Dr Cathryn Birch
- Job title: Academic Research Fellow
- Email: c.e.birch@leeds.ac.uk
- Telephone: +44 (0) 113 343 9831
- Faculty: Faculty of Environment
- School: School of Earth and Environment
- Location: 10.07 Priestley Centre
- Areas of expertise: Tropical meteorology, Monsoons and the water cycle, Convection and severe weather, Land-atmosphere interaction, Convection-permitting models, Links between rainfall and flood forecasting
- Faculty profile link: https://environment.leeds.ac.uk/see/staff/1162/dr-cathryn-birch
Dr Cathryn Birch is a tenure-tracked Academic Research Fellow and brings expertise to SEE in process study within dynamical meteorology and in high-resolution modelling of weather and climate. Cathryn works to better understand the drivers of convection and high impact weather on a range of timescales. She works closely with the Met Office and industry to improve weather and flood forecasts.