Publications

Challenges in constraining anthropogenic aerosol effects on cloud radiative forcing using present-day spatiotemporal variability

Publication ID: pub.1027752529

Publication date: 26/02/2016

Keywords: Aerosol Radiative Forcing; Cloud-aerosol Interactions; Constraints; Factors; Global

A large number of processes are involved in the chain from emissions of aerosol precursor gases and primary particles to impacts on cloud radiative forcing. Those processes are manifest in a number of relationships that can be expressed as factors dlnX/dlnY driving aerosol effects on cloud radiative forcing. These factors include the relationships between cloud […]

From hazard to impact: flood damage assessment tools for mega cities

Publication ID: pub.1023765321

Publication date: 25/02/2016

Keywords: Bangladesh; Damage Function; Dhaka; Hazard Impact Assessment; Hydraulic Modelling; Urban Growth

In this paper, a set of GIS-based tools is presented that combines information from hydraulic modelling results, spatially varied object attributes and damage functions to assess flood damage. They can directly process the outputs of hydraulic modelling packages to calculate the direct tangible damage, the risk to life, and the health impact of individual flood […]

Microplastics Alter the Properties and Sinking Rates of Zooplankton Faecal Pellets.

Publication ID: pub.1010409722

Publication date: 23/02/2016

Keywords: Animals; Aquatic Organisms; Copepoda; Coprophagia; Ecosystem; Feces; Plastics; Polystyrenes; Water Pollutants, Chemical; Western English Channel; Zooplankton

Plastic debris is a widespread contaminant, prevalent in aquatic ecosystems across the globe. Zooplankton readily ingest microscopic plastic (microplastic, < 1 mm), which are later egested within their faecal pellets. These pellets are a source of food for marine organisms, and contribute to the oceanic vertical flux of particulate organic matter as part of the […]

Marine microplastics spell big problems for future generations

Publication ID: pub.1006869818

Publication date: 22/02/2016

Keywords: Animals; Ostreidae; Global; Plastics; Polystyrenes; Reproduction

Human influence on climate in the 2014 southern England winter floods and their impacts

Publication ID: pub.1011320779

Publication date: 01/02/2016

Keywords: Anthropogenic Warming; Climate Model Simulations; Extreme Precipitation; Human Influence; Impacts; Risk; Riverine Flooding; Southern England; Thames River Flows; UK; Winter 2013/14

A succession of storms reaching southern England in the winter of 2013/2014 caused severe floods and £451 million insured losses. In a large ensemble of climate model simulations, we find that, as well as increasing the amount of moisture the atmosphere can hold, anthropogenic warming caused a small but significant increase in the number of […]

The importance of temporal collocation for the evaluation of aerosol models with observations

Publication ID: pub.1072652269

Publication date: 29/01/2016

Keywords: Aerosol Models; Aerosol Optical Thickness (AOT); AErosol Robotic NETwork (AERONET); Analysis; Ångström Exponent (AE); Compare; Contrasts; Global; Model Evaluation; MODerate resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS); Observational Data Sets; Remote-sensing Data Sets; Sampling Errors; Single Scattering Albedo (SSA); Temporal Collocation; Temporal Sampling

Abstract. It is often implicitly assumed that over suitably long periods the mean of observations and models should be comparable, even if they have different temporal sampling. We assess the errors incurred due to ignoring temporal sampling and show that they are of similar magnitude as (but smaller than) actual model errors (20–60 %).Using temporal sampling […]