Burton, Dr Ralph R
Research Scientist
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University of Leeds
Fairbairn House
71-75 Clarendon Road
Leeds
LS2 9PH
- https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2614-0074
- +44 113 343 3083
- https://environment.leeds.ac.uk/see/staff/1189/dr-ralph-burton
I am a Senior Research Scientist based at Fairbairn house in Leeds. My main areas of expertise and interest are: atmospheric dispersion, numerical modelling of atmospheric flow, and atmospheric dynamics in general. I have published on a wide range of topics, including volcanic plume modelling, simulating the behaviour of dense gases, analysis of aircraft measurements of gases (methane and volcanic sulphur dioxide), high-resolution climate modelling, the effects of wind farms upon local climate, orographic flow, deep convection, and the meteorology of West Africa.
I have been involved in numerous field campaigns over the years, and recently helped Land Rover - BAR with their modelling effort in the Americas Cup. I am in charge of the Bi-Annual NCAR-NCAS WRF course, having used WRF for over 10 years.
Publications
- Colfescu, I.; Klemp, J.; Bollasina, M.; Mobbs, S. D.; Burton, Ralph; The Dynamics of Observed Lee Waves over the Snæfellsnes Peninsula in Iceland. Monthly Weather Review [doi:10.1175/MWR-D-20-0288.1] 2021
- Stevens, Bjorn; Bony, Sandrine; Farrell, David; Ament, Felix; Blyth, Alan; Fairall, Christopher W.; Karstensen, Johannes; Quinn, Patricia K.; Speich, Sabrina; Acquistapace, Claudia; Aemisegger, Franziska; Albright, Anna Lea; Bellenger, Hugo; Bodenschatz, Eberhard; Caesar, Kathy-Ann; Chewitt-Lucas, Rebecca; de Boer, Gijs; Delanoë, Julien; Denby, Leif; Ewald, Florian; Fildier, Benjamin; Forde, Marvin; George, Geet; Groß, Silke; Hagen, Martin; Hausold, Andrea; Heywood, Karen J.; Hirsch, Lutz; Jacob, Marek; Jansen, Friedhelm; Kinne, Stefan; Klocke, Daniel; Kölling, Tobias; Konow, Heike; Lothon, Marie; Mohr, Wiebke; Naumann, Ann Kristin; Nuijens, Louise; Olivier, Léa; Pincus, Robert; Pöhlker, Mira L.; Reverdin, Gilles; Roberts, Gregory; Schnitt, Sabrina; Schulz, Hauke; Siebesma, Pier; Stephan, Claudia Christine; Sullivan, Peter P; Touzé-Peiffer, Ludovic; Vial, Jessica; Vogel, Raphaela; Zuidema, Paquita; Alexander, Nicola; Alves, Lyndon; Arixi, Sophian; Asmath, Hamish; Bagheri, Gholamhossein; Baier, Katharina; Bailey, Adriana; Baranowski, Dariusz B.; Baron, Alexandre; Barrau, Sébastien; Barrett, Paul A.; Batier, Frédéric; Behrendt, Andreas; Bendinger, Arne; Beucher, Florent; Bigorre, Sebastien; Blades, Edmund; Bock, Olivier; Boeing, Steven; Bosser, Pierre; Bourras, Denis; Bouruet-Aubertot, Pascale; Bower, Keith; Branellec, Pierre; Branger, Hubert; Brennek, Michal; Brewer, Alan; Brilouet, Pierre-Etienne; Brügmann, Björn; Buehler, Stefan Alexander; Burke, Elmo; Burton, Ralph; Calmer, Radiance; Canonici, Jean-Christophe; Carton, Xavier J.; Cato, Gregory; Charles, Jude Andre; Chazette, Patrick; Chen, Yanxu; Chiliński, Michał T; Choularton, Tom; Chuang, Patrick Y.; Clarke, Shamal; Coe, Hugh; Cornet, Céline; Coutris, Pierre; Couvreux, Fleur; Crewell, Susanne; Cronin, Timothy Wallace; Cui, Zhiqiang; Cuypers, Yannis; Daley, Alton; Damerell, Gillian Mary; Dauhut, Thibaut; Deneke, Hartwig M; Desbios, Jean-Philippe; Dörner, Steffen; Donner, Sebastian; Douet, Vincent; Drushka, Kyla; Dütsch, Marina; Ehrlich, André; Emanuel, Kerry; Emmanouilidis, Alexandros; Etienne, Jean-Claude; Etienne-Leblanc, Sheryl; Faure, Ghislain; Feingold, Graham; Ferrero, Luca; Fix, Andreas; Flamant, Cyrille; Flatau, Piotr J.; Foltz, Gregory R.; Forster, Linda; Furtuna, Iulian; Gadian, Alan; Galewsky, Joseph; Gallagher, M.; Gallimore, Peter; Gaston, Cassandra J.; Gentemann, Chelle; Geyskens, Nicolas; Giez, Andreas; Gollop, John; Gouirand, Isabelle; Gourbeyre, Christophe; de Graaf, Dörte; de Groot, Geiske E.; Grosz, Robert; Güttler, Johannes; Gutleben, Manuel; Hall, Kashawn; Harris, George; Helfer, Kevin Christopher; Henze, Dean; Herbert, Calvert; Holanda, Bruna; Ibanez-Landeta, Antonio; Intrieri, Janet M.; Iyer, Suneil; Julien, Fabrice; Kalesse, Heike; Kazil, Jan; Kellman, Alexander; Kidane, Abiel T.; Kirchner, Ulrike; Klingebiel, Marcus; Körner, Mareike; Kremper, Leslie Ann; Kretzschmar, Jan; Krüger, Ovid; Kumala, Wojciech; Kurz, Armin; L'Hégaret, Pierre; Labaste, Matthieu; Lachlan-Cope, T. A.; Laing, Arlene; Landschützer, Peter; Lang, Theresa; Lange Vega, Diego; Lange, Ingo; Laplace, Clément; Lavik, Gaute; LAXENAIRE, Rémi; Le Bihan, Caroline; Leandro, Mason; Lefèvre, Nathalie; Lena, Marius; Leschow, Donald; Li, Qiang; Lloyd, Gary; Los, Sebastian; Losi, Niccolò; Lovell, Oscar; Luneau, Christopher; Makuch, Przemysław; Malinowski, Szymon P; Manta, Gaston; Marinou, Eleni; Marsden, Nicholas; Masson, Sebastien; Maury, Nicolas; Mayer, Bernhard; Mayers-Als, Margarette; Mazel, Christophe; McGeary, Wayne; McWilliams, James C.; Mech, Mario; Mehlmann, Melina; Meroni, Agostino Niyonkuru; Mieslinger, Theresa; Minikin, Andreas; Minnett, Peter; Möller, Gregor; Morfa Avalos, Yanmichel; Muller, Caroline; Musat, Ionela; Napoli, Anna; Neuberger, Almuth; Noisel, Christophe; Noone, David C; Nordsiek, Freja; Nowak, Jakub L; Oswald, Lothar; Parker, Douglas J.; Peck, Carolyn; Person, Renaud; Philippi, Miriam; Plueddemann, Albert J.; Pöhlker, Christopher; Pörtge, Veronika; Pöschl, Ulrich; Pologne, Lawrence; Posyniak, Michal; Prange, Marc; Quiñones Meléndez, Estefanía; Radtke, Jule; Ramage, Karim; Reimann, Jens; Renault, Lionel; Reus, Klaus; Reyes, Ashford; Ribbe, Joachim; Ringel, Maximilian; Ritschel, Markus; Rocha, Cesar Barbedo; Rochetin, Nicolas; Röttenbacher, Johannes; Rollo, Callum; Royer, Haley; Sadoulet, Pauline; Saffin, Leo; Sandiford, Sanola; Sandu, I.; Schäfer, Michael; Schemann, Vera; Schirmacher, Imke; Schlenczek, Oliver; Schmidt, Jerome; Schröder, Marcel; Schwarzenböck, Alfons; Sealy, Andrea; Senff, Christoph J.; Serikov, Ilya; Shohan, Samkeyat; Siddle, Elizabeth; Smirnov, Alexander; Späth, Florian; Spooner, Branden; Stolla, M. Katharina; Szkółka, Wojciech; de Szoeke, Simon P.; Tarot, Stéphane; Tetoni, Eleni; Thompson, Elizabeth J; Thomson, J.; Tomassini, Lorenzo; Totems, Julien; Ubele, Alma Anna; Villiger, Leonie; von Arx, Jan; Wagner, Thomas; Walther, Andi; Webber, Benjamin G. M.; Wendisch, Manfred; Whitehall, Shanice; Wiltshire, Anton; Wing, Allison A.; Wirth, Martin; Wiskandt, Jonathan; Wolf, Kevin; Worbes, Ludwig; Wright, Ethan; Wulfmeyer, Volker; Young, Shanea; Zhang, Chidong; Zhang, Dongxiao; Ziemen, Florian; Zinner, Tobias; Zöger, Martin; {EUREC}$\less$sup$\greater$4$\less$/sup$\greater$A. [doi:10.1002/essoar.10504890.1] Nov 2020
- Wilde, Shona E.; Dominutti, Pamela A.; Andrews, Stephen J.; Bauguitte, Stephane J.-B.; Burton, Ralph R.; Colfescu, I.; France, James; Hopkins, J. R.; Jones, Anna; Lachlan-Cope, Tom; Lee, J. D.; Lewis, Alastair C.; Mobbs, Stephen D.; Weiss, Alexandra; Young, Stuart; Purvis, R. M.; Speciation of {VOC} emissions related to offshore North Sea oil and gas production. [doi:10.5194/acp-2020-1099] Oct 2020
- Burton, Ralph R.; Woodhouse, Mark J.; Gadian, Alan M.; Mobbs, Stephen D.; The Use of a Numerical Weather Prediction Model to Simulate Near-Field Volcanic Plumes. Atmosphere, 11 (6) , 594, [doi:10.3390/atmos11060594] Jun 2020
- Wilde, Shona; Purvis, R. M.; Lee, J. D.; Hopkins, J. R.; Lewis, Alastair; Young, Stuart; Burton, Ralph; Colfescu, I.; Pasternak, Dominika; Mobbs, Stephen; Bauguitte, Stéphane; A top-down approach for quantifying methane and speciated VOC emissions from North Sea oil and gas facilities. [doi:10.5194/egusphere-egu2020-20416] Mar 2020
- Burton, Ralph; Woodhouse, Mark; Gadian, A. M.; Mobbs, S. D.; The Use of a Numerical Weather Prediction Model to Simulate Near-Field Volcanic Plumes. Atmosphere [doi:10.3390/atmos11060594] 2020
- Ilyinskaya, Evgenia; Mobbs, S. D.; Burton, Ralph; Pardini, Federica; Pfeffer, Melissa; Purvis, R. M.; Lee, James; Bauguitte, S; Brooks, Barbara; Globally Significant CO2 Emissions From Katla, a Subglacial Volcano in Iceland. Geophysical Research Letters, 45, 10332-10341, [doi:10.1029/2018GL079096] 2019
- Lee, James D.; Mobbs, Stephen D.; Wellpott, Axel; Allen, Grant; Bauguitte, Stephane J.-B.; Burton, Ralph R.; Camilli, Richard; Coe, Hugh; Fisher, Rebecca E.; France, James L.; Gallagher, M.; Hopkins, J. R.; Lanoiselle, Mathias; Lewis, Alastair C.; Lowry, David; Nisbet, Euan G.; Purvis, Ruth M.; O'Shea, Sebastian; Pyle, John A.; Ryerson, Thomas B.; Flow rate and source reservoir identification from airborne chemical sampling of the uncontrolled Elgin platform. Atmospheric Measurement Techniques Discussions, 11 (3) , 1725--1739, [doi:10.5194/amt-11-1725-2018] 3 2018
- Lee, James D.; Mobbs, Stephen D.; Wellpott, Axel; Allen, Grant; Bauguitte, Stephane J.-B.; Burton, Ralph R.; Camilli, Richard; Coe, Hugh; Fisher, Rebecca E.; France, James L.; Gallagher, M.; Hopkins, J. R.; Lanoiselle, Mathias; Lewis, Alastair C.; Lowry, David; Nisbet, Euan G.; Purvis, Ruth M.; O'Shea, Sebastian; Pyle, John A.; Ryerson, Thomas B.; Flow rate and source reservoir identification from airborne chemical sampling of the uncontrolled Elgin platform. Atmospheric Measurement Techniques Discussions, 11 (3) , 1725--1739, [doi:10.5194/amt-11-1725-2018] 3 2018
- Lee, James D.; Mobbs, Stephen D.; Wellpott, Axel; Allen, Grant; Bauguitte, Stephane J.-B.; Burton, Ralph R.; Camilli, Richard; Coe, Hugh; Fisher, Rebecca E.; France, James L.; Gallagher, M.; Hopkins, J. R.; Lanoiselle, Mathias; Lewis, Alastair C.; Lowry, David; Nisbet, Euan G.; Purvis, Ruth M.; O'Shea, Sebastian; Pyle, John A.; Ryerson, Thomas B.; Flow rate and source reservoir identification from airborne chemical sampling of the uncontrolled Elgin platform. Atmospheric Measurement Techniques Discussions, 11 (3) , 1725--1739, [doi:10.5194/amt-11-1725-2018] 3 2018
- Lee, James D.; Mobbs, Stephen D.; Wellpott, Axel; Allen, Grant; Bauguitte, Stephane J.-B.; Burton, Ralph R.; Camilli, Richard; Coe, Hugh; Fisher, Rebecca E.; France, James L.; Gallagher, M.; Hopkins, J. R.; Lanoiselle, Mathias; Lewis, Alastair C.; Lowry, David; Nisbet, Euan G.; Purvis, Ruth M.; O'Shea, Sebastian; Pyle, John A.; Ryerson, Thomas B.; Flow rate and source reservoir identification from airborne chemical sampling of the uncontrolled Elgin platform. Atmospheric Measurement Techniques Discussions, 11 (3) , 1725--1739, [doi:10.5194/amt-11-1725-2018] 3 2018
- Lee, James D.; Mobbs, Stephen D.; Wellpott, Axel; Allen, Grant; Bauguitte, Stephane J.-B.; Burton, Ralph R.; Camilli, Richard; Coe, Hugh; Fisher, Rebecca E.; France, James L.; Gallagher, M.; Hopkins, J. R.; Lanoiselle, Mathias; Lewis, Alastair C.; Lowry, David; Nisbet, Euan G.; Purvis, Ruth M.; O'Shea, Sebastian; Pyle, John A.; Ryerson, Thomas B.; Flow rate and source reservoir identification from airborne chemical sampling of the uncontrolled Elgin platform. Atmospheric Measurement Techniques Discussions, 11 (3) , 1725--1739, [doi:10.5194/amt-11-1725-2018] 3 2018
- Lee, James D.; Mobbs, Stephen D.; Wellpott, Axel; Allen, Grant; Bauguitte, Stephane J.-B.; Burton, Ralph R.; Camilli, Richard; Coe, Hugh; Fisher, Rebecca E.; France, James L.; Gallagher, M.; Hopkins, J. R.; Lanoiselle, Mathias; Lewis, Alastair C.; Lowry, David; Nisbet, Euan G.; Purvis, Ruth M.; O'Shea, Sebastian; Pyle, John A.; Ryerson, Thomas B.; Flow rate and source reservoir identification from airborne chemical sampling of the uncontrolled Elgin platform. Atmospheric Measurement Techniques Discussions, 11 (3) , 1725--1739, [doi:10.5194/amt-11-1725-2018] 3 2018
- Lee, James D.; Mobbs, Stephen D.; Wellpott, Axel; Allen, Grant; Bauguitte, Stephane J.-B.; Burton, Ralph R.; Camilli, Richard; Coe, Hugh; Fisher, Rebecca E.; France, James L.; Gallagher, Martin; Hopkins, James R.; Lanoiselle, Mathias; Lewis, Alastair C.; Lowry, David; Nisbet, Euan G.; Purvis, Ruth M.; O'Shea, Sebastian; Pyle, John A.; Ryerson, Thomas B.; Flow rate and source reservoir identification from airborne chemical sampling of the uncontrolled Elgin platform gas release. Atmospheric Measurement Techniques, 11 (3) , 1725--1739, [doi:10.5194/amt-11-1725-2018] Mar 2018
- Lee, James D.; Mobbs, Stephen D.; Wellpott, Axel; Allen, Grant; Bauguitte, Stephane J.-B.; Burton, Ralph R.; Camilli, Richard; Coe, Hugh; Fisher, Rebecca E.; France, James L.; Gallagher, Martin; Hopkins, James R.; Lanoiselle, Mathias; Lewis, Alastair C.; Lowry, David; Nisbet, Euan G.; Purvis, Ruth M.; O'Shea, Sebastian; Pyle, John A.; Ryerson, Thomas B.; Flow rate and source reservoir identification from airborne chemical sampling of the uncontrolled Elgin platform gas release. Atmospheric Measurement Techniques, 11 (3) , 1725--1739, [doi:10.5194/amt-11-1725-2018] Mar 2018
- Lee, James D.; Mobbs, Stephen D.; Wellpott, Axel; Allen, Grant; Bauguitte, Stephane J.-B.; Burton, Ralph R.; Camilli, Richard; Coe, Hugh; Fisher, Rebecca E.; France, James L.; Gallagher, M.; Hopkins, J. R.; Lanoiselle, Mathias; Lewis, Alastair C.; Lowry, David; Nisbet, Euan G.; Purvis, Ruth M.; O'Shea, Sebastian; Pyle, John A.; Ryerson, Thomas B.; Flow rate and source reservoir identification from airborne chemical sampling of the uncontrolled Elgin platform gas release. Atmospheric Measurement Techniques Discussions, 332, 1--28, [doi:10.5194/amt-2017-332] 2018
- Lee, James D.; Mobbs, Stephen D.; Wellpott, Axel; Allen, Grant; Bauguitte, Stephane J.-B.; Burton, Ralph R.; Camilli, Richard; Coe, Hugh; Fisher, Rebecca E.; France, James L.; Gallagher, M.; Hopkins, J. R.; Lanoiselle, Mathias; Lewis, Alastair C.; Lowry, David; Nisbet, Euan G.; Purvis, Ruth M.; O'Shea, Sebastian; Pyle, John A.; Ryerson, Thomas B.; Flow rate and source reservoir identification from airborne chemical sampling of the uncontrolled Elgin platform gas release. Atmospheric Measurement Techniques Discussions, 332, 1--28, [doi:10.5194/amt-2017-332] 2018
- Lee, James D.; Mobbs, Stephen D.; Wellpott, Axel; Allen, Grant; Bauguitte, Stephane J.-B.; Burton, Ralph R.; Camilli, Richard; Coe, Hugh; Fisher, Rebecca E.; France, James L.; Gallagher, M.; Hopkins, J. R.; Lanoiselle, Mathias; Lewis, Alastair C.; Lowry, David; Nisbet, Euan G.; Purvis, Ruth M.; O'Shea, Sebastian; Pyle, John A.; Ryerson, Thomas B.; Flow rate and source reservoir identification from airborne chemical sampling of the uncontrolled Elgin platform gas release. Atmospheric Measurement Techniques Discussions, 332, 1--28, [doi:10.5194/amt-2017-332] 2018
- Lee, James D.; Mobbs, Stephen D.; Wellpott, Axel; Allen, Grant; Bauguitte, Stephane J.-B.; Burton, Ralph R.; Camilli, Richard; Coe, Hugh; Fisher, Rebecca E.; France, James L.; Gallagher, M.; Hopkins, J. R.; Lanoiselle, Mathias; Lewis, Alastair C.; Lowry, David; Nisbet, Euan G.; Purvis, Ruth M.; O'Shea, Sebastian; Pyle, John A.; Ryerson, Thomas B.; Flow rate and source reservoir identification from airborne chemical sampling of the uncontrolled Elgin platform gas release. Atmospheric Measurement Techniques Discussions, 332, 1--28, [doi:10.5194/amt-2017-332] 2018
- Lee, James D.; Mobbs, Stephen D.; Wellpott, Axel; Allen, Grant; Bauguitte, Stephane J.-B.; Burton, Ralph R.; Camilli, Richard; Coe, Hugh; Fisher, Rebecca E.; France, James L.; Gallagher, M.; Hopkins, J. R.; Lanoiselle, Mathias; Lewis, Alastair C.; Lowry, David; Nisbet, Euan G.; Purvis, Ruth M.; O'Shea, Sebastian; Pyle, John A.; Ryerson, Thomas B.; Flow rate and source reservoir identification from airborne chemical sampling of the uncontrolled Elgin platform gas release. Atmospheric Measurement Techniques Discussions, 332, 1--28, [doi:10.5194/amt-2017-332] 2018
- Lee, James D.; Mobbs, Stephen D.; Wellpott, Axel; Allen, Grant; Bauguitte, Stephane J.-B.; Burton, Ralph R.; Camilli, Richard; Coe, Hugh; Fisher, Rebecca E.; France, James L.; Gallagher, M.; Hopkins, J. R.; Lanoiselle, Mathias; Lewis, Alastair C.; Lowry, David; Nisbet, Euan G.; Purvis, Ruth M.; O'Shea, Sebastian; Pyle, John A.; Ryerson, Thomas B.; Flow rate and source reservoir identification from airborne chemical sampling of the uncontrolled Elgin platform gas release. Atmospheric Measurement Techniques Discussions, 332, 1--28, [doi:10.5194/amt-2017-332] 2018
- Gadian, Alan; Blyth, Alan; Bruyere, C. L.; Burton, Ralph; Done, James M.; Groves, James; Holland, Greg; Pozo, J. Thielen-del; Mobbs, S. D.; Tye, Mari R.; Warner, James L.; A case study of possible future summer convective precipitation over the UK and Europe from a regional climate projection. International Journal Of Climatology [doi:10.1002/joc.5336] 2018
- Ilyinskaya, Evgenia; Mobbs, Stephen; Burton, Ralph; Burton, M; Pardini, Federica; Pfeffer, Melissa Anne; Purvis, Ruth; Lee, James D.; Bauguitte, Stéphane; Brooks, B.; Colfescu, I.; Petersen, G. N.; Wellpott, Axel; Bergsson, Baldur; Globally Significant CO2 Emissions From Katla, a Subglacial Volcano in Iceland. Geophysical Research Letters 2018
- Gadian, Alan M.; Blyth, Alan M.; Bruyere, Cindy L.; Burton, Ralph R.; Done, James M.; Groves, James; Holland, Greg; Mobbs, Stephen D.; Pozo, Jutta Thielen-del; Tye, Mari R.; Warner, James L.; A case study of possible future summer convective precipitation over the UK and Europe from a regional climate projection. International Journal Of Climatology, 38 (5) , 2314--2324, [doi:10.1002/joc.5336] Nov 2017
- Lee, J. D.; Mobbs, Stephen D.; Wellpott, Axel; Allen, Grant; Bauguitte, Stephane J.-B.; Burton, Ralph R.; Camilli, Richard; Coe, Hugh; Fisher, Rebecca E.; France, James L.; Gallagher, M.; Hopkins, J. R.; Lanoiselle, Mathias; Lewis, Alastair C.; Lowry, David; Nisbet, Euan G.; Purvis, R. M.; O'Shea, S.; Pyle, John A.; Ryerson, Thomas B.; Supplementary material to "Flow rate and source reservoir identification from airborne chemical sampling of the uncontrolled Elgin platform gas release". [doi:10.5194/amt-2017-332-supplement] Oct 2017
- Burton, Ralph; Dudhia, J; Gadian, Alan; Mobbs, S. D.; The use of a numerical weather prediction model to simulate the release of a dense gas with an application to the Lake Nyos disaster of 1986. Meteorological Applications [doi:10.1002/met.1603] 2017
- 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 [doi:10.1002/qj.2036] 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; 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 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
- 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
- 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
- Burton, Ralph; Vosper, SB; Mobbs, S. D.; Underlying structures in modelled orographic flow. Croatian Meteorological Journal pp.469, 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
- 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
- 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
- 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