Article

Parker, H. L., Lott, F. C., Cornforth, R. J., Mitchell, D. M., Sparrow, S. and Wallon, D. (2017) A comparison of model ensembles for attributing 2012 West African rainfall. Environmental Research Letters, 12 (1). 014019. ISSN 1748-9326 doi: 10.1088/1748-9326/aa5386

Parker, H. L., Boyd, E., Cornforth, R., James, R., Frederike, O. and Myles, A. (2017) Stakeholder perceptions of event attribution in the loss and damage debate. Climate Policy, 17 (4). pp. 533-550. ISSN 1469-3062 doi: 10.1080/14693062.2015.1124750

Parker, H. L., Cornforth, R., Suarez, P., Allen, M., Boyd, E., James, R., Jones, R., Otto, F. and Walton, P. (2016) Using a game to engage stakeholders in extreme event attribution science. International Journal of Disaster Risk Science, 7 (4). pp. 353-365. ISSN 2095-0055 doi: 10.1007/s13753-016-0105-6

Otto, F., Boyd, E., Jones, R., Cornforth, R., James, R., Parker, H. L. and Allen, M. (2015) Attribution of extreme weather events in Africa: A preliminary exploration of the science and policy implications. Climatic Change, 132 (4). pp. 531-543. ISSN 0165-0009 doi: 10.1007/s10584-015-1432-0

Parker, H. R., Cornforth, R., Boyd, E., James, R., Otto, F. E. L. and Allen, M. R. (2015) Implications of event attribution for loss and damage policy. Weather, 70 (9). pp. 268-273. ISSN 0043-1656 doi: 10.1002/wea.2542

James, R., Otto, F., Parker, H., Boyd, E., Cornforth, R., Mitchell, D. and Allen, M. (2014) Characterising loss and damage from climate change. Nature Climate Change, 4 (11). pp. 938-939. ISSN 1758-678X doi: 10.1038/nclimate2411

Cornforth, R. (2013) Weathering drought in Africa. Appropriate Technology, 40 (2). pp. 26-28. ISSN 1751-6900

Boyd, E., Cornforth, R. J., Lamb, P. J., Tarhule, A. , Lélé, M. I. and Brouder, A. (2013) Building resilience in the face of recurring environmental crisis in African Sahel. Nature Climate Change, 3 (7). pp. 631-637. ISSN 1758-678X doi: 10.1038/nclimate1856

Cornforth, R. J. (2013) West African monsoon 2012. Weather, 68 (10). pp. 256-263. ISSN 1477-8696 doi: 10.1002/wea.2161

Cornforth, R. (2012) Overview of the West African monsoon 2011. Weather, 67 (3). pp. 59-65. ISSN 0043-1656 doi: 10.1002/wea.1896

Black, E., Mithen, S., Hoskins, B. and Cornforth, R. (2010) Water and society: past, present and future. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences, 368 (1931). pp. 5107-5110. ISSN 1364-503X doi: 10.1098/rsta.2010.0216

Cornforth, R. J. and Hoskins, B. J. (2009) Understanding African easterly waves: a moist singular vector approach. Atmospheric Science Letters, 10 (3). pp. 185-191. ISSN 1530-261X doi: DOI:10.1002/asl.231

Cornforth, R. J., Hoskins, B. J. and Thorncroft, C. D. (2009) The impact of moist processes on the African easterly jet-African easterly wave system. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, 135 (641). pp. 894-913. ISSN 1477-870X doi: DOI:10.1002/qj.414

Book or Report Section

Cornforth, R., Mumba, Z. and Parker, D. (2017) Synoptic systems. In: Parker, D. J. and Diop-Kane, M. (eds.) Meteorology of tropical West Africa: the Forecasters’ Handbook. Wiley-Blackwell, Chichester, pp. 40-89. ISBN 9781118391303

Crisp, N. and Cornforth, R. (2016) Climate change and resilience in the Great Lakes region of Africa. In: One World Health: An Overview of Global Health. CRC Press, London, pp. 107-109. ISBN 9781498739412

Boyd, E. and Cornforth, R. J. (2013) Building climate resilience: lessons of early warning in Africa. In: Moser, S. C. and Boykoff, M. T. (eds.) Successful Adaptation to Climate Change: Linking Science and Policy in a Rapidly Changing World. Routledge, pp. 201-219. ISBN 9780415524995

Cornforth, R., Boyd, E. and Lamb, P. (2013) Case Study 5: Watching the rains to build resilience in the African Sahel. In: Southgate, R. and Murray, V. (eds.) Using Science for Disaster Risk Reduction Report of the UNISDR Scientific and Technical Advisory Committee. The United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction, pp. 22-23.

Report

Brown, S., Cornforth, R., Boyd, E., Standley, S., Allen, M., Clement, K., Gonzalo, A., Erwin, G., Michelle, S., Haseeb, I. and Maliha, S., Brown, S., ed. (2014) Science for Humanitarian Emergencies and Resilience (SHEAR) scoping study: Annex 3 - Early warning system and risk assessment case studies. Climate, Environment, Infrastructure and Livelihoods Professional Evidence and Applied Knowledge Services (CEIL PEAKS) programme. Technical Report. Evidence on Demand with the assistance of the UK Department for International Development (DFID) pp53. doi: 10.12774/eod_cr.june2014.brown

Duncan, M., Crowley, K., Cornforth, R., Edwards, S., Ewbank, R., Karbassi, P., McLaren, C., Penya, J. L., Obrecht, A., Seargent, S. and Visman, E., (2014) Integrating science into humanitarian and development planning and practice to enhance community resilience. Report. UK Collaborative on Development Sciences, London, UK. pp49.