Burton, Dr Ralph
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
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- Science Theme: Climate & High-Impact Weather
Publications
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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 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