| (he/him) |
| University of Leeds |
| Current Position | Professor |
| J.Marsham@leeds.ac.uk | |
| Department(s) | School of Earth and Environment |
| ECR | No |
| YES.DTN Core Themes | Atmosphere and Climate |
| Profile(s) | John Marsham (0000-0003-3219-8472) – ORCID |
Key Research Interests
- Met Office joint-chair
- Tropical weather and climate, especially Africa
- Atmospheric moist convection (convective storms)
- Convection-permitting models and machine learning
- Saharan dust
Recent Key Papers
- Barton EJ, Klein C, Taylor CM, Marsham JH, Parker DJ, Maybee B, Feng Z, Leung LR. 2025. Soil moisture gradients strengthen mesoscale convective systems by increasing wind shear. Nature Geoscience. 330-336 18 , https://doi.org/10.1038/s41561-025-01666-8
- Maybee B, Marsham J, Klein CM, Parker DJ, Barton EJ, Taylor CM, Lewis H, Sanchez C, Jones RW, Warner J. 2024. Wind shear effects in convection–permitting models influence MCS rainfall and forcing of tropical circulation. Geophysical Research Letters. 51.17 , https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2024GL110119
- Ward N, Walker DP, Keane RJ, Marsham JH, Scaife AA, Birch CE, Maybee B. 2023. Predictability of the East Africa Long Rains through Congo zonal winds. Atmospheric Science Letters. 24.12, https://rmets.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/asl.1185