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Ben Bradley

  • Email: vlqc7666@leeds.ac.uk
  • Thesis title: Examining the changing influence of global wildfires using new satellite observations of carbon monoxide
  • Supervisor: Dr Chris Wilson, Professor Martyn Chipperfield, Dr Ailish Graham, Dr Carly Reddington, Dr Fiona O'Connor

Profile

I am a PhD student based in the Institute for Climate and Atmospheric Science, which sits within the School of Earth and Environment. I am funded by the NERC Panorama DTP and my project has a CASE partnership with the Met Office.

My research focuses on satellite observations of carbon monoxide (CO) emissions from wildfires. I am using data from the TROPOspheric Monitoring Instrument (TROPOMI) and the chemical transport model TOMCAT to investigate global changes and connections between CO concentrations, wildfire regimes, and the carbon cycle.

I completed my MPhys Physics degree at the University of Oxford in 2024. During my fourth-year master’s project, I used satellite data from the Infrared Atmospheric Sounding Interferometer (IASI) onboard the MetOp satellites to detect sulfur dioxide from volcanic plumes.

Research interests

  • Earth Observation
  • Satellite Data
  • Wildfires
  • Chemical Transport Modelling

Qualifications

  • MPhys Physics, University of Oxford

Research groups and institutes

  • Institute for Climate and Atmospheric Science
  • Atmospheric Chemistry and Aerosols