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Overview

Cathryn E. Birch is affiliated with the University of Leeds in the United Kingdom. Their research is primarily situated at the intersection of Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a focus on climate-related phenomena.

Their work spans several subfields, including:

  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Atmospheric Science
  • Oceanography
  • Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis
  • Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics

Birch's research topics concentrate on:

  • Climate variability and models
  • Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations
  • Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research
  • Flood Risk Assessment and Management
  • Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes
  • Hydrology and Drought Analysis
  • Climate change impacts on agriculture

Frequent co-authors working alongside Birch include:

  • John H. Marsham
  • Simon Peatman
  • Juliane Schwendike
  • Sarah Chapman
  • Christopher M. Taylor

The scientist has contributed to various academic journals, with multiple publications in:

  • Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society
  • Environmental Research Letters
  • Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres
  • Journal of Climate
  • Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Birch include:

  • "Assessing the impact of climate change on soil erosion in East Africa using a convection-permitting climate model," 2021, Environmental Research Letters
  • "Impact of climate change on crop suitability in sub-Saharan Africa in parameterized and convection-permitting regional climate models," 2020, Environmental Research Letters
  • "A Local-to-Large Scale View of Maritime Continent Rainfall: Control by ENSO, MJO, and Equatorial Waves," 2021, Journal of Climate
  • "Past and projected climate change impacts on heat-related child mortality in Africa," 2022, Environmental Research Letters
  • "Convection-Permitting Regional Climate Change Simulations for Understanding Future Climate and Informing Decision-Making in Africa," 2021, Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

Best Publications

  • The credibility challenge for global fluvial flood risk analysis

    Mark Trigg;Cathryn Birch;Jeffrey Neal;Paul Bates

  • The role of moist convection in the West African monsoon system: Insights from continental‐scale convection‐permitting simulations

    John H. Marsham;Nick S. Dixon;Luis Garcia-Carreras;Grenville M. S. Lister

  • A transitioning Arctic surface energy budget: the impacts of solar zenith angle, surface albedo and cloud radiative forcing

    Joseph Sedlar;Michael Tjernström;Thorsten Mauritsen;Matthew D. Shupe

  • The Arctic Summer Cloud Ocean Study (ASCOS): Overview and experimental design

    Michael Tjernström;Caroline Leck;C. E. Birch;J. W. Bottenheim

  • Scale Interactions between the MJO and the Western Maritime Continent

    C. E. Birch;S. Webster;S. C. Peatman;D. J. Parker

  • Modeling soil moisture-precipitation feedback in the Sahel: Importance of spatial scale versus convective parameterization

    Christopher M. Taylor;Cathryn E. Birch;Cathryn E. Birch;Douglas J. Parker;Nick Dixon

  • Satellite detection, long-range transport, and air quality impacts of volcanic sulfur dioxide from the 2014-2015 flood lava eruption at Bárðarbunga (Iceland)

    Anja Schmidt;Susan Leadbetter;Nicolas Theys;Elisa Carboni

  • Meteorological conditions in the central Arctic summer during the Arctic Summer Cloud Ocean Study (ASCOS)

    Michael Tjernström;C. E. Birch;I. M. Brooks;M. D. Shupe

  • A seamless assessment of the role of convection in the water cycle of the West African Monsoon

    C. E. Birch;D. J. Parker;J. H. Marsham;D. Copsey

  • The complex response of Arctic aerosol to sea-ice retreat

    J. Browse;K. S. Carslaw;G. W. Mann;C. E. Birch

  • Modelling the diurnal cycle of tropical convection across the ‘grey zone’

    K. J. Pearson;G. M. S. Lister;C. E. Birch;R. P. Allan

  • Sea-Breeze Dynamics and Convection Initiation: The Influence of Convective Parameterization in Weather and Climate Model Biases

    Cathryn E. Birch;Malcolm J. Roberts;Luis Garcia-Carreras;Duncan Ackerley

  • The Turbulent Structure of the Arctic Summer Boundary Layer During The Arctic Summer Cloud-Ocean Study

    Ian M. Brooks;Michael Tjernström;P. Ola G. Persson;P. Ola G. Persson;Matthew D. Shupe;Matthew D. Shupe

  • The interaction of moist convection and mid-level dry air in the advance of the onset of the Indian monsoon

    Douglas J. Parker;Douglas J. Parker;Peter Willetts;Cathryn Birch;Cathryn Birch;Andrew G. Turner

  • What Is the Added Value of a Convection-Permitting Model for Forecasting Extreme Rainfall over Tropical East Africa?

    Beth J. Woodhams;Cathryn E. Birch;Cathryn E. Birch;John H. Marsham;Caroline L. Bain

  • The scale dependence and structure of convergence fields preceding the initiation of deep convection

    Cathryn E. Birch;John H. Marsham;Douglas J. Parker;Christopher M. Taylor

  • The effect of westerlies on East African rainfall and the associated role of tropical cyclones and the Madden-Julian Oscillation

    Declan L. Finney;John H. Marsham;Dean P. Walker;Cathryn E. Birch

  • Building narratives to characterise uncertainty in regional climate change through expert elicitation

    Suraje Dessai;Ajay Gajanan Bhave;Ajay Gajanan Bhave;Cathryn Birch;Cathryn Birch;Declan Conway

  • Measurements of bubble size spectra within leads in the Arctic summer pack ice

    S. J. Norris;I. M. Brooks;G. de Leeuw;G. de Leeuw;A. Sirevaag;A. Sirevaag

  • Modelling atmospheric structure, cloud and their response to CCN in the central Arctic : ASCOS case studies

    C. E. Birch;I. M. Brooks;Michael Tjernström;M. D. Shupe

  • A seamless assessment of the role of convection in the water cycle of the West African Monsoon

    Cathryn E. Birch

Frequent Co-Authors

John H. Marsham
John H. Marsham University of Leeds
Douglas J. Parker
Douglas J. Parker University of Leeds
Peter Knippertz
Peter Knippertz Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Caroline Leck
Caroline Leck Stockholm University
Matthew D. Shupe
Matthew D. Shupe University of Colorado Boulder
Ian M. Brooks
Ian M. Brooks University of Leeds
Michael Tjernström
Michael Tjernström Stockholm University
Thorsten Mauritsen
Thorsten Mauritsen Stockholm University
Joseph Sedlar
Joseph Sedlar National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Paul D Bates
Paul D Bates University of Bristol

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