James F. Booth

About

James F. Booth is a professor at the City University of New York. He conducts research, teaches, and mentors students. His research is focused on the physics and statistics of weather and climate hazards and the evaluation and improvement of global climate models. All of the research carried out by his group has the ultimate goal of improving short-term, medium-range, seasonal, and climate predictability. As an instructor, James teaches classes on the physics of the atmosphere, climate change, and the statistics of natural hazards.

Department and Climate Courses

CCNY Department: Earth and Atmospheric Sciences

Graduate Center Departments: Earth and Environmental Sciences and Physics

Courses related to climate: Global Natural Hazards (for undergraduate), Climate and Climate Change (for undergraduate and graduate)

Climate Research

James has multiple projects related to hazardous weather that impact NYC. He has worked with the NYC Emergency Management office and the NYC Panel on Climate Change. James currently has projects with the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration and the Department of Energy that aim to improve our understanding and predictability of current and future extreme weather in NYC.

Research Citations

White, R. H., S. Anderson, J. F. Booth, G. Braich, C. Draeger, C. Fei, C. D. G. Harley, S. B. Henderson, M. Jakob, C.-A. Lau, L. Mareshet Admasu, V. Narinesingh, C. Rodell, E. Roocroft, K. R. Weinberger, G. West, 2023: The Unprecedented Pacific Northwest Heatwave of June 2021, Nature Communications, DOI 10.1038/s41467-023-36289-3

Narinesingh, V., Booth, J. F., Y. Ming, 2023: Northern Hemisphere Heat Extremes in a Warmer Climate: More Probable but Less Colocated with Blocking, Geophysical Research Letters – 50, e2022GL101211

Booth, J. F., V. Narinesingh, K. L. Towey, J. Jeyaratnam, 2021: Storm Surge, Blocking, and Cyclones: A Compound Hazards Analysis for the Northeast United States, Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology. 60(11), 1531-1544.

Catto, J.L., Ackerley, D., Booth, J.F., Champion A. J., Colle, B. A., Pfahl, S., Pinto, J. G., Quinting, J. F., Seiler, C., 2019: The Future of Midlatitude Cyclones. Curr Clim Change Rep 5, 407–420. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40641-019-00149-4

Towey, K. L., J. F. Booth, A. Frei, and M. R. Sinclair, 2018: Track and Circulation Analysis of Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones that Cause Strong Precipitation and Streamflow Events in the New York City Watershed. Journal of Hydrometeorology, 19, 1027 – 1042, doi: 10.1175/JHM-D-17-0199.1