Early Career Researcher (ECR) of the Month (July 2024) - James Carruthers

By Lou Brett, University of Strathclyde

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Our Early Career Researcher (ECR) of the Month for July 2024 is James Carruthers! 

James is currently in the third year of his PhD at Newcastle University, United Kingdom (UK). James’s research topic explores changes to seasonal winter precipitation extremes in the UK.

James’s recent work has been examining the role of dynamic and thermodynamic factors in influencing observed changes in sub-seasonal and seasonal precipitation and flooding in the UK. He has also been evaluating the ability of a range climate models in representing the large-scale dynamics which lead to these extremes, finding deficiencies in persistent cyclonic conditions over the North Atlantic. James is really interested in the processes which drive persistence in the climate system and how these lead to preconditioned compound events. 

Outside of work, James is a big Arsenal fan. Come on you Gunners! 

If you are interested in reading more about James’s research, please find James’s EGU presentation abstract beneath and keep an eye out for a new paper coming soon!

Sub-seasonal UK winter precipitation intensifies in-line with expected temperature scaling (2024) https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu24-2365, 2024 

Thanks for reading! 

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