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Downstream UK (2022)
Exhibition / Performance
Berridge, S., Mc Ewen, L., & Chun, K. Downstream UK. [Performance]. December 2022 - December 2023. (Unpublished)

‘Downstream UK – a Pilot’ Dec’22-Dec’23: A community play: a drama piece about local water resilience and climate change, co-created with community members of Tewkesbury and in partnership with The Roses Theatre and acta Community Theatre. It was m... Read More about Downstream UK.

Impact of climate change and socioeconomic factors on domestic energy consumption: The case of Hong Kong and Singapore (2022)
Journal Article
Lam, C., He, Q., Cheng, K. L., Fan, P. Y., Chun, K. P., Choi, B., …Yetemen, O. (2022). Impact of climate change and socioeconomic factors on domestic energy consumption: The case of Hong Kong and Singapore. Energy Reports, 8(November 2022), 12886-12904. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.egyr.2022.09.059

Temperature and population growth are key drivers of energy consumption. However, the relative importance of climatic and socioeconomic factors driving energy consumption at different temporal scales is not well-understood. Therefore, we developed a... Read More about Impact of climate change and socioeconomic factors on domestic energy consumption: The case of Hong Kong and Singapore.

Convection-Permitting Model Simulation based on Local Climate Zones (LCZs) for winter in Istanbul (2022)
Presentation / Conference
Chun, K., Fan, P. Y., He, Q., Yetemen, O., Toker, E., Ezber, Y., & Sen, O. L. (2022, September). Convection-Permitting Model Simulation based on Local Climate Zones (LCZs) for winter in Istanbul

High resolution simulations at kilometre scales from convection-permitting models (CPMs) provide new avenues for studying the dynamics of urban regions that do not use deep convection parameterisation schemes. As a pilot investigation, a sensitive st... Read More about Convection-Permitting Model Simulation based on Local Climate Zones (LCZs) for winter in Istanbul.

Investigating and predicting spatiotemporal variations in vegetation cover in transitional climate zone: A case study of Gansu (China) (2022)
Journal Article
He, Q., Chun, K., Dieppois, B., Chen, L., Fan, P. Y., Toker, E., …Pan, X. (2022). Investigating and predicting spatiotemporal variations in vegetation cover in transitional climate zone: A case study of Gansu (China). Theoretical and Applied Climatology, 150, 283–307. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00704-022-04140-2

Vegetation ecosystems are sensitive to large-scale climate variability in climate transition zones. As a representative transitional climate zone in Northwest China, Gansu is characterized by a sharp climate and vegetation gradient. In this study, th... Read More about Investigating and predicting spatiotemporal variations in vegetation cover in transitional climate zone: A case study of Gansu (China).

An adaptive legal framework for water security concerns in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area (2022)
Book Chapter
Ping Yu, F., & Chun, K. (2022). An adaptive legal framework for water security concerns in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area. In The Cambridge Handbook of Disaster Law and Policy (131-148). Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108770903.009

For mitigating hydrological hazards, legal frameworks provide enforcement mechanisms to guide water governance which can increase the adaptability and resilience of water resources systems. In Global Sustainable Development Goals (SDG), water securit... Read More about An adaptive legal framework for water security concerns in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area.

Extreme precipitation characteristics driven by atmosphere-oceanic modes in the Uruguay river basin based on convective-permitting model simulations (2022)
Presentation / Conference
Chun, K., Danaila, L., Fossa, M., Massei, N., Yetemen, O., Ezber, Y., …Lutfi Sen, O. (2022, August). Extreme precipitation characteristics driven by atmosphere-oceanic modes in the Uruguay river basin based on convective-permitting model simulations. Presented at Advancing Subtropical Climate Dynamics: Diagonal Convergence Zones, Droughts, and Floods in Past, Present and Future Climates, Online

Subtropical areas are sensitive climate transition regions that are affected by atmospheric oscillations linked to tropical heat sources and the stratosphere. In South America, we hypothesise that the quasi-biennial oscillation (QBO) is related to la... Read More about Extreme precipitation characteristics driven by atmosphere-oceanic modes in the Uruguay river basin based on convective-permitting model simulations.

Influence of orographic precipitation on coevolving landforms and vegetation in semi-arid ecosystems (2022)
Journal Article
Srivastava, A., Yetemen, O., Saco, P., Rodriguez, J., Kumari, N., & Chun, K. (2022). Influence of orographic precipitation on coevolving landforms and vegetation in semi-arid ecosystems. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 47(12), https://doi.org/10.1002/esp.5427

Topography affects the intensity and spatial distribution of precipitation due to orographic lifting mechanisms and, in turn, influences the prevailing climate and vegetation distribution. Previous modelling studies on the impact of orographic precip... Read More about Influence of orographic precipitation on coevolving landforms and vegetation in semi-arid ecosystems.

Rapid extreme tropical precipitation and flood inundation mapping (flood-tropical) framework: initial testing for the 2021-2022 Malaysia flood (2022)
Journal Article
Tew, Y. L., Tan, M. L., Juneng, L., Chun, K., Hafiz bin Hassan, M., bin Osman, S., …Kabir, M. H. (2022). Rapid extreme tropical precipitation and flood inundation mapping (flood-tropical) framework: initial testing for the 2021-2022 Malaysia flood. ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information, 11(7), 378

The 2021-2022 flood is one of the most serious flood events in Malaysian history, with approximately 70,000 victims evacuated daily, 54 killed and total losses were up to MYR 6.1 billion. From this devastating event, we realized the lack of extreme p... Read More about Rapid extreme tropical precipitation and flood inundation mapping (flood-tropical) framework: initial testing for the 2021-2022 Malaysia flood.

Impact of the North Sea–Caspian pattern on meteorological drought and vegetation response over diverging environmental systems in western Eurasia (2022)
Journal Article
He, Q., Xu, B., Dieppois, B., Yetemen, O., Lutfi Sen, O., Klaus, J., …Chun, K. (2022). Impact of the North Sea–Caspian pattern on meteorological drought and vegetation response over diverging environmental systems in western Eurasia. Ecohydrology, 15(5), e2446. https://doi.org/10.1002/eco.2446

Emerging drought stress on vegetation over western Eurasia is linked to varying teleconnection patterns. The North Sea–Caspian Pattern (NCP) is a relatively less studied Eurasian teleconnection pattern, which has a role on drought conditions and the... Read More about Impact of the North Sea–Caspian pattern on meteorological drought and vegetation response over diverging environmental systems in western Eurasia.

Eco-hydro-geomorphic evolution of the Sandal Divlit cinder cone, Kula, Turkey (2022)
Presentation / Conference
Yetemen, O., Avcioglu, A., Selim Celik, Y., Simsek, I., Kolbuken, M., Yeo, I., …Lutfi Sen, O. (2022, May). Eco-hydro-geomorphic evolution of the Sandal Divlit cinder cone, Kula, Turkey. Presented at European Geosciences Union (EGU) General Assembly 2022, Vienna

In semi-arid ecosystems, microclimatic variations may lead to topographic asymmetry over geologic time scale due to uneven distribution of incoming solar radiation as a function of slope aspect. This phenomenon has long been recognized in geomorpholo... Read More about Eco-hydro-geomorphic evolution of the Sandal Divlit cinder cone, Kula, Turkey.

Integrating transpiration and xylem water stable isotopes in a process-based model to determine transpiration and discharge age distributions (2022)
Presentation / Conference
Fresne, M., Chun, K., Fabiani, G., Hrachowitz, M., McGuire, K., Moussa, A., …Klaus, J. (2022, May). Integrating transpiration and xylem water stable isotopes in a process-based model to determine transpiration and discharge age distributions. Presented at European Geosciences Union (EGU) General Assembly 2022, Vienna, Austria (and online)

Transpiration is an important component of the catchment water balance, and tree water uptake can significantly influence discharge dynamic and travel times. Tree usually use water of a different age than the water that generates discharge. Most hydr... Read More about Integrating transpiration and xylem water stable isotopes in a process-based model to determine transpiration and discharge age distributions.

Solving water management paradoxes requires a systems meta-model (2022)
Presentation / Conference
Mijic, A., Liu, L., O'Keeffe, J., Dobson, B., & Chun, K. (2022, May). Solving water management paradoxes requires a systems meta-model. Presented at European Geosciences Union (EGU) General Assembly 2022, Vienna, Austria (and online)

Sustainable development is becoming increasingly urgent in the post-COVID recovery and climate crisis era. Despite this need, the water management scientific community is still deciding how to comprehensively represent and assess the role of humans w... Read More about Solving water management paradoxes requires a systems meta-model.

A multi-method and multi-model approach for predicting spatio-temporal patterns of sap flow, xylem isotopic composition, and water ages in the critical zone (2022)
Presentation / Conference
Klaus, J., Chun, K., Fabiani, G., Fresne, M., Hrachowitz, M., McGuire, K., …Zehe, E. (2022, May). A multi-method and multi-model approach for predicting spatio-temporal patterns of sap flow, xylem isotopic composition, and water ages in the critical zone. Presented at European Geosciences Union (EGU) General Assembly 2022, Vienna

Vegetation exhibits critical feedback with runoff generation. Trees show distinct water uptake patterns relying on soil water from different depths and groundwater with a mixture of water sources that is commonly very different from runoff in terms o... Read More about A multi-method and multi-model approach for predicting spatio-temporal patterns of sap flow, xylem isotopic composition, and water ages in the critical zone.

Exploring links between precipitation extremes and land use types through the UK Convection-Permitting Model (2022)
Presentation / Conference
Chun, K., Fan, P., He, Q., Dieppois, B., Danaila, L., Quinn, N., …Yetemen, O. (2022, May). Exploring links between precipitation extremes and land use types through the UK Convection-Permitting Model. Presented at European Geosciences Union (EGU) General Assembly 2022, Vienna, Austria (and online)

Precipitation extremes are commonly linked with land use types. The UKCP18 Convection-Permitting Model (CPM) Projections at 5km high resolution simulation provide opportunities to investigate probable relationships between precipitation extremes and... Read More about Exploring links between precipitation extremes and land use types through the UK Convection-Permitting Model.

Integrating the Budyko framework with the emerging hot spot analysis in local land use planning for regulating surface evapotranspiration ratio (2022)
Journal Article
Pingyu, F., Chun, K. P., Mijic, A., Tan, M. L., & Yetemen, O. (2022). Integrating the Budyko framework with the emerging hot spot analysis in local land use planning for regulating surface evapotranspiration ratio. Journal of Environmental Management, 316, Article 115232. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2022.115232

Land use planning regulates surface hydrological processes by adjusting land properties with varied evapotranspiration ratios. However, a dearth of empirical spatial information hampers the regulation of place-specific hydrological processes. Therefo... Read More about Integrating the Budyko framework with the emerging hot spot analysis in local land use planning for regulating surface evapotranspiration ratio.

Efficient Shapelet Discovery for Time Series Classification (2022)
Journal Article
Li, G., Choi, B., Xu, J., Bhowmick, S. S., Chun, K. P., & Wong, G. L. H. (2022). Efficient Shapelet Discovery for Time Series Classification. IEEE Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering, 34(3), 1149-1163. https://doi.org/10.1109/TKDE.2020.2995870

Time-series shapelets are discriminative subsequences, recently found effective for time series classification (tsc). It is evident that the quality of shapelets is crucial to the accuracy of tsc. However, major research has focused on building accur... Read More about Efficient Shapelet Discovery for Time Series Classification.

Community voices: The importance of diverse networks in academic mentoring (2022)
Journal Article
Deanna, R., Merkle, B., Chun, K. P., Navarro-Rosenblatt, D., Baxter, I., Oleas, N., …Auge, G. (2022). Community voices: The importance of diverse networks in academic mentoring. Nature Communications, 13(1), Article 1681. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-28667-0

Mentor relationships are crucial to retention, success, and wellbeing of women and underrepresented minority scientists in academia. A network of diverse mentors may support achieving long-term career goals, advancement, and retention of both mentors... Read More about Community voices: The importance of diverse networks in academic mentoring.

A framework to evaluate the accessibility, visibility, and intelligibility of green-blue spaces (GBSs) related to pedestrian movement (2022)
Journal Article
Fan, P. Y., Chun, K., Mijic, A., Tan, M., & Yetemen, O. (2022). A framework to evaluate the accessibility, visibility, and intelligibility of green-blue spaces (GBSs) related to pedestrian movement. Urban Forestry and Urban Greening, 69, Article 127494. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ufug.2022.127494

The planning of green-blue spaces (GBSs) requires considering the pedestrian needs in their walking routes for improving the walking experience. Incorporating the quantitative spatial characteristics of pedestrian movement is essential for pedestrian... Read More about A framework to evaluate the accessibility, visibility, and intelligibility of green-blue spaces (GBSs) related to pedestrian movement.

Analysis of the relationship between climate change and land use change using the ESA CCI land cover maps in Sungai Kelantan Basin, Malaysia (2022)
Journal Article
Tew, Y. L., Tan, M. L., Chun, K. P., Samat, N., & Mahamud, M. A. (2022). Analysis of the relationship between climate change and land use change using the ESA CCI land cover maps in Sungai Kelantan Basin, Malaysia. Sains Malaysiana, 51(2), 437-449. https://doi.org/10.17576/jsm-2022-5102-09

Climate and land use land cover (LULC) are two major key drives that affect the hydrological cycle pattern within a river basin. This study aims to evaluate the capability of the European Space Agency Climate Change Initiative land cover (ESA CCI LC)... Read More about Analysis of the relationship between climate change and land use change using the ESA CCI land cover maps in Sungai Kelantan Basin, Malaysia.