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Ralf Toumi is a researcher based at Imperial College London in the United Kingdom. Their work spans broadly within Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science, with a focus on subfields including Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change, Oceanography, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, and Earth-Surface Processes.

The main research topics covered by Toumi involve Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research, Climate Variability and Models, Ocean Waves and Remote Sensing, Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations, Flood Risk Assessment and Management, Coastal and Marine Dynamics, and Climate Change and Health Impacts.

Recent significant papers by Toumi include the following:

  • "Recent migration of tropical cyclones toward coasts" (2021) published in Science
  • "Anomalously warm temperatures are associated with increased injury deaths" (2020) published in Nature Medicine
  • "Global increase in tropical cyclone ocean surface waves" (2024) published in Nature Communications
  • "Recent increases in tropical cyclone rapid intensification events in global offshore regions" (2023) published in Nature Communications
  • "Compound flood impact of water level and rainfall during tropical cyclone periods in a coastal city: the case of Shanghai" (2022) published in Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences

Throughout their career, Toumi has frequently collaborated with several co-authors, including:

  • Shuai Wang
  • Nathan Sparks
  • Robbie M. Parks
  • Xiangbo Feng

The researcher has contributed extensively to multiple scientific venues, notably:

  • Geophysical Research Letters
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Atmospheric Science Letters
  • Scientific Reports
  • Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Toumi's scholarly output reflects a strong emphasis on understanding the dynamics and impacts of tropical cyclones, including their migration patterns, oceanic interactions, and intensification trends. Additionally, they have engaged in topics linking environmental events to public health outcomes.

Best Publications

  • The relationship between leaf area index and microclimate in tropical forest and oil palm plantation: forest disturbance drives changes in microclimate.

    Stephen R. Hardwick;Ralf Toumi;Marion Pfeifer;Edgar C. Turner

  • An influence of solar spectral variations on radiative forcing of climate

    Joanna D. Haigh;Ann R. Winning;Ralf Toumi;Jerald W. Harder

  • Ice nucleation on soot particles

    B Gorbunov;A Baklanov;N Kakutkina;H.L Windsor

  • A fundamental probability distribution for heavy rainfall

    P. S. Wilson;R. Toumi

  • Lightning activity as an indicator of climate change

    N. Reeve;R. Toumi

  • Carbon aerosols and atmospheric photochemistry

    D. J. Lary;A. M. Lee;R. Toumi;M. J. Newchurch

  • Recent migration of tropical cyclones toward coasts

    Shuai Wang;Ralf Toumi

  • The "Ozone Deficit" Problem: O2(X, v ≥ 26) + O(3P) from 226-nm Ozone Photodissociation

    R. L. Miller;A. G. Suits;P. L. Houston;R. Toumi

  • Climate projections: Past performance no guarantee of future skill?

    C. Reifen;R. Toumi

  • Heterogeneous atmospheric bromine chemistry

    D. J. Lary;M. P. Chipperfield;R. Toumi;T. Lenton

  • Trends in stratospheric humidity and the sensitivity of ozone to these trends

    Simon J. Evans;Ralf Toumi;John E. Harries;Martyn R. Chipperfield

  • Some doubts concerning a link between cosmic ray fluxes and global cloudiness

    Simon C. Kernthaler;Ralf Toumi;Joanna D. Haigh

  • Anomalously warm temperatures are associated with increased injury deaths

    Robbie M. Parks;James E. Bennett;Helen Tamura-Wicks;Vasilis Kontis

  • Reducing the climate change impacts of aviation by restricting cruise altitudes

    Victoria Williams;Robert B. Noland;Ralf Toumi

  • Lightning activities on the Tibetan Plateau as observed by the lightning imaging sensor

    Xiushu Qie;Xiushu Qie;Ralf Toumi;Tie Yuan

  • The role of microphysical and chemical processes in prolonging the climate forcing of the Toba Eruption

    S. Bekki;J. A. Pyle;W. Zhong;R. Toumi

  • Carbonaceous aerosols and their potential role in atmospheric chemistry

    DJ Lary;Dudley E Shallcross;R Toumi

  • BrO as a sink for dimethylsulphide in the marine atmosphere

    Ralf Toumi

  • SCALING AND PERSISTENCE OF UK POLLUTION

    H.L. Windsor;R. Toumi

  • Super‐Clausius–Clapeyron scaling of rainfall in a model squall line

    Andrew Singleton;Ralf Toumi

Frequent Co-Authors

Slimane Bekki
Slimane Bekki Sorbonne University
John A. Pyle
John A. Pyle University of Cambridge
Joanna D. Haigh
Joanna D. Haigh Imperial College London
Robert B. Noland
Robert B. Noland Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Matthew Rigby
Matthew Rigby University of Bristol
Martyn P. Chipperfield
Martyn P. Chipperfield University of Leeds
Majid Ezzati
Majid Ezzati Imperial College London
Bruce T. Anderson
Bruce T. Anderson Boston University
Paul L. Houston
Paul L. Houston Cornell University
Tomohiro Oda
Tomohiro Oda Universities Space Research Association

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