Katie Lean Email & Phone Number

Reading, England, United Kingdom

Currently working on a European Space Agency (ESA) project investigating the optimal design for a future constellation of small satellites carrying microwave sounding instruments.

Reading, United Kingdom

To improve the interpretation and assimilation of satellite wind information (Atmospheric Motion Vectors, AMVs) in the ECMWF weather forecast model.Areas of focus include:- monitoring and assessment of the quality of AMVs from different geostationary and polar orbiting satellites in the ECMWF assimilation system- support of monitoring and assimilation of AMVs in climate applications- characterization and preparation for new wind products- improving the use of AMVs in the current assimilation system

Exeter, United Kingdom

Current work• Scientifically testing and technically implementing the inclusion of new Chinese satellite microwave sounding instruments; being a key milestone deliverable this is a high priority project within the Met Office. In my role as project leader, this has involved:­ - Understanding of instrument design for thorough quality assessment.­ - Development of Fortran code, both modifying existing libraries as well as creating bespoke routines, within the wider Met Office observation processing system.­ - Representing the interests of the Met Office Satellite Applications group in Beijing which enabled more efficient progress of the project as a result of sharing of information, both during the visit and subsequently.• Assessment of error in a key microwave satellite instrument for numerical weather prediction:­ - Development of Interactive Data Language (IDL) code to perform statistical analysis.­ - Presented at the international MicroRad Conference in California (2014). This talk was commended for its clarity and a report has been submitted for publication in their proceedings.­ - Technical implementation and testing in the operational system.Previous work• Use of satellite data for climate applications, focusing mainly on the quality assessment of long term sea surface temperature data sets.• Developed and tested techniques of error correction for satellite sea surface temperature data as part of wider research carried out in the Hadley Centre for a Department of Energy & Climate Change (DECC) contract.

Exeter, United Kingdom

Wallingford, Oxfordshire

Analysis of offshore wind data (project funded by Total):• Statistical analysis of wind data from offshore oil platforms for engineering applications• Study of squall season duration• Use of MatLab for data analysis

Master'S Degree, Physics, 2:1

Activities and Societies: Novice rowing, college choir• Masters project on the detection of large aerosol events in satellite images..

High School, A Levels

A levels: Physics A, Mathematics A, Further Mathematics A, Chemistry A AS level: Geography A, General Studies A

High School, Gsces

10 GCSEs at A* including: Mathematics, Physics, Biology, Chemistry, IT, English, English Literature, Geography, German, Music