Heat: A Primer for Public Health Researchers (2017)
Journal Article
McGregor, G., & Vanos, J. (2018). Heat: A Primer for Public Health Researchers. Public Health, 161, 138-146. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.puhe.2017.11.005

Objectives: To provide a primer on the physical characteristics of heat from a biometeorological perspective for those interested in the epidemiology of extreme heat. Study design: A literature search design was used. Methods: A review of the concept... Read More about Heat: A Primer for Public Health Researchers.

Hydroclimatology, modes of climatic variability and stream flow, lake and groundwater level variability (2017)
Journal Article
McGregor, G. (2017). Hydroclimatology, modes of climatic variability and stream flow, lake and groundwater level variability. Progress in Physical Geography, 41(4), 496-512. https://doi.org/10.1177/0309133317726537

Hydroclimatology is an expansive discipline largely concerned with understanding the workings of the hydrological cycle in a climate context. Acknowledging this, and given the burgeoning interest in the relation between climate and water in the conte... Read More about Hydroclimatology, modes of climatic variability and stream flow, lake and groundwater level variability.

Analysis of the synoptic winter mortality climatology in five regions of England: Searching for evidence of weather signals (2017)
Journal Article
Paschalidou, A., Kassomenos, P., & McGregor, G. (2017). Analysis of the synoptic winter mortality climatology in five regions of England: Searching for evidence of weather signals. Science of the Total Environment, 598, 432-444. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.03.276

Although heat-related mortality has received considerable research attention, the impact of cold weather on public health is less well-developed, probably due to the fact that physiological responses to cold weather can vary substantially among indiv... Read More about Analysis of the synoptic winter mortality climatology in five regions of England: Searching for evidence of weather signals.

Linking Inter-annual River Flow River Variability Across New Zealand to the Southern Annular Mode, 1979-2011 (2017)
Journal Article
Ning, L., & McGregor, G. (2017). Linking Inter-annual River Flow River Variability Across New Zealand to the Southern Annular Mode, 1979-2011. Hydrological Processes, 31(12), 2261-2276. https://doi.org/10.1002/hyp.11184

River flow constitutes an important element of the terrestrial branch of the hydrological cycle, yet knowledge regarding the extent to which its variability, at a range of time scales, is linked to a number of modes of atmospheric circulation is meag... Read More about Linking Inter-annual River Flow River Variability Across New Zealand to the Southern Annular Mode, 1979-2011.