Dr Ian Brooks

Senior Lecturer

Telephone number: +44(0) 113 34 36743/36805 lab
Email address: i.m.brooks@leeds.ac.uk
Room: 10.103

Biography

Ian Brooks obtained a PhD from UMIST where he studied the cloud microphysical processes leading to thunderstorm electrification. He then spent 8 years at Scripps Institution of Oceanography in San Diego, first as a PDRA and then as associate project scientist, working on various problems in marine boundary layer meteorology: turbulent processes in marine stratocumulus, radar ducting, coastally trapped flows, and entrainment processes.

His research interests remain in boundary layer processes, in particular turbulent air-sea exchange, entrainment, and Arctic boundary layers. Most of this work is based on in-situ measurements; Ian has extensive experience in many aspects of field measurement - aircraft based measurements, oceanographic research cruises, and surface based campaigns. He has undertaken fieldwork all over the world from the central Arctic Ocean to the Weddell Sea, and from the Persian Gulf to the South China Sea. While primarily an observational specialist, recent work has increasingly utilised numerical models, notably the UK Met Office Large Eddy Simulation and Unified Models.

Current research projects include analysis of data from the 2008 Arctic Summer Cloud-Ocean Study (ASCOS) field campaign; a study of the impact of sea-spray on the air-sea fluxes of heat and moisture within typhoons in the Pacific (joint with the University of Miami); and a multi-year study of air-sea gas (CO2) and aerosol fluxes (WAGES)(joint with the National Oceanography Centre, Southampton). Details of all these projects can be found here.

Qualifications

Ph.D. (UMIST): Laboratory studies of thunderstorm electrification processes
B.Sc. (UMIST): Pure and Applied Physics (Hons, 1st class)

Memberships/Fellowships

Fellow of the Royal Meteorological Society
Member of the American Meteorological Society
Member of the American Geophysical Union
Member of the Challenger Society for Marine Science

Research Interests

Boundary layer meteorology
Air-sea interaction
Arctic meteorology and climate, turbulent processes

Academic CV

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Publications

Brooks, IM; Fowler, AM (2012) An Evaluation of boundary-layer depth, inversion and entrainment parameters by large eddy simulation , Boundary-Layer Meteorology: an international journal of physical and biological processes in the atmospheric boundary layer, 142, pp.245-263. doi:10.1007/s10546-011-9668-3
Sedlar, J; Tjernstrom, M; Mauritsen, T; Shupe, MD; Brooks, IM; Persson, POG; Birch, CE; Leck, C; Sirevaag, A; Nicolaus, M (2011) A transitioning Arctic surface energy budget: the impacts of solar zenith angle, surface albedo and cloud radiative forcing, CLIM DYNAM, 37, pp.1643-1660. doi:10.1007/s00382-010-0937-5
Norris, SJ; Brooks, IM; de Leeuw, G; Sirevaag, A; Leck, C; Brooks, BJ; Birch, CE; Tjernstrom, M (2011) Measurements of bubble size spectra within leads in the Arctic summer pack ice, OCEAN SCI, 7, pp.129-139. doi:10.5194/os-7-129-2011
Brooks, IM; Andreas, EL; McFiggans, G; Anguelova, MD; O'Dowd, C (2011) PRIMARY MARINE AEROSOL FLUXES, B AM METEOROL SOC, 92, pp.489-491. doi:10.1175/2010BAMS3112.1
Mauritsen, T; Sedlar, J; Tjernstrom, M; Leck, C; Martin, M; Shupe, M; Sjögren, S; Sierau, B; Persson, POG; Brooks, IM; Swietlicki, E (2011) Arctic aerosol indirect effects , Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 11, pp.165-173. doi:10.5194/acp-11-165-2011
Held, A; Brooks, IM; Leck, C; Tjernstrom, M (2011) On the potential contribution of open lead particle emissions to the central Arctic aerosol concentration , Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 11, pp.3093-3105. doi:10.5194/acp-11-3093-2011
O'Connor, EJ; Illingworth, AJ; Brooks, IM; Westbrook, CD; Hogan, RJ; Davies, F; Brooks, BJ (2010) A Method for Estimating the Turbulent Kinetic Energy Dissipation Rate from a Vertically Pointing Doppler Lidar, and Independent Evaluation from Balloon-Borne In Situ Measurements, J ATMOS OCEAN TECH, 27, pp.1652-1664. doi:10.1175/2010JTECHA1455.1
Brooks, IM (2010) Atmospheric Thermodynamics, GEOGR J, 176, pp.270-270. doi:10.1111/j.1475-4959.2010.00372.x
Brooks, IM; Yelland, MJ; Upstill-Goddard, RC; Nightingale, PD; Archer, S; d'Asaro, E; Beale, R; Beatty, C; Blomquist, B; Bloom, AA; Brooks, BJ; Cluderay, J; Coles, D; Dacey, J; DeGrandpre, M; Dixon, J; Drennan, WM; Gabriele, J; Goldson, L; Hardman-Mountford, N; Hill, MK; Horn, M; Hsueh, PC; Huebert, B; de Leeuw, G; Leighton, TG; Liddicoat, M; Lingard, JJN; McNeil, C; McQuaid, JB; Moat, BI; Moore, G; Neill, C; Norris, SJ; O'Doherty, S; Pascal, RW; Prytherch, J; Rebozo, M; Sahlee, E; Salter, M; Schuster, U; Skjelvan, I; Slagter, H; Smith, MH; Smith, PD; Srokosz, M; Stephens, JA; Taylor, PK; Telszewski, M; Walsh, R; Ward, B; Woolf, DK; Young, D; Zemmelink, H (2009) PHYSICAL EXCHANGES AT THE AIR-SES INTERFACE UK-SOLAS Field Measurements, B AM METEOROL SOC, 90, pp.629-+. doi:10.1175/2008BAMS2578.1
Brooks, IM; Yelland, MJ; Upstill-Goddard, RC; Nightingale, PD; Archer, S; d'Asaro, E; Beale, R; Beatty, C; Blomquist, B; Bloom, AA; Brooks, BJ; Cluderay, J; Coles, D; Dacey, J; DeGrandpre, M; Dixon, J; Drennan, WM; Gabriele, J; Goldson, L; Hardman-Mountford, N; Hill, MK; Horn, M; Hsueh, PC; Huebert, B; de Leeuw, G; Leighton, TG; Liddicoat, M; Lingard, JJN; McNeil, C; McQuaid, JB; Moat, BI; Moore, G; Neill, C; Norris, SJ; O'Doherty, S; Pascal, RW; Prytherch, J; Rebozo, M; Sahlee, E; Salter, M; Schuster, U; Skjelvan, I; Slagter, H; Smith, MH; Smith, PD; Srokosz, M; Stephens, JA; Taylor, PK; Telszewski, M; Walsh, R; Ward, B; Woolf, DK; Young, D; Zemmelink, H (2009) UK-SOLAS FIELD MEASUREMENTS OF AIR-SEA EXCHANGE Instrumentation, B AM METEOROL SOC, 90, pp.ES9-ES16. doi:10.1175/2008BAMS2578.2
Birch, CE; Brooks, IM; Tjernstrom, M; Milton, SF; Earnshaw, P; Soderberg, S; Persson, POG (2009) The performance of a global and mesoscale model over the central Arctic Ocean during late summer, J GEOPHYS RES-ATMOS, 114, . doi:10.1029/2008JD010790
Hill, MK; Brooks, BJ; Norris, SJ; Smith, MH; Brooks, IM; De Leeuw, G (2008) A Compact Lightweight Aerosol Spectrometer Probe (CLASP), J ATMOS OCEAN TECH, 25, pp.1996-2006. doi:10.1175/2008JTECHA1051.1
Norris, SJ; Brooks, IM; de Leeuw, G; Smith, MH; Moerman, M; Lingard, JJN (2008) Eddy covariance measurements of sea spray particles over the Atlantic Ocean, ATMOS CHEM PHYS, 8, pp.555-563.
Brooks, IM (2008) Spatially Distributed Measurements of Platform Motion for the Correction of Ship-Based Turbulent Fluxes, J ATMOS OCEAN TECH, 25, pp.2007-2017. doi:10.1175/2008JTECHA1086.1
Weller, R; Bradley, EF; Edson, JB; Fairall, CW; Brooks, IM; Yelland, MJ; Pascal, RW (2008) Sensors for physical fluxes at the sea surface: energy, heat, water, salt , Ocean Science, 4, pp.247-263.
Brooks, IM; Fowler, AM (2007) New measure of entrainment zone structure, GEOPHYS RES LETT, 34, . doi:10.1029/2007GL030958
Brooks, IM; Soderberg, S; Tjernstrom, M (2003) The turbulence structure of the stable atmospheric boundary layer around a coastal headland: Aircraft observations and modelling results, BOUND-LAY METEOROL, 107, pp.531-559.
Brooks, IM (2003) Finding boundary layer top: Application of a wavelet covariance transform to lidar backscatter profiles, J ATMOS OCEAN TECH, 20, pp.1092-1105.
Brooks, IM (2001) Air-sea interaction and the spatial variability of the surface evaporation duct in a coastal environment, Geophysical Research Letters, 28, pp.2009-2012. doi:10.1029/2000GL012751
Pirjola, L; O'Dowd, CD; Brooks, IM; Kulmala, M (2000) Can new particle formation occur in the clean marine boundary layer?, Journal of Geophysical Research, 105, pp.26531-26546.
Brooks, IM; Rogers, DP (2000) Aircraft observations of the mean and turbulent structure of a shallow boundary layer over the Persian Gulf , Boundary-layer Meteorology, 95, pp.189-210.
Noone, KJ; Öström, E; Ferek, RJ; Garrett, T; Hobbs, PV; Johnson, DW; Taylor, JP; Russell, LM; Flagan, RC; Seinfeld, JH; O'Dowd, CD; Smith, MH; Durkee, PA; Nielson, K; Hudson, JG; Pockalny, RA; DeBock, L; van Grieken, R; Gasparovic, RF; Brooks, IM (2000) A case study of ships forming and not forming tracks in moderately polluted clouds, Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 57, pp.2729-2747.
Noone, KJ; Johnson, DW; Taylor, JP; Ferek, RJ; Garrett, T; Hobbs, PV; Durkee, PA; Nielson, K; Platnick, S; King, MD; Öström, E; O'Dowd, CD; Smith, MH; Russell, LM; Flagan, RC; Seinfeld, JH; DeBock, L; van Grieken, R; Hudson, JG; Brooks, IM; Gasparovic, RF; Pockalny, RA (2000) A case study of ship track formation in a polluted boundary layer, Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 57, pp.2748-2764.
Brooks, IM; Goroch, AK; Rogers, DP (1999) Observations of strong surface radar ducts over the Persian Gulf, Journal of Applied Meteorology, 38, pp.1293-1310.
Martin, GM; Johnson, DW; Jonas, PR; Rogers, DP; Brooks, IM; Barlow, R (1997) Effects of Airmass Type on the Interaction between Cumulus Clouds and Warm Stratocumulus Clouds in the Marine Boundary Layer, Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, 123, pp.849-882.
Brooks, IM; Rogers, DP (1997) Aircraft observations of boundary-layer rolls off the coast of California, Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 54, pp.1834-1849.
Brooks, IM; Saunders, CPR; Mitzeva, RP; Peck, CS (1997) The effect of rime accretion on thunderstorm charging, Atmospheric Research, 43, pp.277-295.
Brooks, IM; Saunders, CPR (1995) Thunderstorm charging: laboratory experiments clarified, Atmospheric Research, 39, pp.263-273.
Brooks, IM; Saunders, CPR (1994) An experimental investigation of the inductive mechanism of thunderstorm electrification, Journal of Geophysical Research, 99, pp.10627-10632.
Saunders, CPR; Brooks, IM (1992) The effects of high liquid water content on thunderstorm charging, Journal of Geophysical Research, 97, pp.14671-14676.
Norris, S; Brooks, IM; Hill, MK; Brooks, BJ; Smith, MH (Not yet published) Size Segregated Eddy Covariance Measurements of Sea Spray Fluxes over the Open Ocean., Journal of Geophysical research, .