Publications

2025

• Tanguy, Maliko; Eastman, Michael; Chevuturi, Amulya; Magee, Eugene; Cooper, Elizabeth; Johnson, Robert H. B.; Facer-Childs, Katie; Hannaford, Jamie. (2025) Optimising ensemble streamflow predictions with bias correction and data assimilation techniques. Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci., 29, 1587–1614,  https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-29-1587-2025

2024

• Cooper, Elizabeth; Charlton‐Perez, Cristina; Ellis, Rich. (2024) Comparison of Met Office regional model soil moisture with COSMOS‐UK field‐scale in situ observations. Atmospheric Science Letters, 25 (8), e1236. 10, pp.; https://doi.org/10.1002/asl.1236

• Bianchi, M., Scheidegger, J., Hughes, A., Jackson, C., Lee, J., Lewis, M., Mansour, M., Newell, A., O’Dochartaigh, B., Patton, A. and Dadson, S. (2024) 'Simulation of national-scale groundwater dynamics in geologically complex aquifer systems: an example from Great Britain', Hydrological Sciences Journal, 69(5), pp. 572-591. https://doi.org/10.1080/02626667.2024.2320847

• Buechel, M., Slater, L. and Dadson, S. (2024) 'Broadleaf afforestation impacts on terrestrial hydrology insignificant compared to climate change in Great Britain', Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 28(9), pp. 2081-2105.
  https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-28-2081-2024

• Buechel, M., Berthou, S., Slater, L., Keat, W., Lewis, H. and Dadson, S. (2024) 'Hydrometeorological response to afforestation in the UK: findings from a kilometer-scale climate model', Environmental Research Letters, 19(6), 064060.https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ad4bf6 

• Dembélé, M., Vrac, M., Ceperley, N., Zwart, S.J., Larsen, J., Dadson, S.J., Mariéthoz, G. and Schaefli, B. (2024) 'Future shifting of annual extreme flows under climate change in the Volta River basin', Proceedings of IAHS, 385, pp. 121-127. https://doi.org/10.5194/piahs-385-121-2024

• Noguera, I., Hannaford, J. and Tanguy, M. (2024) 'Distribution, trends and drivers of flash droughts in the United Kingdom', Egusphere, egusphere-2024-1969.  https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2024-1969

• Tanguy, M., Eastman, M., Chevuturi, A., Magee, E., Cooper, E., Johnson, R.H.B., Facer-Childs, K. and Hannaford, J. (2024) 'Optimising ensemble streamflow predictions with bias-correction and data assimilation techniques', Hydrology and Earth System Sciences Discussions, hess-2024-179. https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-2024-179

• Marco Bianchi,Johanna Scheidegger,Andrew Hughes, Icon,Christopher Jackson,Jonathan Lee, Melinda Lewis, Majdi Mansour, Andrew Newell, Brighid O’Dochartaigh, Ashley Patton, Simon Dadson (2024). Simulation of national-scale groundwater dynamics in geologically complex aquifer systems: an example from Great Britain. Hydrological Sciences Journal. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/02626667.2024.2320847
• Kay, A., Dunstone, N., Kay, G., Bell, V., and Hannaford, J.: Demonstrating the use of UNSEEN climate data for hydrological applications: case studies for extreme floods and droughts in England, Nat. Hazards Earth Syst. Sci. Discuss. [preprint], https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-2024-51, i

2023

• Karthiga, I. ; Rameshwaran, P. ; Ketheesan, B. ; Sriskandarajah, N. . 2022 Aquifer monitoring and community engagement in groundwater management for water security in northern Sri Lanka. In: International Water Conference 2022, Ratmalana, Sri Lanka, 14-16 Dec 2022. Ratmalana, Sri Lanka, National Water Supply & Drainage Board, 256-263.
   
• Hallouin, Thibault; Ellis, Richard J.; Clark, Douglas B.; Dadson, Simon J.; Hughes, Andrew G.; Lawrence, Bryan N.; Lister, Grenville M.S.; Polcher, Jan. 2022 UniFHy v0.1.1: a community modelling framework for the terrestrial water cycle in Python. Geoscientific Model Development, 15 (24). 9177-9196. https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-15-9177-2022
   
• Buechel, Marcus; Slater, Louise; Dadson, Simon. 2022 Hydrological impact of widespread afforestation in Great Britain using a large ensemble of modelled scenarios. Communications Earth & Environment, 3, 6. 10, pp. https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-021- 00334-0

• Wallbank, J.R., Dufton, D., Neely III, R.R., Bennett, L., Cole, S.J., Moore, R.J. (2022) Assessing precipitation from a dual-polarisation X-band radar campaign using the Grid-to-Grid hydrological model. Journal of Hydrology, 613. doi:10.1016/j.jhydrol.2022.128311

• Kay, Alison. 2022 Differences in hydrological impacts using regional climate model and nested convection-permitting model data. Climatic Change, 173 (1-2), 11. 19, pp. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10584-022-03405-z

• Marthews, Toby R.; Dadson, Simon J.; Clark, Douglas B.; Blyth, Eleanor M.; Hayman, Garry D.; Yamazaki, Dai; Becher, Olivia R.E.; Martínez-de la Torre, Alberto; Prigent, Catherine; Jiménez, Carlos. 2022 Inundation prediction in tropical wetlands from JULES-CaMa-Flood global land surface simulations. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 26 (12). 3151-3175.
  https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-26-3151-2022

• Lees, Thomas; Reece, Steven; Kratzert, Frederik; Klotz, Daniel; Gauch, Martin; De Bruijn, Jens; Kumar Sahu, Reetik; Greve, Peter; Slater, Louise; Dadson, Simon J.. 2022 Hydrological concept formation inside long short-term memory (LSTM) networks. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 26 (12). 3079-3101. https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-26-3079-2022
• Dembélé, Moctar; Vrac, Mathieu; Ceperley, Natalie; Zwart, Sander J.; Larsen, Josh; Dadson, Simon J.; Mariéthoz, Grégoire; Schaefli, Bettina. 2022 Contrasting changes in hydrological processes of the Volta river basin under global warming. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 26 (5). 1481-1506. https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-26-1481-2022
• Lees, Thomas; Tseng, Gabriel; Atzberger, Clement; Reece, Steven; Dadson, Simon. 2022 Deep learning for vegetation health forecasting: a case study in Kenya. Remote Sensing, 14 (3), 698. 20, pp. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs14030698
• Buechel, Marcus; Slater, Louise; Dadson, Simon. 2022 Hydrological impact of widespread afforestation in Great Britain using a large ensemble of modelled scenarios. Communications Earth & Environment, 3, 6. 10, pp. https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-021-00334-0
   

2021

• Lewis, Huw W.; Dadson, Simon J.. 2021 A regional coupled approach to water cycle prediction during winter 2013/14 in the United Kingdom. Hydrological Processes, 35 (12), e14438. 24, pp. https://doi.org/10.1002/hyp.14438
   
• Lees, Thomas; Buechel, Marcus; Anderson, Bailey; Slater, Louise; Reece, Steven; Coxon, Gemma; Dadson, Simon J.. 2021 Benchmarking data-driven rainfall–runoff models in Great Britain: a comparison of long short-term memory (LSTM)-based models with four lumped conceptual models. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 25 (10). 5517-5534. https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-25-5517-2021
   
• Dadson, Simon; Blyth, Eleanor; Clark, Douglas; Ellis, Rich; Fry, Matthew; Polcher, Jan; Hallouin, Thibault; Lawrence, Bryan; Lister, Grenville; Hughes, Andrew; Best, Martin. (2021) Hydro-JULES system design. Wallingford, UK, UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, 33pp. (Unpublished)
   
• Pinnington, Ewan ; Amezcua, Javier ; Cooper, Elizabeth ; Dadson, Simon; Ellis, Rich; Peng, Jian; Robinson, Emma; Morrison, Ross ; Osbourne, Simon; Quaife, Tristan .(2021)Improving soil moisture prediction of a high-resolution land surface model by parameterising pedotransfer functions through assimilation of SMAP satellite data. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 25 (3). 1617-1641. https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-25-1617-2021
   
• Cooper, Elizabeth ; Blyth, Eleanor ; Cooper, Hollie ; Ellis, Rich; Pinnington, Ewan ; Dadson, Simon J.. (2021) Using data assimilation to optimize pedotransfer functions using field-scale in situ soil moisture observations. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 25 (5). 2445-2458. https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-25-2445-2021
   
• Peng, Jian; Tanguy, Maliko ; Robinson, Emma L. ; Pinnington, Ewan ; Evans, Jonathan ; Ellis, Rich; Cooper, Elizabeth ; Hannaford, Jamie ; Blyth, Eleanor ; Dadson, Simon (2021):Estimation and evaluation of highresolution soil moisture from merged model and Earth observation data in the Great Britain. Remote Sensing of Environment,264, 112610. 18, pp. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2021.112610
   
• Wallbank, J.R., Cole, S.J., Moore, R.J., Anderson, S.R. and Mellor, E.J. (2021):'Estimating snow water equivalent using cosmic‐ray neutron sensors from the COSMOS‐UK network'. Hydrological Processes.
   
• Peng, Jian; Albergel, Clement; Balenzano, Anna; Brocca, Luca; Cartus, Oliver; Cosh, Michael H.; Crow, Wade T.; Dabrowska-Zielinska, Katarzyna; Dadson, Simon; Davidson, Malcolm W.J.; de Rosnay, Patricia; Dorigo, Wouter; Gruber, Alexander; Hagemann, Stefan; Hirschi, Martin; Kerr, Yann H.; Lovergine, Francesco; Mahecha, Miguel D.; Marzahn, Philip; Mattia, Francesco; Musial, Jan Pawel; Preuschmann, Swantje; Reichle, Rolf H.; Satalino, Giuseppe; Silgram, Martyn; van Bodegom, Peter M.; Verhoest, Niko E.C.; Wagner, Wolfgang; Walker, Jeffrey P.; Wegmüller, Urs; Loew, Alexander. (2021):'A roadmap for high-resolution satellite soil moisture applications – confronting product characteristics with user requirements'. Remote Sensing of Environment. 
   

2020

• Coxon, Gemma; Addor, Nans; Bloomfield, John P. ; Freer, Jim; Fry, Matt; Hannaford, Jamie ; Howden, Nicholas J.K.; Lane, Rosanna; Lewis, Melinda; Robinson, Emma L.; Wagener, Thorsten; Woods, Ross. (2020) CAMELS-GB:hydrometeorological time series and landscape attributes for 671 catchments in Great Britain. Earth System Science Data, 12 (4). 2459-2483.  https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-12-2459-2020
   
• Robinson, Emma L.; Clark, Douglas B.. (2020)Using Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment data to derive corrections to precipitation data sets and improve modelled snow mass at high latitudes. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 24 (4). 1763-1779. https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-24-1763-2020
   
• Beven, Keith; Asadullah, Anita; Bates, Paul; Blyth, Eleanor ; Chappell, Nick; Child, Stewart; Cloke, Hannah; Dadson, Simon; Everard, Nick; Fowler, Hayley J.; Freer, Jim; Hannah, David M.; Heppell, Kate; Holden, Joseph; Lamb, Rob; Lewis, Huw; Morgan, Gerald; Parry, Louise; Wagener, Thorsten. (2020) Developing observational methods to drive future hydrological science: can we make a start as a community? Hydrological Processes, 34 (3). 868-873. https://doi.org/10.1002/hyp.13622
   
• Rudd, Alison C. ; Kay, Alison L. ; Wells, Steven C. ; Aldridge, Timothy; Cole, Steven J. ; Kendon, Elizabeth J.;Stewart, Elizabeth J. . (2020) Investigating potential future changes in surface water flooding hazard and impact. Hydrological Processes, 34 (1). 139-149. https://doi.org/10.1002/hyp.13572
   
• Robinson, E.L. ; Blyth, E.M. ; Clark, D.B. ; Comyn-Platt, E. ; Rudd, A.C. . (2020) Climate hydrology and ecology research support system meteorology dataset for Great Britain (1961-2017) [CHESS-met]. NERC Environmental Information Data Centre. 19 June 2020, https://doi.org/10.5285/2ab15bf0-ad08-415c-ba64-831168be7293 [Output (Electronic)]
   
• Robinson, E.L. ; Blyth, E.M. ; Clark, D.B. ; Comyn-Platt, E. ; Rudd, A.C. . (2020) Climate hydrology and ecology research support system potential evapotranspiration dataset for Great Britain (1961-2017) [CHESS-PE]. NERC Environmental Information Data Centre. 19 June 2020, https://doi.org/10.5285/2ab15bf0-ad08-415c-ba64-831168be7293 [Output (Electronic)]
• Peng, Jian; Albergel, Clement; Balenzano, Anna; Brocca, Luca; Cartus, Oliver; Cosh, Michael H.; Crow, Wade T.; Dabrowska-Zielinska, Katarzyna; Dadson, Simon; Davidson, Malcolm W.J.; de Rosnay, Patricia; Dorigo, Wouter; Gruber, Alexander; Hagemann, Stefan; Hirschi, Martin; Kerr, Yann H.; Lovergine, Francesco; Mahecha, Miguel D.; Marzahn, Philip; Mattia, Francesco; Musial, Jan Pawel; Preuschmann, Swantje; Reichle, Rolf H.; Satalino, Giuseppe; Silgram, Martyn; van Bodegom, Peter M.; Verhoest, Niko E.C.; Wagner, Wolfgang; Walker, Jeffrey P.; Wegmüller, Urs; Loew, Alexander. (2021) A roadmap for high-resolution satellite soil moisture applications – confronting product characteristics with user requirements. Remote Sensing of Environment, 252, 112162. 15, pp. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2020.112162
   

2019

• Alberto Martínez-de la Torre1,a and Gonzalo Miguez-Macho (2019): 'Groundwater influence on soil moisture memory and land–atmosphere fluxes in the Iberian Peninsula' Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci. 
   
• Robinson, E. L. and Clark, D. B. (2019): 'Using GRACE to derive corrections to precipitation data sets and improve modelled snow mass at high latitudes'. Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci. Discussions. 
   
• Rudd A.C., Kay A.L., Well S.C., Aldridge T., Cole S.J., Kendon E.J, Stewart E.J. (2019): 'Investigating potential future changes in surface water flooding hazard and impact'. Hydrological Processes. 
   
• Anderson, S.R., Csima, G., Moore, R.J., Mittermaier, M., Cole, S.J.(2019): 'Towards operational joint river flow and precipitation ensemble verification: considerations and strategies given limited ensemble records'. Journal of Hydrology.  
   
• Blyth, E., Martinez-de la Torre, A. and Robinson, E.: 'Trends in evapotranspiration and its drivers in Great Britain: 1961 to 2015'. Progress in Physical Geography. 
   
• Martínez-de la Torre, A., Blyth, E., Robinson, E.: 'Evaluation of Drydown Processes in Global Land Surface and Hydrological Models Using Flux Tower Evapotranspiration'. Water. 
   
• Martinez-de la Torre, A., Blyth, E. and Weedon G.:'Using observed river flow data to improve the hydrological functioning of the JULES land surface model (vn4.3) used for regional coupled modelling in Great Britain (UKC2)'.Geoscience Model Development.

2018

• Lewis, Huw W.; Castillo Sanchez, Juan Manuel; Graham, Jennifer; Saulter, Andrew; Bornemann, Jorge; Arnold, Alex; Fallmann, Joachim; Harris, Chris; Pearson, David; Ramsdale, Steven; Martinez de la Torre, Alberto; Bricheno, Lucy ; Blyth, Eleanor; Bell, Victoria A.; Davies, Helen; Marthews, Toby R.; O’Neill, Clare; Rumbold, Heather; O'Dea, Enda; Brereton, Ashley; Guihou, Karen; Hines, Adrian; Butenschon, Momme; Dadson, Simon J.; Palmer, Tamzin; Holt, Jason ; Reynard, Nick; Best, Martin; Edwards, John; Siddorn, John . (2018) The UKC2 regional coupled environmental prediction system. Geoscientific Model Development, 11 (1). 1-42. https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-11-1-2018

2017

• Robinson, E., Robinson, Blyth, E.;  Clark, D., Finch, J., Rudd, A. (2017): 'Trends in atmospheric evaporative demand in Great Britain using high-resolution meteorological data'. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences.