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Atmospheric, Oceanic and Planetary Physics

Research programmes

DPhil in Atmospheric, Oceanic and Planetary Physics

Course Code | 002310 
  • Space and ground-based experiments for observing the Earth and its atmosphere
  • Space experiments for observing the planets
  • Laboratory experiments for supporting planetary data analysis
  • Climate processes: aerosols and clouds
  • Climate variability
  • Physical oceanography
  • Modelling of the Earth’s atmosphere
  • Atmospheric modelling of other planets
  • Laboratory fluid dynamics

How to Apply

The deadlines for this course are 18 January and 8 March 2013.

International and EU students seeking funding should apply by the January deadline.

UK candidates requiring funding should check the AOPP website for the NERC and STFC studentship deadline.

If you are in any doubt about which sub-department to apply for then you are advised to contact the sub-departments concerned before applying

The standard set of materials you should send with any application to a research course comprises:

However, applicants to the DPhil in Atmospheric, Oceanic and Planetary Physics do not need to provide a detailed research proposal; instead, please list the research projects that interest you in order of preference.

Please follow the detailed instructions in the Application Guide and the Atmospheric, Oceanic and Planetary Physics website for additional guidance.

Academic resources

  • Clean areas for the manufacture and test of space experiments and a spectroscopy laboratory
  • Mechanical and electronics workshops
  • Extensive data sets from previous space missions
  • Aerosol and geophysical fluid dynamics laboratories

Academic staff profiles

  • Professor Myles Allen: Climate dynamics
  • Dr Neil Bowles: Space experiments for observing the planets; laboratory experiments for supporting planetary data analysis
  • Dr Simon Calcutt: Space experiments for observing the planets; laboratory experiments for supporting planetary data analysis
  • Dr Anu Dudhia: Space and ground-based experiments for observing the Earth and its atmosphere
  • Dr Don Grainger: Space and ground-based experiments for observing the Earth and its atmosphere
  • Professor Lesley Gray: Stratosphere and climate
  • Professor Patrick Irwin: Space experiments for observing the planets
  • Professor David Marshall: Physical oceanography
  • Professor Tim Palmer: Climate variability
  • Professor Peter Read: Space experiments for observing the planets; atmospheric modelling of other planets; laboratory fluid dynamics
  • Dr Philip Stier: Climate processes: aerosols and clouds
  • Dr Andrew Wells: Processes in ice physics
  • Dr Laure Zanna: Climate dynamics and physics

Further information on academic staff is available on the AOPP website External link

Graduate destinations

Many AOPP graduates take up post-doctoral research at universities and research institutions in the UK, Europe and the USA. Others take up employment in the financial sector, computer software industry, etc.

Related programmes

AOPP currently has joint DPhil supervision with the following:

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Main areas of research interests

Research interests on the AOPP website External link

 

Entry requirements

First- or upper second-class undergraduate degree in Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics or related subjects

 

Selection criteria

Selection criteria on the AOPP website External link

 

English language requirements

Standard level


Funding/awards

Typically 3 NERC and 1 STFC Doctoral Training Grants (DTG) available each year


Number of applicants
2012/13

30


Number of places available
2013/14

7-8

 

Statement of Provision

Physics - Research External link