
Member Since 2015
Isla Simpson
Scientist 3, National Center for Atmospheric Research
Member, Atmospheric Sciences Ascent Award Committee
Professional Experience
National Center for Atmospheric Research
Scientist 3
2022 - Present
Education
Doctorate
2009
Imperial College London
Doctorate
Honors & Awards
Ascent Award
Received December 2021
Outstanding Reviewer Award - Geophysical Research Letters
Received December 2018
Outstanding Reviewer Award - Geophysical Research Letters
Received December 2014
Publications

Resolving Weather Fronts Increases the Large‐Scale Circulation Response to Gulf Stream SST Anomalies...
Canonical understanding based on general circulation models (GCMs) is that the atmospheric circulation response to midlatitude sea‐surface te...
July 15, 2024

Origins of Uncertainty in the Response of the Summer North P...
November 22, 2023
AGU Abstracts
What Drives the Spread and Bias in the Surface Impact of Sudden Stratospheric Warmings in CMIP6 Models?
AGU 2024
atmospheric sciences | 13 december 2024
Ying Dai, Peter Hitchcock, Isla Simpson
This study evaluates the representation of the composite-mean surface response to sudden stratospheric warmings (SSWs) in 28 CMIP6 models. Most models...
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The Vertical Extent of Convection in the Community Earth System Model (CESM): A Simplified Total Energy Approach to Plume Properties
AGU 2024
atmospheric sciences | 13 december 2024
Richard B. Neale, Cecile Hannay, Peter H. Lauritze...
Precipitating convection in the tropics is associated with instability extending throughout the atmospheric column, deep latent heating profiles that ...
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Comparing historical mean sea level pressure extratropical cyclone activity trends between reanalysis and models
AGU 2024
atmospheric sciences | 12 december 2024
Ian Baxter, Tiffany Shaw, Isla Simpson, Pu Lin, Zh...
Extratropical cyclones account for over 80% of mean and extreme precipitation in many key midlatitude water resource regions around the world, yet it ...
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Volunteer Experience
2023 - 2025
Member
Atmospheric Sciences Ascent Award Committee
2022 - 2023
Chair
Climate Communication Prize Committee
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