Isabel Smith

Isabel Smith is a PhD student based at the Department of Meteorology at the University of Reading. Isabel published a paper in Climate Dynamics in June 2023, titled Clear-air turbulence trends over the North Atlantic in high-resolution climate models.

She was fascinated by weather and the atmosphere from a young age, being raised in both wet and windy Glasgow and Hong Kong. Isabel graduated with a first class combined master’s degree in Meteorology and Climate at the University of Reading. During her degree she was a part-time student forecaster at MeteoGroup (DNT) and interned at weathertrending. She is a RMetS student ambassador and helped to organise the RMetS 2021 Student and Early Careers Conference. Her PhD project focuses on upper-level atmospheric turbulence, and global climate model biases. She recently given a talk about her work at the European Geoscience Union Conference, in Vienna.