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Projecting precipitation-driven vegetation changes on the Tibetan Plateau using in-situ station data Open

Zhiping Zhao, Joshua Talib, Emma J. Barton, Chris Huntingford · 2025

Vegetation on the Tibetan Plateau (TP) plays a crucial role in continental energy, water and carbon budgets. Throughout the rest of the 21st century, TP vegetation faces two key pressures: First, the impact of climate change-induced atmosp…

Soil moisture gradients strengthen mesoscale convective systems by increasing wind shear Open

Emma J. Barton, Cornelia Klein, Christopher M. Taylor, John H. Marsham, Douglas J. Parker , et al. · 2025

Mesoscale convective systems are a class of storm linked to extensive flooding and other destructive hazards in many regions globally. In West Africa, soil moisture impacts provide a valuable source of predictability for mature storm hazar…

Wind Shear Effects in Convection–Permitting Models Influence MCS Rainfall and Forcing of Tropical Circulation Open

Ben Maybee, John H. Marsham, Cornelia Klein, Douglas J. Parker, Emma J. Barton , et al. · 2024

Mesoscale Convective Systems (MCSs) play a critical role in tropical rainfall patterns and circulations. To reduce persistent biases and improve understanding of the climate system, international groups have called for unprecedented invest…

Wind shear effects on entrainment in convection-permitting models influence convective storm rainfall and forcing of tropical circulation Open

Ben Maybee, John H. Marsham, Cornelia Klein, Douglas J. Parker, Emma J. Barton , et al. · 2024

Mesoscale Convective Systems (MCSs) play a critical role in tropical rainfall patterns and circulations. To reduce persistent biases and improve understanding of the climate system, international groups have called for unprecedented invest…

Storm intensification driven by soil moisture gradients in global hotspot regions Open

Emma J. Barton, Cornelia Klein, Christopher M. Taylor, John H. Marsham, Douglas J. Parker , et al. · 2024

Organised thunderstorm clusters known as Mesoscale Convective Systems (MCSs) can bring high impact hazards such as flash floods, lighting and destructive winds. It is crucial for the forecasting and mitigation of these hazards to understan…

Projecting Precipitation-Driven Vegetation Changes on the Tibetan Plateau Using In-Situ Station Data Open

Zhiping Zhao, Joshua Talib, Emma J. Barton, Chris Huntingford · 2024

The Representation of Soil Moisture-Atmosphere Feedbacks across the Tibetan Plateau in CMIP6 Open

Joshua Talib, Omar V. Müller, Emma J. Barton, Christopher M. Taylor, Pier Luigi Vidale · 2023

Thermal processes on the Tibetan Plateau (TP) influence atmospheric conditions on regional and global scales. Given this, previous work has shown that soil moisture–driven surface flux variations feed back onto the atmosphere. Whilst soil …

Systematic daytime increases in atmospheric biases linked to dry soils in irrigated areas in Indian operational forecasts Open

Emma J. Barton, Christopher M. Taylor, Ashis K. Mitra, A. Jayakumar · 2023

The representation of land–atmosphere coupling in forecast models can significantly impact weather prediction. A previous case study in Northern India incorporating both model and observational data identified atmospheric biases in a high‐…

Response of Mature Storms to Soil Moisture State in Global Hotspot Regions Open

Emma J. Barton, Cornelia Klein, Christopher M. Taylor, John H. Marsham, Douglas J. Parker · 2023

Mesoscale Convective Systems (MCSs) represent some of the most intense and destructive thunderstorms in the world. Understanding the physical processes that drive these storms and influence their characteristics is vital for hazard predict…

Changes in land surface effects on organised convection in a convection-permitting climate projection Open

Cornelia Klein, Emma J. Barton, Christopher M. Taylor · 2023

Convection-permitting (CP) climate simulations represent a major advance in capturing land surface effects on convection. From observational analyses in West Africa, we know that land surface conditions are a major driver of storm initiati…

Tibetan Plateau in-situ precipitation, NDVI and soil moisture data. Open

zhiping zhao, Joshua Talib, Emma J. Barton, Chris Huntingford · 2023

Vegetation on the Tibetan Plateau (TP) plays a crucial role in continental energy, water and carbon budgets. Throughout the rest of the 21^st century, TP vegetation faces two key pressures: First, the impact of climate change-ind…

Tibetan Plateau in-situ precipitation, NDVI and soil moisture data. Open

zhiping zhao, Joshua Talib, Emma J. Barton, Chris Huntingford · 2023

Vegetation on the Tibetan Plateau (TP) plays a crucial role in continental energy, water and carbon budgets. Throughout the rest of the 21^st century, TP vegetation faces two key pressures: First, the impact of climate change-ind…

“Late-stage” deforestation enhances storm trends in coastal West Africa Open

Christopher M. Taylor, Cornelia Klein, Douglas J. Parker, France Gerard, V. S. Semeena , et al. · 2022

Significance Tropical deforestation tends to increase regional air temperatures, but its impacts on rainfall are more complex. The conventional picture, based largely on studies over Amazonia, is that storm frequency can increase over smal…

 Land-atmosphere coupling in operational NCUM forecasts during the 2020 monsoon season Open

Emma J. Barton, Christopher M. Taylor, A. Jayakumar, Ashis Mitra, T. Arulalan · 2021

<p>The onset, persistence and variability of summer monsoon rainfall impacts over a billion people. Advance knowledge is critical for agricultural planning and hazard mitigation, yet forecasting remains a challenge. Sources of error …

Observed Soil Moisture Impact on Strong Convection over Mountainous Tibetan Plateau Open

Emma J. Barton, Christopher M. Taylor, Cornelia Klein, Phil Harris, Xianhong Meng · 2020

Convection over the Tibetan Plateau (TP) has been linked to heavy rain and flooding in downstream parts of China. Understanding processes which influence the development of convection on the TP could contribute to better forecasting of the…

Influence of Mesoscale Soil Moisture Patterns on Convective Initiation over the Tibetan Plateau Open

Emma J. Barton, Christopher M. Taylor, Cornelia Klein, Phil Harris · 2020

<p>The Tibetan Plateau is the highest and most extensive plateau in the world, profoundly affecting climate and weather in the region. Due to its average elevation of more than 4000m, provides a strong thermal and dynamical forcing i…

A case‐study of land–atmosphere coupling during monsoon onset in northern India Open

Emma J. Barton, Christopher M. Taylor, Douglas J. Parker, Andrew G. Turner, Danijel Belušić , et al. · 2019

This article presents a land–atmosphere case‐study for a single day during monsoon onset, incorporating data from a research aircraft, satellite products and model outputs. The unique aircraft observations reveal temperature and humidity c…

Original Research By Young Twinkle Students (ORBYTS): when can students start performing original research? Open

Clara Sousa‐Silva, L. K. McKemmish, K. L. Chubb, M. N. Gorman, Jack S. Baker , et al. · 2017

Involving students in state-of-the-art research from an early age eliminates the idea that science is only for the scientists and empowers young people to explore STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths) subjects. It is also a gre…

Molecular line shape parameters for exoplanetary atmospheric applications Open

S. N. Yurchenko, Jonathan Tennyson, Emma J. Barton · 2017

We describe the recent updates to the ExoMol database regarding the molecular\nspectral line shapes. ExoMol provides comprehensive molecular line lists with a\nspecial emphasis on the applications involving characterization of atmospheres\…

High-resolution absorption measurements of NH3 at high temperatures: 2100–5500 cm−1 Open

Emma J. Barton, S. N. Yurchenko, Jonathan Tennyson, Sønnik Clausen, Alexander Fateev · 2016

Pressure-dependent water absorption cross sections for exoplanets and other atmospheres Open

Emma J. Barton, C. Hill, S. N. Yurchenko, Jonathan Tennyson, A.S. Dudaryonok , et al. · 2016

The ExoMol database: Molecular line lists for exoplanet and other hot atmospheres Open

Jonathan Tennyson, S. N. Yurchenko, A. F. Al-Refaie, Emma J. Barton, K. L. Chubb , et al. · 2016

A near infrared line list for NH3: Analysis of a Kitt Peak spectrum after 35 years Open

Emma J. Barton, S. N. Yurchenko, Jonathan Tennyson, S. Béguier, A. Campargue · 2016

${\mathcal{T}}$-REx. II. RETRIEVAL OF EMISSION SPECTRA Open

I. Waldmann, M. Rocchetto, G. Tinetti, Emma J. Barton, S. N. Yurchenko , et al. · 2015

Tau-REx (Tau Retrieval of Exoplanets) is a novel, fully Bayesian atmospheric\nretrieval code custom built for extrasolar atmospheres. In Waldmann et al.\n(2015) the transmission spectroscopic case was introduced, here we present the\nemiss…

ExoMol molecular line lists – XII. Line lists for eight isotopologues of CS Open

G. Paulose, Emma J. Barton, S. N. Yurchenko, Jonathan Tennyson · 2015

Comprehensive vibration-rotation line lists for eight isotopologues of carbon\nmonosulphide (CS) ($^{12}$C$^{32}$S, $^{12}$C$^{33}$S, $^{12}$C$^{34}$S,\n$^{12}$C$^{36}$S, $^{13}$C$^{32}$S, $^{13}$C$^{33}$S, $^{13}$C$^{34}$S,\n$^{13}$C$^{36…

TAU-REX I: A NEXT GENERATION RETRIEVAL CODE FOR EXOPLANETARY ATMOSPHERES Open

I. Waldmann, G. Tinetti, M. Rocchetto, Emma J. Barton, S. N. Yurchenko , et al. · 2015

Spectroscopy of exoplanetary atmospheres has become a well established method\nfor the characterisation of extrasolar planets. We here present a novel inverse\nretrieval code for exoplanetary atmospheres. TauRex (Tau Retrieval for\nExoplan…

Modelling High Resolution Absorption Spectra with ExoMolLine Lists: NH3and CH4 Open

Emma J. Barton, S. N. Yurchenko, Jonathan Tennyson, Sønnik Clausen, Alexander Fateev · 2015

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