(he/him) |
University of Leeds |

Current Position | Senior Research Fellow |
r.j.pope@leeds.ac.uk | |
Department(s) | School of Earth and Environment |
ECR | No |
YES.DTN Core Themes | Atmosphere and Climate |
Profile(s) | Richard Pope (0000-0002-3587-837X) – ORCID |
Key Research Interests
- Biosphere-atmosphere interactions and its impact on global and regional air pollution.
- Impact of global and regional wildfire events on tropospheric composition and pollution.
- The influence of synoptic scale meteorology (i.e. long-range transport, blocking events) on UK and European air quality.
Recent Key Papers
- Pope RJ, Rap A, Pimlott MA, Barret B, Le Flochmoen E, Kerridge BJ, Siddans R, Latter BG, Ventress LJ, Boynard A, Retscher C, Feng W, Rigby R, Dhomse SS, Wespes C, Chipperfield MP. 2024. Quantifying the tropospheric ozone radiative effect and its temporal evolution in the satellite era. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics. 3613-3626, http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/acp-24-3613-2024.
- Pope R, Kerridge BJ, Chipperfield MP, Siddans R, Latter BG, Ventress LJ, Pimlott MA, Feng W, Comyn-Platt E, Hayman GD, Arnold SR, Graham AM. 2023. Investigation of the summer 2018 European ozone air pollution episodes using novel satellite data and modelling. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics. 13235-13253, http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/acp-23-13235-2023.
- Pope RJ, Kerridge BJ, Siddans R, Latter BG, Chipperfield MP, Arnold SR, Ventress LJ, Pimlott MA, Graham AM, Knappett DS, Rigby R. 2021. Large Enhancements in Southern Hemisphere Satellite‐Observed Trace Gases Due to the 2019/2020 Australian Wildfires. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2021jd034892.