Tom Wood
Department of Civil and Structural Engineering
Research Associate in Policy Evidence for Extreme Climate Change Adaption
Full contact details
Department of Civil and Structural Engineering
E110A
Sir Frederick Mappin Building (Broad Lane Building)
Mappin Street
Sheffield
S1 3JD
- Profile
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Tom’s research aims to develop and communicate a systemic policy approach for extreme climate change adaptation. He is developing evidence regarding how extreme and worst-case climate change scenarios drive changes in urban and peri-urban infrastructure and food systems, given the growing need for resources and the decreasing availability of planetary resource stocks and flows, by mapping the key issues across interdisciplinary fields and synthesising evidence to support policy development.
Before joining the University of Sheffield, Tom completed a PhD in climate dynamics, investigating the large-scale atmospheric circulation response to climate change drivers, with a focus on climate modelling uncertainty.
- Research interests
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- Extreme climate change (ECC)
- Physical climate change
- Climate change adaptation
- Urban infrastructure
- Food supply systems
- Land use change
- Climate risk management
- Climate uncertainty analysis
- Publications
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Journal articles
- Role of sea surface temperature patterns for the Southern Hemisphere jet stream response to CO2 forcing. Environmental Research Letters, 16(1), 014020-014020.
- The Southern Hemisphere Midlatitude Circulation Response to Rapid Adjustments and Sea Surface Temperature Driven Feedbacks. Journal of Climate, 33(22), 9673-9690.
- Tropical Belt Width Proportionately More Sensitive to Aerosols Than Greenhouse Gases. Geophysical Research Letters, 47(7).
- Efficacy of Climate Forcings in PDRMIP Models. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 124(23), 12824-12844.
Other
- Role of sea surface temperature patterns for the Southern Hemisphere jet stream response to CO2 forcing. Environmental Research Letters, 16(1), 014020-014020.
- Research group