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Overview

Stephen Blenkinsop is affiliated with Newcastle University in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily spans the fields of Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences.

The scientist's work covers various subfields, including:

  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Atmospheric Science
  • Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis
  • Environmental Engineering
  • Water Science and Technology

Key research topics associated with their studies include:

  • Climate variability and models
  • Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations
  • Hydrology and Drought Analysis
  • Precipitation Measurement and Analysis
  • Flood Risk Assessment and Management
  • Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies
  • Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research

Stephen Blenkinsop has contributed to numerous scientific publications. Some recent papers are:

  • "Anthropogenic intensification of short-duration rainfall extremes" (2021), published in Nature Reviews Earth & Environment
  • "Towards advancing scientific knowledge of climate change impacts on short-duration rainfall extremes" (2021), published in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A Mathematical Physical and Engineering Sciences
  • "Strong Intensification of Hourly Rainfall Extremes by Urbanization" (2020), published in Geophysical Research Letters
  • "Global Climate" (2020), published in Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
  • "Global Climate" (2021), published in Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

The scientist frequently collaborates with other researchers, including:

  • Hayley J. Fowler
  • Elizabeth Lewis
  • Richard P. Allan
  • David Pritchard
  • Selma B. Guerreiro

The most common publication venues for Stephen Blenkinsop's work are:

  • Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Nature Reviews Earth & Environment
  • Climate Dynamics
  • International Journal of Climatology

Best Publications

  • Linking climate change modelling to impacts studies: recent advances in downscaling techniques for hydrological modelling

    H. J. Fowler;S. Blenkinsop;C. Tebaldi

  • Anthropogenic intensification of short-duration rainfall extremes

    Hayley J. Fowler;Geert Lenderink;Andreas F. Prein;Seth Westra

  • STATE OF THE CLIMATE IN 2017

    R. Abernethy;Steven A. Ackerman;R. Adler;Adelina Albanil Encarnación

  • Large scale surface – subsurface hydrological model to assess climate change impacts on groundwater reserves

    Pascal Goderniaux;Serge Brouyère;Hayley J. Fowler;Stephen Blenkinsop

  • Detection of continental-scale intensification of hourly rainfall extremes

    Selma B. Guerreiro;Hayley J. Fowler;Renaud Barbero;Seth Westra

  • Estimating change in extreme European precipitation using a multimodel ensemble

    H. J. Fowler;M. Ekström;S. Blenkinsop;A. P. Smith

  • Is the intensification of precipitation extremes with global warming better detected at hourly than daily resolutions

    R. Barbero;H. J. Fowler;G. Lenderink;S. Blenkinsop

  • State of the Climate in 2018

    M. Ades;R. Adler;Laura S. Aldeco;G. Alejandra

  • Karakoram temperature and glacial melt driven by regional atmospheric circulation variability

    Nathan Forsythe;Hayley J. Fowler;Xiao-Feng Li;Stephen Blenkinsop

  • Does increasing the spatial resolution of a regional climate model improve the simulated daily precipitation

    Steven C. Chan;Elizabeth J. Kendon;Hayley J. Fowler;Stephen Blenkinsop

  • Changes in European drought characteristics projected by the PRUDENCE regional climate models

    Stephen Blenkinsop;Hayley Fowler

  • Increases in summertime concurrent drought and heatwave in Eastern China

    Qinqin Kong;Qinqin Kong;Selma B. Guerreiro;Stephen Blenkinsop;Xiao-Feng Li

  • The value of high-resolution Met Office regional climate models in the simulation of multi-hourly precipitation extremes

    Steven C. Chan;Elizabeth J. Kendon;Hayley J. Fowler;Stephen Blenkinsop

  • Changes in drought frequency, severity and duration for the British Isles projected by the PRUDENCE regional climate models

    S. Blenkinsop;H.J. Fowler

  • Downscaling transient climate change using a Neyman- Scott Rectangular Pulses stochastic rainfall model

    A. Burton;H.J. Fowler;S. Blenkinsop;C.G. Kilsby

  • Downturn in scaling of UK extreme rainfall with temperature for future hottest days

    Steven C. Chan;Elizabeth J. Kendon;Nigel M. Roberts;Hayley J. Fowler

  • Towards advancing scientific knowledge of climate change impacts on short-duration rainfall extremes.

    Hayley J. Fowler;Haider Ali;Richard P. Allan;Nikolina Ban

  • Strong intensification of hourly rainfall extremes by urbanization

    Yafei Li;Yafei Li;Hayley J. Fowler;Daniel Argüeso;Stephen Blenkinsop

  • An assessment of changes in seasonal and annual extreme rainfall in the UK between 1961 and 2009

    Mari R. Jones;Hayley J. Fowler;Christopher G. Kilsby;Stephen Blenkinsop

  • Modeling climate change impacts on groundwater resources using transient stochastic climatic scenarios

    Pascal Goderniaux;Pascal Goderniaux;Serge Brouyère;Stephen Blenkinsop;Aidan Burton

  • Temperature influences on intense UK hourly precipitation and dependency on large-scale circulation

    S Blenkinsop;SC Chan;SC Chan;EJ Kendon;NM Roberts

Frequent Co-Authors

Hayley J. Fowler
Hayley J. Fowler Newcastle University
Chris Kilsby
Chris Kilsby Newcastle University
Nigel Roberts
Nigel Roberts Met Office
Geert Lenderink
Geert Lenderink Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute
Seth Westra
Seth Westra University of Adelaide
Richard P. Allan
Richard P. Allan University of Reading
Bruno Majone
Bruno Majone University of Trento
Joaquin Trinanes
Joaquin Trinanes National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Alain Dassargues
Alain Dassargues University of Liège

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