Burton, Dr Ralph
Research Scientist
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University of Leeds
School of Earth and Environment, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT
- +44 113 343 1587
- http://www.see.leeds.ac.uk/people/r.burton
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- Weather
Publications
- Armstrong, Alona ; Burton, Ralph R. ; Lee, Susan E ; Mobbs, Stephen ; Ostle, Nicholas ; Smith, Victoria ; Waldron, Susan ; Whitaker, Jeanette ; Ground-level climate at a peatland wind farm in Scotland is affected by wind turbine operation. Environmental Research Letters, 11 (4) , 044024, [doi:10.1088/1748-9326/11/4/044024] Apr 2016
- Smith, Victoria H. ; Mobbs, Stephen D. ; Burton, Ralph R. ; Hobby, Matt ; Aoshima, Fumiko ; Wulfmeyer, Volker ; Di Girolamo, Paolo ; The role of orography in the regeneration of convection: A case study from the convective and orographically-induced precipitation study. Meteorologische Zeitschrift, 24 (1) , 83-97, [doi:10.1127/metz/2014/0418] 03 2015
- Davis, Jenny ; Collier, Chris. ; Davies, F. ; Burton, Ralph ; Pearson, G ; Di Girolamo, Paolo ; Vertical velocity observed by Doppler lidar during cops – A case study with a convective rain event. Meteorologische Zeitschrift, 22 (4) , 463–470, [doi:10.1127/0941-2948/2013/0411] Aug 2013
- Burton, Ralph ; Gadian, Alan ; Blyth, A. M. ; Mobbs, S. D. ; Modelling isolated deep convection: A case study from COPS. Meteorologische Zeitschrift, 22 (4) , 433-443, [doi:10.1127/0941-2948/2013/0408] Aug 2013
- Davis, Jenny ; Collier, Chris. ; Davies, F. ; Burton, Ralph ; Pearson, G ; Di Girolamo, Paolo ; Vertical velocity observed by Doppler lidar during cops – A case study with a convective rain event. Meteorologische Zeitschrift, 22 (4) , 463-470, [doi:10.1127/0941-2948/2013/0411] Aug 2013
- Burton, Ralph ; Devine, Gerard M. ; Parker, D. J. ; Chazette, P ; Dixon, N ; Flamant, C. ; Haywood, J. M. ; The Harmattan over West Africa: nocturnal structure and frontogenesis. Quarterly Journal Of The Royal Meteorological Society 2012
- Andrejczuk, M ; Grabowski, WW ; Gadian, Alan ; Burton, Ralph ; Limited-area modelling of stratocumulus over South-Eastern Pacific. Atmospheric Chemistry And Physics 2012
- Barthlott, Christian ; Burton, Ralph ; Kirshbaum, Daniel ; Hanley, Kirsty ; Richard, Evelyne ; Chaboureau, Jean-Pierre ; Trentmann, Joerg ; Kern, Bastian ; Bauer, Hans-Stefan ; Schwitalla, Thomas ; Keil, Christian ; Seity, Yann ; Gadian, Alan ; Blyth, Alan ; Mobbs, S. D. ; Flamant, Cyrille ; Handwerker, J ; Initiation of deep convection at marginal instability in an ensemble of mesoscalemodels: a case-study from COPS. Quarterly Journal Of The Royal Meteorological Society, 137, 118--136, [doi:10.1002/qj.707] JAN 2011 2011
- Barthlott, Christian ; Burton, Ralph ; Kirshbaum, Daniel ; Hanley, Kirsty ; Richard, Evelyne ; Chaboureau, Jean-Pierre ; Trentmann, Joerg ; Kern, Bastian ; Bauer, Hans-Stefan ; Schwitalla, Thomas ; Keil, Christian ; Seity, Yann ; Gadian, Alan ; Blyth, Alan ; Mobbs, S. D. ; Flamant, Cyrille ; Handwerker, Jan ; Initiation of deep convection at marginal instability in an ensemble of mesoscalemodels: a case-study from COPS. Quarterly Journal Of The Royal Meteorological Society, 137, 118--136, [doi:10.1002/qj.707] JAN 2011 2011
- Bennett, Lindsay ; Blyth, Alan ; Burton, Ralph ; Gadian, Alan ; Weckwerth, T ; Behrendt, A ; Di Girolamo, P ; Dorninger, M ; Lock, S-J ; Smith, V ; Mobbs, S. D. ; Initiation of convection over the Black Forest mountains during COPS IOP15a. Quarterly Journal Of The Royal Meteorological Society 176-189, [doi:10.1002/qj.760] Jan 2011
- Barthlott, Christian ; Burton, Ralph ; Kirshbaum, D ; Hanley, K ; Richard, E ; Chaboureau, J. -P. ; Trentman, J ; Kern, B ; Bauer, HS ; Keil, C ; Seity, Y ; Gadian, Alan ; Blyth, Alan ; Mobbs, S. D. ; Flamant, C ; Handwerker, J ; Initiation of deep convection at marginal instability in an ensemble of mesoscale models: a case-study from COPS. Quarterly Journal Of The Royal Meteorological Society, 137 (S1) , 118-136, [doi:10.1002/qj.707] 2011
- Davis, J. C. ; Collier, Chris. ; Davies, F ; Pearson, G. N. ; Burton, Ralph ; Russell, A ; Doppler lidar observations of sensible heat flux and intercomparisons with a ground-based energy balance station and WRF model output. Meteorologische Zeitschrift, 18 (2) , 155--162, [doi:10.1127/0941-2948/2009/0367] 2009
- Burton, Ralph ; Vosper, SB ; Mobbs, S. D. ; Underlying structures in orographic flow: An analysis of measurements made on the Isle of Arran. Quarterly Journal Of The Royal Meteorological Society, 132 (618) , 1457--1466, [doi:10.1256/qj.05.192] Jul 2006
- Burton, Ralph ; Scott's last expedition: the upper-air observations. Weather, 61 (9) , 250--253, [doi:10.1256/wea.31.06] Sep 2006
- Burton, Ralph ; Vosper, SB ; Mobbs, S. D. ; Underlying structures in modelled orographic flow. Croatian Meteorological Journal pp.469, 2005
- Parker, D. J. ; Burton, Ralph ; Diongue-Niang, A ; Ellis, RJ ; Felton, M ; Taylor, CM ; Thorncroft, CD ; Bessemoulin, P ; Tompkins, AM ; The diurnal cycle of the West African monsoon circulation. Quarterly Journal Of The Royal Meteorological Society, 131 (611) , 2839--2860, [doi:10.1256/qj.04.52] Oct 2005
- Mobbs, S. D. ; Vosper, SB ; Sheridan, PF ; Cardoso, R ; Burton, Ralph ; Arnold, SJ ; Observations of downslope winds and rotors in the Falkland Islands. Quarterly Journal Of The Royal Meteorological Society, 131 (605) , 329--351, [doi:10.1256/qj.04.51] Jan 2005
- Parker, D. J. ; Thorncroft, CD ; Burton, Ralph ; Diongue-Niang, A ; Analysis of the African easterly jet, using aircraft observations from the JET2000 experiment. Quarterly Journal Of The Royal Meteorological Society, 131 (608) , 1461--1482, [doi:10.1256/qj.03.189] Apr 2005
- Thorncroft, CD ; Parker, D. J. ; Burton, Ralph ; Diop, M ; Ayers, JH ; Barjat, H ; Devereau, S ; Diongue, A ; Dumelow, R ; Kindred, DR ; Price, NM ; Saloum, M ; Tayor, CM ; Tompkins, AM ; The JET2000 project - Aircraft observations of the African easterly jet and African easterly waves. Bulletin Of The American Meteorological Society, 84 (3) , 337--351, [doi:10.1175/BAMS-84-3-337] Mar 2003
- Taylor, CM ; Ellis, RJ ; Parker, D. J. ; Burton, Ralph ; Thorncroft, CD ; Linking boundary-layer variability with convection: A case-study from JET2000. Quarterly Journal Of The Royal Meteorological Society, 129 (592) , 2233--2253, [doi:10.1256/qj.02.134] Jul 2003
- Parker, D. J. ; Burton, Ralph ; The two-dimensional response of a tropical jet to propagating lines of convection. Journal Of The Atmospheric Sciences, 59 (7) , 1263--1273, [doi:10.1175/1520-0469(2002)059<1263:TTDROA>2.0.CO;2] Apr 2002
- Wyatt, LR ; Thompson, SP ; Burton, Ralph ; Evaluation of high frequency radar wave measurement. Coastal Engineering, 37, 259--282, [doi:10.1016/S0378-3839(99)00029-0] 1999
- Burton, Ralph ; Stern, MS ; Kendall, PC ; Robson, PN ; Modelling of diffraction in pillar vertical cavity surface-emitting lasers with embedded Bragg layers. Optical And Quantum Electronics, 28, 1677--1684, [doi:10.1007/BF00331057] 1996
- Burton, Ralph ; Stern, MS ; Kendall, PC ; Robson, PN ; VCSEL diffraction-loss theory. Iee Proceedings - Optoelectronics, 142, 77--81, [doi:10.1049/ip-opt:19951667] 1995
Achievements / Science Highlights
- Modelling of Sheffield Storm of 1962, September 2010
- Development of WRF ash model, May 2010
- Successful grant "GPS and Water Vapour", July 2010
- Hysplit runs for tracking of volcanic ash, February 2011
- Involvement in successful GEES proposal: "Real time numerical weather forecasts to integrate teaching and research", December 2010
Engagements
- Providing animations and plots of the Sheffield Storm of February 1962 for the BBC1 program "Wild Weather", shown in Sept. 2010. , September 2010
- Briefing a producer from IWC Media Ltd. about the use of Weather balloons in Capt. Scott's 1910 Antarctic Expedition. This is for a possible forthcoming TV documentary., September 2010
- Invited talk by Karlsruhe Institute of Technology , January 2011