Reviewing and visualizing the interactions of natural hazards
(2014)
Journal Article
Gill, J. C., & Malamud, B. D. (2014). Reviewing and visualizing the interactions of natural hazards. Reviews of Geophysics, 52(4), 680-722. https://doi.org/10.1002/2013rg000445
Local understandings of community resilience in earthquake prone Nepal (2014)
Thesis
Ruszczyk, H. Local understandings of community resilience in earthquake prone Nepal. (Dissertation). [Awarding Organisation: Unknown]
Social tipping points and Earth systems dynamics (2014)
Journal Article
Bentley, R., Maddison, E., Ranner, P., Bissell, J., Caiado, C., Bhatanacharoen, P., …Garnett, P. (2014). Social tipping points and Earth systems dynamics. Frontiers in Environmental Science, 2, Article 35. https://doi.org/10.3389/fenvs.2014.00035Recently, Early Warning Signals (EWS) have been developed to predict tipping points in Earth Systems. This discussion highlights the potential to apply EWS to human social and economic systems, which may also undergo similar critical transitions. Soc... Read More about Social tipping points and Earth systems dynamics.
Our common future? Cross-scalar scenario analysis for social-ecological sustainability of the Guiana Shield, South America (2014)
Journal Article
Mistry, J., Tschirhart, C., Verwer, C., Glastra, R., Davis, O., Jafferally, D., …Berardi, A. (2014). Our common future? Cross-scalar scenario analysis for social-ecological sustainability of the Guiana Shield, South America. Environmental Science and Policy, 44, 126-148. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envsci.2014.05.007Scenarios help build a shared understanding of potential futures and allow us to engage with how interventions or activities may impact on people and the environment. There are many scenario sets that have been developed at the global and regional le... Read More about Our common future? Cross-scalar scenario analysis for social-ecological sustainability of the Guiana Shield, South America.
The role of tributary relative timing and sequencing in controlling large floods (2014)
Journal Article
Pattison, I., Lane, S., Hardy, R., & Reaney, S. (2014). The role of tributary relative timing and sequencing in controlling large floods. Water Resources Research, 50(7), 5444-5458. https://doi.org/10.1002/2013wr014067Hydrograph convolution is a product of tributary inputs from across the watershed. The time-space distribution of precipitation, the biophysical processes that control the conversion of precipitation to runoff and channel flow conveyance processes, a... Read More about The role of tributary relative timing and sequencing in controlling large floods.
High frequency variability of environmental drivers determining benthic community dynamics in headwater streams (2014)
Journal Article
Snell, M., Barker, P., Surridge, B., Large, A., Jonczyk, J., Benskin, C. M. H., …Haygarth, P. (2014). High frequency variability of environmental drivers determining benthic community dynamics in headwater streams. Environmental Science: Processes & Impacts, 16(7), 1629-1636. https://doi.org/10.1039/c3em00680hHeadwater streams are an important feature of the landscape, with their diversity in structure and associated ecological function providing a potential natural buffer against downstream nutrient export. Phytobenthic communities, dominated in many hea... Read More about High frequency variability of environmental drivers determining benthic community dynamics in headwater streams.
Implementation Completion and Results Report (TF-91692) on a grant from the Global Environment Facility Special Climate Change Fund in the amount of US$ 3.8 Million to the Republic of Guyana for a Conservancy Adpatation Project. (2014)
Report
Bovolo, C., & Guzman, A. (in press). Implementation Completion and Results Report (TF-91692) on a grant from the Global Environment Facility Special Climate Change Fund in the amount of US$ 3.8 Million to the Republic of Guyana for a Conservancy Adpatation Project. [No known commissioning body]
Seasonal patterns of rainfall and river isotopic chemistry in northern Amazonia (Guyana): From the headwater to the regional scale (2014)
Journal Article
Pereira, R., Bovolo, C. I., Forsythe, N., Pedentchouk, N., Parkin, G., & Wagner, T. (2014). Seasonal patterns of rainfall and river isotopic chemistry in northern Amazonia (Guyana): From the headwater to the regional scale. Journal of South American Earth Sciences, 52, 108-118. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsames.2014.02.005We use first field-based observations of precipitation and river isotopic chemistry from a three-year study (2009–2011) in rainforest and nearby savannah in central Guyana at the northern rim of the Amazon rainforest to establish the quality of model... Read More about Seasonal patterns of rainfall and river isotopic chemistry in northern Amazonia (Guyana): From the headwater to the regional scale.
Mobilization of optically invisible dissolved organic matter in response to rainstorm events in a tropical forest headwater river (2014)
Journal Article
Pereira, R., Bovolo, C. I., Spencer, R. G., Hernes, P. J., Tipping, E., Vieth-Hillebrand, A., …Wagner, T. (2014). Mobilization of optically invisible dissolved organic matter in response to rainstorm events in a tropical forest headwater river. Geophysical Research Letters, 41(4), 1202-1208. https://doi.org/10.1002/2013gl058658This study emphasizes the importance of rainstorm events in mobilizing carbon at the soil‐stream interface from tropical rainforests. Half‐hourly geochemical/isotopic records over a 13.5 h period from a 20 km2 tropical rainforest headwater in Guyana... Read More about Mobilization of optically invisible dissolved organic matter in response to rainstorm events in a tropical forest headwater river.
Are microseismic ground displacements a significant geomorphic agent? (2014)
Journal Article
Brain, M., Rosser, N., Norman, E., & Petley, D. (2014). Are microseismic ground displacements a significant geomorphic agent?. Geomorphology, 207, 161-173. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geomorph.2013.11.002This paper considers the role that microseismic ground displacements may play in fracturing rock via cyclic loading and subcritical crack growth. Using a coastal rock cliff as a case study, we firstly undertake a literature review to define the spati... Read More about Are microseismic ground displacements a significant geomorphic agent?.
Assessment of a 1-hour gridded precipitation dataset to drive a hydrological model: a case study of the summer 2007 floods in the Upper Severn, UK (2013)
Journal Article
Parkes, B., Wetterhall, F., Pappenberger, F., He, Y., Malamud, B., & Cloke, H. (2013). Assessment of a 1-hour gridded precipitation dataset to drive a hydrological model: a case study of the summer 2007 floods in the Upper Severn, UK. https://doi.org/10.2166/nh.2011.025
Coastal cliff-top ground motions as proxies for environmental processes (2013)
Journal Article
Norman, E., Rosser, N., Brain, M., Petley, D., & Lim, M. (2013). Coastal cliff-top ground motions as proxies for environmental processes. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 118(12), 6807 - 6823. https://doi.org/10.1002/2013jc008963A two-year dataset of coastal cliff microseismic ground motions is used to explore energy transfer to a cliff. The long-term dataset enables us to characterise cliff motion responses to a wide range of environmental processes and examine whether shor... Read More about Coastal cliff-top ground motions as proxies for environmental processes.
Quantification of Long-Range Persistence in Geophysical Time Series: Conventional and Benchmark-Based Improvement Techniques (2013)
Journal Article
Witt, A., & Malamud, B. D. (2013). Quantification of Long-Range Persistence in Geophysical Time Series: Conventional and Benchmark-Based Improvement Techniques. Surveys in Geophysics, 34(5), 541-651. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10712-012-9217-8
Coastline retreat via progressive failure of rocky coastal cliffs (2013)
Journal Article
Rosser, N., Brain, M., Petley, D., Lim, M., & Norman, E. (2013). Coastline retreat via progressive failure of rocky coastal cliffs. Geology, 41(8), 939-942. https://doi.org/10.1130/g34371.1Despite much research on the myriad processes that erode rocky coastal cliffs, accurately predicting the nature, location, and timing of coastline retreat remains challenging, and is confounded by the apparently episodic nature of cliff failure. The... Read More about Coastline retreat via progressive failure of rocky coastal cliffs.
Concepts of hydrological connectivity: Research approaches, pathways and future agendas (2013)
Journal Article
Bracken, L., Wainwright, J., Ali, G., Tetzlaff, D., Smith, M., Reaney, S., & Roy, A. (2013). Concepts of hydrological connectivity: Research approaches, pathways and future agendas. Earth-Science Reviews, 119, 17-34. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.earscirev.2013.02.001For effective catchment management and intervention in hydrological systems a process-based understanding of hydrological connectivity is required so that: i) conceptual rather than solely empirical understanding drives how systems are interpreted; a... Read More about Concepts of hydrological connectivity: Research approaches, pathways and future agendas.
The importance of surface controls on overland flow connectivity in semi-arid environments: results from a numerical experimental approach (2013)
Journal Article
Reaney, S., Bracken, L., & Kirkby, M. (2014). The importance of surface controls on overland flow connectivity in semi-arid environments: results from a numerical experimental approach. Hydrological Processes, 28(4), 2116-2128. https://doi.org/10.1002/hyp.9769In semi-arid environments, the characteristics of the land surface determine how rainfall is transformed into surface runoff and influences how this runoff moves from the hillslopes into river channels. Whether or not water reaches the river channel... Read More about The importance of surface controls on overland flow connectivity in semi-arid environments: results from a numerical experimental approach.
Towards a unified threshold-based hydrological theory: necessary components and recurring challenges (2013)
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necessary components and recurring challenges. Hydrological Processes, 27(2), 313-318. https://doi.org/10.1002/hyp.9560
Emergence of patterns in random processes (2012)
Journal Article
Newman, W. I., Turcotte, D. L., & Malamud, B. D. (2012). Emergence of patterns in random processes. Physical review E: Statistical physics, plasmas, fluids, and related interdisciplinary topics, 86(2, 2), Article 026103. https://doi.org/10.1103/physreve.86.026103
Statistics of severe tornadoes and severe tornado outbreaks (2012)
Journal Article
Malamud, B., & Turcotte, D. (2012). Statistics of severe tornadoes and severe tornado outbreaks. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 12(18), 8459-8473. https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-12-8459-2012
Modeling the impacts of future climate change on water resources for the Gallego river basin (Spain) (2012)
Journal Article
Majone, B., Bovolo, C., Bellin, A., Blenkinsop, S., & Fowler, H. (2012). Modeling the impacts of future climate change on water resources for the Gallego river basin (Spain). Water Resources Research, 48, Article W01512. https://doi.org/10.1029/2011wr010985
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