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Prediction of the impact of climate change on drought: an evaluation of six UK catchments using two stochastic approaches (2013)
Journal Article
Chun, K. P., Wheater, H., & Onof, C. (2013). Prediction of the impact of climate change on drought: an evaluation of six UK catchments using two stochastic approaches. Hydrological Processes, 27(11), 1600-1614. https://doi.org/10.1002/hyp.9259

Under future climate scenarios, possible changes of drought patterns pose new challenges for water resources management. For quantifying and qualifying drought characteristics in the UK, the drought severity indices of six catchments are investigated... Read More about Prediction of the impact of climate change on drought: an evaluation of six UK catchments using two stochastic approaches.

A stochastic reconstruction framework for analysis of water resource system vulnerability to climate-induced changes in river flow regime (2013)
Journal Article
Nazemi, A., Wheater, H. S., Chun, K. P., & Elshorbagy, A. (2013). A stochastic reconstruction framework for analysis of water resource system vulnerability to climate-induced changes in river flow regime. Water Resources Research, 49(1), 291-305. https://doi.org/10.1029/2012WR012755

Assessments of potential impacts of climate change on water resources systems are generally based on the use of downscaled climate scenarios to force hydrological and water resource systems models and hence quantify potential changes in system respon... Read More about A stochastic reconstruction framework for analysis of water resource system vulnerability to climate-induced changes in river flow regime.

Comparison of drought projections using two UK weather generators (2013)
Journal Article
Chun, K. P., Wheater, H. S., & Onof, C. (2013). Comparison of drought projections using two UK weather generators. Hydrological Sciences Journal, 58(2), 295-309. https://doi.org/10.1080/02626667.2012.754544

Possible changes in drought under future climate scenarios may pose unprecedented challenges for water resources, as well as other environmental and societal issues, and need assessment to quantify their associated risk. Two weather generators, based... Read More about Comparison of drought projections using two UK weather generators.

Projecting and hindcasting potential evaporation for the UK between 1950 and 2099 (2012)
Journal Article
Chun, K. P., Wheater, H. S., & Onof, C. (2012). Projecting and hindcasting potential evaporation for the UK between 1950 and 2099. Climatic Change, 113(3-4), 639-661. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10584-011-0375-3

Evaporation estimation is important for the assessment of a wide range of potential impacts of climate change, yet there are significant questions concerning the relevance of alternative methods for climate change studies, and the uncertainty associa... Read More about Projecting and hindcasting potential evaporation for the UK between 1950 and 2099.

An extreme analysis for the 2010 precipitation event at the south of Saskatchewan prairie (2012)
Journal Article
Chun, K. P., & Wheater, H. S. (2012). An extreme analysis for the 2010 precipitation event at the south of Saskatchewan prairie. Global NEST Journal, 14(3), 311-324. https://doi.org/10.30955/gnj.000890

After a prolonged drought period in the early 2000s, the Canadian prairie experienced a remarkably wet year in 2010. Five stations near the edge of the Saskatchewan boreal forest recorded historically high cumulative precipitation (from April to Sept... Read More about An extreme analysis for the 2010 precipitation event at the south of Saskatchewan prairie.

Environmental management system vs green specifications: How do they complement each other in the construction industry? (2010)
Journal Article
Lam, P. T., Chan, E. H., Chau, C. K., Poon, C. S., & Chun, K. (2011). Environmental management system vs green specifications: How do they complement each other in the construction industry?. Journal of Environmental Management, 92(3), 788-795. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2010.10.030

Environmental Management System (EMS) has been one of the important tools for sustainable construction for around two decades. However, many issues concerning sustainable development have not been properly addressed, and there is a need for the intro... Read More about Environmental management system vs green specifications: How do they complement each other in the construction industry?.

Precipitation downscaling under climate change: Recent developments to bridge the gap between dynamical models and the end user (2010)
Journal Article
Maraun, D., Wetterhall, F., Ireson, A. M., Chandler, R. E., Kendon, E. J., Widmann, M., …Thiele-Eich, I. (2010). Precipitation downscaling under climate change: Recent developments to bridge the gap between dynamical models and the end user. Reviews of Geophysics, 48(3), https://doi.org/10.1029/2009RG000314

Precipitation downscaling improves the coarse resolution and poor representation of precipitation in global climate models and helps end users to assess the likely hydrological impacts of climate change. This paper integrates perspectives from meteor... Read More about Precipitation downscaling under climate change: Recent developments to bridge the gap between dynamical models and the end user.

Factors affecting the implementation of green specifications in construction (2010)
Journal Article
Lam, P. T., Chan, E. H., Poon, C. S., Chau, C. K., & Chun, K. P. (2010). Factors affecting the implementation of green specifications in construction. Journal of Environmental Management, 91(3), 654-661. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2009.09.029

Green specifications constitute one of the important elements in green construction. New sustainability requirements and changing priorities in construction management have spurred the emerging green specifications to a faster pace of development. A... Read More about Factors affecting the implementation of green specifications in construction.

Integrating green specifications in construction and overcoming barriers in their use (2009)
Journal Article
Lam, P. T., Chan, E. H., Chau, C. K., Poon, C. S., & Chun, K. P. (2009). Integrating green specifications in construction and overcoming barriers in their use. Journal of Professional Issues in Engineering Education and Practice, 135(4), 142-152. https://doi.org/10.1061/%28ASCE%291052-3928%282009%29135%3A4%28142%29

The use of green specifications as a contractual tool to promote sustainable development should be adopted in the construction industry. The definition and characteristics of green specifications are presented in conjunction with the results of a cro... Read More about Integrating green specifications in construction and overcoming barriers in their use.

Streamflow estimation for six UK catchments under future climate scenarios (2009)
Journal Article
Chun, K. P., Wheater, H. S., & Onof, C. J. (2009). Streamflow estimation for six UK catchments under future climate scenarios. Hydrology Research, 40(2-3), 96-112. https://doi.org/10.2166/nh.2009.086

Possible changes in streamflow in response to climate variation are crucial for anthropological and ecological systems. However, estimates of precipitation under future climate scenarios are notoriously uncertain. In this article, rainfall time serie... Read More about Streamflow estimation for six UK catchments under future climate scenarios.