Emily Black Explained

Emily Black is a British environmental scientist. As of July 2024, she is Professor of Meteorology at the University of Reading and a senior research fellow in National Centre for Atmospheric Science (Climate).^[1]

Background and scientific career

Black completed an MA in Natural Sciences at Gonville and Caius College, University of Cambridge in 1996 and PhD at Wolfson College, University of Oxford in 1999. She moved to the National Centre for Atmospheric Science (Climate) at the University of Reading in 2000 and was promoted to Professor in 2018. Black leads the Tropical Applications of Meteorology using Satellite data (TAMSAT) programme which provides early warning of rainfall excess and deficit for the whole of Africa.^{[2] [3]}

Research interests

Black's research focusses on the variability in the hydrological cycle and its associated hazards, particularly relating to human impacts.^{[4] [5] [6] [7]} She is an expert in land-atmosphere interactions and their impact on climate.^{[8] [9]} Black also advises policy and response to changing rainfall,^{[10] [11]} primarily through the TAMSAT programme.^{[12] [13]}

Awards and honours

2021 Times Higher Education (THE) Awards Research Project of the Year (STEM) for work on TAMSAT^[14]

2020 The Royal Meteorological Society Hugh Robert Mill Award, which recognises original research related to rainfall.^{[15] [16]}

2016 Appointed Associate Editor for Royal Meteorological Journal, Atmospheric Science Letters

Notes and References

1. Web site: University of Reading . 24 July 2024 . University of Reading - Emily Black page . en-GB.
2. Web site: Dr. Emily Black – HYDROC . 2022-06-12 . en.
3. Web site: TAMSAT www.tamsat.org.uk . 2022-06-12 . www.tamsat.org.uk.
4. Web site: Emily Black . 2022-06-12 . scholar.google.co.uk.
5. Black . Emily . Mithen . Steven . Hoskins . Brian . Cornforth . Rosalind . 2010-11-28 . Water and society: past, present and future . Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences . 368 . 1931 . 5107–5110 . 10.1098/rsta.2010.0216. 20956362 . 2010RSPTA.368.5107B . 36600875 . free .
6. Book: Water, Life and Civilisation: Climate, Environment and Society in the Jordan Valley . 2011 . Cambridge University Press . 978-0-521-76957-0 . Mithen . Steven . International Hydrology Series . Cambridge . 10.1017/CBO9780511975219 . Black . Emily.
7. Web site: Zambian farmers benefit from millions in insurance pay-outs thanks to Reading data . 2022-06-12 . archive.reading.ac.uk . en.
8. Web site: 2016-06-06 . Guest post: Attributing changes in regional rainfall to human activity . 2022-06-12 . Carbon Brief . en.
9. Sarojini . Beena Balan . Stott . Peter A. . Black . Emily . July 2016 . Detection and attribution of human influence on regional precipitation . Nature Climate Change . en . 6 . 7 . 669–675 . 10.1038/nclimate2976 . 2016NatCC...6..669S . 89283664 . 1758-6798.
10. Web site: Tropical crops could suffer as climate change brings longer dry spells . 2022-06-12 . ScienceDaily . en.
11. Web site: 2014-05-30 . The week ahead at the London Assembly . 2022-06-12 . London City Hall . en-GB.
12. Web site: predicting-drought . 2022-06-12 . www.reading.ac.uk.
13. Web site: danaallen . 2019-01-28 . A new early warning and decision support system: TAMSAT-ALERT . 2022-06-12 . Weather and Climate @ Reading . en-US.
14. Web site: THE . THE Awards 2022 . 2022-06-12 . the-awards.co.uk . en.
15. Web site: Royal Meteorological Society . 2022-06-12 . RMetS . en.
16. Web site: PR857103 - University of Reading . 2022-06-12 . www.reading.ac.uk . en.