Publications

Inverse modelling of CF4 and NF3 emissions in East Asia

Publication ID: pub.1107039383

Publication date: 17/09/2018

Keywords: Atmospheric; Carbon Tetrafluoride (CF4); East Asia; Emission Estimates; Locations; Measurements; Nitrogen Trifluoride (NF3); South Korea

Abstract. Decadal trends in the atmospheric abundances of carbon tetrafluoride (CF4) and nitrogen trifluoride (NF3) have been well characterised and have provided a time series of global total emissions. Information on locations of emissions contributing to the global total, however, is currently poor. We use a unique set of measurements between 2008 and 2015 from […]

Narratives of recovery after floods: Mental health, institutions, and intervention

Publication ID: pub.1106998027

Publication date: 15/09/2018

Keywords: Anxiety; Female; Floods; Humans; Interviews as Topic; Male; Mental Health; Middle Aged; Narration; Qualitative Research; United Kingdom

There is increasing evidence that flood events affect the mental health of those experiencing them, with recognition that the period of recovery after the event is particularly important to outcomes. Previous research on flooding has argued that there is a recovery gap that occurs during the long process of recovery at the point when the […]

Dimensions of fluvial-tidal meanders: Are they disproportionally large?

Publication ID: pub.1106933852

Publication date: 11/09/2018

Keywords: Coastal Environment; Fluvial Environment; Fluvial Features; Geomorphology; Global; Intertidal Environment; Landforms; Meanders; Morphometry; Rivers; Shore Features; Size; Tidal Channels

Many of the world’s major river systems seemingly have one or a few disproportionally large meanders, with tight bends, in the fluvial-tidal transition (e.g., the Thames in the UK, and the Salmon River in Canada). However, quantitative studies on meanders have so far primarily focused on rivers without tidal influence or on small tidal meanders […]

Staphylococcus cornubiensis sp. nov., a member of the Staphylococcus intermedius Group (SIG)

Publication ID: pub.1106914654

Publication date: 11/09/2018

Keywords: Animals; Bacterial Typing Techniques; Base Composition; Cellulitis; Cornwall; DNA, Bacterial; Genes, Bacterial; Humans; Male; Middle Aged; Phylogeny; RNA, Ribosomal, 16S; Sequence Analysis, DNA; Skin Diseases, Bacterial; Staphylococcal Infections; Staphylococcus; Staphylococcus intermedius; United Kingdom

We here describe a novel species in the Staphylococcus intermedius Group (SIG) which is phenotypically similar to Staphylococcus pseudintermedius but is genomically distinct from it and other SIG members, with an average nucleotide identity of 90.2 % with its closest relative S. intermedius. The description of Staphylococcus cornubiensis sp. nov. is based on strain NW1T (=NCTC […]

Latitudinal limits to the predicted increase of the peatland carbon sink with warming

Publication ID: pub.1106707828

Publication date: 10/09/2018

Keywords: Carbon Accumulation; Carbon Uptake by Plants; Climate Feedback; Climate Space; Global; Microbial Decomposition; Peatland Carbon Sink; Photosynthetically Active Radiation; Response; Warming

The carbon sink potential of peatlands depends on the balance of carbon uptake by plants and microbial decomposition. The rates of both these processes will increase with warming but it remains unclear which will dominate the global peatland response. Here we examine the global relationship between peatland carbon accumulation rates during the last millennium and […]

Properties of conditionally filtered equations: Conservation, normal modes, and variational formulation

Publication ID: pub.1103203913

Publication date: 23/08/2018

Keywords: Approximate Equations; Conditional Average; Convection; Hamilton's Principle

Conditionally filtered equations have recently been proposed as a basis for modeling the atmospheric boundary layer and convection. Conditional filtering decomposes the fluid into a number of categories or components, such as convective updraughts and the background environment, and derives governing equations for the dynamics of each component. Because of the novelty and unfamiliarity of […]