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  • Journal article
    Rios O, Jahn W, Rein G, 2014,

    Forecasting wind-driven wildfires using an inverse modelling approach

    , NATURAL HAZARDS AND EARTH SYSTEM SCIENCES, Vol: 14, Pages: 1491-1503, ISSN: 1561-8633
  • Journal article
    Tsarouchi GM, Mijic A, Moulds S, Buytaert Wet al., 2014,

    Historical and future land-cover changes in the Upper Ganges basin of India

    , International Journal of Remote Sensing, Vol: 35, Pages: 3150-3176

    The green revolution represents one of the greatest environmental changes in India over the last century. The Upper Ganges (UG) basin is experiencing rapid rates of change of land cover and irrigation practices. In this study, we investigated the historical rate of change and created future scenario projections by means of 30 m-resolution multi-temporal Landsat 5 Thematic Mapper and Landsat 7 Enhanced Thematic Mapper Plus data of the UG basin. Post-classification change analysis methods were applied to Landsat images in order to detect and quantify land-cover changes in the UG basin. Subsequently, Markov chain analysis was applied to project future scenarios of land-cover change. Fifteen different scenarios were generated based on historic land-cover change. These scenarios diverged in terms of future projections, highlighting the dynamic nature of the changes. This study has shown that between the years 1984 and 2010 the main land-cover change trends are conversion from shrubs to forest (+4.7%), urbanization (+5.8%), agricultural expansion (+1.3%), and loss of barren land (–9.5%). The land-cover change patterns in the UG basin were mapped and quantified, showing the capability of Landsat data in providing accurate land-cover maps. These results, in combination with those derived from the Markov model, provide the necessary evidence base to support regional land-use planning and develop future-proof water resource management strategies.
  • Journal article
    Piper RB, Yoshida M, Farrell DJ, Khoury T, Crossley MJ, Schmidt TW, Haque SA, Ekins-Daukes NJet al., 2014,

    Kinetic insight into bimolecular upconversion: experiment and simulation

    , RSC ADVANCES, Vol: 4, Pages: 8059-8063
  • Journal article
    Chung D-W, Shearing PR, Brandon NP, Harris SJ, Garcia REet al., 2014,

    Particle Size Polydispersity in Li-Ion Batteries

    , JOURNAL OF THE ELECTROCHEMICAL SOCIETY, Vol: 161, Pages: A422-A430, ISSN: 0013-4651
  • Journal article
    Frost JM, Kirkpatrick J, Kirchartz T, Nelson Jet al., 2014,

    Parameter free calculation of the subgap density of states in poly(3-hexylthiophene)

    , FARADAY DISCUSSIONS, Vol: 174, Pages: 255-266, ISSN: 1359-6640
  • Journal article
    Cotter CJ, Holm DD, 2014,

    Variational formulations of sound-proof models

    , Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society
  • Journal article
    Rooney TO, Bastow ID, Keir D, Mazzarini F, Movsesian E, Grosfils EB, Zimbelman JR, Ramsey MS, Ayalew D, Yirgu Get al., 2014,

    The protracted development of focused magmatic intrusion during continental rifting

    , Tectonics
  • Conference paper
    Xutong L, Bell RE, Wrona T, Rodriguez Cet al., 2014,

    Drilling a virtual core in the Gulf of Corinth

    , MAGELLAN Plus/NERC UKIODP Workshop
  • Journal article
    Mijic A, LaForce TC, Muggeridge AH, 2014,

    CO2 injectivity in saline aquifers: the impact of non-Darcy flow, phase miscibility and gas compressibility

    , Water Resources Research
  • Journal article
    Graesvik J, Hallett JP, Trang QT, Welton Tet al., 2014,

    A quick, simple, robust method to measure the acidity of ionic liquids

    , CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS, Vol: 50, Pages: 7258-7261, ISSN: 1359-7345
  • Book chapter
    Vire A, Jiang J, Piggott MD, Cotter CJ, Latham JP, Pain CCet al., 2014,

    Towards the Numerical Modelling of Floating Offshore Renewables

    , Fluid-Structure-Sound Interactions and Control, Editors: Zhou, Yang, Huang, Hodges, Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg, Pages: 413-417, ISBN: 978-3-642-40370-5
  • Journal article
    Hollaender HM, Bormann H, Blume T, Buytaert W, Chirico GB, Exbrayat J-F, Gustafsson D, Hoelzel H, Krausse T, Kraft P, Stoll S, Bloeschl G, Fluehler Het al., 2014,

    Impact of modellers' decisions on hydrological a priori predictions

    , HYDROLOGY AND EARTH SYSTEM SCIENCES, Vol: 18, Pages: 2065-2085, ISSN: 1027-5606
  • Journal article
    Nuno A, Bunnefeld N, Milner-Gulland EJ, 2014,

    Managing social-ecological systems under uncertainty: implementation in the real world

    , ECOLOGY AND SOCIETY, Vol: 19, ISSN: 1708-3087
  • Journal article
    Manap N, Voulvoulis N, 2014,

    Environmental Screening Method for Dredging in Contaminated River

    , STRUCTURAL, ENVIRONMENTAL, COASTAL AND OFFSHORE ENGINEERING, Vol: 567, Pages: 50-55, ISSN: 1660-9336
  • Journal article
    Cotter CJ, Holm DD, Jacobs HJ, Meier DMet al., 2014,

    A jetlet hierarchy for ideal fluid dynamics

    , J Phys A, Vol: 47
  • Journal article
    Bell RE, Jackson CA-L, Whipp PS, Clements Bet al., 2014,

    Strain migration during multiphase extension: observations from the northern North Sea. In press

    , Tectonics
  • Journal article
    Jackson CA-L, Rodriguez CR, Rotevatn A, Bell REet al., 2014,

    Geological and geophysical expression of a primary salt weld; an example from the Santos Basin, Brazil. In press

    , Interpretation
  • Conference paper
    Padzillah MH, Yang M, Zhuge W, Martinez-Botas RFet al., 2014,

    NUMERICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATION OF PULSATING FLOW EFFECT ON A NOZZLED AND NOZZLELESS MIXED FLOW TURBINE FOR AN AUTOMOTIVE TURBOCHARGER

    , ASME Turbo Expo: Turbine Technical Conference and Exposition, Publisher: AMER SOC MECHANICAL ENGINEERS
  • Conference paper
    Yang M, Martinez-Botas R, Rajoo S, Yokoyama T, Ibaraki Set al., 2014,

    INFLUENCE OF VOLUTE CROSS-SECTIONAL SHAPE OF A NOZZLELESS TURBOCHARGER TURBINE UNDER PULSATING FLOW CONDITIONS

    , ASME Turbo Expo: Turbine Technical Conference and Exposition, Publisher: AMER SOC MECHANICAL ENGINEERS
  • Journal article
    Wright AP, Le Brocq AM, Cornford SL, Bingham RG, Corr HFJ, Ferraccioli F, Jordan TA, Payne AJ, Rippin DM, Ross N, Siegert MJet al., 2014,

    Sensitivity of the Weddell Sea sector ice streams to sub-shelf melting and surface accumulation

    , CRYOSPHERE, Vol: 8, Pages: 2119-2134, ISSN: 1994-0416
  • Conference paper
    Graham NJD, Collins MR, 2014,

    Slow sand filtration: recent research and application perspectives

    , 5th International Slow Sand and Alternative Biological Filtration Conference, Publisher: IWA PUBLISHING, Pages: 3-16
  • Journal article
    Wright AP, Young DA, Bamber JL, Dowdeswell JA, Payne AJ, Blankenship DD, Siegert MJet al., 2014,

    Subglacial hydrological connectivity within the Byrd Glacier catchment, East Antarctica

    , JOURNAL OF GLACIOLOGY, Vol: 60, Pages: 345-352, ISSN: 0022-1430
  • Conference paper
    Bell RE, Duffy O, Jackson CA-L, Charoenpun T, Watkins S, Whipp PS, Cabeza Aet al., 2014,

    Long term (> 250 Ma) and long length-scale (>300 km) strain migration along a rift border fault

    , Geometry and Growth of Normal Faults
  • Book chapter
    Green RJ, Mulugetta Y, Zhang ZX, 2014,

    Sustainable Energy Policy

    , Handbook of Sustainable Development, 2nd Edition, Editors: Atkinson, Dietz, Neumayer, Agarwala, Cheltenham, Publisher: Edward Elgar, Pages: 532-550, ISBN: 978-1-78254-469-2
  • Conference paper
    Bell RE, Henrys S, Sutherland R, Morgan J, Warner M, Barker L, Wallace L, Bangs N, McIntosh Ket al., 2014,

    Characterising the seismic behavior of subduction zones using active source seismic methods

    , SeisMix
  • Conference paper
    Cicciotti M, Xenos DP, Bouaswaig AEF, Thornhill NF, Martinez-Botas RFet al., 2014,

    ONLINE PERFORMANCE MONITORING OF INDUSTRIAL COMPRESSORS USING MEANLINE MODELLING

    , ASME Turbo Expo: Turbine Technical Conference and Exposition, Publisher: AMER SOC MECHANICAL ENGINEERS
  • Book chapter
    Woods J, Kalas N, 2013,

    Can energy policy drive sustainable land use? Lessons from Biofuels Policy Development over the Last Decade

    , Plants and Bioenergy, Editors: McCann, Buckeridge, Carpita, Publisher: Springer

    The mandated increase in bioenergy as a means to decarbonise our energy supply, enhance energy security, and promote rural development has raised concerns regarding the impacts biomass feedstock production may have on food security and has placed bioenergy feedstock production in competition for resources required to feed a growing global population. Concerns over the direct and indirect impacts of bioenergy, particularly conventional biofuels , have pushed policy makers to try to direct biomass crop production onto marginal, degraded and ‘unused’ land. Moving bioenergy onto ‘marginal lands’ will inevitably raise the costs of feedstock production, but it may also be contradictory to food security where ‘sustainable intensification’ and reduced losses require increased energy inputs. This marginalisation ignores the beneficial role that perennial energy crops could play in managing the sustainable intensification of overall agricultural production required to feed over 9 billion people by 2050. This chapter explores the role and drivers of bioenergy in future world energy production, land use change and wider sustainability issues, and proposes an alternative, integrated approach toward a resource efficient and sustainable provision of agricultural products, including food, feed, biobased chemicals, materials and energy.
  • Journal article
    Almeida S, Bulygina N, McIntyre N, Wagener T, Buytaert Wet al., 2013,

    Improving parameter priors for data-scarce estimation problems

    , Water Resources Research
  • Journal article
    Bistinas I, Oom D, Sa ACL, Harrison SP, Prentice IC, Pereira JMCet al., 2013,

    Relationships between Human Population Density and Burned Area at Continental and Global Scales

    , PLOS ONE, Vol: 8, ISSN: 1932-6203

    We explore the large spatial variation in the relationship between population density and burned area, usingcontinental-scale Geographically Weighted Regression (GWR) based on 13 years of satellite-derived burned areamaps from the global fire emissions database (GFED) and the human population density from the gridded populationof the world (GPW 2005). Significant relationships are observed over 51.5% of the global land area, and the areaaffected varies from continent to continent: population density has a significant impact on fire over most of Asia andAfrica but is important in explaining fire over < 22% of Europe and Australia. Increasing population density isassociated with both increased and decreased in fire. The nature of the relationship depends on land-use: increasingpopulation density is associated with increased burned are in rangelands but with decreased burned area incroplands. Overall, the relationship between population density and burned area is non-monotonic: burned areainitially increases with population density and then decreases when population density exceeds a threshold. Thesethresholds vary regionally. Our study contributes to improved understanding of how human activities relate to burnedarea, and should contribute to a better estimate of atmospheric emissions from biomass burning.
  • Journal article
    Prentice IC, Dong N, Gleason SM, Maire V, Wright IJet al., 2013,

    Balancing the costs of carbon gain and water transport: testing a new theoretical framework for plant functional ecology

    , Ecology Letters, Vol: 17, Pages: 82-91, ISSN: 1461-023X

    A novel framework is presented for the analysis of ecophysiological field measurements and modelling. The hypothesis ‘leaves minimise the summed unit costs of transpiration and carboxylation’ predicts leaf‐internal/ambient CO2 ratios (ci/ca) and slopes of maximum carboxylation rate (Vcmax) or leaf nitrogen (Narea) vs. stomatal conductance. Analysis of data on woody species from contrasting climates (cold‐hot, dry‐wet) yielded steeper slopes and lower mean ci/ca ratios at the dry or cold sites than at the wet or hot sites. High atmospheric vapour pressure deficit implies low ci/ca in dry climates. High water viscosity (more costly transport) and low photorespiration (less costly photosynthesis) imply low ci/ca in cold climates. Observed site‐mean ci/ca shifts are predicted quantitatively for temperature contrasts (by photorespiration plus viscosity effects) and approximately for aridity contrasts. The theory explains the dependency of ci/ca ratios on temperature and vapour pressure deficit, and observed relationships of leaf δ13C and Narea to aridity.

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