Dr Michael Byrne
Lecturer in Earth Surface Processes
Research areas
I lead the Climate Dynamics Lab at the University of St Andrews. Our research addresses fundamental questions in atmospheric and climate dynamics, monsoons, land-climate interactions, the water cycle and past & future climate change. Recently we have been working to understand how clouds and water vapour influence monsoons, the dynamics of the intertropical convergence zone, and why continents and oceans respond very differently to climate change. In our research we use a range of tools including theory, computational models of varying degree of complexity, and Earth-system observations. Check out our website and publications for further info!
PhD supervision
- Alexander Chaudhri
Selected publications
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Open access
Latent heat must be visible in climate communications
Matthews, T., Byrne, M., Horton, R., Murphy, C., Pielke Sr, R., Raymond, C., Thorne, P. & Wilby, R. L., 14 Apr 2022, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Climate Change. Early View, e779.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Amplified warming of extreme temperatures over tropical land
Byrne, M. P., 21 Oct 2021, In: Nature Geoscience. 13 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Open access
Advances in understanding large-scale responses of the water cycle to climate change
Allan, R. P., Barlow, M., Byrne, M. P., Cherchi, A., Douville, H., Fowler, H. J., Gan, T. Y., Pendergrass, A. G., Rosenfeld, D., Swann, A. L. S., Wilcox, L. J. & Zolina, O., 4 Apr 2020, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. Early View, 27 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
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Monsoons Climate Change Assessment
Wang, B., Biasutti, M., Byrne, M. P., Castro, C., Chang, C-P., Cook, K., Fu, R., Grimm, A. M., Ha, K-J., Hendon, H., Kitoh, A., Krishnan, R., Lee, J-Y., Li, J., Liu, J., Moise, A., Pascale, S., Roxy, M. K., Seth, A., Sui, C-H., Turner, A., Yang, S., Yun, K-S., Zhang, L. & Zhou, T., 6 May 2020, In: Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society. p. 1-60 60 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Open access
Radiative effects of clouds and water vapor on an axisymmetric monsoon
Byrne, M. P. & Zanna, L., 15 Oct 2020, In: Journal of Climate. 33, 20, p. 8789-8811Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Open access
Controls on the width of tropical precipitation and its contraction under global warming
Donohoe, A., Atwood, A. R. & Byrne, M. P., 29 Aug 2019, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Geophysical Research Letters. Early View, 10 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Open access
Dynamics of ITCZ width: Ekman processes, non-Ekman processes, and links to sea surface temperature
Byrne, M. P. & Thomas, R., Sep 2019, In: Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences. 76, 9, p. 2869-2884 16 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Atmospheric dynamics feedback: concept, simulations and climate implications
Byrne, M. & Schneider, T., 26 Mar 2018, In: Journal of Climate. 31, 8, p. 3249-3264Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Open access
Response of the intertropical convergence zone to climate change: location, width and strength
Byrne, M. P., Pendergrass, A., Rapp, A. & Wodzicki, K., 9 Aug 2018, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Current Climate Change Reports. First Online, 16 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Trends in continental temperature and humidity directly linked to ocean warming
Byrne, M. P. & O'Gorman, P. A., 8 May 2018, In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 115, 19, p. 4863-4868 6 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review