Ben Bradley
- Email: vlqc7666@leeds.ac.uk
- Thesis title: Examining the changing influence of global wildfires using new satellite observations of carbon monoxide
- Supervisors: 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, within the University of Leeds. 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) from wildfires. I use these observations within the inverse chemical transport model INVICAT to improve fire emission estimates. I also investigate global changes in wildfire behaviour and their effect on atmospheric CO concentrations.
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) to detect sulfur dioxide from volcanic plumes.
Research interests
- Earth Observation
- Carbon Monoxide
- Wildfires
- Data Assimilation
- Chemical Transport Modelling
Qualifications
- MPhys Physics, University of Oxford
Research groups and institutes
- Institute for Climate and Atmospheric Science
- Atmospheric Chemistry and Aerosols