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Brooke Snoll

Brooke Snoll

  • Position: Research Fellow
  • Areas of expertise: climate modelling; ice sheet modelling; paleo abrupt climate change; last glacial period climate change; rapid ocean circulation transitions
  • Email: B.Snoll@leeds.ac.uk
  • Location: 11.06 Priestley Building
  • Website: ORCID

Profile

I am a research fellow specialised in paleoclimate modelling of abrupt climate changes during the Last Glacial Period and investigating the role of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) in the occurrence of these events. My work involves using earth system models (UKESM), general circulation models (FAMOUS, HadCM3), ice sheet models (BISICLES), and coupled climate-ice sheet models (UKESM-Ice, FAMOUS-BISICLES).

My primary expertise lies in Quaternary abrupt climate changes and the last deglaciation and the conenctions between ice sheet melting, changes in the ocean circulation, and sea-level changes but also more recently includes tipping points in the subpolar gyre. Through the research, I aim to better understand the occurrence of past tipping points in the North Atlantic ocean systems and their implications for potential future tipping events.

Research interests

  • Modelling climate and ice sheet interactions
  • Understanding the mechanisms driving Quaternary abrupt climate changes and their implications for future climate
  • The role of ocean circulation in Dansgaard-Oeschger events and abrupt climate change during the last deglaciation and Holocene (Heinrich Stadial 1, Bølling Warming, and the 8.2 kyr event)
  • The impact of climate forcings (e.g., carbon dioxide concentration, freshwater pulses, and orbital configuration) on the existence and shape of AMOC transitions
  • Tipping points in the subpolar gyre

Qualifications

  • PhD (pending thesis corrections), University of Leeds
  • MRes, University of Leeds