Adrian Mark Tompkins

Permanent Scientific Staff

Research Scientist

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

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

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)

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)

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

2006

A view of Hurricane Katrina with early 21st century technology

Eos (2006)

Journal article

2006

Relationships of upper tropospheric water vapor, clouds and SST: MLS observations, ECMWF analyses and GCM simulations

Geophysical Research Letters (2006)

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)

Journal article

2005

The diurnal cycle of the West African monsoon circulation

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society (2005)

Journal article

2005

Comparisons of EOS MLS cloud ice measurements with ECMWF analyses and GCM simulations: Initial results

Geophysical Research Letters (2005)

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

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

2004

Variational retrieval of temperature and humidity profiles using rain rates versus microwave brightness temperatures

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society (2004)

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)

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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