Humphrey William Lean

Humphrey has a BSc in Physics from the University of Bristol and  PhD in low temperature physics (superconductivity) from the University of Cambridge, Cavendish Laboratory. In his early career he worked in Cambridge on high temperature superconductivity and on the plasma fusion programme at Culham Laboratory. Since joining the Met Office Humphrey has worked on high resolution models, leading a project to develop km scale models during the 2000’s. He now leads the Met Office project to develop Urban-scale models. His main scientific interests are in the areas of convection, urban meteorology and orographic rain. He was a PI on the WesCon/WOEST campaign and the follow on ParaChute project.