Aerosol and Radiation Research Scientist
Research, Earth System Modelling, Physical Processes
Summary:
Peter joined ECMWF in 2024 to work on aerosols and radiation in the context of the Destination Earth (DestinE) initiative. His work focuses on improving the representation of aerosol direct radiative effects in the DestinE Weather-Induced Extremes digital twin. Peter has broad interests in understanding and modelling of aerosols, clouds, convection and radiation, and the interactions between these phenomena.
Professional interests:
- Atmospheric radiative transfer for numerical weather prediction and climate models.
- Cloud properties, radiative effects, and feedbacks under climate change.
- Aerosol properties and radiative effects.
- Evaluation of radiation, clouds, aerosol, and convection in atmospheric models.
Career background:
- 2024 - present: Aerosol and Radiation Scientist, ECMWF
- 2013 - 2024: PostDoctoral Researcher, University of Reading, UK
- 2009 - 2012: PhD "Representing cloud structure in the radiation scheme of the Met Office model", University of Reading, UK
- 2007 - 2013: Scientist (Clouds and Radiation), Met Office, UK
- 2025
- Peter Gordon Hill, Declan Luke Finney, Mark D. Zelinka (June 2025) Cloud feedback uncertainty in the equatorial Pacific across CMIP6 models. DOI: 10.22541/essoar.172800386.60900932/v2
- Peter Gordon Hill, Declan Luke Finney, Mark D. Zelinka (October 2025) Cloud feedback uncertainty in the equatorial Pacific across CMIP6 models. DOI: 10.22541/essoar.172800386.60900932/v3
- Peter G. Hill, Declan L. Finney, Mark D. Zelinka (October 2025) Cloud Feedback Uncertainty in the Equatorial Pacific Across CMIP6 Models, Geophysical Research Letters. DOI: 10.1029/2025GL117183
- 2024
- Peter Gordon Hill, Declan Luke Finney, Mark D. Zelinka (October 2024) Cloud feedback uncertainty in the equatorial Pacific across CMIP6 models. DOI: 10.22541/essoar.172800386.60900932/v1
- 2023
- P. G. Hill, C. E. Holloway, M. P. Byrne, F. H. Lambert, M. J. Webb (August 2023) Climate Models Underestimate Dynamic Cloud Feedbacks in the Tropics, Geophysical Research Letters. DOI: 10.1029/2023GL104573
- Peter G. Hill, Thorwald H. M. Stein, Carlo Cafaro (October 2023) Convective systems and rainfall in East Africa, Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society. DOI: 10.1002/qj.4540
- 2022
- J.K. Fletcher, C.A. Diop, E. Adefisan, M. Ahiataku, S.O. Ansah, C.E. Birch, H.L. Burns, S.J. Clarke, J. Gacheru, T.D. James, C.K. Ngetich Tuikong, D. Koros, V.S. Indasi, B.L. Lamptey, K.A. Lawal, D.J. Parker, A.J. Roberts, T.H.M. Stein, E. Visman, J. Warner, B.J. Woodhams, L.H. Youds, V.O. Ajayi, E.N. Bosire, C. Cafaro, C.A.T. Camara, B. Chanzu, C. Dione, W. Gitau, D. Groves, J. Groves, P.G. Hill, I. Ishiyaku, C.M. Klein, J.H. Marsham, B.K. Mutai, P.N. Ndiaye, M. Osei, T.I. Popoola, J. Talib, C.M. Taylor, D. Walker (September 2022) Tropical Africa’s first testbed for high-impact weather forecasting and nowcasting, Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society. DOI: 10.1175/bams-d-21-0156.1
- Roberts Alexander J., Fletcher Jennifer K., Groves James, Marsham John H., Parker Douglas J., Blyth Alan M., Adefisan Elijah A., Ajayi Vincent O., Barrette Ronald, de Coning Estelle, Dione Cheikh, Diop Abdoulahat, Foamouhoue Andre K., Gijben Morne, Hill Peter G., Lawal Kamoru A., Mutemi Joseph, Padi Michael, Popoola Temidayo I., Ripodas Pilar, Stein Thorwald H. M., Woodhams Beth J. (January 2022) Nowcasting for Africa: advances, potential and value, Weather. DOI: 10.1002/WEA.3936
- 2021
- Cafaro Carlo, Woodhams Beth J., Stein Thorwald H. M., Birch Cathryn E., Webster Stuart, Bain Caroline L., Hartley Andrew, Clarke Samantha, Ferrett Samantha, Hill Peter (January 2021) Do Convection-Permitting Ensembles Lead to More Skillful Short-Range Probabilistic Rainfall Forecasts over Tropical East Africa?, Weather and Forecasting. DOI: 10.1175/WAF-D-20-0172.1
- 2020
- Kniffka Anke, Knippertz Peter, Fink Andreas H., Bendetti Angela, Brooks Malcolm R., Hill Peter G., Maranan Marlon, Pante Gregor, Vogel Bernhard (January 2020) An evaluation of operational and research weather forecasts for southern West Africa using observations from the DACCIWA field campaign in June-July 2016, Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society. DOI: 10.1002/QJ.3729
- Peter G. Hill, Thorwald H.M. Stein, Alexander J. Roberts, Jennifer K. Fletcher, John H. Marsham, James Groves (November 2020) How skilful are Nowcasting Satellite Applications Facility products for tropical Africa?, Meteorological Applications n. 6. DOI: 10.1002/met.1966
- 2019
- (August 2019) Shortwave Spectral Radiative Signatures and Their Physical Controls, Journal of Climate. DOI: 10.1175/jcli-d-18-0815.1
- (July 2019) Aerosol influences on low-level clouds in the West African monsoon, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics. DOI: 10.5194/acp-19-8503-2019
- David Walters, Anthony J. Baran, Ian Boutle, Malcolm Brooks, Paul Earnshaw, John Edwards, Kalli Furtado, Peter Hill, Adrian Lock, James Manners, Cyril Morcrette, Jane Mulcahy, Claudio Sanchez, Chris Smith, Rachel Stratton, Warren Tennant, Lorenzo Tomassini, Kwinten Van Weverberg, Simon Vosper, Martin Willett, Jo Browse, Andrew Bushell, Kenneth Carslaw, Mohit Dalvi, Richard Essery, Nicola Gedney, Steven Hardiman, Ben Johnson, Colin Johnson, Andy Jones, Colin Jones, Graham Mann, Sean Milton, Heather Rumbold, Alistair Sellar, Masashi Ujiie, Michael Whitall, Keith Williams, Mohamed Zerroukat (May 2019) The Met Office Unified Model Global Atmosphere 7.0/7.1 and JULES Global Land 7.0 configurations, Geoscientific Model Development n. 5, pp. 1909-1963. DOI: 10.5194/gmd-12-1909-2019
- 2018
- Peter G. Hill, Richard P. Allan, J. Christine Chiu, Alejandro Bodas-Salcedo, Peter Knippertz (July 2018) Quantifying the Contribution of Different Cloud Types to the Radiation Budget in Southern West Africa, Journal of Climate. DOI: 10.1175/jcli-d-17-0586.1
- P. G. Hill, J. C. Chiu, R. P. Allan, J.‐D. Chern (October 2018) Characterizing the Radiative Effect of Rain Using a Global Ensemble of Cloud Resolving Simulations, Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems. DOI: 10.1029/2018MS001415
- Jake J. Gristey, J. Christine Chiu, Robert J. Gurney, Cyril J. Morcrette, Peter G. Hill, Jacqueline E. Russell, Helen E. Brindley (January 2018) Insights into the diurnal cycle of global Earth outgoing radiation using a numerical weather prediction model. DOI: 10.5194/acp-2017-1144
- 2017
- C. Flamant, P. Knippertz, A. H. Fink, A. Akpo, B. Brooks, C. J. Chiu, H. Coe, S. Danuor, M. Evans, O. Jegede, N. Kalthoff, A. Konaré, C. Liousse, F. Lohou, C. Mari, H. Schlager, A. Schwarzenboeck, B. Adler, L. Amekudzi, J. Aryee, M. Ayoola, A. M. Batenburg, G. Bessardon, S. Borrmann, J. Brito, K. Bower, F. Burnet, V. Catoire, A. Colomb, C. Denjean, K. Fosu-Amankwah, P. G. Hill, J. Lee, M. Lothon, M. Maranan, J. Marsham, R. Meynadier, J.-B. Ngamini, P. Rosenberg, D. Sauer, V. Smith, G. Stratmann, J. W. Taylor, C. Voigt, V. Yoboué (July 2017) The Dynamics-Aerosol-Chemistry-Cloud Interactions in West Africa field campaign: Overview and research highlights, Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society. DOI: 10.1175/bams-d-16-0256.1
- 2016
- Baran Anthony J., Hill Peter, Walters David, Hardiman Steven C., Furtado Kalli, Field Paul R., Manners James (January 2016) The Impact of Two Coupled Cirrus Microphysics-Radiation Parameterizations on the Temperature and Specific Humidity Biases in the Tropical Tropopause Layer in a Climate Model, Journal of Climate. DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-15-0821.1
- Smith Helen R., Baran Anthony J., Hesse Evelyn, Hill Peter G., Connolly Paul J., Webb Ann (January 2016) Using laboratory and field measurements to constrain a single habit shortwave optical parameterization for cirrus, Atmospheric Research. DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosres.2016.05.005
- Hill Peter G., Allan Richard P., Chiu J. Christine, Stein Thorwald H. M. (January 2016) A multisatellite climatology of clouds, radiation, and precipitation in southern West Africa and comparison to climate models, Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, pp. n/a. DOI: 10.1002/2016JD025246
- Bodas-Salcedo A., Hill P. G., Furtado K., Williams K. D., Field P. R., Manners J. C., Hyder P., Kato S. (January 2016) Large contribution of supercooled liquid clouds to the solar radiation budget of the Southern Ocean, Journal of Climate. DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-15-0564.1
- 2015
- Hill P. G., Morcrette C. J., Boutle I. A. (January 2015) A regime-dependent parametrization of subgrid-scale cloud water content variability, Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society n. 691, pp. 1975-1986. DOI: 10.1002/qj.2506
- 2014
- Baran Anthony J., Hill Peter, Furtado Kalli, Field Paul, Manners James (January 2014) A Coupled Cloud Physics Radiation Parameterization of the Bulk Optical Properties of Cirrus and Its Impact on the Met Office Unified Model Global Atmosphere 5.0 Configuration, Journal of Climate n. 20, pp. 7725-7752. DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-13-00700.1
- Boutle I. A., Abel S. J., Hill P. G., Morcrette C. J. (January 2014) Spatial variability of liquid cloud and rain: observations and microphysical effects, Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society n. 679, pp. 583-594. DOI: 10.1002/qj.2140
- 2012
- Hill P. G., Hogan R. J., Manners J., Petch J. C. (January 2012) Parametrizing the horizontal inhomogeneity of ice water content using CloudSat data products, Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society n. 668, pp. 1784-1793. DOI: 10.1002/qj.1893
- 2011
- Walters D. N., Best M. J., Bushell A. C., Copsey D., Edwards J. M., Falloon P. D., Harris C. M., Lock A. P., Manners J. C., Morcrette C. J., Roberts M. J., Stratton R. A., Webster S., Wilkinson J. M., Willett M. R., Boutle I. A., Earnshaw P. D., Hill P. G., MacLachlan C., Martin G. M., Moufouma-Okia W., Palmer M. D., Petch J. C., Rooney G. G., Scaife A. A., Williams K. D. (January 2011) The Met Office Unified Model Global Atmosphere 3.0/3.1 and JULES Global Land 3.0/3.1 configurations, Geosci. Model Dev. n. 4, pp. 919-941. DOI: 10.5194/gmd-4-919-2011
- Hill P. G., Manners J., Petch J. C. (January 2011) Reducing noise associated with the Monte Carlo Independent Column Approximation for weather forecasting models, Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society n. 654, pp. 219-228. DOI: 10.1002/qj.732
- 2009
- Manners J., Thelen J. -C., Petch J., Hill P., Edwards J. M. (January 2009) Two fast radiative transfer methods to improve the temporal sampling of clouds in numerical weather prediction and climate models, Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society n. 639, pp. 457-468. DOI: 10.1002/qj.385
Links:
Projects:
Contact Details:
peter.hill
ecmwf.int
ecmwf.int