljaars, A. | Kelly, G.A. | McNally, A.P. | Simmons, A.J. | Thépaut, J.-N. | Tompkins, A.M.
Journal article
2007
Assessing consistency between EOS MLS and ECMWF analyzed and forecast estimates of cloud ice
Geophysical Research Letters (2007)
Li, J.-L. | Jiang, J.H. | Waliser, D.E. | Tompkins, A.M.
Journal article
2007
Cloudnet: Continuous evaluation of cloud profiles in seven operational models using ground-based observations
Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society (2007)
Illingworth, A.J. | Hogan, R.J. | O'Connor, E.J. | Bouniol, D. | Brooks, M.E. | Delanoë, J. | Donovan, D.P. | Eastment, J.D. | Gaussiat, N. | Goddard, J.W.F. | Haeffelin, M. | Klein Baltinik, H. | Krasnov, O.A. | Pelon, J. ...
Journal article
2006
A view of Hurricane Katrina with early 21st century technology
Eos (2006)
Lin, X. | Li, J.-L.F. | Suarez, M.J. | Tompkins, A.M. | Waliser, D.E. | Rienecker, M.M. | Backmeister, J. | Jiang, J.H. | Wu, H.-T. | Tassone, C.M. | Chern, J.-D. | Chen, B. | Su, H.
Journal article
2006
Relationships of upper tropospheric water vapor, clouds and SST: MLS observations, ECMWF analyses and GCM simulations
Geophysical Research Letters (2006)
Su, H. | Waliser, D.E. | Jiang, J.H. | Li, J.-L. | Read, W.G. | Waters, J.W. | Tompkins, A.M.
Journal article
2006
Response to the summer of 2003 Mediterranean SST anomalies over Europe and Africa
Journal of Climate (2006)
Jung, T. | Ferranti, L. | Tompkins, A.M.
Journal article
2005
The African easterly jet in the ECMWF integrated forecast system: 4D-Var analysis
Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society (2005)
Tompkins, A.M. | Diongue-Niang, A. | Parker, D.J. | Thorncroft, C.D.
Journal article
2005
Assimilation and modeling of the atmospheric hydrological cycle in the ECMWF forecasting system
Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society (2005)
Andersson, E. | Bauer, P. | Beljaars, A. | Chevallier, F. | Hólm, E. | Janisková, M. | Kallberg, P. | Kelly, G. | Lopez, P. | McNally, A. | Moreau, E. | Simmons, A.J. | Thépaut, J.-N. | Tompkins, A.M.
Journal article
2005
The diurnal cycle of the West African monsoon circulation
Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society (2005)
Parker, D.J. | Burton, R.R. | Diongue-Niang, A. | Ellis, R.J. | Felton, M. | Taylor, C.M. | Thorncroft, C.D. | Bessemoulin, P. | Tompkins, A.M.
Journal article
2005
Comparisons of EOS MLS cloud ice measurements with ECMWF analyses and GCM simulations: Initial results
Geophysical Research Letters (2005)
Li, J.-L. | Waliser, D.E. | Jiang, J.H. | Wu, D.L. | Read, W. | Waters, J.W. | Tompkins, A.M. | Donner, L.J. | Chern, J.-D. | Tao, W.-K. | Atlas, R. | Gu, Y. | Liou, K.N. | Del Genio, A. | Khairoutdinov, M. | Gettleman, A.
Journal article
2005
Impact of cloud cover on solar radiative biases in deep convective regimes
Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences (2005)
Di Giuseppe, F. | Tompkins, A.M.
Journal article
2005
Influence of aerosol climatology on forecasts of the African Easterly Jet
Geophysical Research Letters (2005)
Tompkins, A.M. | Cardinali, C. | Morcrette, J.-J. | Rodwell, M.
Journal article
2005
Some aspects of systematic error in the ECMWF model
Atmospheric Science Letters (2005)
Jung, T. | Tompkins, A.M. | Rodwell, M.J.
Journal article
2004
Variational retrieval of temperature and humidity profiles using rain rates versus microwave brightness temperatures
Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society (2004)
Moreau, E. | Lopez, P. | Bauer, P. | Tompkins, A.M. | Janisková, M. | Chevallier, F.
Journal article
2004
A cloud scheme for data assimilation: Description and initial tests
Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society (2004)
Tompkins, A.M. | Janisková, M.
Journal article
2004
Simple models of the role of surface fluxes convective cold pool evolution
Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences (2004)
Ross, A.N. | Tompkins, A.M. | Parker, D.J.
Journal article
2004
The capability of 4D-Var systems to assimilate cloud-affected satellite infrared radiances
Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society (2004)
Chevallier, F. | Lopez, P. | Tompkins, A.M. | Janisková, M. | Moreau, E.
Journal article
2003
Effect of spatial organization on solar radiative transfer in three-dimensional idealized stratocumulus cloud fields
Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences (2003)
Di Giuseppe, F. | Tompkins, A.M.
Journal article
2003
Impact of temperature and humidity variability on cloud cover assessed using aircraft data
Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society (2003)
Tompkins, A.M.
Journal article
2003
Solar radiative biases in deep convective regimes: Possible implications for dynamical feedback
Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society (2003)
Tompkins, A.M. | Di Giuseppe, F.
Journal article
2003
The JET2000 project
Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society (2003)
Thorncroft, C.D. | Parker, D.J. | Burton, R.R. | Diop, M. | Ayers, J.H. | Barjat, H. | Devereau, S. | Diongue, A. | Dumelow, R. | Kindred, D.R. | Price, N.M. | Saloum, M. | Tayor, C.M. | Tompkins, A.M.
Journal article
2003
Three-dimensional radiative transfer in tropical deep convective clouds
Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres (2003)
Di Giuseppe, F. | Tompkins, A.M.
Journal article
2002
A prognostic parameterization for the subgrid-scale variability of water vapor and clouds in large-scale models and its use to diagnose cloud cover
Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences (2002)
Tompkins, A.M.
Journal article
2001
On the relationship between tropical convection and sea surface temperature
Journal of Climate (2001)
Tompkins, A.M.
Journal article
2001
Organization of tropical convection in low vertical wind shears: The role of cold pools
Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences (2001)
Tompkins, A.M.
Journal article
2001
Organization of tropical convection in low vertical wind shears: The role of water vapor
Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences (2001)
Tompkins, A.M.
Journal article
2000
The vertical resolution sensitivity of simulated equilibrium temperature and water-vapour profiles
Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society (2000)
Tompkins, A.M. | Emanuel, K.A.

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