Dr Peter Hitchcock

Career

• 2012-now: Post-doc, DAMTP
• 2007-2012: Ph.D., University of Toronto
• 2004-2006: M.Sc., McMaster University
• 2000-2004: B.A.&Sc. McMaster University

Research

Peter is a member of the Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics in the Atmosphere-Ocean Dynamics group. He also has an affiliation with the Centre for Atmospheric Sciences. His current interests are in the coupling between the troposphere and the stratosphere, particularly in the extratropics during stratospheric sudden warmings.

Selected Publications

• P. Hitchcock, T. G. Shepherd, M. Taguchi, S. Yoden and S. Noguchi, (in press): Lower-stratospheric Radiative Damping and Polar-night Jet Oscillation Events. J. Atmos. Sci.
• P. Hitchcock, T. G. Shepherd and G. L. Manney, (in press): Statistical characterization of Arctic Polar-night Jet Oscillation Events. J. Clim.
• P. Hitchcock and T. G. Shepherd, (in press): Zonal mean dynamics of extended recoveries from stratospheric sudden warmings. J. Atmos. Sci.
• I. R. Simpson, P. Hitchcock, T. G. Shepherd, and J. F. Scinocca, (in press): Southern Annular Mode Dynamics in Observations and Models. Part 1: the Influence of Climatological Zonal Wind Biases in a Comprehensive GCM. J. Clim.
• I. R. Simpson, P. Hitchcock, T. G. Shepherd, and J. F. Scinocca, 2012: Stratospheric variability and tropospheric annular-mode timescales. Geophys. Res. Lett., 38, L20806.
• P. Hitchcock, T. G. Shepherd, and S. Yoden, 2010: On the approximation of local and linear radiative damping in the middle atmosphere. J. Atmos. Sci., 67, 2070-2085.
• P. Hitchcock, T. G. Shepherd and C. McLandress, 2009: Past and future conditions for polar stratospheric cloud formation simulated by the Canadian Middle Atmosphere Model. Atmos. Chem. Phys., 9, 483-