Peter Watson
Climate scientist at University of Bristol, most interested in present/future extreme climatic event risk and improving our prediction models, including with AI. climatebristol.org/people/peter-watson/
- 2026 PhD opportunity to develop applications of machine learning/AI tools to better understand extreme weather event risk and how it will be affected by climate change. In the GW4+ PhD program: www.nercgw4plus.ac.uk/projects-202.... Apply at www.bristol.ac.uk/study/postgr...
- With interdisciplinary team including @dougmcneall.bsky.social of the Met Office (with CASE support).
- Happy to share Bobby Antonio's paper on applying generative machine learning to improve skill at forecasting rainfall in East Africa: doi.org/10.1029/2024... Particularly interesting aspects are improvements in the diurnal cycle and getting good performance in an extreme season.
- PhD opportunity at Bristol: "Machine Learning for Understanding Extreme Weather in a Changing Climate". Please share with potential applicants. Deadline is Jan 31 12:00. www.bristol.ac.uk/geography/co... www.bristol.ac.uk/media-librar...
