Dr Richard Westaway
Ph.D. (Cantab.), BA (Cantab.)
Current positions
Research Project Officer
School of Psychological ScienceProject Manager
School of Geographical Sciences
Contact
Press and media
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Projects and supervisions
Research projects
ESA SLB CCI+
Principal Investigator
Role
Administrator
Managing organisational unit
School of Geographical SciencesDates
01/04/2023 to 31/03/2026
4Dmodeller
Principal Investigator
Role
Manager
Managing organisational unit
School of Geographical SciencesDates
01/12/2022 to 31/05/2024
Protecting the Democratic Information Space in Europe
Principal Investigator
Role
Administrator
Managing organisational unit
School of Psychological ScienceDates
01/10/2021 to 30/09/2026
Arctic PASSION
Principal Investigator
Role
Manager
Managing organisational unit
School of Geographical SciencesDates
01/07/2021 to 30/06/2025
Darkening of the Greenland Ice Sheet
Role
Manager
Description
An ERC Synergy Grant awarded to an international team of scientists to investigate the physical and microbial processes that darken the Greenland Ice Sheet and accelerate sea level rise.Managing organisational unit
School of Geographical SciencesDates
01/01/2020 to 31/12/2025
Publications
Selected publications
11/03/2022GC Insights: Rainbow colour maps remain widely used in the geosciences
Geoscience Communication
Global Sea Level Budget 1993-Present
Earth System Science Data
The land ice contribution to sea level during the satellite era
Environmental Research Letters
Recent publications
01/02/2023Can GPS and GRACE data be used to separate past and present-day surface loading in a data-driven approach?
Geophysical Journal International
GC Insights: Rainbow colour maps remain widely used in the geosciences
Geoscience Communication
The scope of the Kalman filter for spatio-temporal applications in environmental science
Environmetrics
Re-assessing global water storage trends from GRACE time series
Environmental Research Letters
Can we resolve the basin-scale sea-level trend budget from GRACE ocean mass?
Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans
Related people
Professor Paul Bates
Professor of Hydrology
School of Geographical Sciences
Professor Jonathan Bamber
Professor
School of Geographical Sciences
Dr Jonty Rougier
Honorary Professor
School of Mathematics
Dr Rory Bingham
Senior Lecturer
School of Geographical Sciences
Dr Stephen Chuter
Senior Research Fellow
School of Geographical Sciences