Neil Lewis

Leverhulme Trust Early Career Fellow, University of Exeter

Publications

  1. Diffusion-free Dynamics in Rotating Spherical Shell Convection Driven by Internal Heating and Cooling. N. T. Lewis, T. Joshi–Hartley, L. K. Currie, S. M. Tobias, M. K. Browning. Astrophys. J., 998(1), 52, 2026. 10.3847/1538-4357/ae2ea8
  2. Near the Runaway: The Climate and Habitability of Teegarden's Star b. R. Boukrouche, R. Caballero, N. T. Lewis. Astrophys. J. Lett., 993(1), L19, 2025. 10.3847/2041-8213/ae122a
  3. Heat Transport and Dissipation in 2.5D Rotating Internally Heated and Cooled Convection. T. Joshi–Hartley, M. K. Browning, L. K. Currie, N. T. Lewis, et al. Mon. Not. Roy. Astronom. Soc., 541(3), 2291–2303, 2025. 10.1093/mnras/staf1131
  4. Water Vapor Spectroscopy and Thermodynamics Constrain Earth's Tropopause Temperature. B. A. McKim, N. Jeevanjee, G. K. Vallis, N. T. Lewis. AGU Adv., 6(2), e2024AV001206, 2025. 10.1029/2024AV001206
  5. Assessing the Spurious Impacts of Ice-Constraining Methods on the Climate Response to Sea Ice Loss Using an Idealized Aquaplanet GCM. N. T. Lewis, M. R. England, J. A. Screen, et al. J. Clim., 37(24), 6729–6750, 2024. 10.1175/JCLI-D-24-0153.1
  6. The Response of Surface Temperature Persistence to Arctic Sea-Ice Loss. N. T. Lewis, H. E. Roberts–Straw, W. J. M. Seviour, J. A. Screen. Geophys. Res. Lett., 51(2), e2023GL106863, 2024. 10.1029/2023GL106863
  7. Identifying and Fitting Eclipse Maps of Exoplanets with Cross-Validation. M. Hammond, N. T. Lewis, S. Boone, et al. Mon. Not. Roy. Astronom. Soc., 532(4), 4350–4368, 2024. 10.1093/mnras/stae1761
  8. Two-Dimensional Eclipse Mapping of the Hot-Jupiter WASP-43b with JWST MIRI/LRS. M. Hammond, T. J. Bell, R. C. Challener, N. T. Lewis, et al. Astronom. J., 168(1), 4, 2024. 10.3847/1538-3881/ad434d
  9. Exploring Mechanisms for Model-Dependency of the Stratospheric Response to Arctic Warming. R. Mudhar, W. J. M. Seviour, J. A. Screen, et al. J. Geophys. Res. (Atmos.), 129(10), e2023JD040416, 2024. 10.1029/2023JD040416
  10. Nightside Clouds and Disequilibrium Chemistry on the Hot Jupiter WASP-43b. T. J. Bell, N. Crouzet, P. E. Cubillos, et al. Nature Astronom., 8, 879–898, 2024. 10.1038/s41550-024-02230-x
  11. Equatorial Waves and Superrotation in the Stratosphere of a Titan General Circulation Model. N. T. Lewis, P. L. Read, N. A. Lombardo, J. M. Lora. Planet. Sci. J., 4(8), 149, 2023. 10.3847/PSJ/ace76f
  12. An Explanation for the Metric Dependence of the Midlatitude Jet-Waviness Change in Response to Polar Warming. R. Geen, S. I. Thomson, J. A. Screen, et al. Geophys. Res. Lett., 50(21), e2023GL105132, 2023. 10.1029/2023GL105132
  13. Shallow-Water Modelling of the Atmospheric Circulation Regimes of Brown Dwarfs and Their Observable Features. M. Hammond, N. J. Mayne, W. J. M. Seviour, et al. Mon. Not. Roy. Astronom. Soc., 525(1), 150–163, 2023. 10.1093/mnras/stad2265
  14. A Broadband Thermal Emission Spectrum of the Ultra-Hot Jupiter WASP-18b. L.–P. Coulombe, B. Benneke, R. Challener, et al. Nature, 620, 292–298, 2023. 10.1038/s41586-023-06230-1
  15. Temperature Structures Associated with Different Components of the Atmospheric Circulation on Tidally Locked Exoplanets. N. T. Lewis, M. Hammond. Astrophys. J., 941(2), 171, 2022. 10.3847/1538-4357/ac8fed
  16. Bistability of the Atmospheric Circulation on TRAPPIST-1e. D. Sergeev, N. T. Lewis, F. H. Lambert, et al. Planet. Sci. J., 3(9), 214, 2022. 10.3847/PSJ/ac83be
  17. The Rotational and Divergent Components of Atmospheric Circulation on Tidally Locked Planets. M. Hammond, N. T. Lewis (equal contribution). Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci., 118(13), e2022705118, 2021. 10.1073/pnas.2022705118
  18. Characterizing Regimes of Atmospheric Circulation in Terms of Their Global Superrotation. N. T. Lewis, G. J. Colyer, P. L. Read. J. Atmos. Sci., 78(4), 1245–1258, 2021. 10.1175/JAS-D-20-0326.1
  19. Wintertime Southern Hemisphere Jet Streams Shaped by Interaction of Transient Eddies with Antarctic Orography. M. Patterson, T. Woollings, T. Bracegirdle, N. T. Lewis. J. Clim., 33(24), 10505–10522, 2020. 10.1175/JCLI-D-20-0153.1
  20. Continuous Structural Parameterization: A Proposed Method for Representing Different Model Parameterizations Within One Structure Demonstrated for Atmospheric Convection. F. H. Lambert, P. G. Challenor, N. T. Lewis, et al. J. Adv. Model. Earth Sys., 12(8), e2020MS002085, 2020. 10.1029/2020MS002085
  21. Baroclinic and Barotropic Instabilities in Planetary Atmospheres: Energetics, Equilibration and Adjustment. P. Read, D. Kennedy, N. Lewis, et al. Nonlin. Proc. Geophys., 27(2), 147–173, 2020. 10.5194/npg-27-147-2020
  22. Investigating the Semiannual Oscillation on Mars Using Data Assimilation. T. Ruan, N. T. Lewis, S. R. Lewis, et al. Icarus, 333, 404–414, 2019. 10.1016/j.icarus.2019.06.012
  23. The Influence of a Sub-stellar Continent on the Climate of a Tidally-locked Exoplanet. N. T. Lewis, F. H. Lambert, I. A. Boutle, et al. Astrophys. J., 854(2), 171, 2018. 10.3847/1538-4357/aaad0a