Kate M Willett
Biographic Data
| ID | 7994482 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Kate M Willett |
| GIVEN NAMES | Kate M |
| FAMILY NAME | Willett |
| SIGNATURE | WILLETT K M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Met Office |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-5151-0076 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 4 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2010 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Analysis of heat stress in UK dairy cattle and impact on milk yields
Much as humans suffer from heat-stress during periods of high temperature and humidity, so do dairy cattle. Using a temperature-humidity index (THI), we investigate the effect of past heatwaves in the UK on heat-stress in dairy herds. Daily THI data derived from routine meteorological observations show that during the summer, there has been an average of typically 1 day per year per station over the past 40 years when the THI has exceeded the thr…
Updated analyses of temperature and precipitation extreme indices since the beginning of the twentieth century
In this study, we present the collation and analysis of the gridded land‐based dataset of indices of temperature and precipitation extremes: HadEX2. Indices were calculated based on station data using a consistent approach recommended by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) Expert Team on Climate Change Detection and Indices, resulting in the production of 17 temperature and 12 precipitation indices derived from daily maximum and minimum t…
Implications of climate change for agricultural productivity in the early twenty-first century
This paper reviews recent literature concerning a wide range of processes through which climate change could potentially impact global-scale agricultural productivity, and presents projections of changes in relevant meteorological, hydrological and plant physiological quantities from a climate model ensemble to illustrate key areas of uncertainty. Few global-scale assessments have been carried out, and these are limited in their ability to captur…
A comparison of large scale changes in surface humidity over land in observations and CMIP3 general circulation models
Observed changes in the HadCRUH global land surface specific humidity and CRUTEM3 surface temperature from 1973 to 1999 are compared to CMIP3 archive climate model simulations with 20th Century forcings. Observed humidity increases are proportionately largest in the Northern Hemisphere, especially in winter. At the largest spatio-temporal scales moistening is close to the Clausius-Clapeyron scaling of the saturated specific humidity (~7% K -1). A…
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Implications of climate change for agricultural productivity in the early twenty-first century
This paper reviews recent literature concerning a wide range of processes through which climate change could potentially impact global-scale agricultural productivity, and presents projections of changes in relevant meteorological, hydrological and plant physiological quantities from a climate model ensemble to illustrate key areas of uncertainty. Few global-scale assessments have been carried out, and these are limited in their ability to captur…
A comparison of large scale changes in surface humidity over land in observations and CMIP3 general circulation models
Observed changes in the HadCRUH global land surface specific humidity and CRUTEM3 surface temperature from 1973 to 1999 are compared to CMIP3 archive climate model simulations with 20th Century forcings. Observed humidity increases are proportionately largest in the Northern Hemisphere, especially in winter. At the largest spatio-temporal scales moistening is close to the Clausius-Clapeyron scaling of the saturated specific humidity (~7% K -1). A…
Updated analyses of temperature and precipitation extreme indices since the beginning of the twentieth century
In this study, we present the collation and analysis of the gridded land‐based dataset of indices of temperature and precipitation extremes: HadEX2. Indices were calculated based on station data using a consistent approach recommended by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) Expert Team on Climate Change Detection and Indices, resulting in the production of 17 temperature and 12 precipitation indices derived from daily maximum and minimum t…
Analysis of heat stress in UK dairy cattle and impact on milk yields
Much as humans suffer from heat-stress during periods of high temperature and humidity, so do dairy cattle. Using a temperature-humidity index (THI), we investigate the effect of past heatwaves in the UK on heat-stress in dairy herds. Daily THI data derived from routine meteorological observations show that during the summer, there has been an average of typically 1 day per year per station over the past 40 years when the THI has exceeded the thr…
Climate change (4 works) · Climatology (4 works) · Environmental Science (4 works) · Geography (4 works) · Meteorology (4 works) · Climate variability and models (2 works) · Humidity (2 works) · Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations (2 works) · Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics (2 works) · Agricultural productivity (1 work)