Funded PhD at UEA (plus Met Office as CASE partner) - Redeveloping Central England Temperature: Modernising a Historic Climate Series
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PhD position in the Climatic Research Unit (CRU), School of Environmental Sciences, University of East Anglia (UEA), Norwich.
REDEVELOPING CENTRAL ENGLAND TEMPERATURE – MODERNISING A HISTORIC CLIMATE SERIES
This PhD position starts in October 2026 and has 3 years funding for UK applicants.
The funding pays you a stipend and covers your tuition fees.
This project will be based in the Climatic Research Unit (UEA, Norwich) with strong links with the Met Office (as "CASE" partner) and the University of Reading. It includes the opportunity for extended research placements at the Met Office.
Central England Temperature (CET) is the world’s longest instrumental temperature record (monthly from 1659, daily since 1772). Preserving its consistency and homogeneity across centuries – despite changes in instrumentation, weather station locations, land use and urbanisation patterns – remains a significant scientific challenge. Originally compiled by Manley (1953) and later refined and improved (e.g. Parker et al. 1992; Legg et al. 2024), the CET now requires a modern, transparent redevelopment that meets these growing challenges. That is the focus of this PhD project (more details at the link below).Supervisors: Tim Osborn (UEA), Stephen Packman (Met Office), Ed Hawkins (Reading) and Andrew Friedman (UEA)
Details of the project and HOW TO APPLY are here:https://www.uea.ac.uk/course/phd-doctorate/phd-redeveloping-central-england-temperature-modernising-a-historic-climate-series-osborntu26sci-Closing date: 10 December 2025
For informal enquiries, please contact Tim Osborn t.osborn@uea.ac.uk
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