Prof Piers Forster

Professor of Physical Climate Change; Royal Society Wolfson Merit Award holder; Director of the Priestley International Centre for Climate

Telephone number: +44(0) 113 34 36476
Email address: p.m.forster@leeds.ac.uk
Room: 11.109

Priestley Centre

Physical Climate Change Group

Piers Forster on Google Scholar

@piersforster

Biography

• Royal Society Wolfson Research Merit Award holder (2011-present)
• Professor of Physical Climate Change, University of Leeds (2008-present)
• Roberts Research Fellow/ Reader, University of Leeds (2005-2008)
• NERC Advanced Research Fellow, University of Reading (2000-2005)
• Visiting Researcher, CRC for Southern Hemisphere Meteorology, Melbourne (1999)
• PDRA, University of Reading (1994-1998)

Qualifications

• PhD Meteorology, University of Reading (1994)
• BSc Physics, Imperial College, London (1990)

Memberships/Fellowships

Royal Meteorological Society, American Geophysical Union, American Meteorological Society, Sustainable Aviation Stakeholder Panel

Research Interests

Climate change, Radiative forcing, climate modelling, climate change impact, climate change adaptation, aviation and climate

Teaching Interests

• SOEE 5540M: Introduction to physical climate change
• SOEE 1280: Introduction to atmospheric sciences
• SOEE 3630: Strategic Energy issues
• SOEE 3710: Frontiers in Environmental Research
• SOEE 3030: Research Project

Publications

• Totterdill A; Kovács T; Feng W; Dhomse S; Smith CJ; Gómez-Martín JC; Chipperfield MP; Forster PM; Plane JMC (2016) Atmospheric lifetimes, infrared absorption spectra, radiative forcings and global warming potentials of NF₃ and CF₃CF₂Cl (CFC-115), Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 16, pp.11451-11463. doi: 10.5194/acp-16-11451-2016
• Allen MR; Fuglestvedt JS; Shine KP; Reisinger A; Pierrehumbert RT; Forster PM (2016) New use of global warming potentials to compare cumulative and short-lived climate pollutants, Nature Climate Change, 6, pp.773-776. doi: 10.1038/nclimate2998
• Lorenz S; Dessai S; Forster PM; Paavola J (2016) Adaptation planning and the use of climate change projections in local government in England and Germany, Regional Environmental Change, pp.1-11. doi: 10.1007/s10113-016-1030-3
• Forster PM (2016) Inference of Climate Sensitivity from Analysis of Earth's Energy Budget, Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences, 44, pp.85-106. doi: 10.1146/annurev-earth-060614-105156
• Jackson LS; Crook JA; Forster PM (2016) An intensified hydrological cycle in the simulation of geoengineering by cirrus cloud thinning using ice crystal fall speed changes, Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 121, pp.6822-6840. doi: 10.1002/2015JD024304
• Brasseur GP; Gupta M; Anderson BE; Balasubramanian S; Barrett S; Duda D; Fleming G; Forster PM; Fuglestvedt J; Gettelman A; Halthore RN; Jacob SD; Jacobson MZ; Khodayari A; Liou KN; Lund MT; Miake-Lye RC; Minnis P; Olsen S; Penner JE; Prinn R; Schumann U; Selkirk HB; Sokolov A; Unger N; Wolfe P; Wong HW; Wuebbles DW; Yi B; Yang P; Zhou C (2016) Impact of aviation on climate: FAA's Aviation Climate Change Research Initiative (ACCRI) phase II, Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 97, pp.561-583. doi: 10.1175/BAMS-D-13-00089.1
• Hodnebrog O; Myhre G; Forster PM; Sillmann J; Samset BH (2016) Local biomass burning is a dominant cause of the observed precipitation reduction in southern Africa, NATURE COMMUNICATIONS, 7, . doi: 10.1038/ncomms11236
• Suckall N; Fraser E; Forster P (2016) Reduced migration under climate change: evidence from Malawi using an aspirations and capabilities framework, Climate and Development, pp.1-15. doi: 10.1080/17565529.2016.1149441
• Crook JA; Jackson LS; Forster PM (2016) Can increasing albedo of existing ship wakes reduce climate change?, Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 121, pp.1549-1558. doi: 10.1002/2015JD024201
• Gregory JM; Andrews T; Good P; Mauritsen T; Forster PM (2016) Small global-mean cooling due to volcanic radiative forcing, Climate Dynamics, pp.1-13. doi: 10.1007/s00382-016-3055-1
• Samset BH; Myhre G; Forster PM; Hodnebrog; Andrews T; Faluvegi G; Fläschner D; Kasoar M; Kharin V; Kirkevåg A; Lamarque JF; Olivié D; Richardson T; Shindell D; Shine KP; Takemura T; Voulgarakis A (2016) Fast and slow precipitation responses to individual climate forcers: A PDRMIP multimodel study, Geophysical Research Letters, 43, pp.2782-2791. doi: 10.1002/2016GL068064
• Turnock ST; Butt EW; Richardson TB; Mann GW; Reddington CL; Forster PM; Haywood J; Crippa M; Janssens-Maenhout G; Johnson CE; Bellouin N; Carslaw KS; Spracklen DV (2016) The impact of European legislative and technology measures to reduce air pollutants on air quality, human health and climate, Environmental Research Letters, 11, . doi: 10.1088/1748-9326/11/2/024010
• Schmidt A; Skeffington RA; Thordarson T; Self S; Forster PM; Rap A; Ridgwell A; Fowler D; Wilson M; Mann GW; Wignall PB; Carslaw KS (2016) Selective environmental stress from sulphur emitted by continental flood basalt eruptions, Nature Geoscience, 9, pp.77-82. doi: 10.1038/ngeo2588
• Smith CJ; Forster PM; Crook R (2016) An all-sky radiative transfer method to predict optimal tilt and azimuth angle of a solar collector, Solar Energy, 123, pp.88-101. doi: 10.1016/j.solener.2015.11.013
• Butt EW; Rap A; Schmidt A; Scott CE; Pringle KJ; Reddington CL; Richards NAD; Woodhouse MT; Ramirez-Villegas J; Yang H; Vakkari V; Stone EA; Rupakheti M; Praveen PS; Van Zyl PG; Beukes JP; Josipovic M; Mitchell EJS; Sallu SM; Forster PM; Spracklen DV (2016) The impact of residential combustion emissions on atmospheric aerosol, human health, and climate, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 16, . doi: 10.5194/acp-16-873-2016
• Richardson TB; Forster PM; Andrews T; Parker DJ (2016) Understanding the rapid precipitation response to CO2 and aerosol forcing on a regional scale, Journal of Climate, 29, pp.583-594. doi: 10.1175/JCLI-D-15-0174.1
• Scott CE; Spracklen DV; Pierce JR; Riipinen I; D'Andrea SD; Rap A; Carslaw KS; Forster PM; Artaxo P; Kulmala M; Rizzo LV; Swietlicki E; Mann GW; Pringle KJ (2015) Impact of gas-to-particle partitioning approaches on the simulated radiative effects of biogenic secondary organic aerosol, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 15, pp.12989-13001. doi: 10.5194/acp-15-12989-2015
• Lebel S; Fleskens L; Forster PM; Jackson LS; Lorenz S (2015) Evaluation of In Situ Rainwater Harvesting as an Adaptation Strategy to Climate Change for Maize Production in Rainfed Africa, Water Resources Management, 29, pp.4803-4816. doi: 10.1007/s11269-015-1091-y
• Crook JA; Jackson LS; Osprey SM; Forster PM (2015) A comparison of temperature and precipitation responses to different Earth radiation management geoengineering schemes, Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 120, pp.9352-9373. doi: 10.1002/2015JD023269
• Lorenz S; Dessai S; Paavola J; Forster PM (2015) The communication of physical science uncertainty in European National Adaptation Strategies, Climatic Change, 132, pp.143-155. doi: 10.1007/s10584-013-0809-1
• Suckall N; Fraser E; Forster P; Mkwambisi D (2015) Using a migration systems approach to understand the link between climate change and urbanisation in Malawi, Applied Geography, 63, pp.244-252. doi: 10.1016/j.apgeog.2015.07.004
• Turnock ST; Spracklen DV; Carslaw KS; Mann GW; Woodhouse MT; Forster PM; Haywood J; Johnson CE; Dalvi M; Bellouin N; Sanchez-Lorenzo A (2015) Modelled and observed changes in aerosols and surface solar radiation over Europe between 1960 and 2009, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 15, pp.9477-9500. doi: 10.5194/acp-15-9477-2015
• Millar RJ; Otto A; Forster PM; Lowe JA; Ingram WJ; Allen MR (2015) Model structure in observational constraints on transient climate response, Climatic Change, 131, pp.199-211. doi: 10.1007/s10584-015-1384-4
• Rap A; Richards NAD; Forster PM; Monks SA; Arnold SR; Chipperfield MP (2015) Satellite constraint on the tropospheric ozone radiative effect, Geophysical Research Letters, 42, pp.5074-5081. doi: 10.1002/2015GL064037
• Von Schneidemesser E; Monks PS; Allan JD; Bruhwiler L; Forster P; Fowler D; Lauer A; Morgan WT; Paasonen P; Righi M; Sindelarova K; Sutton MA (2015) Chemistry and the Linkages between Air Quality and Climate Change, Chemical Reviews, 115, pp.3856-3897. doi: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.5b00089
• Myhre G; Boucher O; Bréon F-M; Forster P; Shindell D (2015) Declining uncertainty in transient climate response as CO2 forcing dominates future climate change, Nature Geoscience, 8, pp.181-185. doi: 10.1038/ngeo2371
• Jackson LS; Crook JA; Jarvis A; Leedal D; Ridgwell A; Vaughan N; Forster PM (2015) Assessing the controllability of Arctic sea ice extent by sulfate aerosol geoengineering, Geophysical Research Letters, 42, pp.1223-1231. doi: 10.1002/2014GL062240
• Sherwood SC; Bony S; Boucher O; Bretherton C; Forster PM; Gregory JM; Stevens B (2015) Adjustments in the forcing-feedback framework for understanding climate change, Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 96, pp.217-228. doi: 10.1175/BAMS-D-13-00167.1
• Marotzke J; Forster PM (2015) Forcing, feedback and internal variability in global temperature trends, Nature, 517, pp.565-570. doi: 10.1038/nature14117
• Lorenz S; Dessai S; Forster PM; Paavola J (2015) Tailoring the visual communication of climate projections for local adaptation practitioners in Germany and the UK, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences, 373, . doi: 10.1098/rsta.2014.0457
• Windeatt JH; Ross AB; Williams PT; Forster PM; Nahil MA; Singh S (2014) Characteristics of biochars from crop residues: Potential for carbon sequestration and soil amendment, Journal of Environmental Management, 146, pp.189-197. doi: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2014.08.003
• Smith CJ; Forster PM; Crook R (2014) Global analysis of photovoltaic energy output enhanced by phase change material cooling, Applied Energy, 126, pp.21-28. doi: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2014.03.083
• Zelinka MD; Andrews T; Forster PM; Taylor KE (2014) Quantifying components of aerosol-cloud-radiation interactions in climate models, Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 119, pp.7599-7615. doi: 10.1002/2014JD021710
• Crook JA; Forster PM (2014) Comparison of surface albedo feedback in climate models and observations, Geophysical Research Letters, 41, pp.1717-1723. doi: 10.1002/2014GL059280
• Change IPCC (2014) Climate Change 2013: The Physical Science Basis Working Group I Contribution to the Fifth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Cambridge University Press.
• Boucher O; Forster PM; Gruber N; Ha-Duong M; Lawrence MG; Lenton TM; Maas A; Vaughan NE (2014) Rethinking climate engineering categorization in the context of climate change mitigation and adaptation, Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: WIREs Climate Change, 5, pp.23-35. doi: 10.1002/wcc.261
• Scott CE; Rap A; Spracklen DV; Forster PM; Carslaw KS; Mann GW; Pringle KJ; Kivekas N; Kulmala M; Lihavainen H; Tunved P (2014) The direct and indirect radiative effects of biogenic secondary organic aerosol, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 14, pp.447-470. doi: 10.5194/acp-14-447-2014
• Snape TJ; Forster PM (2014) Decline of Arctic sea ice: Evaluation and weighting of CMIP5 projections, Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmopsheres, 119, pp.546-554. doi: 10.1002/2013JD020593
• Kravitz B; Robock A; Forster PM; Haywood JM; Lawrence MG; Schmidt H (2013) An overview of the Geoengineering Model Intercomparison Project (GeoMIP), Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 118, pp.13103-13107. doi: 10.1002/2013JD020569
• Kravitz B; Rasch PJ; Forster PM; Andrews T; Cole JNS; Irvine PJ; Ji D; Kristjánsson JE; Moore JC; Muri H; Niemeier U; Robock A; Singh B; Tilmes S; Watanabe S; Yoon J-H (2013) An energetic perspective on hydrological cycle changes in the Geoengineering Model Intercomparison Project, Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 118, pp.13087-13102. doi: 10.1002/2013JD020502
• Carslaw KS; Lee LA; Reddington CL; Pringle KJ; Rap A; Forster PM; Mann GW; Spracklen DV; Woodhouse MT; Regayre LA; Pierce JR (2013) Large contribution of natural aerosols to uncertainty in indirect forcing, Nature, 503, pp.67-71.
• Gordon ND; Jonko AK; Forster PM; Shell KM (2013) An observationally based constraint on the water-vapor feedback, Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 118, pp.12435-12443. doi: 10.1002/2013JD020184
• Kunz A; Müller R; Homonnai V; Jánosi IM; Hurst D; Rap A; Forster PM; Rohrer F; Spelten N; Riese M (2013) Extending water vapor trend observations over Boulder into the tropopause region: Trend uncertainties and resulting radiative forcing, Journal of Geophysical Research D: Atmospheres, 118, pp.11,269-11,284. doi: 10.1002/jgrd.50831
• Kravitz B; Forster PM; Jones A; Robock A; Alterskjær K; Boucher O; Jenkins AKL; Korhonen H; Kristjánsson JE; Muri H; Niemeier U; Partanen AI; Rasch PJ; Wang H; Watanabe S (2013) Sea spray geoengineering experiments in the geoengineering model intercomparison project (GeoMIP): Experimental design and preliminary results, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, 118, pp.11175-11186. doi: 10.1002/jgrd.50856
• Khodayari A; Wuebbles DJ; Olsen SC; Fuglestvedt JS; Berntsen T; Lund MT; Waitz I; Wolfe P; Forster PM; Meinshausen M; Lee DS; Lim LL (2013) Intercomparison of the capabilities of simplified climate models to project the effects of aviation CO2 on climate, Atmospheric Environment, 75, pp.321-328. doi: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2013.03.055
• Zelinka MD; Klein SA; Taylor KE; Andrews T; Webb MJ; Gregory JM; Forster PM (2013) Contributions of different cloud types to feedbacks and rapid adjustments in CMIP5, Journal of Climate, 26, pp.5007-5027. doi: 10.1175/JCLI-D-12-00555.1
• Bond TC; Doherty SJ; Fahey DW; Forster PM; Berntsen T; DeAngelo BJ; Flanner MG; Ghan S; Kärcher B; Koch D; Kinnell S; Kondo Y; Quinn PK; Sarofim MC; Schultz MG; Schulz M; Venkataraman C; Zhang H; Zhang S; Bellouin N; Guttikunda SK; Hopke PK; Jacobson MZ; Kaiser JW; Klimont Z; Lohmann U; Schwarz JP; Shindell D; Storelvmo T; Warren G; Zender CS (2013) Bounding the role of black carbon in the climate system: A scientific assessment, Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 118, pp.5380-5552. doi: 10.1002/jgrd.50171
• Otto A; Otto FEL; Allen MR; Boucher O; Church J; Hegerl G; Forster PM; Gillett NP; Gregory J; Johnson GC; Knutti R; Lohmann U; Lewis N; Marotzke J; Stevens B; Myhre G; Shindell D (2013) Energy budget constraints on climate response, Nature Geoscience, 6, pp.415-416. doi: 10.1038/ngeo1836
• Rap A; Scott CE; Spracklen DV; Bellouin N; Forster PM; Carslaw KS; Schmidt A; Mann G (2013) Natural aerosol direct and indirect radiative effects, Geophysical Research Letters, 40, pp.3297-3301. doi: 10.1002/grl.50441
• Jackson LS; Forster PM (2013) Modeled rapid adjustments in diurnal temperature range response to CO2 and solar forcings, Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 118, pp.2229-2240. doi: 10.1002/jgrd.50243
• Forster PM; Andrew T; Good P; Gregory JM; Jackson LS; Zelinka M (2013) Evaluating adjusted forcing and model spread for historical and future scenarios in the CMIP5 generation of climate models, Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 118, pp.1139-1150. doi: 10.1002/jgrd.50174
• Forster P (2013) Breath of fresh air, New Scientist, 217, pp.26-26. doi: 10.1016/S0262-4079(13)60042-1
• Jenkins AKL; Forster PM; Jackson LS (2013) The effects of timing and rate of marine cloud brightening aerosol injection on albedo changes during the diurnal cycle of marine stratocumulus clouds, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 13, pp.1659-1673. doi: 10.5194/acp-13-1659-2013
• Bekki S; Rap A; Poulain V; Dhomse S; Marchand M; Lefevre F; Forster PM; Szopa S; Chipperfield MP (2013) Climate impact of stratospheric ozone recovery, Geophysical Research Letters, 40, pp.2796-2800. doi: 10.1002/grl.50358
• Stuart GS; Stevens RG; Pierce JR; Jenkins AKL; Forster PM; Spracklen DV; Partanen AI; Korhonen H (2013) Reduced efficacy of marine cloud brightening geoengineering due to in-plume aerosol coagulation: Parameterization and global implications, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 13, pp.10385-10396. doi: 10.5194/acp-13-10385-2013
• Jenkins AKL; Forster PM (2013) The inclusion of water with the injected aerosol reduces the simulated effectiveness of marine cloud brightening, ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCE LETTERS, 14, pp.164-169. doi: 10.1002/asl2.434
• Jones HM; Haywood J; Marenco F; O'Sullivan D; Meyer J; Thorpe R; Gallagher MW; Krämer M; Bower KN; Rädel G; Rap A; Woolley A; Forster P; Coe H (2012) A methodology for in-situ and remote sensing of microphysical and radiative properties of contrails as they evolve into cirrus, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 12, pp.8157-8175. doi: 10.5194/acp-12-8157-2012
• Andrews T; Gregory JM; Forster PM; Webb MJ (2012) Cloud adjustment and its role in CO 2 radiative forcing and climate sensitivity: a review, Surveys in Geophysics, 33, pp.619-635. doi: 10.1007/s10712-011-9152-0
• Simelton E; Fraser EDG; Termansen M; Benton TG; Gosling SN; South A; Arnell NW; Challinor AJ; Dougill AJ; Forster PM (2012) The socioeconomics of food crop production and climate change vulnerability: a global scale quantitative analysis of how grain crops are sensitive to drought, Food Security, 4, pp.163-179. doi: 10.1007/s12571-012-0173-4
• Ploeger F; Konopka P; Müller R; Fueglistaler S; Schmidt T; Manners JC; Grooß J-U; Günther G; Forster PM; Riese M (2012) Horizontal transport affecting trace gas seasonality in the Tropical Tropopause Layer (TTL), Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 117, . doi: 10.1029/2011JD017267
• Schmidt A; Carslaw KS; Mann GW; Rap A; Pringle KJ; Spracklen DV; Wilson M; Forster PM (2012) Importance of tropospheric volcanic aerosol for indirect radiative forcing of climate, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 12, pp.7321-7339. doi: 10.5194/acp-12-7321-2012
• Riese M; Ploeger F; Rap A; Vogel B; Konopka P; Dameris M; Forster P (2012) Impact of uncertainties in atmospheric mixing on simulated UTLS composition and related radiative effects, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, 117, . doi: 10.1029/2012JD017751
• Spracklen D; Carslaw K; Pöschl U; Rap A; Forster PM (2011) Global cloud condensation nuclei influenced by carbonaceous combustion aerosol, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 11, pp.9067-9087. doi: 10.5194/acp-11-9067-2011
• Crook JA; Jones LA; Forster PM; Crook R (2011) Climate change impacts on future photovoltaic and concentrated solar power energy output, Energy and environmental science, 4, pp.3101-3109. doi: 10.1039/c1ee01495a
• Crook JA; Forster PM (2011) A balance between radiative forcing and climate feedback in the modeled 20th century temperature response, Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, 116, . doi: 10.1029/2011JD015924
• Crook JA; Forster PM; Stuber N (2011) Spatial Patterns of Modeled Climate Feedback and Contributions to Temperature Response and Polar Amplification, Journal of Climate, 24, pp.3575-3592. doi: 10.1175/2011JCLI3863.1
• Forster PM; Fomichev VI; Rozanov E; Cagnazzo C; Jonsson AI; Langematz U; Fomin B; Iacono MJ; Mayer B; Mlawer E; Myhre G; Portmann RW; Akiyoshi H; Falaleeva V; Gillett N; Karpechko A; Li JN; Lemennais P; Morgenstern O; Oberlander S; Sigmond M; Shibata K (2011) Evaluation of radiation scheme performance within chemistry climate models, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, 116, . doi: 10.1029/2010JD015361
• Fueglistaler S; Haynes PH; Forster PM (2011) The annual cycle in lower stratospheric temperatures revisited, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 11, pp.3701-3711. doi: 10.5194/acp-11-3701-2011
• Andrews T; Doutriaux-Boucher M; Boucher O; Forster PM (2011) A regional and global analysis of carbon dioxide physiological forcing and its impact on climate, CLIM DYNAM, 36, pp.783-792. doi: 10.1007/s00382-010-0742-1
• Frieler K; Meinshausen M; von Deimling TS; Andrews T; Forster P (2011) Changes in global-mean precipitation in response to warming, greenhouse gas forcing and black carbon, Geophyiscal Research Letters, 38, . doi: 10.1029/2010GL045953
• Frieler K; Meinshausen M; Schneider Von Deimling T; Andrews T; Forster P (2011) Changes in global-mean precipitation in response to warming, greenhouse gas forcing and black carbon, Geophysical Research Letters, 38, . doi: 10.1029/2010GL045953
• Forster PM; Thompson DWJ; Baldwin MP; Chipperfield MP; Dameris M; Haigh JD; Karoly DJ; Kushner PJ; Randel WJ; Rosenlof KH; Seidel DJ; Solomon S; Beig G; Braesicke P; Butchart N; Gillett NP; Grise KM; Marsh DR; McLandress C; Rao TN; Son SW; Stenchikov GL; Yoden S (2011) Stratospheric changes and climate, Scientific Assessment of Ozone Depletion: 2010, Global Ozone Research and Monitoring Project, Report, World Meteorological Organization, pp.516.
• Spracklen DV; Jimenez JL; Carslaw KS; Worsnop DR; Evans MJ; Mann GW; Zhang Q; Canagaratna MR; Allan J; Coe H; McFiggans G; Rap A; Forster P (2011) Aerosol mass spectrometer constraint on the global secondary organic aerosol budget, ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY AND PHYSICS, 11, pp.12109-12136. doi: 10.5194/acp-11-12109-2011
• Crook JA; Forster PM (2011) A balance between radiative forcing and climate feedback in the modeled 20th century temperature response, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, 116, . doi: 10.1029/2011JD015924
• Rap A; Forster PM; Haywood JM; Jones A; Boucher O (2010) Estimating the climate impact of linear contrails using the UK Met Office climate model, Geophysical Research Letters, 37, . doi: 10.1029/2010GL045161
• Murphy DM; Forster PM (2010) On the Accuracy of Deriving Climate Feedback Parameters from Correlations between Surface Temperature and Outgoing Radiation, J CLIMATE, 23, pp.4983-4988. doi: 10.1175/2010JCLI3657.1
• Andrews T; Forster PM; Boucher O; Bellouin N; Jones A (2010) Precipitation, radiative forcing and global temperature change, Geophysical Research Letters, 37, . doi: 10.1029/2010GL043991
• Andrews T; Forster PM; Boucher O; Bellouin N; Jones A (2010) Precipitation, radiative forcing and global temperature change, Geophysical Research Letters, 37, . doi: 10.1029/2010GL043991
• Jackson LS; Forster PM (2010) An Empirical Study of Geographic and Seasonal Variations in Diurnal Temperature Range, Journal of Climate, 23, pp.3205-3221. doi: 10.1175/2010JCLI3215.1
• Heymsfield A; Baumgardner D; DeMott P; Forster P; Gierens K; Karcher B (2010) Contrail Microphysics, Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 91, pp.465-472. doi: 10.1175/2009BAMS2839.1
• Andrews T; Forster PM (2010) The transient response of global-mean precipitation to increasing carbon dioxide levels, Environmental Research Letters, 5, . doi: 10.1088/1748-9326/5/2/025212
• Wuebbles D; Forster P; Rogers H; Herman R (2010) Issues and uncertainties affecting metrics for aviation impacts on climate, Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 91, pp.491-496. doi: 10.1175/2009BAMS2840.1
• Fomichev V; Forster PM (2010) Chapter 3. Radiation, In: Eyring V; Shepherd T; Waugh D (Ed) SPARC Report on the Evaluation of Chemistry-Climate Models, Sparc Reports No 5, WCRP-132, WMO/TD-No. 1526, SPARC Reports No 5, WCRP-132, WMO/TD-No. 1526.
• Rap A; Forster PM; Jones A; Boucher O; Haywood JM; Bellouin N; De Leon RR (2010) Parameterization of contrails in the UK Met Office climate model, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, 115, . doi: 10.1029/2009JD012443
• Fueglistaler S; Haynes PH; Forster PM; Fueglistaler S (2010) The annual cycle in lower stratospheric temperatures revisited, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics Discussions, 10, pp.26813-26839. doi: 10.5194/acpd-10-26813-2010
• Korhonen H; Carslaw KS; Forster PM; Mikkonen S; Gordon ND; Kokkola H (2010) Aerosol climate feedback due to decadal increases in Southern Hemisphere wind speeds, Geophysical Research Letters, 37, . doi: 10.1029/2009GL041320
• Haywood JM; Allan RP; Bornemann J; Forster PM; Francis PN; Milton S; Radel G; Rap A; Shine KP; Thorpe R (2009) A case study of the radiative forcing of persistent contrails evolving into contrail-induced cirrus, J GEOPHYS RES-ATMOS, 114, . doi: 10.1029/2009JD012650
• Heymsfield A; Baumgardner D; DeMott P; Forster P; Gierens K; Kärcher B; Macke A (2009) ACCRI theme 4: Contrails and contrail-specific microphysics, Aviation and the Environment, pp.161-228.
• Forster P; Rogers H (2009) Metrics for comparison of climate impacts from well mixed greenhouse gases and inhomogeneous forcing such as those from UT/LS ozone, contrails and contrail-cirrus, Aviation and the Environment, pp.353-406.
• Myhre G; Kvalevag M; Radel G; Cook J; Shine KP; Clark H; Karcher F; Markowicz K; Kardas A; Wolkenberg P; Balkanski Y; Ponater M; Forster P; Rap A; de Leon RR (2009) Intercomparison of radiative forcing calculations of stratospheric water vapour and contrails, METEOROL Z, 18, pp.585-596. doi: 10.1127/0941-2948/2009/0411
• Murphy DM; Solomon S; Portmann RW; Rosenlof KH; Forster PM; Wong T (2009) An observationally based energy balance for the Earth since 1950, Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, 114, . doi: 10.1029/2009JD012105
• Andrews T (2009) Forcing and response in simulated 20th and 21st century surface energy and precipitation trends, Journal of Geophysical Research - Atmospheres, 114, . doi: 10.1029/2009JD011749
• Grise KM; Thompson DWJ; Forster PM (2009) On the Role of Radiative Processes in Stratosphere-Troposphere Coupling, Journal of Climate, 22, pp.4154-4161. doi: 10.1175/2009JCLI2756.1
• Austin J; Wilson RJ; Akiyoshi H; Bekki S; Butchart N; Claud C; Fomichev VI; Forster P; Garcia RR; Gillett NP; Keckhut P; Langematz U; Manzini E; Nagashima T; Randel WJ; Rozanov E; Shibata K; Shine KP; Struthers H; Thompson DWJ; Wu F; Yoden S (2009) Coupled chemistry climate model simulations of stratospheric temperatures and their trends for the recent past, Geophysical Research Letters, 36, . doi: 10.1029/2009GL038462
• Austin J; Wilson RJ; Akiyoshi H; Bekki S; Butchart N; Claud C; Fomichev VI; Forster P; Garcia RR; Gillett NP; Keckhut P; Langematz U; Manzini E; Nagashima T; Randel WJ; Rozanov E; Shibata K; Shine KP; Struthers H; Thompson DWJ; Wu F; Yoden S (2009) Coupled chemistry climate model simulations of stratospheric temperatures and their trends for the recent past, Geophysical Research Letters, 36, . doi: 10.1029/2009GL038462
• Lee DS; Fahey DW; Forster PM; Newton PJ; Wit RCN; Lim LL; Owen B; Sausen R (2009) Aviation and global climate change in the 21st century, Atmospheric Environment, 43, pp.3520-3537. doi: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2009.04.024
• Simelton E; Fraser EDG; Termansen M; Forster PM; Dougill AJ (2009) Typologies of crop-drought vulnerability: an empirical analysis of the socio-economic factors that influence the sensitivity and resilience to drought of three major food crops in China (1961-2001), Environmental Science & Policy, 12, pp.438-452. doi: 10.1016/j.envsci.2008.11.005
• Andrews T; Forster PM; Gregory JM (2009) A surface energy perspective on climate change, Journal of Climate, 22, pp.2557-2570. doi: 10.1175/2008JCLI2759.1
• Gregory JM; Forster PM (2008) Transient climate response estimated from radiative forcing and observed temperature change, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, 113, . doi: 10.1029/2008JD010405
• Gregory JM; Forster PM (2008) Transient climate response estimated from radiative forcing and observed temperature change, Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, 113, . doi: 10.1029/2008JD010405
• Forster PM; Rogers H (2008) Aviation Climate Change Research Initiative (ACCRI): Metrics for Climate Impacts, Aviation Climate Change Research Initiative (ACCRI, Federal Aviation Authority.
• Forster PM; Jones R; Rogers HL; Shine KP (2008) A calculated risk?, The Parliamentary Monitor, 1, .
• Andrews T; Forster PM (2008) CO2 forcing induces semi-direct effects with consequences for climate feedback interpretations, GEOPHYS RES LETT, 35, . doi: 10.1029/2007GL032273
• Forster PM; Bodeker G; Schofield R; Solomon S; Thompson D (2007) Effects of ozone cooling in the tropical lower stratosphere and upper troposphere, GEOPHYS RES LETT, 34, . doi: 10.1029/2007GL031994
• Randel WJ; Wu F; Forster P (2007) The extratropical tropopause inversion layer: Global observations with GPS data, and a radiative forcing mechanism, J ATMOS SCI, 64, pp.4489-4496. doi: 10.1175/2007JAS2412.1
• Keeley SPE; Gillett NP; Thompson DWJ; Solomon S; Forster PM (2007) Is Antarctic climate most sensitive to ozone depletion in the middle or lower stratosphere?, GEOPHYS RES LETT, 34, . doi: 10.1029/2007GL031238
• Solomon S (2007) Climate Change 2007 - The Physical Science Basis Working Group I Contribution to the Fourth Assessment Report of the IPCC, Cambridge University Press.
• Saunders RW; Forster PM; Plane JMC (2007) Potential climatic effects of meteoric smoke in the Earth's paleo-atmosphere, GEOPHYS RES LETT, 34, . doi: 10.1029/2007GL029648
• Forster PMD; Shine KP; Stuber N (2007) It is premature to include non-CO2 effects of aviation in emission trading schemes (vol 40, pg 1117, 2006), ATMOS ENVIRON, 41, pp.3941-3941. doi: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2005.11.081
• Piers PM; Shine KP; Stuber N (2007) Corrigendum to "It is premature to include non-CO2 effects of aviation in emission trading schemes". [Atmos. Environ. 40 (2006) 1117-1121] (DOI:10.1016/j.atmosenv.2005.11.005), Atmospheric Environment, 41, pp.3941. doi: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2005.11.081
• Forster P; Somerville R; Bindoff N; Christensen J; Denman K; Hegerl G; Hewitson B; Jansen E; Jones P; Lemke P; Meehl G; Overpeck J; Ramaswamy V; Randall D; Stocker T; Trenberth K; Le Treut H; Willebrand J; Wood R; Zwiers F (2007) Climate with care, New Scientist, 193, pp.27. doi: 10.1016/S0262-4079(07)60732-5
• Forster P; Ramaswamy V (2007) Changes in Atmospheric Constituents and in Radiative Forcing, In: Solomon S; Qin D; Manning M; Marquis M; Averyt K; Tignor MMB; Miller HL; Chen ZL (Ed) CLIMATE CHANGE 2007: THE PHYSICAL SCIENCE BASIS, CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS, pp.{129-234}-{129-234}.
• Stuber N; Forster P (2007) The impact of diurnal variations of air traffic on contrail radiative forcing, ATMOS CHEM PHYS, 7, pp.3153-3162.
• Forster PM; Hegerl G; Knutti R; Ramaswamy V; Solomon S; Stott P; Zwiers F (2007) Assessing uncertainty in climate simulations, Nature, 4, pp.63-64. doi: 10.1038/climate.2007.46a
• Cagnazzo C; Manzini E; Giorgetta MA; Forster PMD; Morcrette JJ (2007) Impact of an improved shortwave radiation scheme in the MAECHAM5 General Circulation Model, ATMOS CHEM PHYS, 7, pp.2503-2515.
• Forster PM (2007) Climate with care, New Scientist, 2596, .
• Forster PMD; Taylor KE (2006) Climate forcings and climate sensitivities diagnosed from coupled climate model integrations, J CLIMATE, 19, pp.6181-6194.
• Cordero EC; Forster PMD (2006) Stratospheric variability and trends in models used for the IPCC AR4, ATMOS CHEM PHYS, 6, pp.5369-5380.
• Collins WD; Ramaswamy V; Schwarzkopf MD; Sun Y; Portmann RW; Fu Q; Casanova SEB; Dufresne JL; Fillmore DW; Forster PMD; Galin VY; Gohar LK; Ingram WJ; Kratz DP; Lefebvre MP; Li J; Marquet P; Oinas V; Tsushima Y; Uchiyama T; Zhong WY (2006) Radiative forcing by well-mixed greenhouse gases: Estimates from climate models in the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Fourth Assessment Report (AR4), J GEOPHYS RES-ATMOS, 111, . doi: 10.1029/2005JD006713
• Collins WD; Ramaswamy V; Schwarzkopf MD; Sun Y; Portmann RW; Fu Q; Casanova SEB; Dufresne JL; Fillmore DW; Forster PMD; Galin VY; Gohar LK; Ingram WJ; Kratz DP; Lefebvre MP; Li J; Marquet P; Oinas V; Tsushima Y; Uchiyama T; Zhong WY (2006) Radiative forcing by well-mixed greenhouse gases: Estimates from climate models in the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Fourth Assessment Report (AR4), Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, 111, . doi: 10.1029/2005JD006713
• Randel WJ; Wu F; Vömel H; Nedoluha GE; Forster P (2006) Decreases in stratospheric water vapor after 2001: Links to changes in the tropical tropopause and the Brewer-Dobson circulation, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, 111, . doi: 10.1029/2005JD006744
• Randel WJ; Wu F; Vomel H; Nedoluha GE; Forster P (2006) Decreases in stratospheric water vapor after 2001: Links to changes in the tropical tropopause and the Brewer-Dobson circulation, J GEOPHYS RES-ATMOS, 111, . doi: 10.1029/2005JD006744
• Stuber N; Forster P; Radel G; Shine K (2006) The importance of the diurnal and annual cycle of air traffic for contrail radiative forcing, NATURE, 441, pp.864-867. doi: 10.1038/nature04877
• Forster PMD; Shine KP; Stuber N (2006) It is premature to include non-CO2 effects of aviation in emission trading schemes, ATMOS ENVIRON, 40, pp.1117-1121. doi: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2005.11.005
• Forster PMD; Gregory JM (2006) The climate sensitivity and its components diagnosed from Earth Radiation Budget data, J CLIMATE, 19, pp.39-52.
• Eyring V; Harris NRP; Rex M; Shepherd TG; Fahey DW; Amanatidis GT; Austin J; Chipperfield MP; Dameris M; Forster PMF; Gettelman A; Graf HF; Nagashima T; Newman PA; Pawson S; Prather MJ; Pyle JA; Salawitch RJ; Santer BD; Waugh DW (2005) A strategy for process-oriented validation of coupled chemistry-climate models, B AM METEOROL SOC, 86, pp.1117-+. doi: 10.1175/BAMS-86-8-1117
• Forster PMD; Joshi M (2005) The role of halocarbons in the climate change of the troposphere and stratosphere, CLIMATIC CHANGE, 71, pp.249-266. doi: 10.1007/s10584-005-5955-7
• Forster PMD; Burkholder JB; Clerbaux C; Coheur PF; Dutta M; Gohar LK; Hurley MD; Myhre G; Portmann RW; Shine KP; Wallington TJ; Wuebbles D (2005) Resolution of the uncertainties in the radiative forcing of HFC-134a, J QUANT SPECTROSC RA, 93, pp.447-460. doi: 10.1016/j.jqsrt.2004.08.038
• Pyle J; Shepherd T; Bodeker GE; Caziani P; Dameris M; Forster PM; Gruzdev A; Muller R; Muthama N; Pitari G; Randel WJ (2005) Ozone and climate: a review of interconnections, Special report on safeguarding the ozone layer and global climate system, IPCC/TEAP, Cambridge.
• Forster PMD; Collins M (2004) Quantifying the water vapour feedback associated with post-Pinatubo global cooling, CLIM DYNAM, 23, pp.207-214. doi: 10.1007/s00382-004-0431-z
• Johnson BT; Shine KP; Forster PM (2004) The semi-direct aerosol effect: Impact of absorbing aerosols on marine stratocumulus, Q J ROY METEOR SOC, 130, pp.1407-1422. doi: 10.1256/qj.03.61
• Gettelman A; Forster PMD; Fujiwara M; Fu Q; Vomel H; Gohar LK; Johanson C; Ammerman M (2004) Radiation balance of the tropical tropopause layer, J GEOPHYS RES-ATMOS, 109, . doi: 10.1029/2003JD004190
• Forster PMD; Solomon S (2003) Observations of a "weekend effect" in diurnal temperature range, P NATL ACAD SCI USA, 100, pp.11225-11230. doi: 10.1073/pnas.2034034100
• Shine KP; Bourqui MS; Forster PMD; Hare SHE; Langematz U; Braesicke P; Grewe V; Ponater M; Schnadt C; Smiths CA; Haighs JD; Austin J; Butchart N; Shindell DT; Randel WJ; Nagashima T; Portmann RW; Solomon S; Seidel DJ; Lanzante J; Klein S; Ramaswamy V; Schwarzkopf MD (2003) A comparison of model-simulated trends in stratospheric temperatures, Q J ROY METEOR SOC, 129, pp.1565-1588. doi: 10.1256/QJ.02.186
• Forster PM (2003) Ozone / role in climate, In: Curry; J; Holdton; J; Pyle; J (Ed) Encyclopedia of Atmospheric Sciences, Academic Press, pp.1649-1655.
• Forster PM (2002) Chemistry and Climate, Chemistry and Industry, .
• Forster PMD; Shine KP (2002) Assessing the climate impact of trends in stratospheric water vapor, GEOPHYS RES LETT, 29, . doi: 10.1029/2001GL013909
• Rogers HL; Lee DS; Raper DW; Forster PM; Wilson CW; Newton P (2002) The impacts of aviation on the atmosphere, The Aeronautical Journal, 106, pp.521-546.
• Gettelman A; Forster PM (2002) Definition and climatology of the tropical tropopause layer, Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan, 80, pp.911-924. doi: 10.2151/jmsj.80.911
• Forster PM (2001) Climage Change: the hard science, Times Higher Education Supplement, .
• Forster PMF; Tourpali K (2001) Effect of tropopause height changes on the calculation of ozone trends and their radiative forcing, J GEOPHYS RES-ATMOS, 106, pp.12241-12251.
• Forster PMD; Ponater M; Zhong WY (2001) Testing broadband radiation schemes for their ability to calculate the radiative forcing and temperature response to stratospheric water vapour and ozone changes, METEOROL Z, 10, pp.387-393.
• Forster PM; Blackburn M; Glover R; Shine KP (2000) An examination of climate sensitivity for idealised climate change experiments in an intermediate general circulation model, CLIM DYNAM, 16, pp.833-849.
• Forster PMD; Shine KP (1999) Stratospheric water vapour changes as a possible contributor to observed stratospheric cooling, GEOPHYS RES LETT, 26, pp.3309-3312.
• Shine KP; Forster PMD (1999) The effect of human activity on radiative forcing of climate change: a review of recent developments, GLOBAL PLANET CHANGE, 20, pp.205-225.
• Sabziparvar AA; Shine KP; Forster PMD (1999) A model-derived global climatology of UV irradiation at the earth's surface, PHOTOCHEM PHOTOBIOL, 69, pp.193-202.
• Forster PM (1999) Radiative forcing due to stratospheric ozone changes 1979-1997, using updated trend estimates, Journal of Geophysical Research - Atmospheres, 104, pp.24395-24401.
• Sabziparvar AA; Forster PMD; Shine KP (1998) Changes in ultraviolet radiation due to stratospheric and tropospheric ozone changes since preindustrial times, J GEOPHYS RES-ATMOS, 103, pp.26107-26113.
• Shine KP; Freckleton RS; Forster PMD (1998) Comment on "Climate forcing by stratospheric ozone depletion calculated from observed temperature trends" by Zhong et al., GEOPHYS RES LETT, 25, pp.663-664.
• Forster PMD; Freckleton RS; Shine KP (1997) On aspects of the concept of radiative forcing, CLIM DYNAM, 13, pp.547-560.
• Forster PMD; Shine KP (1997) Radiative forcing and temperature trends from stratospheric ozone changes, J GEOPHYS RES-ATMOS, 102, pp.10841-10855.
• Forster PMD; Johnson CE; Law KS; Pyle JA; Shine KP (1996) Further estimates of radiative forcing due to tropospheric ozone changes, GEOPHYS RES LETT, 23, pp.3321-3324.
• FORSTER PMD; SHINE KP; WEBB AR (1995) MODELING ULTRAVIOLET-RADIATION AT THE EARTHS SURFACE .2. MODEL AND INSTRUMENT COMPARISON, J APPL METEOROL, 34, pp.2426-2439.
• FORSTER PMD (1995) MODELING ULTRAVIOLET-RADIATION AT THE EARTHS SURFACE .1. THE SENSITIVITY OF ULTRAVIOLET IRRADIANCES TO ATMOSPHERIC CHANGES, J APPL METEOROL, 34, pp.2412-2425.
• Forster PM; Shine KP (1995) A comparison of two radiation schemes for calculating ultraviolet radiation, Quarterly Journal of Royal Meteorological Society, 121, pp.1113-1131.
• WEBB AR; GARDINER BG; BLUMTHALER M; FORSTER P; HUBER M; KIRSCH PJ (1994) A LABORATORY INVESTIGATION OF 2 ULTRAVIOLET SPECTRORADIOMETERS, PHOTOCHEM PHOTOBIOL, 60, pp.84-90.
• Staines K; Balogh A; Cowley SWH; de PM; Hynds RJ; Yates TS; Sanderson TR; Wenzel KP; Tsurutani BT (1991) Comparison of magnetosonic wave and water group ion energy densities at comet Giacobini-Zinner, Advances in Space Research, 11, pp.83-86. doi: 10.1016/0273-1177(91)90016-D
• Totterdill A; Kovács T; Feng W; Dhomse S; Smith CJ; Gómez–Martín JC; Chipperfield MP; Forster PM; Plane JMC (Published online) Atmospheric Lifetimes, Infrared Absorption Spectra, Radiative Forcings and Global Warming Potentials of NF₃ and CFC-115, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics Discussions, pp.1-26. doi: 10.5194/acp-2016-231