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Group
Open Ocean Physics
Site
Southampton
Email
Holly.Ayres at noc.ac.uk
Research Interests
Atmosphere - sea ice - ocean interactions, polar climate, polar amplification, polar atmospheric dynamics and teleconnections, North Atlantic climate.
Marine Physics Engagement Champion.
Publications
See Research Gate.
Zhou, L., Ayres, H., Gülk, B., Narayanan, A., de Lavergne, C., Ödalen, M., Silvano, A., Wang, X., Lindeman, M., and Steiger, N.: (Preprint, Submitted 2025) Review article: Weddell Sea polynya Formation, Cessation and Climatic Impacts, EGUsphere, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2025-999.
Josey, S.A., Meijers, A.J.S., Blaker, A.T. Ayres, H. C, et al., Record-low Antarctic sea ice in 2023 increased ocean heat loss and storms. Nature 636, 635–639 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-024-08368-y
Marine Physics Engagement Champion.
Publications
See Research Gate.
Zhou, L., Ayres, H., Gülk, B., Narayanan, A., de Lavergne, C., Ödalen, M., Silvano, A., Wang, X., Lindeman, M., and Steiger, N.: (Preprint, Submitted 2025) Review article: Weddell Sea polynya Formation, Cessation and Climatic Impacts, EGUsphere, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2025-999.
Josey, S.A., Meijers, A.J.S., Blaker, A.T. Ayres, H. C, et al., Record-low Antarctic sea ice in 2023 increased ocean heat loss and storms. Nature 636, 635–639 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-024-08368-y
Ayres, H. C., Ferreira, D., Park. W., & Kjellsson, J. (2024). A comparison of the atmospheric response to the Weddell Sea Polynya in atmospheric general circulation models (AGCMs) of varying resolutions. EGU Weather and Climate Dynamics. https://doi.org/10.5194/wcd-5-805-2024
Sallée, J.B., Abrahamsen, E.P., Auger, M., Ayres, H., et al., (2023), The Southern Ocean Carbon and Heat Impact on Climate (SO-CHIC) programme: processes and long-term change, Philosophical Transactions. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsta.2022.0056
Ayres, H. C., Screen, J. A., Blockley, E. W., & Bracegirdle, T. J. (2022). The Coupled Atmosphere–Ocean Response to Antarctic Sea Ice Loss, Journal of Climate, 35(14), 4665-4685. https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-21-0918.1.
Smith, D. M., Eade, R., Andrews, M. B., Ayres, H., et al. (2022) Robust but weak winter atmospheric circulation response to future Arctic sea ice loss. Nature Communications, 13 (1). 727. ISSN 2041-1723. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-28283-y.
Ayres, H. C., & Screen, J. A. (2019). Multimodel Analysis of the Atmospheric Response to Antarctic Sea Ice Loss at Quadrupled CO2. Geophysical Research Letters, 46(16), 9861–9869. https://doi.org/10.1029/2019GL083653.
Sallée, J.B., Abrahamsen, E.P., Auger, M., Ayres, H., et al., (2023), The Southern Ocean Carbon and Heat Impact on Climate (SO-CHIC) programme: processes and long-term change, Philosophical Transactions. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsta.2022.0056
Ayres, H. C., Screen, J. A., Blockley, E. W., & Bracegirdle, T. J. (2022). The Coupled Atmosphere–Ocean Response to Antarctic Sea Ice Loss, Journal of Climate, 35(14), 4665-4685. https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-21-0918.1.
Smith, D. M., Eade, R., Andrews, M. B., Ayres, H., et al. (2022) Robust but weak winter atmospheric circulation response to future Arctic sea ice loss. Nature Communications, 13 (1). 727. ISSN 2041-1723. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-28283-y.
Ayres, H. C., & Screen, J. A. (2019). Multimodel Analysis of the Atmospheric Response to Antarctic Sea Ice Loss at Quadrupled CO2. Geophysical Research Letters, 46(16), 9861–9869. https://doi.org/10.1029/2019GL083653.
APECS Diversity Equity and Inclusion Project Group Co-Lead.
Current Projects
I am working on the NERC funded DIMSUM project, assessing the North Atlantic interactions with the European and global climate, with a specific focus on upper level ocean mixing.
Past Projects
Before joining the National Oceanography Centre, I worked as a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Reading, assessing climate interactions of the Weddell Sea Polynya as part of the European SO-CHIC project.
I am working on the NERC funded DIMSUM project, assessing the North Atlantic interactions with the European and global climate, with a specific focus on upper level ocean mixing.
Past Projects
Before joining the National Oceanography Centre, I worked as a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Reading, assessing climate interactions of the Weddell Sea Polynya as part of the European SO-CHIC project.
I did my PhD at the University of Exeter, completed in 2021, on the Climate response to Antarctic sea ice loss, where I also worked as part of the NERC funded Real Projections project, and the CMIP6 Polar Amplification Modelling Intercomparison Project (PAMIP).
My prior studies were in Physical Oceanography, with a focus on Southern Ocean mixing as part of the NERC funded SMILES Project.