Dr Mike Byrne
Deputy Head of School
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The Climate Dynamics Lab at the University of St Andrews – led by Mike Byrne – uses theory, models and observations to understand the climate system. Recently we have been working to understand extreme temperatures and the water cycle in a warming climate, how clouds and water vapour couple to tropical circulation, the dynamics of the tropical rainbelt, and why continents and oceans respond differently to climate change.
Selected publications
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Open access
Climate impacts of forced equatorial superrotation in an idealized GCM
Marino, T., Byrne, M. P. & Herbert, C., 15 Feb 2026, In: Journal of Climate. 39, 4, p. 1119-1136 18 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Entrainment-based framework for understanding extratropical moist heat extremes
Jha, R. & Byrne, M. P., 28 Jul 2026, In: Geophysical Research Letters. 53, 14, 11 p., e2026GL122678.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Tropical temperature distributions over a wide range of climates: theory and idealized simulations
Duffield, J. A. M. & Byrne, M. P., 15 Jan 2026, In: Journal of Climate. 39, 2, p. 475-499 25 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Changes in the regional water cycle and their impact on societies
Lambert, F. H., Allan, R. P., Behrangi, A., Byrne, M. P., Ceppi, P., Chadwick, R., Durack, P. J., Fosser, G., Fowler, H. J., Greve, P., Lee, T., Mutton, H., O'Gorman, P. A., Osborne, J. M., Pendergrass, A. G., Reager, J. T., Stier, P., Swann, A. L. S., Todd, A. & Vicente-Serrano, S. M. & 1 others, , 3 Apr 2025, In: Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Climate Change. 16, 2, 21 p., e70005.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
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Circulation and cloud responses to patterned SST warming
Mackie, A., Byrne, M. P., Van de Koot, E. K. & Williams, A. I. L., 28 Apr 2025, In: Geophysical Research Letters. 52, 8, 10 p., e2024GL112543.Research output: Contribution to journal › Letter › peer-review
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Climate impacts of equatorial superrotation
Marino, T., Byrne, M. P. & Herbert, C., 9 Apr 2025, arXiv, 40 p.Research output: Working paper › Preprint
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State of the climate in 2024
Blunden, J. (Editor), Reagan, J. (Editor), Dunn, R. J. H. (Editor) & Byrne, M. P., 1 Aug 2025, In: Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society. 106, 8, p. Si-S513 527 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Tropical cloud feedbacks estimated from observed multidecadal trends
Van de Koot, E. K., Byrne, M. P. & Woollings, T., 15 Jul 2025, In: Journal of Climate. 38, 14, p. 3185-3199 15 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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A moist-thermal quasigeostrophic model for monsoon depressions
Chaudhri, A. K., Byrne, M. P. & Scott, R. K., 31 Mar 2024, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society. Early View, 20 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Elevation-dependent warming: observations, models, and energetic mechanisms
Byrne, M. P., Boos, W. R. & Hu, S., 22 May 2024, In: Weather and Climate Dynamics. 5, 2, p. 763-777 15 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review