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View article: Schrodinger’s queers: Are they, or aren’t they?
Schrodinger’s queers: Are they, or aren’t they? Open
STEM disciplines have a bad reputation for gender and sexual minority (GSM) inclusion. Both large scale quantitative surveys and more personally focussed qualitative research have shown that most GSM people in STEM disciplines modify, rest…
View article: Atmospheric Circulations and Drought Conditions in British Catchments: Highlighting the Role of the East Atlantic Pattern
Atmospheric Circulations and Drought Conditions in British Catchments: Highlighting the Role of the East Atlantic Pattern Open
Drought events are influenced by a combination of both climatic and local catchment characteristics. In Great Britain the North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO) has long been recognised as the leading mode of climate variability, and studies hav…
View article: Estimating flows for hydropower: leveraging value from national scale hydrological modelling
Estimating flows for hydropower: leveraging value from national scale hydrological modelling Open
National-scale estimates of flow for determining hydropower suitability are invariably dependant on some form of the Drainage Area Ratio (DAR) method, where flows at a point of interest for hydropower are assumed to be a proportion of flow…
View article: The Influence of the North Atlantic Oscillation and East Atlantic Pattern on Drought in British Catchments
The Influence of the North Atlantic Oscillation and East Atlantic Pattern on Drought in British Catchments Open
Drought events are influenced by a combination of both climatic and local catchment characteristics. In Great Britain the North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO) has long been recognised as the leading mode of climate variability, and studies hav…
View article: The Spatio-Temporal Influence of Atmospheric Circulations on Monthly Precipitation in Great Britain
The Spatio-Temporal Influence of Atmospheric Circulations on Monthly Precipitation in Great Britain Open
It has long been understood that the North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO) is a key driver of regional climate in Great Britain and across Europe. However, studies have also noted that there is spatio-temporal variability in NAO-rainfall signat…
View article: Spatio-temporal propagation of North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO) rainfall deviations to streamflow in British catchments
Spatio-temporal propagation of North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO) rainfall deviations to streamflow in British catchments Open
The North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO) teleconnection is often cited as the leading mode of climate variability in Great Britain. The NAO has been found to produce significant rainfall deviations that vary in space and time. This study sough…
View article: Monthly Rainfall Signatures of the North Atlantic Oscillation and East Atlantic Pattern in Great Britain
Monthly Rainfall Signatures of the North Atlantic Oscillation and East Atlantic Pattern in Great Britain Open
Atmospheric-oceanic circulations (teleconnections) have an important influence on regional climate. In Great Britain, the North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO) has long been understood as the leading mode of climate variability, and its phase a…
View article: Spatio-Temporal Variability in North Atlantic Oscillation Monthly Rainfall Signatures in Great Britain
Spatio-Temporal Variability in North Atlantic Oscillation Monthly Rainfall Signatures in Great Britain Open
The North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO) is the primary atmospheric-oceanic circulation/teleconnection influencing regional climate in Great Britain. As our ability to predict the NAO several months in advance increases, it is important that w…
View article: Mapping Spatio-Temporal Variability in NAO Rainfall Signatures
Mapping Spatio-Temporal Variability in NAO Rainfall Signatures Open
<p>The North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO) is often cited as the primary atmospheric-oceanic circulation or teleconnection influencing regional climate in Great Britain. As our ability to predict the NAO several months in advance improv…
View article: Progress in evaluating satellite soil moisture products in Great Britain against COSMOS-UK and in-situ soil moisture measurements
Progress in evaluating satellite soil moisture products in Great Britain against COSMOS-UK and in-situ soil moisture measurements Open
<p>The resolution of satellite of satellite-derived soil moisture data products has matured, notably in recent years due to the Soil Moisture Active Passive mission (SMAP) launched in 2015. Whilst spatial resolutions still fall short…
View article: Conceiving a space for compassionate engagement with LGBT+ university lecturers around professional identity
Conceiving a space for compassionate engagement with LGBT+ university lecturers around professional identity Open
<p>Fear of harassment and physical violence (Patridge, Barthelemy and Rankin, 2014), experiences of discrimination, perceptions of a lack of support, lower job satisfaction (Cech and Pham 2017), feelings of isolation, and a need to w…
View article: Mapping Wet-Dry Signatures of the North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO) in British Catchments
Mapping Wet-Dry Signatures of the North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO) in British Catchments Open
<p>The North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO) is one of the primary atmospheric circulations which influence weather patterns in Great Britain. Its two phases (either positive or negative depending on differences in sea level pressure) res…
View article: Educating the Next Generation of Scientists: what should the objectives be, and how can we achieve them?
Educating the Next Generation of Scientists: what should the objectives be, and how can we achieve them? Open
The world has changed, and the role and responsibilities of scientists have changed as a consequence. Not only is there an increasingly urgent need for scientifically informed multi-scale responses to the global problems we face, but there…
View article: SMAP Satellite Soil Moisture Products: a preliminary evaluation against COSMOS-UK estimates in Great Britain
SMAP Satellite Soil Moisture Products: a preliminary evaluation against COSMOS-UK estimates in Great Britain Open
Satellite-based soil moisture monitoring has matured, notably as a result of the Soil Moisture Ocean Salinity (SMOS) and Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) missions. Whilst spatial resolutions fall short of those ideal for field-scale mon…
View article: Spatial variations in the relationship between precipitation and streamflow in Great Britain
Spatial variations in the relationship between precipitation and streamflow in Great Britain Open
Using the latest available hydro-meteorological datasets from the RCUK Droughts & Water Scarcity Programme, this paper aims to examine the relationship between precipitation and streamflow in 293 catchments across Great Britain (for the pe…
View article: Re-visioning Geosciences Education: New students, new expectations, new outcomes, new learning
Re-visioning Geosciences Education: New students, new expectations, new outcomes, new learning Open
The international higher educational landscape is characterised by shifting sands, tectonic activity, erosion, deposition, and occasional volcanism. This fluid context arises in response to changes in policy, modes of provision and technol…
View article: Regional rainfall response to the North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO) across Great Britain
Regional rainfall response to the North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO) across Great Britain Open
The North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO) has been long studied as the primary teleconnection affecting the British and European climate. However, previous studies have focused on extremes or have been spatially and temporally limited. In recen…
View article: A Space-Time Geostatistical Approach to Exploring the Stationarity of North Atlantic Oscillation Driven Wet/Dry Conditions in Great Britain
A Space-Time Geostatistical Approach to Exploring the Stationarity of North Atlantic Oscillation Driven Wet/Dry Conditions in Great Britain Open
The North Atlantic Oscillation Index (NAOI) characterises the variability of the North Atlantic jet stream, and as the primary teleconnection affecting British climate, has been well studied. However, the spatio-temporal influence of the N…
View article: Examining spatial variations in the utility of SPI as a 1 to 3 month-ahead streamflow indicator
Examining spatial variations in the utility of SPI as a 1 to 3 month-ahead streamflow indicator Open
Droughts are a common meteorological phenomenon and a significant natural hazard. Despite this we lack a common understanding of the definition of a drought event and a detailed understanding of drought onset and termination. In its simple…
View article: GIS has changed! Exploring the potential of ArcGIS online
GIS has changed! Exploring the potential of ArcGIS online Open
In this article, we aim to briefly introduce you to Eris’s ArcGIS Online platform. Online GIS platforms are typically far removed from the highly specialist desktop software that many teachers today trained on. ArcGIS Online is an effectiv…
View article: Let’s talk about drought: Students as research partners in creating resources for public engagement about climate change
Let’s talk about drought: Students as research partners in creating resources for public engagement about climate change Open
In what is often considered a ‘wet’ country, conversations about drought are unusual in the UK. However, the intensity and frequency of dry events has increased, with significant droughts occurring within living memory. With climate predic…
View article: Developing an undergraduate GIS curriculum for the 21st century
Developing an undergraduate GIS curriculum for the 21st century Open
The greatest challenge in teaching a technology related subject, is the rate at which technology changes and progresses. Designing curricula in such contexts, requires a shift out of a ‘training’ mind set, to be both anticipatory and marke…
View article: Assessing Vegetation Response to Soil Moisture Fluctuation under Extreme Drought Using Sentinel-2
Assessing Vegetation Response to Soil Moisture Fluctuation under Extreme Drought Using Sentinel-2 Open
The aim of this study was to determine the extent to which Sentinel-2 Normalised Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) reflects soil moisture conditions, and whether this product offers an improvement over Landsat-8. Based on drought exposure…
View article: Regionalising the influence of the North Atlantic Oscillation on seasonal hydrological extremes in Great Britain
Regionalising the influence of the North Atlantic Oscillation on seasonal hydrological extremes in Great Britain Open
Although some studies have shown the influence of the North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO) on rainfall in the United Kingdom (UK), these have focussed on rainfall extremes (rather than the flood- drought continuum) and have either been based o…
View article: Performance of Sentinel-2 NDVI for assessing the relationship between vegetation and soil moisture under extreme drought conditions
Performance of Sentinel-2 NDVI for assessing the relationship between vegetation and soil moisture under extreme drought conditions Open
Initial indications are that the enhanced spatial and spectral resolution of Sentinel-2 would allow for better assess- ment of vegetation condition, and consequently improved application in conditions of moisture deficit/drought. Although …
View article: Weight gain in mid-childhood and its relationship with the fast food environment
Weight gain in mid-childhood and its relationship with the fast food environment Open
This paper supports previous research that fast-food outlets are more prevalent in areas of deprivation and presents new evidence on fast-food outlets as a potential contributor towards weight gain in mid-childhood.