Our People
Professor Helen Brindley
Divisional Director
Energy and Water Cycles
Research interests
I am interested in quantifying and understanding variability and change in the Earth’s Radiation budget. I develop ground-, aircraft- and satellite-based instrumentation to support this research.
Recent publications
Improved Temperature‐Dependent Ice Refractive Index Compilation in the Far‐Infrared Spectrum. 2024-07-28
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1029/2024GL110176
An Evaluation of Two Decades of Aerosol Optical Depth Retrievals from MODIS over Australia. 2022
DOI: http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85131715169&partnerID=MN8TOARS
Emissivity retrievals with FORUM’s end-to-end simulator: Challenges and recommendations. 2022
DOI: http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85127398235&partnerID=MN8TOARS
Retrieval of Tropospheric Water Vapor From Airborne Far-Infrared Measurements: A Case Study. 2022
DOI: http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85128408171&partnerID=MN8TOARS
COVID-19 lockdown air quality change implications for solar energy generation over China. 2021
DOI: http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85100793863&partnerID=MN8TOARS
Contrasting Observed Atmospheric Responses to Tropical Sea Surface Temperature Warming Patterns. 2021
DOI: http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85104250694&partnerID=MN8TOARS
Developing automated methods to estimate spectrally resolved direct normal irradiance for solar energy applications. 2021
DOI: http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85104579684&partnerID=MN8TOARS
A test of the ability of current bulk optical models to represent the radiative properties of cirrus cloud across the mid- And far-infrared. 2020
DOI: http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85096019084&partnerID=MN8TOARS
Cirrus cloud identification from airborne far-infrared and mid-infrared spectra. 2020
DOI: http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85087543275&partnerID=MN8TOARS
Forum: Unique far-infrared satellite observations to better understand how earth radiates energy to space. 2020
DOI: http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85085472559&partnerID=MN8TOARS
Observed and CMIP5-Simulated Radiative Flux Variability Over West Africa. 2020
DOI: http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85085497925&partnerID=MN8TOARS
Retrievals of High-Latitude Surface Emissivity Across the Infrared From High-Altitude Aircraft Flights. 2020
DOI: http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85096448300&partnerID=MN8TOARS
Spaceborne Middle- and Far-Infrared Observations Improving Nighttime Ice Cloud Property Retrievals. 2020
DOI: http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85091496229&partnerID=MN8TOARS
Can downwelling far-infrared radiances over Antarctica be estimated from mid-infrared information?. 2019
DOI: http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85067257781&partnerID=MN8TOARS
The sensitivity of the colour of dust in MSG-SEVIRI Desert Dust infrared composite imagery to surface and atmospheric conditions. 2019
DOI: http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85066009499&partnerID=MN8TOARS
Far-Infrared emissivity of ice and snow: Resolving the paucity of observational data. 2018
DOI: http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85059512663&partnerID=MN8TOARS
Insights into the diurnal cycle of global Earth outgoing radiation using a numerical weather prediction model. 2018
DOI: http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85045564202&partnerID=MN8TOARS
Spectrally resolved radiative observations of the Earth in the Far-Infrared using the Tropospheric Airborne Fourier Transform Spectrometer (TAFTS). 2018
DOI: http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85059533630&partnerID=MN8TOARS
The influence of dust optical properties on the colour of simulated MSG-SEVIRI Desert Dust infrared imagery. 2018
DOI: http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85049757492&partnerID=MN8TOARS
Characterizing energy budget variability at a Sahelian site: A test of NWP model behaviour. 2017
DOI: http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85039154156&partnerID=MN8TOARS
Dust emission and transport over Iraq associated with the summer Shamal winds. 2017
DOI: http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85004107376&partnerID=MN8TOARS
Evaluation of thermal and dynamic impacts of summer dust aerosols on the Red Sea. 2017
DOI: http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85013435769&partnerID=MN8TOARS
Retrievals of the Far Infrared Surface Emissivity Over the Greenland Plateau Using the Tropospheric Airborne Fourier Transform Spectrometer (TAFTS). 2017
DOI: http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85034775605&partnerID=MN8TOARS
Satellite retrievals of dust aerosol over the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf (2005-2015). 2017
DOI: http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85028498311&partnerID=MN8TOARS
Top of atmosphere broadband radiative fluxes from geostationary satellite observations. 2017
DOI: http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85063524546&partnerID=MN8TOARS
Traceable radiometry underpinning terrestrial and heliostudies (truths): A bencmark mission for climate. 2017
DOI: http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85050811444&partnerID=MN8TOARS
A study of the time evolution of GERB shortwave calibration by comparison with CERES Edition-3A data. 2016
DOI: http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84988027078&partnerID=MN8TOARS
Enhancing weak transient signals in SEVIRI false color imagery: Application to dust source detection in southern Africa. 2016
DOI: http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84985998655&partnerID=MN8TOARS
Estimating far infrared surface emissivity over greenland from the tropospheric airborne fourier transform spectrometer (TAFTS). 2016
DOI: http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85165745163&partnerID=MN8TOARS
On the detection of robust multidecadal changes in Earth’s outgoing longwave radiation spectrum. 2016
DOI: http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84977502373&partnerID=MN8TOARS
The Far Infrared FTS for the FORUM Mission. 2016
DOI: http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85016195527&partnerID=MN8TOARS
The Spectral Signature of Recent Climate Change. 2016
DOI: http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85039153824&partnerID=MN8TOARS
The cirrus coupled cloud-radiation experiment-II. 2016
DOI: http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85165786165&partnerID=MN8TOARS
The contrasting roles of water and dust in controlling daily variations in radiative heating of the summertime Saharan heat low. 2016
DOI: http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84962570235&partnerID=MN8TOARS
Advances in understanding mineral dust and boundary layer processes over the Sahara from Fennec aircraft observations. 2015
DOI: http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84938302579&partnerID=MN8TOARS
An assessment of the quality of aerosol retrievals over the Red Sea and evaluation of the climatological cloudfree dust direct radiative effect in the region. 2015
DOI: http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84954395166&partnerID=MN8TOARS
Diurnal cycle of the dust instantaneous direct radiative forcing over the Arabian Peninsula. 2015
DOI: http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84940469712&partnerID=MN8TOARS
Information content of space-borne hyperspectral infrared observations with respect to mineral dust properties. 2015
DOI: http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84908244250&partnerID=MN8TOARS
Spectral signatures of Earth’s climate variability over 5 years from IASI. 2015
DOI: http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84922790299&partnerID=MN8TOARS
Systems Analysis for Thermal Infrared ‘THz Torch’ Applications. 2015
DOI: http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84939993907&partnerID=MN8TOARS
The contrasting roles of water and dust in controlling daily variations in radiative heating of the summertime Saharan Heat Low. 2015
DOI: http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85029882834&partnerID=MN8TOARS
Impact of individual atmospheric parameters on CPV system power, energy yield and cost of energy. 2014
DOI: http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84908030256&partnerID=MN8TOARS
Mineral dust aerosol net direct radiative effect during GERBILS field campaign period derived from SEVIRI and GERB. 2014
DOI: http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84921350104&partnerID=MN8TOARS
Solar cooking in the sahel. 2014
DOI: http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84910026374&partnerID=MN8TOARS
The daytime cycle in dust aerosol direct radiative effects observed in the central sahara during the fennec campaign in June 2011. 2014
DOI: http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85018762983&partnerID=MN8TOARS
Achieving climate change absolute accuracy in orbit. 2013
DOI: http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84874885902&partnerID=MN8TOARS
Characterization of dust emission from alluvial sources using aircraft observations and high-resolution modeling. 2013
DOI: http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84880855937&partnerID=MN8TOARS
Evaluation of MSG-SEVIRI mineral dust retrieval products over North Africa and the Middle East. 2013
DOI: http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84867896467&partnerID=MN8TOARS
Intercomparison of satellite dust retrieval products over the west African Sahara during the Fennec campaign in June 2011. 2013
DOI: http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84878363206&partnerID=MN8TOARS
Optical properties of Saharan dust aerosol and contribution from the coarse mode as measured during the Fennec 2011 aircraft campaign. 2013
DOI: http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84872238528&partnerID=MN8TOARS
Validation of energy prediction method for a concentrator photovoltaic module in Toyohashi Japan. 2013
DOI: http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84888645129&partnerID=MN8TOARS
A critical evaluation of the ability of the Spinning Enhanced Visible and Infrared Imager (SEVIRI) thermal infrared red-green-blue rendering to identify dust events: Theoretical analysis. 2012
DOI: http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84859474969&partnerID=MN8TOARS
Intercomparison of desert dust optical depth from satellite measurements. 2012
DOI: http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84871356339&partnerID=MN8TOARS
Quantifying the impact of individual atmospheric parameters on CPV system power and energy yield. 2012
DOI: http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84869387299&partnerID=MN8TOARS
Downwelling solar irradiance in the biomass burning region of the southern Amazon: Dependence on aerosol intensive optical properties and role of water vapor. 2011
DOI: http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-80053061246&partnerID=MN8TOARS
Motivation, rationale and key results from the gerbils saharan dust measurement campaign. 2011
DOI: http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-79960711298&partnerID=MN8TOARS
Observations and modelling of the solar and terrestrial radiative effects of saharan dust: A radiative closure case-study over oceans during the gerbils campaign. 2011
DOI: http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-79960740603&partnerID=MN8TOARS
multi-sensor satellite remote sensing of dust aerosols over north africa during gerbils. 2011
DOI: http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-79960719965&partnerID=MN8TOARS
Variation in spectral irradiance and the consequences for multi-junction concentrator photovoltaic systems. 2010
DOI: http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-78650151890&partnerID=MN8TOARS
A Geostationary Earth Radiation Budget dataset for climate research: First intercomparison results between data from the GERB-I & -2 instruments. 2009
DOI: http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-65649103348&partnerID=MN8TOARS
An assessment of Saharan dust loading and the corresponding cloud-free longwave direct radiative effect from geostationary satellite observations. 2009
DOI: http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-72049132605&partnerID=MN8TOARS
Comparison of GERB instantaneous radiance and flux products with CERES Edition-2 data. 2009
DOI: http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-56949099959&partnerID=MN8TOARS
Settling dust. 2009
EID: http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-73949102357&partnerID=MN8TOARS
The direct cloud-free longwave radiative effect of saharan dust as observed by the Geostationary Earth Radiation Budget (GERB) experiment. 2009
DOI: http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-65649140057&partnerID=MN8TOARS
Assessing the errors in shortwave radiative fluxes inferred from the geostationary earth radiation budget (GERB) instrument in the presence of dust aerosol. 2008
DOI: http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-57649155023&partnerID=MN8TOARS
The far-infrared earth. 2008
DOI: http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-60849118390&partnerID=MN8TOARS
Unfiltering of the Geostationary Earth Radiation Budget (GERB) data. Part I: Shortwave radiation. 2008
DOI: http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-51749117800&partnerID=MN8TOARS
Estimating the top-of-atmosphere longwave radiative forcing due to Saharan dust from satellite observations over a west African surface site. 2007
DOI: http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-38749115830&partnerID=MN8TOARS
Improving GERB scene identification using SEVIRI: Infrared dust detection strategy. 2006
DOI: http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-33947320919&partnerID=MN8TOARS
Retrieval of mineral aerosol optical depth and size information from Meteosat Second Generation SEVIRI solar reflectance bands. 2006
DOI: http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-33747142102&partnerID=MN8TOARS
An inter-comparison of far-infrared line-by-line radiative transfer models. 2005
DOI: http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-4544249270&partnerID=MN8TOARS
The Geostationary Earth Radiation Budget project. 2005
DOI: http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-22944453170&partnerID=MN8TOARS
Observations of the infrared outgoing spectrum of the Earth from space: The effects of temporal and spatial sampling. 2003
DOI: http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0346056663&partnerID=MN8TOARS
Simulations of the effects of interannual and decadal variability on the clear-sky outgoing long-wave radiation spectrum. 2003
DOI: http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0142153715&partnerID=MN8TOARS
The geostationary Earth radiation budget (GERB) instrument on EUMETSAT’s MSG satellite. 2003
DOI: http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0038351885&partnerID=MN8TOARS
The impact of instrument field of view on measurements of cloudy-sky spectral radiances from space: Application to Iris and IMG. 2003
DOI: http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0037457193&partnerID=MN8TOARS
Erratum: Increase in greenhouse forcing inferred from the outgoing longwave radiation spectra of the Earth in 1970 and 1997 (Nature (2001) 410 (355-357)). 2001
DOI: http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0035953758&partnerID=MN8TOARS
Increases in greenhouse forcing inferred from the outgoing longwave radiation spectra of the Earth in 1970 and 1997. 2001
DOI: http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0035869073&partnerID=MN8TOARS
Climate variability and trends in SSU radiances: A comparison of model predictions and satellite observations in the middle stratosphere. 1999
DOI: http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0033226578&partnerID=MN8TOARS
Spatial patterns of climate variability in upper-tropospheric water vapor radiances from satellite data and climate model simulations. 1999
DOI: http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0032714891&partnerID=MN8TOARS
Climate variability and trends from operational satellite spectral data. 1998
DOI: http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0032215792&partnerID=MN8TOARS
The impact of far i.r. absorption on clear sky greenhouse forcing: Sensitivity studies at high spectral resolution. 1998
DOI: http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0031688341&partnerID=MN8TOARS
