Dr Maria Russo

Assistant Research Professor

I am an NCAS Senior Research Associate working with Dr. Luke Abraham and Prof. Alex Archibald in the Centre for Atmospheric Science.

I use numerical models and observations to investigate physical and chemical processes in the atmosphere. I work with UKCA, the United Kingdom Chemistry and Aerosols community model, based on the Met Office Unified Model. I have past experience in addressing the effect of model horizontal resolution on a number of different dynamical and chemical processes. Currently, I'm working on better integration of models and observational (VISION project) and the climate impact of aircraft NOx emissions (REVEAL-NOx project).

Key Research Interests

Decadal changes in tropospheric ozone.
Integrating model and observational data for better understanding of atmospheric processes and atmospheric model evaluation.
Tropical deep convection and its impact on Troposphere/Stratosphere exchange.
Lightning emissions and their impact on Chemistry and Climate.
Very short lived ozone depleting species (VSLS) and their impact on ozone.
Impacts of emission changes and climate on regional atmospheric composition.

Experience

Research Scientist: 2006-present. University of Cambridge.
Research Scientist: 2008-present. National Centre for Atmospheric Science (NCAS)
Regional Climate Scientist: 2002-2006. Met Office, Hadley Centre.
PhD: 1998-2001. University College London.
Master Degree, Chemistry: 1992-1997. University of Palermo, Italy.

Publications

Tropical convective transport and the Walker circulation

JS Hosking, MR Russo, P Braesicke, JA Pyle

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

(2012)

9791

(doi: 10.5194/acp-12-9791-2012)

Megacity ozone air quality under four alternative future scenarios

TM Butler, ZS Stock, MR Russo, HACD van der Gon, MG Lawrence

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

(2012)

4413

(doi: 10.5194/acp-12-4413-2012)

Representation of tropical deep convection in atmospheric models - Part 2: Tracer transport

CR Hoyle, V Marécal, MR Russo, G Allen, J Arteta, C Chemel, MP Chipperfield, F D'Amato, O Dessens, W Feng, JF Hamilton, NRP Harris, JS Hosking, AC Lewis, O Morgenstern, T Peter, JA Pyle, T Reddmann, NAD Richards, PJ Telford, W Tian, S Viciani, A Volz-Thomas, O Wild, X Yang, G Zeng

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics Discussions

(2011)

20355

(doi: 10.5194/acp-11-8103-2011)

Representation of tropical deep convection in atmospheric models - Part 1: Meteorology and comparison with satellite observations

MR Russo, V Marécal, CR Hoyle, J Arteta, C Chemel, MP Chipperfield, O Dessens, W Feng, JS Hosking, PJ Telford, O Wild, X Yang, JA Pyle

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics Discussions

(2011)

2765

(doi: 10.5194/acp-11-2765-2011)

Modelling deep convection and its impacts on the tropical tropopause layer

JS Hosking, MR Russo, P Braesicke, JA Pyle