School of Geography and the Environment

Research Interests

Dr Russell Layberry is a computational physicist with over 10 years' experience in environmental applications including remote sensing, African climatology, glaciology and energy.

Current and recent interests include modelling UK household energy use, degree days for energy management, non-domestic energy monitoring and management, real-time tariffs and UK grid modelling and analysis.

Current Projects

Russell is currently funded under the EPSRC Advanced Dynamic Energy Pricing and Tariffs (ADEPT) project.

Project Summary

Recent publications

• Williams, CJR; Kniveton, DR; Layberry, R (2010) Idealized SST anomaly regional climate model experiments: A note of caution, PROGRESS IN PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY Volume: 34, Issue: 1, Pages: 59-74
• Eyre, N., Anable, J., Brand, C., Layberry, R. and Strachan, N. (2010) The way we live from now on: lifestyle and energy consumption. Chapter 9 in, Skea, J., Ekins, P. and M. Winskel (eds.) Energy 2050 - Making the Transition to a Secure Low Carbon Energy System. Earthscan, ISBN 9781849710848.
• Williams, C.J.R., Kniveton, D.R. and Layberry, R. (2010) Assessment of a climate model to reproduce rainfall variability and extremes over Southern Africa. Theoretical and Applied Climatology 99:1(9-27)
• Williams, C.J.R., Kniveton, D.R. and Layberry, R. (2010) Idealized SST anomaly regional climate model experiments: A note of caution. Progress in Physical Geography, Vol. 34, No. 1, 59-74 (2010)DOI: 10.1177/0309133309356738
• Layberry, R. (2009) Improvements to the Meteorological Office equations in the computation of degree days. Building Services Engineering Research and Technology Vol. 30, No. 4, 357-362 DOI: 10.1177/0143624409343017.
• Layberry, R. (2009) Analysis of errors in degree days for building energy analysis using Meteorological Office weather station data. Building Services Engineering Research and Technology 2009 30: 79-86.
• Layberry, R. (2008) Degree days for building energy management - presentation of a new dataset. Building Engineering Research and Technology (In Press)
• Williams CJR, Kniveton DR, Layberry R Climatic and oceanic associations with daily rainfall extremes over southern Africa INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CLIMATOLOGY 27 (1): 93-108 JAN 2007
• Wilk J, Kniveton D, Andersson L, et al. Estimating rainfall and water balance over the Okavango River Basin for hydrological applications JOURNAL OF HYDROLOGY 331 (1-2): 18-29 NOV 30 2006
• Andersson L, Wilk J, Todd MC, et al. Impact of climate change and development scenarios on flow patterns in the Okavango River JOURNAL OF HYDROLOGY 331 (1-2): 43-57 NOV 30 2006
• Layberry R, Kniveton DR, Todd MC, et al. Daily precipitation over southern Africa: A new resource for climate studies JOURNAL OF HYDROMETEOROLOGY 7 (1): 149-159 FEB 2006

Conference proceedings

• Williams, C. J. R., Kniveton, D. R. & Layberry, R. (2007). "Assessment of a climate model to reproduce rainfall variability and extremes over southern Africa". European Geosciences Union General Assembly, Poster presentation, Vienna, 15-20 April 2007
• Mark Hinnells, Brenda Boardman, Sarah Darby, Gavin Killip, Russell Layberry Transforming UK homes: achieving a 60 % cut in carbon emissions by 2050 Proceedings, European Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy 2007 Summer Study, France
• Russell Layberry, Mark Hinnells Transforming UK non-residential buildings: achieving a 60 % cut in CO2 emissions by 2050, Proceedings, European Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy 2007 Summer Study, France

Reports

• Quick Hit 2: Limiting Speed UKERC 18 October 2006
• Quick Hit 3: Traffic Signals UKERC 22 December 2006
• Palmer J, Boardman B, Bottrill C, Darby S, Hinnells M, Killip G, Layberry R, Lovell H (2006) Reducing the environmental impact of housing. Final Report. Consultancy study in support of the Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution’s 26th Report on the Urban Environment.

Older Publications

• Levizzani, V. et al (Inc Layberry, R.) (2004) Precipitation estimation: from the RAO to EURAINSAT and beyond. Proc. 2nd MSG-RAO Meeting, Salzburg, 9-10 Sept., ESA-SP-582, 113-118
• Kniveton D.R. and Layberry R., Satellite based rainfall data and flooding over the Okavango river basin in Southern Africa, 1st ACTIF Workshop: Combination of data from remote sensing for flood forecasting, Bologna, Italy, 24-25th November 2003
• Kniveton, D.R., Layberry, R, Todd, M.C., Bellerby, T., Kidd, C., 2004: Daily variability of rainfall over southern Africa. UGMAP annual conference, 8-10th September 2004
• Baldwin DJ, Bamber JL, Payne AJ, et al. Using internal layers from the Greenland ice sheet, identified from radio-echo sounding data, with numerical models ANNALS OF GLACIOLOGY 37: 325-330 2003
• Surdu-Bob CC, Sullivan JL, Saied SO, et al. Surface compositional changes in GaAs subjected to argon plasma treatment APPLIED SURFACE SCIENCE 202 (3-4): 183-198 DEC 30 2002
• Bamber JL, Layberry RL, Gogineni S A new ice thickness and bed data set for the Greenland ice sheet 1. Measurement, data reduction, and errors, JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-ATMOSPHERES 106 (D24): 33773-33780 DEC 27 2001
• Layberry RL, Bamber JL A new ice thickness and bed data set for the Greenland ice sheet 2. Relationship between dynamics and basal topography JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-ATMOSPHERES 106 (D24): 33781-33788 DEC 27 2001
• J. L. Bamber, R. L. Layberry, A. J. Payne and D. J. Baldwin, E.G.S, Nice, 2001. ”Paleo-Accumulation Rates for the Greenland Ice sheet from Radio Echo Internal Layers”
• D. J. Baldwin, J. L. Bamber and R. L. Layberry, I.G.S, Cambridge, 2001. ”Palaeo-Accumulation Rates for the Greenland Ice Sheet Derived from Radio Echo Sounding Data”
• CC Surdu-Bob, JL Sullivan, R Layberry, M Aflori, Particle-Solid Interactions, EURESCO, San Sebastian, 2001. "XPS investigation of radio-frequency argon plasma treated GaAs"
• R.Layberry, J. L. Bamber and S. Gogineni, International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, Hawaii, 2000. "A new ice thickness and bedrock data set for the Greenland ice sheet"
• Layberry RL, Wronski Z, Pearce CG, et al. A model of capacitively coupled radio-frequency methane/hydrogen plasmas for III-V semiconductor etching applications JOURNAL OF PHYSICS D-APPLIED PHYSICS 32 (15): 1857-1869 AUG 7 1999
• Sullivan JL, Saied SO, Layberry R, et al. Surface modification of (100) n-GaAs by radio frequency hydrogen plasmas JOURNAL OF VACUUM SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY A 16 (4): 2567-2571 JUL-AUG 1998
• R. L. Layberry, EPSRC Report GR/J70970, 1998. "Assessment of Plasma Damage in III-V Semiconductor Device Structures",
• R. L. Layberry, Z. Wronski, C. G. Pearce, J. L. Sullivan. Conference proceedings, Iasis, Romania, 1998. "Characterisation of rf methane/hydrogen plasmas for solid modification"
• S. O. Saied, R. L. Layberry, J. L. Sullivan and M. J. Cardwell, Conference proceedings, Iasis, Romania, 1998. "Surface modification of n-GaAs by hydrogen radio frequency plasmas"
• J. L. Sullivan, R. L. Layberry, D. J. Heading and S. O. Saied, Conference proceedings, Iasis, Romania, 1998. "Plasma damage in reactive ion etched GaAs in methane/hydrogen rf plasmas"
• Z. Wronski, R. L. Layberry, EPSRC report, 1997. "Modelling and Diagnostics of rf methane hydrogen plasmas",
• R. L. Layberry, C. G. Pearce, A. S. Bunting and J. L. Sullivan. Conference proceedings, Poprad, Slovakia, 1996. "The modelling and characterization of radio frequency hydrogen plasmas."
• R. Layberry, Z. Wronski, J. Sullivan, C. G. Pearce. Conference proceedings, Opole, Poland, 1997. "Computer simulation of cross sections of complex molecular interactions."