Rate My Professor Daniel Partridge

Daniel Partridge is an Associate Professor in Atmospheric Science in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics at the University of Exeter, within the Faculty of Environment, Science and Economy. His research centers on atmospheric aerosols and their interactions with clouds and radiation, which play critical roles in climate change. Partridge investigates aerosol-cloud interactions (ACI) and aerosol-radiation interactions (ARI), using a combination of observations from satellites, aircraft campaigns, and ground-based measurements alongside process-scale, regional, and global climate models. He contributes to reducing uncertainties in these processes, which are key to improving climate projections. As a member of the University of Exeter's Aerosols, Clouds and Climate research group, his work addresses climate feedbacks and explores solar radiation modification techniques such as stratospheric aerosol injection, marine cloud brightening, and marine sky brightening, in line with the university's Responsible Climate Interventions theme.

Partridge has co-authored numerous influential publications in top journals. Notable works include 'Revising the hygroscopicity of inorganic sea salt particles' in Nature Communications (2017, 295 citations), which revised understanding of sea salt particle behavior; 'Strong constraints on aerosol–cloud interactions from volcanic eruptions' in Nature (2017, 279 citations), using satellite data from eruptions to bound ACI effects; and 'Machine learning reveals climate forcing from aerosols is dominated by increased cloud cover' in Nature Geoscience (2022, 123 citations), highlighting cloud cover changes as a primary aerosol forcing mechanism. Other key papers are 'Challenges in constraining anthropogenic aerosol effects on cloud radiative forcing using present-day spatiotemporal variability' in PNAS (2016, 178 citations), 'The CLoud–Aerosol–Radiation interaction and forcing: Year 2017 (CLARIFY-2017) measurement campaign' in Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics (2021, 134 citations), and 'Satellite observations of cloud regime development: the role of aerosol processes' in Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics (2014, 106 citations). His research has over 2,360 citations on Google Scholar. Partridge serves as principal investigator or co-investigator on NERC-funded projects such as ADVANCE (aerosol-cloud-climate interactions from volcanic eruptions) and others constraining marine boundary layer clouds. He supervises PhD students, including Paul Kim on aerosol applications, and leads modules in Natural Sciences programs such as NSC3009.