Dr Declan Finney
- Position: Senior Research Fellow in Cloud Physics
- Areas of expertise: Cloud microphysics and dynamics; Climate change; Lightning; Combined observation-modelling analysis; Earth Observation; Convection-permitting modelling
- Email: D.L.Finney@leeds.ac.uk
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Profile
Declan is a UKRI Future Leaders Fellow within the Institute for Climate and Atmospheric Science (ICAS) at the University of Leeds.
The UKRI fellowship, “DOOC: Drone Observation Of Clouds and their effect on weather and climate”, pioneers the use of drones to both enhance UK weather forecasting and provide globally unique insights into cloud–climate interactions.
He has previously worked on the DCMEX project studying the microphysics and dynamics of deep convective clouds, and their importance for understanding climate change. He previously worked on the HyCRISTAL project researching moist convective processes in East Africa using a convection-permitting model applied to present-day and future climates. Declan’s PhD, carried out at the University of Edinburgh, investigated the interactions of lightning, climate change and atmospheric chemistry.
In between research posts, Declan spent a year within ClimateXChange project managing climate policy research on behalf of Scottish Government.
Research interests
- Cloud physics
- Meteorology
- Climate and climate change
- Moist convective processes
- Tropical meteorology and climate
- Lightning and its impacts
Qualifications
- PhD Atmospheric Science, University of Edinburgh
- MPhys Physics, University of Bath
Professional memberships
- Associate Fellow of the Royal Meteorological Society
Research groups and institutes
- Institute for Climate and Atmospheric Science