Janet Barlow

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Janet F. Barlow is a British meteorologist . She is Professor of Environmental Physics at Reading University .

Life

Barlow acquired in 1990 at the then University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology a bachelor's degree in applied physics and German, and in 1994 at the University of Reading a master's degree in applied and agricultural meteorology. She did her doctorate there in 1996 at the Institute for Meteorology. There she subsequently took on numerous scientific roles.

Act

Barlow's work deals with the field of urban climatology . In the context of the debate about the climate crisis, she points to the emergence of inner-city “heat islands” due to the overheating of the earth's climate system . She once said: “In London it can sometimes be up to 9 ° C warmer than in the country. In the UK, many of our buildings were built for the Victorian climate and they won't even withstand today's heat waves, let alone tomorrow's climate change. "

Barlow won the Luke Howard Award in 2019 for her outstanding contributions to urban climatology. The reason given was: “Through her deep theoretical understanding, Barlow has made important contributions to urban meteorology over the past 20 years. She has conducted innovative research of exceptional quality and written numerous groundbreaking and influential publications on a wide range of subjects. "

Publications (selection)

  • A. Dobre, SJ Arnold, RJ Smalley, JWD Boddy, JF Barlow, AS Tomlin, SE Belcher: Flow field measurements in the proximity of an urban intersection in London, UK. In: Atmospheric Environment. Volume 39, No. 26, 2005, pp. 4647-4657, doi: 10.1016 / j.atmosenv 2005.04.015
  • JF Barlow, TM Dunbar, EG Nemitz, CR Wood, MW Gallagher, F. Davies, ..., RM Harrison: Boundary layer dynamics over London, UK, as observed using Doppler lidar during REPARTEE-II. In: Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics. Volume 11, No. 5, 2011, pp. 2111-2125, doi: 10.5194 / acp-11-2111-2011
  • JF Barlow: Progress in observing and modeling the urban boundary layer. In: Urban Climate. Volume 10, 2014, pp. 216-240. doi: 10.1016 / j.uclim.2014.03.011

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c 2019 Luke Howard Award (LHA2019Awardee_final - LHA2019AwardeeCitation.pdf). (PDF; 25 kB) In: urban-climate.org. Retrieved December 15, 2019 .
  2. ↑ a b c Curriculum Vitae: Janet F. Barlow November 2019 (CURRICULUM VITAE - CV_JFBcurrent.pdf). (PDF; 215 kB) In: met.reading.ac.uk. Retrieved December 15, 2019 .
  3. ↑ Scientists warn of WILDFIRES and 'urban heat islands' as heatwave sweeps Europe. Mirror, June 26, 2019, accessed December 15, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Barlow, Janet
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Barlow, Janet F.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British meteorologist
DATE OF BIRTH 20th century