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A high-resolution daily global dataset of statistically downscaled CMIP6 models for climate impact analyses (2023)
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Gebrechorkos, S., Leyland, J., Slater, L., Wortmann, M., Ashworth, P. J., Bennett, G. L., …Darby, S. E. (2023). A high-resolution daily global dataset of statistically downscaled CMIP6 models for climate impact analyses. Scientific Data, 10(1), Article 611. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02528-x

A large number of historical simulations and future climate projections are available from Global Climate Models, but these are typically of coarse resolution, which limits their effectiveness for assessing local scale changes in climate and attendan... Read More about A high-resolution daily global dataset of statistically downscaled CMIP6 models for climate impact analyses.

Fluvial processes and landforms (2022)
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Ferguson, R. I., Lewin, J., & Hardy, R. J. (2022). Fluvial processes and landforms. Memoirs, 58(1), 257-270. https://doi.org/10.1144/m58-2021-18

The period 1965–2000 saw a sustained increase in research and publications on fluvial processes and landforms. The trend towards generalization and/or mechanistic understanding, rather than site-specific history, continued. Research was multidiscipli... Read More about Fluvial processes and landforms.

The Influence of Three‐Dimensional Topography on Turbulent Flow Structures Over Dunes in Unidirectional Flows (2021)
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Hardy, R., Best, J., Marjoribanks, T., Parsons, D., & Ashworth, P. (2021). The Influence of Three‐Dimensional Topography on Turbulent Flow Structures Over Dunes in Unidirectional Flows. Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface, 126(12), https://doi.org/10.1029/2021jf006121

Dunes are the most prevalent bedform present in sand-bedded rivers and their morphology typically comprises multiple scales of three-dimensional topography. However, our understanding of flow over dunes is predicated largely on two-dimensional models... Read More about The Influence of Three‐Dimensional Topography on Turbulent Flow Structures Over Dunes in Unidirectional Flows.

The Effect of Biofilms on Turbulent Flow over Permeable Beds (2020)
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Kazemifar, F., Blois, G., Aybar, M., Calleja, P., Nerenberg, R., Sinha, S., …Christensen, K. (2021). The Effect of Biofilms on Turbulent Flow over Permeable Beds. Water Resources Research, 57(2), Article e2019WR026032. https://doi.org/10.1029/2019wr026032

Despite an increasingly large body of work advancing our understanding of flow interactions occurring at the interface of a turbulent flow overlying a permeable bed, little is known concerning how such flow may be affected by the presence of biofilms... Read More about The Effect of Biofilms on Turbulent Flow over Permeable Beds.

A catchment scale assessment of patterns and controls of historic 2D river planform adjustment (2020)
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Joyce, H. M., Warburton, J., & Hardy, R. J. (2020). A catchment scale assessment of patterns and controls of historic 2D river planform adjustment. Geomorphology, 354, Article 107046. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geomorph.2020.107046

The supply, transfer and deposition of sediment from channel headwaters to lowland sinks, is a fundamental process governing upland catchment geomorphology, and can begin to be understood by quantifying 2D river planform adjustments over time. This p... Read More about A catchment scale assessment of patterns and controls of historic 2D river planform adjustment.

The Importance of Monitoring Interval for Rockfall Magnitude-Frequency Estimation (2019)
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Williams, J., Rosser, N., Hardy, R., & Brain, M. (2020). The Importance of Monitoring Interval for Rockfall Magnitude-Frequency Estimation. Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface, 124(12), 2841-2853. https://doi.org/10.1029/2019jf005225

The frequency distribution of rockfall sizes ('magnitude-frequency') is important for erosion and hazard modeling. This typically follows a power law, with few larger rockfalls compared to more numerous small events. Advances in LiDAR hardware and al... Read More about The Importance of Monitoring Interval for Rockfall Magnitude-Frequency Estimation.

Flexural rigidity and shoot reconfiguration determine wake length behind saltmarsh vegetation patches (2019)
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Marjoribanks, T., Lague, D., Hardy, R., Boothroyd, R., Leroux, J., Mony, C., & Puijalon, S. (2019). Flexural rigidity and shoot reconfiguration determine wake length behind saltmarsh vegetation patches. Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface, 124(8), 2176-2196. https://doi.org/10.1029/2019jf005012

Vegetation patches play an important role in controlling sediment deposition in shallow aquatic environments such as coastal saltmarshes and fluvial systems. However, predicting deposition around vegetation patches is difficult due to the complexity... Read More about Flexural rigidity and shoot reconfiguration determine wake length behind saltmarsh vegetation patches.

Flow resistance and hydraulic geometry in bedrock rivers with multiple roughness length scales (2019)
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Ferguson, R., Hardy, R., & Hodge, R. (2019). Flow resistance and hydraulic geometry in bedrock rivers with multiple roughness length scales. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 44(12), 2437-2449. https://doi.org/10.1002/esp.4673

Many models of incision by bedrock rivers predict water depth and shear stress from discharge; conversely, palaeoflood discharge is sometimes reconstructed from flow depth markers in rock gorges. In both cases assumptions are made about flow resistan... Read More about Flow resistance and hydraulic geometry in bedrock rivers with multiple roughness length scales.

The impact of non-equilibrium flow on the structure of turbulence over river dunes (2018)
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Unsworth, C., Parsons, D., Hardy, R., Reesink, A., Best, J., Ashworth, P., & Keevil, G. (2018). The impact of non-equilibrium flow on the structure of turbulence over river dunes. Water Resources Research, 54(9), 6566-6584. https://doi.org/10.1029/2017wr021377

This piece of research expands our description of how rivers flow over dunes on a river bed. Most of the scientific communities' research to date has used unnaturally steady conditions to measure how water moves over dunes. Yet these flow conditions... Read More about The impact of non-equilibrium flow on the structure of turbulence over river dunes.

Evaluating the success of public participation in integrated catchment management (2018)
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Rollason, E., Bracken, L., Hardy, R., & Large, A. (2018). Evaluating the success of public participation in integrated catchment management. Journal of Environmental Management, 228, 267-278. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2018.09.024

Recognition of the need to manage the water environment in more holistic ways has resulted in the global growth of Integrated Catchment Management (ICM). ICM is characterised by horizontal integration, encouraging interdisciplinary working between tr... Read More about Evaluating the success of public participation in integrated catchment management.