About
Dr. Alison Fowler is a Research Fellow at the University of Reading's Department of Meteorology, affiliated with the National Centre for Earth Observation (NCEO) and the Data Assimilation Research Centre. She specializes in Data Assimilation with applications to Meteorology and Marine Ecology. Her research focuses on observation impact analysis, bias correction, and improving numerical weather prediction through advanced data assimilation techniques.
Education: PhD in Meteorology from the University of Reading (2010). She has held roles including Associate Editor of Monthly Weather Review and has organized international data assimilation conferences. Awards include participation in NERC's Growing Future Leaders program and travel grants for research collaboration.
- Research Interests: Observation impact metrics, model bias correction, coupled atmosphere-ocean systems, and marine biogeochemistry.
- Awards: NERC Leadership Program, Royal Meteorological Society Travel Grant, AMS Poster Prize.
Supervision: Currently mentoring PhD students on topics like explainable AI in convective forecasting and ensemble-based assimilation of satellite data. Past students have focused on satellite bias correction and model error analysis.
Labs/Teams: Active in the Data Assimilation Research Centre and NCEO, contributing to international initiatives like pandemic forecasting using ensemble methods.
