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Yano, Jun-Ichi and Plant, Robert S. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8808-0022 (2023) Interaction of the convective energy cycle and large-scale dynamics. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences. ISSN 1520-0469 doi: https://doi.org/10.1175/JAS-D-23-0066.1

Daleu, Chimene L., Plant, Robert S. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8808-0022, Stirling, Alison J. and Whitall, Mike (2023) Evaluating the CoMorph-A parameterization using idealised simulations of the two-way coupling between convection and large-scale dynamics. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society. ISSN 1477-870X doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/qj.4547

Johnston, Michael C., Holloway, Christopher E. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9903-8989 and Plant, Robert S. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8808-0022 (2023) Sensible heat fluxes control cloud trail strength. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, 149 (753). pp. 1165-1179. ISSN 1477-870X doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/qj.4438

Harvey, Natalie J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0973-5794, Daleu, Chimene L., Stratton, Rachel A., Plant, Robert S. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8808-0022, Woolnough, Steven J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0500-8514 and Stirling, Alison J. (2022) The impact of surface heterogeneity on the diurnal cycle of deep convection. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, 148 (749). pp. 3509-3527. ISSN 1477-870X doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/qj.4371

Hagos, Samson, Chen, Jingyi, Barber, Katelyn, Sakaguchi, Koichi, Plant, Robert S. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8808-0022, Feng, Zhe and Xiao, Heng (2022) A machine learning assisted stochastic cloud population model as a parameterization of cumulus convection. Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems, 14 (7). e2021MS002808. ISSN 1942-2466 doi: https://doi.org/10.1029/2021MS002808

Blunn, Lewis, Coceal, Omduth ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0705-6755, Nazarian, Negin, Barlow, Janet, Plant, Bob ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8808-0022, Bohnenstengel, Sylvia and Lean, Humphrey (2022) Turbulence characteristics across a range of idealized urban canopy geometries. Boundary-Layer Meteorology, 182. pp. 275-307. ISSN 0006-8314 doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10546-021-00658-6

Hermoso, A., Homar, V. and Plant, R. S. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8808-0022 (2021) Potential of stochastic methods for improving convection-permitting ensemble forecasts of extreme events over the western Mediterranean. Atmospheric Research, 257. 105571. ISSN 0169-8059 doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosres.2021.105571

Gu, Jian-Feng ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7752-4553, Plant, Robert S. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8808-0022, Holloway, Christopher E. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9903-8989 and Jones, Todd R. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7669-1499 (2021) Composited structure of non-precipitating shallow cumulus clouds. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, 147 (738). pp. 2818-2833. ISSN 1477-870X doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/qj.4101

Bopape, Mary-Jane M., Cardoso, Hipolito, Plant, Robert S. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8808-0022, Phaduli, Elelwani, Chikoore, Hector, Ndarana, Thando, Khalau, Lino and Rakate, Edward (2021) Sensitivity of tropical cyclone Idai simulations to cumulus parametrization schemes. Atmosphere, 12 (8). 932. ISSN 2073-4433 doi: https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos12080932

Muetzelfeldt, Mark R. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6851-7351, Plant, Robert S. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8808-0022, Clark, Peter A. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1001-9226, Stirling, Alison J. and Woolnough, Steven J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0500-8514 (2021) A climatology of tropical wind shear produced by clustering wind profiles from the Met Office Unified Model (GA7.0). Geoscientific Model Development, 14 (6). pp. 4035-4049. ISSN 1991-9603 doi: https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-14-4035-2021

Hwong, Y. L., Song, S., Sherwood, S. C., Stirling, A. J., Rio, C., Roehrig, R., Daleu, C. L., Plant, R. S. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8808-0022, Fuchs, D., Maher, P. and Touzé-Peiffer, L. (2021) Characterizing convection schemes using their responses to imposed tendency perturbations. Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems, 13 (5). e2021MS002461. ISSN 1942-2466 doi: https://doi.org/10.1029/2021MS002461

Flack, David, Clark, Peter ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1001-9226, Halliwell, Carol, Roberts, Nigel, Gray, Suzanne ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8658-362X, Plant, Bob ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8808-0022 and Lean, Humphrey (2021) A physically-based stochastic boundary-layer perturbation scheme. Part II: perturbation growth within a super ensemble framework. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 78 (3). pp. 747-761. ISSN 1520-0469 doi: https://doi.org/10.1175/JAS-D-19-0292.1

Bopape, Mary-Jane, Plant, Bob, Coceal, Omduth, Efstathiou, George and Valdivieso Da Costa, Maria (2021) Effects of stability functions in a dynamic model convective boundary layer simulation. Atmospheric Science Letters, 22 (1). e1008. ISSN 1530-261X doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/asl.1008

Bopape, Mary-Jane M., Waitolo, David, Plant, Robert S. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8808-0022, Phaduli, Elelwani, Nkonde, Edson, Simfukwe, Henry, Mkandwire, Stein, Rakate, Edward and Misha, Robert (2021) Sensitivity of simulations of Zambian heavy rainfall events to the atmospheric boundary layer schemes. Climate, 9 (2). 38. ISSN 2225-1154 doi: https://doi.org/10.3390/cli9020038

Gu, Jian-Feng ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7752-4553, Plant, R S ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8808-0022, Holloway, Chris E. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9903-8989 and Muetzelfeldt, Mark R. (2020) Pressure drag for shallow cumulus clouds: from thermals to the cloud ensemble. Geophysical Research Letters, 47 (22). e2020GL090460. ISSN 0094-8276 doi: https://doi.org/10.1029/2020GL090460

Daleu, C. L., Plant, R. S., Woolnough, S. J., Stirling, A. J. and Harvey, N. J (2020) Memory properties in cloud--resolving simulations of the diurnal cycle of deep convection. Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems, 12 (8). e2019MS001897. ISSN 1942-2466 doi: https://doi.org/10.1029/2019MS001897

Honnert, Rachel, Efstathiou, Georgios A., Beare, Robert J., Ito, Junshi, Lock, Adrian, Neggers, Roel, Plant, Robert S., Shin, Hyeyum Hailey, Tomassini, Lorenzo and Zhou, Bowen (2020) The atmospheric boundary layer and the "gray zone" of turbulence: a critical review. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 125 (13). e2019JD030317. ISSN 2169-8996 doi: https://doi.org/10.1029/2019JD030317

Yano, Jun-Ichi and Plant, Bob (2020) Why does Arakawa and Schubert's convective quasi-equilibrium closure not work? Mathematical analysis and implications. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 77 (4). pp. 1371-1385. ISSN 1520-0469 doi: https://doi.org/10.1175/jas-d-19-0165.1

Hagos, Samson, Feng, Zhe, Plant, Robert S. and Protat, Alain (2020) A machine learning assisted development of a model for the populations of convective and stratiform clouds. Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems, 12 (3). e2019MS001798. ISSN 1942-2466 doi: https://doi.org/10.1029/2019MS001798

Gu, Jian-Feng, Plant, Robert Stephen, Holloway, Christopher E., Jones, Todd R., Stirling, Alison, Clark, Peter A., Woolnough, Steven J. and Webb, Thomas L. (2020) Evaluation of the bulk mass flux formulation using large eddy simulations. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 77 (6). pp. 2115-2137. ISSN 1520-0469 doi: https://doi.org/10.1175/JAS-D-19-0224.1

Bopape, Mary-Jane M., Plant, Robert S. and Coceal, Omduth (2020) Resolution dependence of turbulent structures in convective boundary layer simulations. Atmosphere, 11 (9). 986. ISSN 2073-4433 doi: https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos11090986

Flack, David L. A., Gray, Suzanne L. and Plant, R. S. (2019) A simple ensemble approach for more robust process-based sensitivity analysis of case studies in convection-permitting models. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, 145 (724). pp. 3089-3101. ISSN 1477-870X doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/qj.3606

Dance, Sarah L., Ballard, Susan P., Bannister, Ross N., Clark, Peter, Cloke, Hannah L., Darlington, Timothy, Flack, David L. A., Gray, Suzanne L., Hawkness-Smith, Lee, Husnoo, Nawal, Illingworth, Anthony J., Kelly, Graeme A., Lean, Humphrey W., Li, Dingmin, Nichols, Nancy K., Nicol, John C., Oxley, Andrew, Plant, R. S., Roberts, Nigel M., Roulstone, Ian, Simonin, David, Thompson, Robert J. and Waller, Joanne A. (2019) Improvements in forecasting intense rainfall: results from the FRANC (forecasting rainfall exploiting new data assimilation techniques and novel observations of convection) project. Atmosphere, 10 (3). 125. ISSN 2073-4433 doi: https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos10030125

Efstathiou, G. A. and Plant, Robert S. (2019) A dynamic extension of the pragmatic blending scheme for scale-dependent sub-grid mixing. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, 145 (719). pp. 884-892. ISSN 1477-870X doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/qj.3445

Johnston, Michael C., Holloway, Christopher E. and Plant, Robert S. (2018) Cloud trails past Bermuda: a five-year climatology from 2012-2016. Monthly Weather Review. pp. 4039-4055. ISSN 0027-0644 doi: https://doi.org/10.1175/MWR-D-18-0141.1

Efstathiou, G. A., Plant, R. S. and Bopape, M.-J. M. (2018) Simulation of an evolving convective boundary layer using a scale-dependent dynamic Smagorinsky model at near-gray-zone resolutions. Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology, 57 (9). pp. 2197-2214. ISSN 1558-8432 doi: https://doi.org/10.1175/JAMC-D-17-0318.1

Kamieniecki, Jan A., Ambaum, Maarten H. P., Plant, Robert S. and Woolnough, Steven J. (2018) The implications of an idealised large-scale circulation for mechanical work done by tropical convection. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 75 (8). pp. 2533-2547. ISSN 1520-0469 doi: https://doi.org/10.1175/JAS-D-17-0314.1

Hagos, Samson, Feng, Zhe, Plant, Robert S., Houze Jr, Robert A. and Xiao, Heng (2018) A stochastic framework for modeling the population dynamics of convective clouds. Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems, 10 (2). pp. 448-465. ISSN 1942-2466 doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/2017MS001214

Flack, David L. A., Gray, Suzanne L., Plant, Robert S., Lean, Humphrey W. and Craig, George C. (2018) Convective-scale perturbation growth across the spectrum of convective regimes. Monthly Weather Review, 146 (1). pp. 387-405. ISSN 0027-0644 doi: https://doi.org/10.1175/mwr-d-17-0024.1

Daleu, C. L., Plant, R. S. and Woolnough, S. J. (2017) Using the weak-temperature gradient approximation to evaluate parameterizations: an example of the transition from suppressed to active convection. Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems, 9 (6). pp. 2350-2367. ISSN 1942-2466 doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/2017MS000940

Dey, Seonaid R. A., Plant, Robert S., Roberts, Nigel M. and Migliorini, Stefano (2016) Assessing spatial precipitation uncertainties in a convective-scale ensemble. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, 142 (701). pp. 2935-2948. ISSN 1477-870X doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/qj.2893

Dey, S. R. A., Roberts, N. M., Plant, R. S. and Migliorini, Stefano (2016) A new method for the characterisation and verification of local spatial predictability for convective scale ensembles. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society. ISSN 0035-9009 doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/qj.2792

Keane, Richard John, Plant, R. S. and Tennant, W. J. (2016) Evaluation of the Plant–Craig stochastic convection scheme (v2.0) in the ensemble forecasting system MOGREPS-R (24 km) based on the Unified Model (v7.3). Geoscientific Model Development, 9 (5). pp. 1921-1935. ISSN 1991-9603 doi: https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-9-1921-2016

Flack, David L. A., Plant, Robert S., Gray, Suzanne L., Lean, Humphrey W., Keil, Christian and Craig, George C. (2016) Characterisation of convective regimes over the British Isles. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, 142 (696). pp. 1541-1553. ISSN 1477-870X doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/qj.2758

Yano, J.- I. and Plant, Robert S. (2016) Generalized convective quasi-equilibrium principle. Dynamics of Atmospheres and Oceans, 73. pp. 10-33. ISSN 0377-0265 doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dynatmoce.2015.11.001

Daleu, Chimene L., Plant, R. S., Woolnough, Steven J., Sessions, S., Herman, M. J., Sobel, A., Wang, S., Kim, D., Cheng, A., Bellon, G., Peyrille, P., Ferry, F., Siebesma, P. and van Ulft, L. (2016) Intercomparison of methods of coupling between convection and large-scale circulation. 2: comparison over non-uniform surface conditions. Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems, 8 (1). pp. 387-405. ISSN 1942-2466 doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/2015MS000570

Daleu, Chimene L., Plant, R. S., Woolnough, Steven J., Sessions, S., Herman, M. J., Sobel, A., Wang, S., Kim, D., Cheng, A., Bellon, G., Peyrille, P., Ferry, F., Siebesma, P. and van Ulft, L. (2015) Intercomparison of methods of coupling between convection and large-scale circulation: 1. Comparison over uniform surface conditions. Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems, 7 (4). pp. 1576-1601. ISSN 1942-2466 doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/2015MS000468

Nicol, John, Hogan, Robin, Stein, Thorwald, Hanley, Kirsty, Clark, Peter, Halliwell, C. E., Lean, H. W. and Plant, R. S. (2015) Convective updraught evaluation in high-resolution NWP simulations using single-Doppler radar measurements. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, 141 (693). pp. 3177-3189. ISSN 1477-870X doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/qj.2602

Stein, Thorwald, Hogan, Robin, Clark, Peter, Halliwell, Carol, Hanley, Kirsty, Lean, Humphrey, Nicol, John and Plant, R. S. (2015) The DYMECS project: a statistical approach for the evaluation of convective storms in high-resolution NWP models. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 96 (6). pp. 939-951. ISSN 1520-0477 doi: https://doi.org/10.1175/BAMS-D-13-00279.1

Boutle, I. A., Belcher, Stephen E and Plant, R S (2015) Friction in mid-latitude cyclones: an Ekman-PV mechanism. Atmospheric Science Letters, 16 (2). pp. 103-109. ISSN 1530-261X doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/asl2.526

Vaughan, G., Methven, J., Anderson, D., Antonescu, B., Baker, L., Baker, T. P., Ballard, S. P., Bower, K. N., Brown, P. R. A., Chagnon, J., Choularton, T. W., Chylik, J., Connolly, P. J., Cook, P. A., Cotton, R. J., Crosier, J., Dearden, C., Dorsey, J. R., Frame, T. H. A., Gallagher, M. W., Goodliff, M., Gray, S. L., Harvey, B. J., Knippertz, P., Lean, H. W., Li, D., Lloyd, G., Martinez-Alvarado, O., Nicol, J., Norris, J., Öström, E., Owen, J., Parker, D. J., Plant, R. S., Renfrew, I. A., Roberts, N. M., Rosenberg, P., Rudd, A. C., Schultz, D. M., Taylor, J. P., Trzeciak, T., Tubbs, R., Vance, A. K., Van Leeuwen, P. J., Wellpott, A. and Woolley, A. (2015) Cloud banding and winds in intense European cyclones: results from the DIAMET project. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 96 (2). pp. 249-265. ISSN 1520-0477 doi: https://doi.org/10.1175/BAMS-D-13-00238.1

Daleu, C. L., Woolnough, S. J. and Plant, R.S. (2015) Transition from suppressed to active convection modulated by a weak-temperature gradient derived large-scale circulation. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 72 (2). pp. 834-853. ISSN 1520-0469 doi: https://doi.org/10.1175/JAS-D-14-0041.1

Yano, J.-I., Geleyn, J.-F., Koller, M., Mironov, D., Quass, J., Soares, P. M. M., Phillips, V. J. T. P., Plant, R S, Deluca, A., Marquet, P., Stulic, L. and Fuchs, Z. (2015) Basic concepts for convection parameterization in weather forecast and climate models: COST Action ES0905 final report. Atmosphere, 6 (1). pp. 88-147. ISSN 2073-4433 doi: https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos6010088

Hanley, K. E., Plant, R S, Stein, Thorwald H M, Hogan, Robin J, Nicol, John C, Lean, H. W., Halliwell, C. and Clark, Peter A (2015) Mixing length controls on high resolution simulations of convective storms. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, 141 (686). pp. 272-284. ISSN 1477-870X doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/qj.2356

Dey, S. R. A., Leoncini, Giovanni, Roberts, N. M., Plant, R S and Migliorini, Stefano (2014) A spatial view of ensemble spread in convection permitting ensembles. Monthly Weather Review, 142 (11). pp. 4091-4107. ISSN 0027-0644 doi: https://doi.org/10.1175/MWR-D-14-00172.1

Martinez-Alvarado, Oscar, Baker, Laura H, Gray, Suzanne L, Methven, John and Plant, R S (2014) Distinguishing the cold conveyor belt and sting jet air streams in an intense extratropical cyclone. Monthly Weather Review, 142 (8). pp. 2571-2595. ISSN 1520-0493 doi: https://doi.org/10.1175/MWR-D-13-00348.1

Martinez-Alvarado, Oscar and Plant, R S (2014) Parameterised diabatic processes in numerical simulations of an extratropical cyclone. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, 140 (682). pp. 1742-1755. ISSN 1477-870X doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/qj.2254

Stein, Thorwald H. M., Hogan, Robin J., Hanley, Kirsty E., Nicol, John C., Lean, Humphrey W., Plant, Robert S., Clark, Peter A. and Halliwell, Carol E. (2014) The three-dimensional morphology of simulated and observed convective storms over southern England. Monthly Weather Review, 142 (9). pp. 3264-3283. ISSN 1520-0493 doi: https://doi.org/10.1175/MWR-D-13-00372.1

Holloway, Christopher E., Petch, Jon C., Beare, Robert J., Bechtold, Peter, Craig, George C., Derbyshire, Stephen H., Donner, Leo J., Field, Paul R., Gray, Suzanne L., Marsham, John H., Parker, Douglas J., Plant, Robert S., Roberts, Nigel M., Schultz, David M., Stirling, Alison J. and Woolnough, Steven J. (2014) Understanding and representing atmospheric convection across scales: recommendations from the meeting held at Dartington Hall, Devon, UK, 28–30 January 2013. Atmospheric Science Letters, 15 (4). pp. 348-353. ISSN 1530-261X doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/asl2.508

Plant, R. S., Fuchs, Z. and Yano, J. I. (2014) Basic theory behind parameterizing atmospheric convection. EOS transactions, 95 (16). p. 137. ISSN 2324-9250 doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/2014EO160006

Martinez-Alvarado, Oscar, Joos, Hanna, Chagnon, Jeffrey, Boettcher, Maxi, Gray, Suzanne, Plant, R. S., Methven, John and Wernli, Heini (2013) The dichotomous structure of the warm conveyor belt. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, 140 (683). pp. 1809-1824. ISSN 1477-870X doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/qj.2276

Leoncini, G., Plant, R. S., Gray, S. L. and Clark, Peter A. (2013) Ensemble forecasts of a flood-producing storm: comparison of the influence of model-state perturbations and parameter modifications. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, 139 (670). pp. 198-211. ISSN 1477-870X doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/qj.1951

Yano, J.-I., Machulskaya, E., Bechtold, P. and Plant, R. S. (2013) Bells and whistles of convection parameterization. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 94 (1). ES5-ES7. ISSN 1520-0477 doi: https://doi.org/10.1175/BAMS-D-12-00118.1

Warren, Robert, Kirshbaum, Daniel, Plant, R. S. and Lean, Humphrey (2013) A ‘Boscastle-type’ quasi-stationary convective system over the UK Southwest Peninsula. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, 140 (678). pp. 240-257. ISSN 1477-870X doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/qj.2124

Davies, L., Plant, R. S. and Derbyshire, S. H. (2013) Departures from convective equilibrium with a rapidly-varying surface forcing. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, 139 (676). pp. 1731-1746. ISSN 1477-870X doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/qj.2065

Plant, R. S. and Yano, Jun-Ichi (2013) The energy-cycle analysis of the interactions between shallow and deep atmospheric convection. Dynamics of Atmospheres and Oceans, 64. pp. 27-52. ISSN 0377-0265 doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dynatmoce.2013.06.001

Davies, Laura, Jakob, C., Cheung, K., Del Genio, A., Hill, A., Hume, T., Keane, Richard John, Komori, T., Larson, V. E., Lin, Y., Liu, X., Neilsen, B. J., Petch, J., Plant, R. S., Singh, M. S., Shi, X., Song, X., Wang, W., Whitall, M. A., Wolf, A., Xie, S. and Zhang, G. (2013) A single-column model ensemble approach applied to the TWP-ICE experiment. Journal of Geophysical Research, 118 (12). pp. 6544-6563. ISSN 0148-0227 doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/jgrd.50450

Yano, J.-I and Plant, R. S. (2012) Convective quasi–equilibrium. Reviews of Geophysics, 50 (4). 004. ISSN 8755-1209 doi: https://doi.org/10.1029/2011RG000378

Plant, Robert S. (2012) A new modelling framework for statistical cumulus dynamics. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences, 307 (1962). pp. 1041-1060. ISSN 1471-2962 doi: https://doi.org/10.1098/rsta.2011.0377

Daleu, Chimene L., Woolnough, Steven J. and Plant, R. S. (2012) Cloud-resolving model simulations with one- and two-way couplings via the weak temperature gradient approximation. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 69 (12). pp. 3683-3699. ISSN 1520-0469 doi: https://doi.org/10.1175/JAS-D-12-058.1

Yano, Jun-Ichi and Plant, Robert (2012) Interactions between shallow and deep convection under a finite departure from convective quasi–equilibrium. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences. ISSN 1520-0469 doi: https://doi.org/10.1175/JAS-D-12-0108.1

Plant, R. S. and Keane, R. J. (2011) Large-scale length and time scales for use with stochastic convective parameterization. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, 138 (666). pp. 1150-1164. ISSN 1477-870X doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/qj.992

Yano, Jun-Ichi and Plant, Robert (2011) Finite departure from convective quasi-equilibrium: periodic cycle and discharge-recharge mechanism. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, 138 (664). pp. 626-637. ISSN 1477-870X doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/qj.957

Plant, Robert S. and Yano, Jun-Ichi (2011) Comments on “An ensemble cumulus convection parameterization with explicit cloud treatment”. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 68 (7). pp. 1541-1544. ISSN 1520-0469 doi: https://doi.org/10.1175/2011JAS3728.1

Boutle, I. A., Belcher, S. E. and Plant, R. S. (2011) Moisture transport in mid-latitude cyclones. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, 137 (655). pp. 360-373. ISSN 1477-870X doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/qj.783

Leoncini, Giovanni, Plant, Robert Stephen, Gray, Suzanne Louise and Clark, Peter A. (2010) Perturbation growth at the convective scale for CSIP IOP18. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, 136 (648). pp. 653-670. ISSN 1477-870X doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/qj.587

Boutle, Ian, Beare, R.J., Belcher, Stephen Ernest, Brown, A.R and Plant, Robert Stephen (2010) The moist boundary layer under a mid-latitude weather system. Boundary-Layer Meteorology, 134 (3). pp. 367-386. ISSN 0006-8314 doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10546-009-9452-9

Ngwana, T. I., Demory, M-E., Vidale, P. L., Plant, R. S. and Mbedzi, M. P. (2010) Impact of land cover changes on the South African climate. IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science, 13 (1). 012009. ISSN 1755-1315 doi: https://doi.org/10.1088/1755-1315/13/1/012009

Plant, Robert Stephen (2009) A review of the theoretical basis for bulk mass flux convective parameterization. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics Discussions, 9. pp. 24945-24984. ISSN 1680-7375

Davies, Laura, Plant, Robert Stephen and Derbyshire, S. H. (2009) A simple model of convection with memory. Journal of Geophysical Research, 114. D17202. ISSN 0148-0227 doi: https://doi.org/10.1029/2008JD011653

Ball, Michael A. and Plant, Robert Stephen (2008) Comparison of stochastic parametrization approaches in a single-column model. Philosophical Transactions: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences, 366 (1875). pp. 2605-2623. ISSN 1364-503X doi: https://doi.org/10.1098/rsta.2008.0050

Plant, R.S. (2008) Statistical properties of cloud lifecycles in cloud-resolving models. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics Discussions, 8. pp. 20537-20564. ISSN 1680-7375

Yano, J.-I., Quass, J., Wagner, T.M. and Plant, R.S. (2008) Toward Statistical Descriptions of Convective Cloud Dynamics: Workshop on Concepts for Convective Parameterizations in Large-Scale Models. EOS transactions, 89 (23). p. 212. ISSN 0096-3941 doi: https://doi.org/10.1029/2008EO230009

Plant, R.S. and Craig, G.C. (2008) A stochastic parameterization for deep convection based on equilibrium statistics. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 65 (1). pp. 87-105. ISSN 1520-0469 doi: https://doi.org/10.1175/2007JAS2263.1

Plant, R. S. and Belcher, S. E. (2007) Numerical simulation of baroclinic waves with a parameterized boundary layer. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 64 (12). pp. 4383-4399. ISSN 1520-0469 doi: https://doi.org/10.1175/2007JAS2269.1

Plant, R. S. (2007) Cloud tracking in cloud-resolving models. 4th European Conference on Severe Storms, 10-14th September, ICTP, Mir amere, Trieste, Italy. 03.13.

Plant, Robert Stephen and Keith, G.J. (2007) Occurrence of Kelvin-Helmholtz Billows in Sea-breeze Circulations. Boundary-Layer Meteorology, 122 (1). pp. 1-15. ISSN 0006-8314 doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10546-006-9089-x

Boutle, I. A., Beare, R. J., Belcher, S. E. and Plant, R. S. (2007) A note on boundary layer friction in baroclinic cyclones. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, 133. pp. 2137-2141. ISSN 1477-870X doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/qj.179

Adamson, D. S., Belcher, S. E., Hoskins, B. J. and Plant, R. S. (2006) Boundary-layer friction in midlatitude cyclone. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, 132 (614). pp. 101-124. ISSN 1477-870X doi: https://doi.org/10.1256/qj.04.145

Ahmadi-Givi, F., Graig, G. C. and Plant, R. S. (2004) The dynamics of a midlatitude cyclone with very strong latent-heat release. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, 130 (596). pp. 295-323. ISSN 1477-870X

Plant, R.S., Craig, G.C. and Gray, S.L. (2003) On a threefold classification of extratropical cyclogenesis. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, 129. pp. 2989-3012. ISSN 1477-870X

Plant, Robert Stephen and Birse, Michael C. (2002) Mesonic fluctuations in a nonlocal Nambu–Jona-Lasinio model. Nuclear Physics A, 703 (3-4). pp. 717-744. ISSN 0375-9474 doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/S0375-9474(01)01669-4

Plant, Robert Stephen and Atkinson, Bruce W. (2002) Sea-breeze modification of the growth of a marine internal boundary layer. Boundary-Layer Meteorology, 104 (2). pp. 201-228. ISSN 1573-1472 doi: https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1016045229957

Atkinson, Bruce W, Li, J.-G. and Plant, Robert Stephen (2001) Numerical modeling of the propagation environment in the atmospheric boundary layer over the Persian Gulf. Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology, 40 (3). pp. 586-603. ISSN 1520-0450 doi: https://doi.org/10.1175/1520-0450(2001)040<0586:NMOTPE>2.0.CO;2

Small, J. S., Humphreys, P. N., Johnstone, T. L., Plant, R., Randall, M. G. and Trivedi, D. P. (1999) Results of an aqueous source term model for a radiological risk assessment of the Drigg LLW Site, U.K. MRS Proceedings, 608 (129). ISSN 1946-4274 doi: https://doi.org/10.1557/PROC-608-129

Plant, Robert Stephen and Birse, Michael C (1998) Meson properties in an extended nonlocal NJL model. Nuclear Physics A, 628 (4). pp. 607-644. ISSN 0375-9474 doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/S0375-9474(97)00635-0

Plant, Robert S. and Birse, Michael C. (1996) ϱ → 4π in chirally symmetric models. Physics Letters B, 365 (1-4). pp. 292-296. ISSN 0370-2693 doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/0370-2693(95)01273-7

Book or Report Section

Plant, R. S., Bengtsson, Lisa and Whitall, Michael (2015) Stochastic aspects of convective parameterization. In: Plant, Bob and Yano, Jun-Ichi (eds.) Parameterization of atmospheric convection. Vol 2. Current issues and new theories. Series on the Science of Climate Change. World Scientific, Imperial College Press, London, pp. 135-172. ISBN 9781783266906

Plant, R. S. and Yano, Jun-Ichi (2015) Quasi-equilibrium. In: Plant, R. S. and Yano, Jun-Ichi (eds.) Parameterization of atmospheric convection. Vol 1. Theoretical background and formulation. Series on the science of climate change. World Scientific, Imperial College Press, London, pp. 101-146. ISBN 9781783266906

Yano, Jun-Ichi and Plant, R. S. (2015) Closure. In: Plant, R. S. and Yano, Jun-Ichi (eds.) Parameterization of atmospheric convection. Vol 1. Theoretical background and formulation. Series on the science of climate change. World Scientific, Imperial College Press, London, pp. 325-402. ISBN 9781783266906

Plant, R. S. and Yano, Jun-Ichi (2015) Conclusions. In: Plant, R. S. and Yano, Jun-Ichi (eds.) Parameterization of atmospheric convection. Vol 2. Current issues and new theories. Series on the science of climate change. World Scientific, Imperial College Press, London, pp. 527-538. ISBN 9781783266906

Plant, R. S. and Martinez-Alvarado, Oscar (2015) Spectral and bulk mass-flux representations. In: Plant, R. S. and Yano, Jun-Ichi (eds.) Parameterization of atmospheric convection. Vol 1. Theoretical background and formulation. Series on the science of climate change. World Scientific, Imperial College Press, London, pp. 249-272. ISBN 9781783266906

Plant, R. S., Keane, Richard John, Tennant, W J and Whitall, M A W (2011) Stochastic parameterization: uncertainties from convection. In: Workshop on Representing Model Uncertainty and Error in Numerical Weather and Climate Prediction Models, 20-24 June 2011. ECMWF, Shinfield park, Reading, pp. 233-242.

Ball, Michael and Plant, Robert Stephen (2009) Comparison of stochastic parameterisation approaches in a single-column model. In: Palmer, T. and Williams, Paul David (eds.) Stochastic Physics and Climate Modelling. Cambridge University Press, pp. 424-445. ISBN 9780521761055

Conference or Workshop Item

Plant, Bob ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8808-0022, Hally, A, Lock, S.-J., Ahlgrimm, M, Arpargus, M, Bauer, W, Cafaro, C, Chen, I, Fannon, J, Feddersen, H, Fleury, A, Frogner, I-L, Gebhardt, C, Hamalainen, K, Hieronymus, M, Kauhanen, J, Kouhen, S, Kuntze, P, Lean, H, Mamgain, A, McCabe, A, Milan, M, Petch, J, Puh, M, Schraff, C, Stirling, A, Tempest, K, Tsiringakis, A, Weidle, F, Wimmer, M and Xu, Z (2022) Summary and Recommendations from Working Group 1: model uncertainty representations in convection-permitting / shorter lead-time / limited-area ensembles. In: ECMWF Workshop: Model Uncertainty, 9-12 May 2022, ECMWF, Reading.

Bopape, Mary-Jane M., Engelbrecht, F., Abiodun, B., Beraki, A., McGregor, J., Ndarana, T., Ntsangwane, L., Plant, Bob ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8808-0022, Randall, D., Rautenbach, H., Sithole, H., Sovara, M. and Witi, J. (2018) Weather and Climate Numerical Models Development Programme in South Africa. In: 34th Annual Conference of the South African Society for Atmospheric Sciences, 20-21 SEPT 2018, University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, pp. 1-4.

Reynolds, C, Leutbecher, M, Batte, L, Chen, Shuyi, Christensen, H, Klasa, C, Pegion, P, Plant, Bob, Raynaud, L, Roberts, N, Sandu, I, Singleton, A, Sommer, M, Swinbank, R, Tennant, W and Theis, S (2016) Working group 3: What are and how do we measure the pros and cons of existing approaches? In: ECMWF/WWRP Workshop: Model Uncertainty, 11-15 April 2016, ECMWF, Reading, pp. 13-16.

Bopape, Mary-Jane M., Plant, R. S. and Coceal, Omduth (2016) Simulating the convective boundary layer with a dynamic Smagorinsky model. In: 32nd Annual Conference of the South African Society for Atmospheric Sciences, 31 Oct - 1 Nov 2016, University of Cape Town, South Africa, pp. 11-15.

Pincus, R, Shutts, G, Forbes, R, Arnold, H, Crommelin, D, Descamps, L, Dorrestijn, J, Feddersen, H, Komori, T, Kwasinok, F, McNamara, H, Plant, Bob, Raisanen, P, Randall, D, Rauser, F, Seifert, A, Teixeira, J and Zanna, L (2011) Working Group 1: Future developments in deterministic and stochastic parametrizations. In: Workshop on Representing Model Uncertainty and Error in Numerical Weather and Climate Prediction Models, 20-24 June 2011, ECMWF, Reading, vii-xi.

Craig, G. C., Cohen, B. G. and Plant, R. S. (2005) Statistical mechanics and stochastic convective parameterisation. ECMWF Workshop on Representation of Sub-grid Processes using Stochastic--Dynamic Models. In: ECMWF Workshop on Representation of Sub-grid Processes using Stochastic-Dynamic Models., Reading.

Craig, G. C., Fraedrich, K., Lin, J., Monkrieff, M., Plant, R. S., Thomson, D. and Tompkins, A. (2005) Working Group 1 Report: Issues in Convection. In: UNSPECIFIED.

Plant, R. S. and Craig, G. C. (2004) Stochastic convective parameterisation with multiple plumes. In: 14th International Conference on Clouds and Precipitation, Bologna.

Book

Plant, R. S. and Yano, Jun-Ichi, eds. (2015) Parameterization of atmospheric convection. Vol 2: current issues and new theories. Series on the Science of Climate Change, 1. World Scientific, Imperial College Press, London, pp617. ISBN 9781783266906

Plant, R. S. and Yano, Jun-Ichi, eds. (2015) Parameterization of atmospheric convection. Vol. 1: theoretical background and formulation. Series on the science of climate change, 1. World Scientific, Imperial College Press, London, pp515. ISBN 9781783266906

Thesis

Plant, Robert Stephen (1998) Meson properties in an extended nonlocal NJL model. PhD thesis, University of Manchester.