Publications

Wolf, G., Ferrett, S., Methven, J., Frame, T., Holloway, C., Martinez-Alvarado, O., et al. (2024) Comparison of probabilistic forecasts of extreme precipitation for a global and convection-permitting ensemble and hybrid statistical–dynamical method based on equatorial wave information. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, 150(759), 877–896. doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/qj.4627

Ferrett, S., J. Methven, S. J. Woolnough, G. Yang, C. E. Holloway, and G. Wolf (2023) Hybrid dynamical-statistical forecasts of the risk of rainfall in South East Asia dependent on Equatorial Waves. Mon. Wea. Rev., doi: https://doi.org/10.1175/MWR-D-22-0300.1

Gonzalez, P. L. M., Howard, E., Ferrett, S., Frame, T.H.A., Martínez-Alvarado, O., Methven, J., et al. (2023) Weather patterns in Southeast Asia: Enhancing high-impact weather subseasonal forecast skill. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, 149( 750), 19– 39. doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/qj.4378

Ferrett, S., Frame, T. H. A, Methven, J., Holloway, C. E., Webster, S., Stein, T. H. M., and Cafaro, C. (2022) Evaluating convection-permitting ensemble forecasts of precipitation over Southeast Asia. Weather and Forecasting, doi: https://doi.org/10.1175/WAF-D-20-0216.11

Cafaro C., Woodhams, B., Stein, T. H. M., Birch, C., Webster, S., Bain, C., Hartley, A., Clarke, S., Ferrett, S., and Hill, P. (2021) Do convection-permitting ensembles lead to more skilful short-range probabilistic rainfall forecasts over tropical East Africa? Weather and Forecasting doi: https://doi.org/10.1175/WAF-D-20-0172.1

Yang, G.-Y., Ferrett, S., Woolnough, S., Methven, J. and Holloway, C. E. (2021) Real-time identification of equatorial waves and evaluation of waves in global forecasts. Weather and Forecasting. ISSN 0882-8156 doi: https://doi.org/10.1175/WAF-D-20-0144.1

Ayesiga, G., Holloway, C. E., Williams, C. J., Yang, G.-Y. and Ferrett, S. (2021) The observed synoptic scale precipitation relationship between Western Equatorial Africa and Eastern Equatorial Africa. International Journal of Climatology. ISSN 0899-8418 doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/joc.6711

Ferrett, S., Collins, M., Ren, H.-L., Wu, B. and Zhou, T. (2020) The role of tropical mean-state biases in modeled winter Northern Hemisphere El Niño teleconnections. Journal of Climate, 33 (11). ISSN 1520-0442 doi: https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-19-0668.1

Ferrett, S., Yang, G.-Y., Woolnough, S. J., Methven, J., Hodges, K. and Holloway, C. E. (2020) Linking extreme precipitation in Southeast Asia to equatorial waves. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, 146 (727). pp. 665-684. ISSN 1477-870X doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/qj.3699

Jimenez, J. C., Marengo, J. A., Alves, L. M., Sulca, J. C., Takahashi, K., Ferrett, S. and Collins, M. (2019) The role of ENSO flavors and TNA on recent droughts over Amazon forests and the Northeast Brazil region. International Journal of Climatology. ISSN 0899-8418 doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/joc.6453

Ferrett, S., & Collins, M. (2019). ENSO feedbacks and their relationships with the mean state in a flux adjusted ensemble. Climate Dynamics, DOI 10.1007/s00382-016-3270-9

Ferrett, S., Collins, M., & Ren, H. L. (2018). Diagnosing relationships between mean state biases and El Niño shortwave feedback in CMIP5 models. Journal of Climate. doi: 10.1175/JCLI-D-17-0331.1

Ferrett, S., Collins, M., & Ren, H. L. (2017). Understanding Bias in the Evaporative Damping of El Niño Southern Oscillation Events in CMIP5 Models. Journal of Climate. 30, 6351-6370.

Guilyardi, E., Bellenger, H., Collins, M., Ferrett, S., Cai, W., & Wittenberg, A. (2012). A first look at ENSO in CMIP5. Clivar Exchanges, 17(1), 29-32.

COMMUNICATIONS

Ferrett, S. Woolnough, G.-Y. Yang, J. Methven, K. Hodges and C. Holloway. Tropical wave compositing and analysis [Oral] The 2nd WCSSP Southeast Asia Regional Science Workshop, Manila, Philippines 2019

Ferrett, S. Woolnough, G.-Y. Yang, J. Methven, K. Hodges and C. Holloway. Linking extreme precipitation in Southeast Asia and equatorial waves [Poster] The 2nd WCSSP Southeast Asia Regional Science Workshop, Manila, Philippines 2019

Ferrett, S. Woolnough, G.-Y. Yang, J. Methven, K. Hodges and C. Holloway. Equatorial Waves and High Impact Weather in South East Asia [Oral], AOGS, Singapore 2019

Ferrett, M. Collins and H.-L. Ren. The Role of the Hydrological Cycle in ENSO Atmospheric Feedbacks [Oral] AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, USA 2016

Ferrett, M. Collins and H.-L. Ren. Atmospheric feedbacks in the ENSO cycle and the Role of the Hydrological Cycle [Poster] RMetS High Impact Weather and Climate Conference 2016

Ferrett, M. Collins and H.-L. Ren. Atmospheric feedbacks in the ENSO cycle and the Role of the Hydrological Cycle [Oral] The Second Science meeting of CSSP China, Nanjing, China 2015

Ferrett and M. Collins. ENSO stability under climate change [Poster] CLIVAR Workshop on ENSO extremes and diversity, Sydney, Australia 2015

Ferrett and M. Collins. ENSO stability under climate change [Oral] EGU General Assembly, Vienna, Austria 2014

SUPERVISION AND TEACHING

2024
Co-Supervision of MSc Meteorology project, Muhammad Subagya Prihatmaja - 'Low-Latitude Tropical Cyclones'

2024
Co-Supervision of MSc Meteorology project, Prabu Aditia S. - 'Investigating Borneo Vortex Structure and Evolution in High-Impact Weather Case'

2020
Supervision of MSc Meteorology group project – ‘How atypical was the recent flooding in Indonesia’

2018
Co-Supervision of project of MSc Meteorology student, Zainab Ali - ‘Cocoa & Climate’

October 2013 – April 2015
Demonstrating weekly Python practical workshops for the undergraduate module ‘Programming for Mathematics and Business’