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Benjamin Laken

Postdoc Research Fellow (Human geography not elsewhere classified)

London

Benjamin studied Geography at Sussex University, graduating with a B.Sc.(Hons.) in 2007. His Ph.D. was in the field of Physical Geography, also from Sussex University (2007–2010). Between 2010 and 2014 he held two post doctorate positions at the Instituto de Astrofısica de Canarias, Spain. In 2014 he moved the the University of Oslo, Department of Geophysics as a Post-doctorate Research Fellow. Benjamin’s research focused on remote sensing and climate, and aims to improve our understanding of the nature, causes, and impacts of climate variability and change on the Earth system and humans. He is currently a Research Software Engineer at UCL, London.

Publications

  • A cosmic ray-climate link and cloud observations DOI: 10.1051/swsc/2012018
  • A Decade of the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer: Is a Solar–Cloud Link Detectable? DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-11-00306.1
  • Contrails developed under frontal influences of the North Atlantic DOI: 10.1029/2011JD017019
  • Cosmic ray decreases and changes in the liquid water cloud fraction over the oceans DOI: 10.1029/2009GL040961
  • Examining a solar-climate link in diurnal temperature ranges DOI: 10.1029/2012JD017683
  • Forbush decreases, solar irradiance variations, and anomalous cloud changes DOI: 10.1029/2010JD014900
  • Solar irradiance, cosmic rays and cloudiness over daily timescales DOI: 10.1029/2011GL049764
  • Understanding sudden changes in cloud amount: The Southern Annular Mode and South American weather fluctuations DOI: 10.1029/2012JD017626
  • An early clear sky record from Eastern Spain: 1837-1879 DOI: 10.1002/joc.4033
  • Does the diurnal temperature range respond to changes in the cosmic ray flux? DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/8/4/045018
  • Satellite-detected Carbon Monoxide pollution during 2000-2012: Examining global trends and also regional anthropogenic periods over China, the EU and the USA DOI: 10.3390/cli2010001
  • Composite analysis with Monte Carlo methods: an example with cosmic rays and clouds DOI: 10.1051/swsc/2013051
  • Saharan mineral dust outbreaks observed over the North Atlantic island of La Palma in summertime between 1984 and 2012 DOI: 10.1002/qj.2170

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