Deep Convective Microphysics Experiment (DCMEX) coordinated aircraft and ground observations: microphysics, aerosol, and dynamics during cumulonimbus development.

Authors: Finney, Declan L.^1,2 (AUTHOR) d.l.finney@leeds.ac.uk, Blyth, Alan M.^1,2 (AUTHOR), Gallagher, Martin³ (AUTHOR), Wu, Huihui³ (AUTHOR), Nott, Graeme J.⁴ (AUTHOR), Biggerstaff, Michael I.⁵ (AUTHOR), Sonnenfeld, Richard G.⁶ (AUTHOR), Daily, Martin² (AUTHOR), Walker, Dan^1,2 (AUTHOR), Dufton, David¹ (AUTHOR), Bower, Keith³ (AUTHOR), Böing, Steven² (AUTHOR), Choularton, Thomas³ (AUTHOR), Crosier, Jonathan^3,7 (AUTHOR), Groves, James¹ (AUTHOR), Field, Paul R.^2,8 (AUTHOR), Coe, Hugh^3,7 (AUTHOR), Murray, Benjamin J.² (AUTHOR), Lloyd, Gary^3,7 (AUTHOR), Marsden, Nicholas A.^3,7 (AUTHOR)

Source: Earth System Science Data. 2024, Vol. 16 Issue 5, p2141-2163. 23p.

Subject Terms: *MICROPHYSICS, *WIND shear, *CONVECTIVE clouds, *ATMOSPHERIC models, *AIR masses, *CUMULONIMBUS

Geographic Terms: NEW Mexico

The Effect of Explicit Convection on Climate Change in the West African Monsoon and Central West African Sahel Rainfall

Authors: JACKSON, LAWRENCE S., MARSHAM, JOHN H., PARKER, DOUGLAS J., FINNEY, DECLAN L., FITZPATRICK, RORY G. J., ROWELL, DAVID P., STRATTON, RACHEL A., TUCKER, SIMON

Source: Journal of Climate, 2022 Mar 01. 35(5), 1537-1557.

Access URL: https://www.jstor.org/stable/27244140

Convection-Permitting Regional Climate Change Simulations for Understanding Future Climate and Informing Decision-Making in Africa

Authors: Senior, Catherine A., Marsham, John H., Berthou, Ségolène, Burgin, Laura E., Folwell, Sonja S., Kendon, Elizabeth J., Klein, Cornelia M., Jones, Richard G., Mittal, Neha, Rowell, David P., Tomassini, Lorenzo, Vischel, Théo, Becker, Bernd, Birch, Cathryn E., Crook, Julia, Dougill, Andrew J., Finney, Declan L., Graham, Richard J., Hart, Neil C. G., Jack, Christopher D., Jackson, Lawrence S., James, Rachel, Koelle, Bettina, Misiani, Herbert, Mwalukanga, Brenda, Parker, Douglas J., Stratton, Rachel A., Taylor, Christopher M., Tucker, Simon O., Wainwright, Caroline M., Washington, Richard, Willet, Martin R.

Source: Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 2021 Jun 01. 102(6), E1206-E1223.

Access URL: https://www.jstor.org/stable/27214446

Forgotten accounts of tropical cyclones making landfall in Tanzania

Authors: Msemo, Hellen E., Finney, Declan L., Mbuya, Samwel I.

Source: Weather. 77(4):127-131

Availability: http://explore.bl.uk/primo_library/libweb/action/display.do?tabs=detailsTab&gathStatTab=true&ct=display&fn=search&doc=ETOCvdc_100146012794.0x000001&indx=1&recIds=ETOCvdc_100146012794.0x000001

Future Changes in Seasonality in East Africa from Regional Simulations with Explicit and Parameterized Convection

Authors: Wainwright, Caroline M., Marsham, John H., Rowell, David P., Finney, Declan L., Black, Emily

Source: Journal of Climate, 2021 Feb . 34(4), 1367-1385.

Access URL: https://www.jstor.org/stable/27076181

The Effect of Explicit Convection on Couplings between Rainfall, Humidity, and Ascent over Africa under Climate Change

Authors: Jackson, Lawrence S., Finney, Declan L., Kendon, Elizabeth J., Marsham, John H., Parker, Douglas J., Stratton, Rachel A., Tomassini, Lorenzo, Tucker, Simon

Source: Journal of Climate, 2020 Oct 01. 33(19), 8315-8337.

Access URL: https://www.jstor.org/stable/26938076

Extreme rainfall in East Africa, October 2019–January 2020 and context under future climate change

Authors: Wainwright, Caroline M., Finney, Declan L., Kilavi, Mary, Black, Emily, Marsham, John H.

Source: Weather. 76(1):26-31

Availability: http://explore.bl.uk/primo_library/libweb/action/display.do?tabs=detailsTab&gathStatTab=true&ct=display&fn=search&doc=ETOCvdc_100115129120.0x000001&indx=1&recIds=ETOCvdc_100115129120.0x000001

Effects of Explicit Convection on Future Projections of Mesoscale Circulations, Rainfall, and Rainfall Extremes over Eastern Africa

Authors: Finney, Declan L., Marsham, John H., Rowell, David P., Kendon, Elizabeth J., Tucker, Simon O., Stratton, Rachel A., Jackson, Lawrence S.

Source: Journal of Climate, 2020 Apr 01. 33(7), 2701-2718.

Access URL: https://www.jstor.org/stable/26916884

Regional Differences in the Response of Rainfall to Convectively Coupled Kelvin Waves over Tropical Africa

Authors: Jackson, Lawrence S., Keane, Richard J., Finney, Declan L., Marsham, John H., Parker, Douglas J., Senior, Catherine A., Stratton, Rachel A.

Source: Journal of Climate, 2019 Dec 01. 32(23), 8143-8165.

Access URL: https://www.jstor.org/stable/26856188

The effect of westerlies on East African rainfall and the associated role of tropical cyclones and the Madden–Julian Oscillation

Authors: Finney, Declan L., Marsham, John H., Walker, Dean P., Birch, Cathryn E., Woodhams, Beth J., Jackson, Lawrence S., Hardy, Sam

Source: Quarterly journal of the Royal Meteorological Society. 146(727):647-664

Availability: http://explore.bl.uk/primo_library/libweb/action/display.do?tabs=detailsTab&gathStatTab=true&ct=display&fn=search&doc=ETOCvdc_100103238372.0x000001&indx=1&recIds=ETOCvdc_100103238372.0x000001

Implications of Improved Representation of Convection for the East Africa Water Budget Using a Convection-Permitting Model

Authors: Finney, Declan L., Marsham, John H., Jackson, Lawrence S., Kendon, Elizabeth J., Rowell, David P., Boorman, Penelope M., Keane, Richard J., Stratton, Rachel A., Senior, Catherine A.

Source: Journal of Climate, 2019 Apr 01. 32(7), 2109-2129.

Access URL: https://www.jstor.org/stable/26662846

A projected decrease in lightning under climate change

Authors: Finney, Declan L., Doherty, Ruth M., Wild, Oliver, Stevenson, David S., MacKenzie, Ian A., Blyth, Alan M.

Source: Nature climate change. 8(3):210-213

Availability: http://explore.bl.uk/primo_library/libweb/action/display.do?tabs=detailsTab&gathStatTab=true&ct=display&fn=search&doc=ETOCvdc_100130024976.0x000001&indx=1&recIds=ETOCvdc_100130024976.0x000001

Common Mechanism for Interannual and Decadal Variability in the East African Long Rains

Authors: Walker, Dean P., Marsham, John H., Birch, Cathryn E., Scaife, Adam A., Finney, Declan L.

Source: Geophysical research letters. 47(22)

Availability: http://explore.bl.uk/primo_library/libweb/action/display.do?tabs=detailsTab&gathStatTab=true&ct=display&fn=search&doc=ETOCvdc_100139309702.0x000001&indx=1&recIds=ETOCvdc_100139309702.0x000001

DCMEX coordinated aircraft and ground observations: Microphysics, aerosol and dynamics during cumulonimbus development.

Authors: Finney, Declan L.^1,2 d.l.finney@leeds.ac.uk, Blyth, Alan M.^1,2, Gallagher, Martin³, Huihui Wu³, Nott, Graeme⁴, Biggerstaff, Mike⁵, Sonnenfeld, Richard G.⁶, Daily, Martin¹, Walker, Dan^1,2, Dufton, David², Bower, Keith³, Böing, Steven¹, Choularton, Thomas³, Crosier, Jonathan^3,7, Groves, James², Field, Paul R.^1,8, Coe, Hugh^3,7, Murray, Benjamin J.¹, Lloyd, Gary^3,7, Marsden, Nicholas A.^3,7

Source: Earth System Science Data Discussions. 8/31/2023, p1-35. 35p.

Subject Terms: *CLIMATE change models, *MICROPHYSICS, *CLIMATE sensitivity, *AEROSOLS, *CLOUD physics, *CUMULONIMBUS

Geographic Terms: UNITED Kingdom

Company/Entity: NATURAL Environment Research Council (Great Britain)

Lightning threatens permafrost

Authors: Finney, Declan L.

Source: Nature Climate Change; 20210101, Issue: Preprints p1-2, 2p

Circulation Patterns Associated with Current and Future Rainfall over Ethiopia and South Sudan from a Convection-Permitting Model.

Authors: Misiani, Herbert O.¹ (AUTHOR) misianihabat@icpac.net, Finney, Declan L.² (AUTHOR) D.L.Finney@leeds.ac.uk, Segele, Zewdu T.¹ (AUTHOR) atadege@icpac.net, Marsham, John H.² (AUTHOR) J.Marsham@leeds.ac.uk, Tadege, Abebe¹ (AUTHOR) gartan@icpac.net, Artan, Guleid¹ (AUTHOR) zatheru@icpac.net, Atheru, Zachary¹ (AUTHOR)

Source: Atmosphere. Dec2020, Vol. 11 Issue 12, p1352-1352. 1p.

Subject Terms: *RAINFALL, *RAINFALL frequencies, *CLIMATE change models, *ATMOSPHERIC models

Geographic Terms: SOUTH Sudan, ETHIOPIA

Nowcasting lightning occurrence from commonly available meteorological parameters using machine learning techniques.

Authors: Mostajabi, Amirhossein, Finney, Declan L., Rubinstein, Marcos, Rachidi, Farhad

Source: NPJ Climate & Atmospheric Science; 11/8/2019, Vol. 2 Issue 1, pN.PAG-N.PAG, 1p

Subject Terms: LIGHTNING, MACHINE learning, DATA mining, TELECONNECTIONS (Climatology), THUNDERSTORMS, ELECTROSTATIC fields

'Eastern African Paradox' rainfall decline due to shorter not less intense Long Rains.

Authors: Wainwright, Caroline M., Marsham, John H., Keane, Richard J., Rowell, David P., Finney, Declan L., Black, Emily, Allan, Richard P.

Source: NPJ Climate & Atmospheric Science; 9/12/2019, Vol. 2 Issue 1, pN.PAG-N.PAG, 1p

Subject Terms: ATMOSPHERIC circulation, PRECIPITATION forecasting, ATMOSPHERIC models

Geographic Terms: ARABIAN Sea

Company/Entity: CLIMATE Project

Representation of precipitation and top-of-atmosphere radiation in a multi-model convection-permitting ensemble for the Lake Victoria Basin (East-Africa)

Authors: Lipzig, Nicole P. M. van¹ (AUTHOR) nicole.vanlipzig@kuleuven.be, Walle, Jonas Van de (AUTHOR), Belušić, Danijel^2,3 (AUTHOR), Berthou, Ségolène (AUTHOR), Coppola, Erika (AUTHOR), Demuzere, Matthias (AUTHOR), Fink, Andreas H. (AUTHOR), Finney, Declan L. (AUTHOR), Glazer, Russell (AUTHOR), Ludwig, Patrick (AUTHOR), Marsham, John H. (AUTHOR), Nikulin, Grigory (AUTHOR), Pinto, Joaquim G. (AUTHOR), Rowell, David P. (AUTHOR), Wu, Minchao^2,4,5 (AUTHOR), Thiery, Wim (AUTHOR)

Source: Climate Dynamics. Nov2022, p1-22.