Dr Simon Noone

Geography, ICARUS

Post Doctoral Researcher

Laraghbryan House
4th
4.8
(01) 708 6392

Biography

Prior to 2008 he was a managing director/self-employed business person running several different companies for over 18 years. He began his undergraduate studies in Geography and Spanish as a mature student in the National University of Ireland, Maynooth in September 2008. Continuing his studies, he undertook a Msc in climate change and graduating in 2012. He then went to complete his PhD in October 2016 in the area of historical climatology. His thesis was entitled “Development and analysis of a homogeneous long-term precipitation network (1850-2015) and assessment of historic droughts for the island of Ireland”. He has been a lead author or co-author on several peer reviewed published papers in the field of historical climatology which focused upon data rescue, data homogenisation and quality control methods. His work also looked at past extremes such as droughts and their socio-economic impacts. During his PhD he also work part-time as a researcher at the Centre for Health Geoinformatics in Maynooth University, on a Health Research Board Project. On completion of his PhD he was employed as a research fellow on another health-related project with the School of Dental Science Trinity College Dublin in collaboration with the Centre for Health Geoinformatics. He now works as a senior postdoctoral researcher for the Irish Climate Analysis and Research Units (ICARUS) on a Copernicus funded project in conjunction with the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecast (ECMWF). He is one of the work package leads on the project which aims to compile a comprehensive global set of climate data holdings, of known provenance, integrated across both climate variables and timescales. The project is also working closely with climate data rescue efforts to ensure that all new unique data is processed into the database.

Research Interests

Climate data services, climate data quality control, climate data rescue, historical hydrological modelling, climate change, historical drought, 

Peer Reviewed Journal

Year Publication
2024 Noone, S; D'Arcy, C.,; Donegan, S.,; Durkan, W.,; Essel, B.,; Healion, K.,; Hersbach, H.,; Madden, S.,; Marshall, J.,; McConnell, L.,; Mensah, I.,; Scroxton, N.,; Thiesen, S.,; Thorne, P. (2024) 'Investigating the potential for students to contribute to climate data rescue: Introducing the Climate Data Rescue Africa project (CliDaR- Africa)'. Geoscience Data Journal, (00,1-17). [Link] [DOI]
2023 Dooley, K., Kelly, K., Myslinski, T., O’Kelly, S., Siraj, R., Seifert, N., Crosby,C., Dunne, J.K., McCauley, K., Donoghue, J., Gaddren, E., Conway, D., Cooney, J., McCarthy, N., Cullen, E., Noone, S., Murphy, C., Thorne, P.W. (2023) 'Reassessing Ireland’s Hottest Temperature Record'. Climate of the Past, . https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-19-1-2023
2023 Murphy, C.; Coen, A.; Clancy, I.; Decristoforo, V.; Cathal, S.; Healion, K.; Horvath, C.; Jessop, C.; Kennedy, S.; Lavery, R.; Leonard, K.; McLoughlin, C.; Moore, R.; O'Hare-Doherty, D.; Paisley, R.; Prakash, B.; Vatu, J.; Thorne, P.; Mateus, C.; Ryan, C.; Noone, S. (2023) 'The emergence of a climate change signal in long-term Irish meteorological observations'. Weather and Climate Extremes, 42 . [Link] [DOI]
2022 Awe, S.O., Mahony, M., Michaud, E., Murphy, C., Noone, S.J., Venema, V.K.C., Thorne, T.G., Thorne P.W. (2022) 'Insights from 20 years of temperature parallel measurements in Mauritius around the turn of the 20th Century'. Climate of the Past, . https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-18-793-2022
2020 Noone, S, Murphy, C, (2020) 'Reconstruction of Hydrological Drought in Irish Catchments (1850–2015)'. PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL IRISH ACADEMY, 120C :365-390. https://doi.org/10.3318/priac.2020.120.11 [Full-Text]
2020 Murphy, C; Wilby, R L; Matthews, T; Horvath, C; Crampsie, A; Ludlow, F; Noone, S; Brannigan, J; Hannaford, J; McLeman, R; Jobbova, E; (2020) 'The forgotten drought of 1765–1768: Reconstructing and re-evaluating historical droughts in the British and Irish Isles'. International Journal of Climatology, n/a (n/a). [Link] [Full-Text]
2020 Murphy, C; Wilby, R L; Matthews, T K; Thorne, P; Broderick, C; Fealy, R; Hall, J; Harrigan, S; Jones, P; McCarthy, G; MacDonald, N; Noone, S; Ryan, C; (2020) 'Multi-century trends to wetter winters and drier summers in the England and Wales precipitation series explained by observational and sampling bias in early records'. International Journal of Climatology, 40 (1):610-619. [Link] [Full-Text]
2020 Noone, S; Atkinson, C; Berry, DI; Dunn, RJH; Freeman, E; Gonzalez, IP; Kennedy, JJ; Kent, EC; Kettle, A; McNeill, S; Menne, M; Stephens, A; Thorne, PW; Tucker, W; Voces, C; Willett, KM (2020) 'Progress towards a holistic land and marine surface meteorological database and a call for additional contributions'. Geoscience Data Journal, . [DOI] [Full-Text]
2019 Murphy, C; Wilby, RL; Matthews, TKR; Thorne, P; Broderick, C; Fealy, R; Hall, J; Harrigan, S; Jones, P; McCarthy, G; MacDonald, N; Noone, S; Ryan, C (2019) 'Multi-century trends to wetter winters and drier summers in the England and Wales precipitation series explained by observational and sampling bias in early records'. International Journal of Climatology, . [DOI] [Full-Text]
2019 Noone, S.,Brody, A.,Brown, S.,Cantwell, N.,Coleman, M.,Sarsfield Collins, L.,Darcy, C.,Dee, D.,Donegan, S.,Fealy, R.,Flattery, P.,Mc Govern, R.,Menkman, C.,Murphy, M.,Phillips, C.,Roche, M.,Thorne, P. (2019) 'Geo-locate Project: A novel approach to resolving meteorological station location issues with the assistance of undergraduate students'. 2019 :1-26. [Link] [Full-Text]
2019 Brönnimann S.; Allan R.; Ashcroft L.; Baer S.; Barriendos M.; Brázdil R.; Brugnara Y.; Brunet M.; Brunetti M.; Chimani B.; Cornes R.; Domínguez-Castro F.; Filipiak J.; Founda D.; Herrera R.; Gergis J.; Grab S.; Hannak L.; Huhtamaa H.; Jacobsen K.; Jones P.; Jourdain S.; Kiss A.; Lin K.; Lorrey A.; Lundstad E.; Luterbacher J.; Mauelshagen F.; Maugeri M.; Maughan N.; Moberg A.; Neukom R.; Nicholson S.; Noone S.; Nordli Ø.; Ólafsdóttir K.; Pearce P.; Pfister L.; Pribyl K.; Przybylak R.; Pudmenzky C.; Rasol D.; Reichenbach D.; Řezníčková L.; Rodrigo F.; Rohr C.; Skrynyk O.; Slonosky V.; Thorne P.; Valente M.; Vaquero J.; Westcottt N.; Williamson F.; Wyszyński P. (2019) 'Unlocking pre-1850 instrumental meteorological records a global inventory'. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 100 (12):ES389-ES413. [DOI] [Full-Text]
2017 Rigby J.; Boyle M.; Brunsdon C.; Charlton M.; Dorling D.; French W.; Noone S.; Pringle D. (2017) 'Towards a geography of health inequalities in Ireland'. Irish Geography, 50 (1):37-58. [DOI] [Full-Text]
2017 Noone, S., Broderick, C., Duffy, C., Matthews, T., Wilby, R.L., Murphy, C. (2017) 'A 250 year drought catalogue for the island of Ireland (1765-2015)'. International Journal of Climatology, . [Link] [DOI] [Full-Text]
2018 Murphy C, Broderick C, Burt TP, Curley M, Duffy C, Hall J, Harrigan S, Matthews TKR, Macdonald N, McCarthy G, McCarthy MP, Mullan, D. Noone, S. Osborn TJ, Ryan C, Sweeney J, Thorne PW, Walsh S, Wilby RL (2018) 'A 305-year continuous monthly rainfall series for the Island of Ireland (1711-2016)'. Climate of the Past Discussions, . [Link] [DOI] [Full-Text]
2017 Wilby, RL; Clifford, NJ; De Luca, P; Harrigan, S; Hillier, JK; Hodgkins, R; Johnson, MF; Matthews, TKR; Murphy, C; Noone, SJ; Parry, S; Prudhomme, C; Rice, SP; Slater, LJ; Smith, KA; Wood, PJ (2017) 'The 'dirty dozen' of freshwater science: detecting then reconciling hydrological data biases and errors'. Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews-Water, 4 . [DOI] [Full-Text]
2016 Noone, S; Murphy, C; Coll, J; Matthews, T; Mullan, D; Wilby, RL; Walsh, S (2016) 'Homogenization and analysis of an expanded long-term monthly rainfall network for the Island of Ireland (1850-2010)'. International Journal of Climatology, 36 :2837-2853. [DOI] [Full-Text]
2016 Wilby, RL; Noone, S; Murphy, C; Matthews, T; Harrigan, S; Broderick, C (2016) 'An evaluation of persistent meteorological drought using a homogeneous Island of Ireland precipitation network'. International Journal of Climatology, 36 :2854-2865. [DOI] [Full-Text]

Conference Contribution

Year Publication
2016 Simon Noone (2016) Irish Meteorological Society public lecture seminar series How Rainfall on the Island of Ireland has changed over the past 165 years Custom House , Dublin, .
2016 Noone S, Murphy C, Coll J, Matthews T, Mullan D, Wilby RL, Walsh S (2016) Met Éireann seminar series Homogenization and analysis of an expanded long-term monthly rainfall network for the Island of Ireland (1850–2010) Glasnevin, Dublin, .
2015 Noone S, Murphy C, Coll J, Matthews T, Mullan D, Wilby RL, Walsh S (2015) Homogenization and analysis of an expanded long-term monthly rainfall network for the Island of Ireland (1850–2010) Conference of Irish Geographers Queens University Belfast, .
2013 Simon Noone (2013) Conference of Irish Geographers Long term rainfall records for Ireland NUIG Galway, .
2012 Harrigan, S., Murphy, C., Noone, S., Wilby, R. & Hall, J. (2012) Climate or land-use change? Complexities in the attribution of trends in river flow records’ American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall Meeting, San Francisco (USA) San Fransisco, USA, .

Published Report

Year Publication
2020 Brunet, M., Brugnara, Y., Noone, S., Stephens, A.G., Valente, M.A., Ventura, C., Jones, P., Gilabert. A., Brönnimann, S., Luterbacher, J., Allan, R., Brohan, P., Compo, G.P. (2020) Best Practice Guidelines for Climate Data and Metadata Formatting, Quality Control and Submission. European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasting, .
2019 Conor Murphy, Ciaran Broderick, Tom K.R. Matthews, Simon Noone and Ciara Ryan (2019) Irish Climate Futures: Data for Decision-making. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY, . [Link]
Certain data included herein are derived from the © Web of Science (2024) of Clarivate. All rights reserved.

Honors and Awards

Date Title Awarding Body
01/06/2012 John and Pat Hume PhD. scholarship-€26,000 PhD. scholarship-€26,000 Maynooth University, John and Pat Hume award
01/07/2014 Irish Research Council Postgraduate Scholarship-€48,200 Irish Research Council
01/08/2012 Geography Department best performance for highest grade in MSc. climate change course. Geography department
01/01/2010 Summer Programme of Undergraduate Research internship (SPUR)-€3,000. Maynooth University

Committees

Committee Function From / To
Irish Meteorological Society Committee member -

Employment

Employer Position From / To
Geography dept, Maynooth University Postdoctoral researcher 01/05/2017 - 30/12/2018

Languages

Language Reading Writing Speaking
Spanish Functional Functional Functional