Dr Rachel Tunnicliffe
Msc(Warw.), Phd(Warw.)
Current positions
Senior Research Associate
School of ChemistrySenior Lecturer
School of Chemistry
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Research interests
Beginning my career in astrophysics, studying massive violent explosions in the distant universe utilising data from state of the art satellite and ground based observatories, my research interests are now somewhat closer to home.
I am interested in the study of methane and other greenhouse gases, using inversion techniques to determine the sources of measured emissions. This involves use of the MetOffice's NAME (Numerical Atmospheric-dispersion Modelling Environment) to create sensitivity maps, linking the measurement sites with potential sources, and feeding this into a Hierarchical Bayesian framework.
Publications
Recent publications
10/08/2021Estimates of North African Methane Emissions from 2010 to 2017 Using GOSAT Observations
Environmental Science and Technology Letters
Sustained methane emissions from China after 2012 despite declining coal production and rice-cultivated area
Environmental Research Letters
Quantifying sources of Brazil's methane emissions between 2010 and 2018 from satellite data
Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
Rapid increase in ozone-depleting chloroform emissions from China
Nature Geoscience
Increase in CFC-11 emissions from eastern China based on atmospheric observations
Nature