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Staff Profile

Dr Colin Manning

Research Associate

Background

I am a Research Associate within the School of Engineering at 缅北禁地, although I am based in the Met Office Hadley Centre in Exeter within the high-resolution climate modelling research group. I gained my PhD in climate science at the University of Birmingham in 2019 working on compound dry and hot extreme events. My current research focusses on winter storms in western Europe, assessing reasons for their projected changes in climate simulations, and assessing the potential implications of these changes for electricity distribution networks.


I have worked on a number of projects in recent years:

Future Storms (2019-2022): Assessing future projections of windstorms and sting jets in high-resolution convection permitting climate models, and demonstrating the added value of these simulations for wind extremes.


Stormy Weather(2022-present): Assessing combined wind-rain extremes and their drivers within extra-tropical cyclones in current and projected future climates.


Accelerated (2022): Quantifying current and projected future risk of extreme weather (e.g. windstorms, flood, cold snaps, heat waves) to electricity distribution networks.


Climate-Services NOW (2022-present): Understanding the needs of electricity distribution network operators in order to improve climate resilience and provide useful climate information on projected changes to extreme weather and potential risk to distribution networks.



Publications

  • Articles

    • Zeraati M, Farahmand A, Seager R, Fowler HJ, Madani N, Parazoo N, Manning C, White CJ, Wen Y, Mehran A, Aghakouchak A. Assessing Flash Drought Development and Propogation Across the Contiguous United States Using Remote Sensing. Earth's Future 2026, 14(3). In Preparation.
    • Brett L, Bloomfield HC, Bradley A, Calvet T, Champion A, De Angeli S, de Ruiter MC, Guerreiro SB, Hillier J, Jaroszweski D, Kamranzad B, Keinänen-Toivola MM, Kornhuber K, Küpfer K, Manning C, Mattu K, Murtagh E, Murray V, Bhreasail AN, O'Loughlin F, Parker C, Pregnolato M, Ramos AM, Schlumberger J, Theochari D, Ward P, Wessels A, White CJ. . Meteorological Applications 2025, 32(2), e70043.
    • Hillier JK, Bloomfield HC, Manning C, Garry F, Shaffrey L, Bates P, Kumar D. . International Journal of Climatology 2025, 45(5), e8763.
    • Manning C, Wilkinson S, Fowler HJ, Kendon EJ. . Communications Earth and Environment 2025, 6, 217.
    • Manning C, Kendon EJ, Fowler HJ, Catto JL, Chan SC, Sansom PG. . Weather and Climate Extremes 2024, 44, 100673.
    • Manning C, Kendon EJ, Fowler HJ, Roberts N. . Weather and Climate Extremes 2023, 40, 100562.
    • Manning C, Widmann M, Maraun D, Van Loon AF, Bevacqua E. . Weather and Climate Dynamics 2023, 4(2), 309–329.
    • Manning C, Kendon EJ, Fowler HJ, Roberts NM, Berthou S, Suri D, Roberts M. . Climate Dynamics 2022, 58, 2387-2404.
    • Berthou S, Roberts MJ, Vanniere B, Ban N, Belusic D, Caillaud C, Crocker T, de Vries H, Dobler A, Harris D, Kendon EJ, Landgren O, Manning C. . Environmental Research Letters 2022, 17, 114055.
    • Bevacqua E, De Michele C, Manning C, Couasnon A, Ribeiro AFS, Ramos AM, Vignotto E, Bastos A, Blesic S, Durante F, Hillier J, Oliveira SC, Pinto JG, Ragno E, Rivoire P, Saunders K, Van Der Wiel K, Wu W, Zhang T, Zscheischler J. . Earth's Future 2021, 9(11), e2021EF002340.
    • Manning C, Widmann M, Bevacqua E, Van Loon AF, Maraun D, Vrac M. . Environmental Research Letters 2019, 14, 094006.
    • Manning C, Widmann M, Bevacqua E, Van Loon AF, Maraun D, Vrac M. . Journal of Hydrometeorology 2018, 19, 1255–1271.

  • Book Chapter

    • Catto J, Brown S, Barnes C, Chan S, Cotterill D, Dale M, Dawkins L, Fowler H, Garry F, Keat W, Kendon E, Lowe J, Manning C, Pritchard D, Robins P, Sexton D, Shooter R, Stephenson D. Improved Understanding and Characterisation of Climate Hazards in the UK. In: Dessai, S; Lonsdale, K; Lowe, J; Harcourt, R, ed. Quantifying Climate Risk and Building Resilience in the UK. 2024. In Preparation.

  • Online Publications

    • Manning C, Fowler HJ. Storm Ciarán is breaking records - and research suggests more severe weather in future. 2023. Available at: https://theconversation.com/storm-ciaran-is-breaking-records-and-research-suggests-more-severe-weather-in-future-216842. In Preparation.
    • Fowler HJ, Manning C. . London: The Conversation Trust (UK) Limited, 2022. Available at: .