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The influence of the North Atlantic oscillation & East Atlantic pattern on drought in British catchments (2022)
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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 have also note... Read More about The influence of the North Atlantic oscillation & East Atlantic pattern on drought in British catchments.

The spatio-temporal influence of atmospheric circulations on monthly precipitation in Great Britain (2022)
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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 signatures which... Read More about The spatio-temporal influence of atmospheric circulations on monthly precipitation in Great Britain.

Spatio-temporal propagation of North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO) rainfall deviations to streamflow in British catchments (2022)
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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 sought to analys... Read More about Spatio-temporal propagation of North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO) rainfall deviations to streamflow in British catchments.

Monthly rainfall signatures of the North Atlantic oscillation and East Atlantic pattern in Great Britain (2021)
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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 and magnitud... Read More about Monthly rainfall signatures of the North Atlantic oscillation and East Atlantic pattern in Great Britain.

Geospatial cluster analysis of the state, duration and severity of drought over Paraíba State, northeastern Brazil (2021)
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Droughts threaten water resources, agriculture, socio-economic activities and the population at the global and regional level, so identifying areas with homogeneous drought behaviors is an important consideration in improving the management of water... Read More about Geospatial cluster analysis of the state, duration and severity of drought over Paraíba State, northeastern Brazil.

Spatio-temporal variability in North Atlantic oscillation monthly rainfall signatures in Great Britain (2021)
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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 we improve o... Read More about Spatio-temporal variability in North Atlantic oscillation monthly rainfall signatures in Great Britain.

Modeling the impacts of future LULC and climate change on runoff and sediment yield in a strategic basin in the Caatinga/Atlantic forest ecotone of Brazil (2021)
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Water management in the Caatinga/Atlantic forest ecotone in Brazil is critically dependent on better understanding of potential future changes in streamflow and sediment dynamics. This paper evaluates both the future impacts of land use and land cove... Read More about Modeling the impacts of future LULC and climate change on runoff and sediment yield in a strategic basin in the Caatinga/Atlantic forest ecotone of Brazil.

Invigorating hydrological research through journal publications (2020)
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Editors of several journals in the field of hydrology met during the General Assembly of the European Geosciences Union—EGU in Vienna in April 2017. This event was a follow-up of similar meetings held in 2013 and 2015. These meetings enable the group... Read More about Invigorating hydrological research through journal publications.

Water insecurity compounds the global coronavirus crisis (2020)
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In recent weeks, people all over the world have been settling into a ‘new normal’ of restricted mobility, online working, social distancing and enhanced hand hygiene. As part of the global fight against the spread of COVID-19 (the illness caused by S... Read More about Water insecurity compounds the global coronavirus crisis.

Editorial: Hydrology: Advances in theory and practice (2019)
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Remote sensing for drought monitoring & impact assessment: Progress, past challenges and future opportunities (2019)
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© 2019 Elsevier Inc. Drought is a common hydrometeorological phenomenon and a pervasive global hazard. As our climate changes, it is likely that drought events will become more intense and frequent. Effective drought monitoring is therefore critical,... Read More about Remote sensing for drought monitoring & impact assessment: Progress, past challenges and future opportunities.

Regional rainfall response to the North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO) across Great Britain (2019)
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© IWA Publishing 2019. 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 limit... Read More about Regional rainfall response to the North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO) across Great Britain.

Demystifying academics to enhance university-business collaborations in environmental science (2019)
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In countries globally there is intense political interest in fostering effective university-business collaborations, but there has been scant attention devoted to exactly how an individual scientist's workload (i.e. specified tasks) and incentive str... Read More about Demystifying academics to enhance university-business collaborations in environmental science.

Environmental reporting disclosure in South Africa: A comparative study of the expectations of selected groups of preparers and users (2019)
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© 2005, Emerald Group Publishing Limited. This study measures and compares the expectations of two different groups – the first is selected preparers of environmental reports (ERs) in South Africa (companies and professional environmental consultants... Read More about Environmental reporting disclosure in South Africa: A comparative study of the expectations of selected groups of preparers and users.

Joint editorial: Invigorating hydrological research through journal publications (2018)
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Editors of several journals in the field of hydrology met during the General Assembly of the European Geosciences Union – EGU in Vienna in April 2017. This event was a follow-up of similar meetings held in 2013 and 2015. These meetings enable the gro... Read More about Joint editorial: Invigorating hydrological research through journal publications.

Joint editorial: Invigorating hydrological research through journal publications (2018)
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Editors of several journals in the field of hydrology met during the General Assembly of the European Geosciences Union (EGU) in Vienna in April 2017. This event was a follow-up of similar meetings held in 2013 and 2015. These meetings enable the gro... Read More about Joint editorial: Invigorating hydrological research through journal publications.

Assessing vegetation response to soil moisture fluctuation under extreme drought using sentinel-2 (2018)
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© 2018 by the authors. 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 drou... Read More about Assessing vegetation response to soil moisture fluctuation under extreme drought using sentinel-2.

Exploring the sensitivity of coastal inundation modelling to DEM vertical error (2018)
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© 2018 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. As sea level is projected to rise throughout the twenty-first century due to climate change, there is a need to ensure that sea level rise (SLR) models accurately and defensibly represen... Read More about Exploring the sensitivity of coastal inundation modelling to DEM vertical error.

A systems approach to risk and resilience analysis in the woody-biomass sector: A case study of the failure of the South African wood pellet industry (2017)
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© 2017 Elsevier Ltd Currently more than 600 million of the 800 million people in SSA are without electricity, and it is estimated that an additional 2500 GW of power is required by 2030. Although the woody-biomass market in the developed world is rel... Read More about A systems approach to risk and resilience analysis in the woody-biomass sector: A case study of the failure of the South African wood pellet industry.

Extreme multi-basin flooding linked with extra-tropical cyclones (2017)
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© 2017 The Author(s). Published by IOP Publishing Ltd. Fluvial floods are typically investigated as 'events' at the single basin-scale, hence flood management authorities may underestimate the threat of flooding across multiple basins driven by large... Read More about Extreme multi-basin flooding linked with extra-tropical cyclones.

‘Learning for resilience’: Developing community capital through flood action groups in urban flood risk settings with lower social capital (2017)
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© 2017 Elsevier Ltd The role of civil agency in preparing and adapting to changing risk is an increasingly critical element within devolved local flood risk management. However, effective civil agency for flood resilience needs to draw on, and if nec... Read More about ‘Learning for resilience’: Developing community capital through flood action groups in urban flood risk settings with lower social capital.

As the climate changes: Intergenerational action-based learning in relation to flood education (2016)
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© 2017 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC. It is a concern that children represent an under-researched group in flood education and preparedness because as adults they are more likely to experience flooding as the climate changes, and because it suggests... Read More about As the climate changes: Intergenerational action-based learning in relation to flood education.

Editorial (2016)
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Toward an analytical framework for understanding complex socialecological systems when conducting environmental impact assessments in South Africa (2015)
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© 2015 by the author(s). Consideration of biophysical impacts has historically dominated environmental impact assessment (EIA) practice. Despite the emergence of social impact assessment, the consideration of socioeconomic impacts in EIA is variable,... Read More about Toward an analytical framework for understanding complex socialecological systems when conducting environmental impact assessments in South Africa.

Realizing the value of fluvial geomorphology (2015)
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© 2015 International Association for Hydro-Environment Engineering and Research. Fluvial geomorphological forms and processes exert a fundamental influence on riverine processes and functions. They thereby contribute significantly to beneficial servi... Read More about Realizing the value of fluvial geomorphology.

Reconstructing multi-decadal variations in fluvial flood risk using atmospheric circulation patterns (2013)
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Conventional techniques for quantifying and then managing flood risks are invalid under 'non-stationary' climate conditions. Trend detection and attribution are problematic given that the outcome depends on the start and end date of the record, choic... Read More about Reconstructing multi-decadal variations in fluvial flood risk using atmospheric circulation patterns.

Water governance, ecosystems and sustainability: A review of progress in South Africa (2012)
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It is approaching two decades since South Africa's democratic transformation introduced a visionary approach to water resources management. The earlier challenges of water law reform have given way to the greater undertaking of implementation. This p... Read More about Water governance, ecosystems and sustainability: A review of progress in South Africa.

The identification of potential resilient estuary-based enterprises to encourage economic empowerment in South Africa: A toolkit approach (2012)
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It has been argued that ecosystem services can be used as the foundation to provide economic opportunities to empower the disadvantaged. The Ecosystem Services Framework (ESF) approach for poverty alleviation, which balances resource conservation and... Read More about The identification of potential resilient estuary-based enterprises to encourage economic empowerment in South Africa: A toolkit approach.

An evaluation of environmental impact assessment in Eritrea (2007)
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This paper reviews the environmental impact assessment (EIA) system in Eritrea against a set of evaluation criteria. It analyses the institutional aspects of EIA, the process of EIA, together with other features of the system. The review indicates th... Read More about An evaluation of environmental impact assessment in Eritrea.

Towards the development of a macroinvertebrate sampling technique for palustrine wetlands in South Africa: A pilot investigation in the KwaZulu-Natal midlands (2006)
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A study was undertaken in November 2003 to derive a suitable sampling technique for collecting a representative sample of aquatic macroinvertebrates from a selected emergent vegetation biotope in a palustrine wetland, Melmoth Vlei, KwaZulu-Natal, Sou... Read More about Towards the development of a macroinvertebrate sampling technique for palustrine wetlands in South Africa: A pilot investigation in the KwaZulu-Natal midlands.

Testing the applicability of the SASS5 scoring procedure for assessing wetland health: A case study in the KwaZulu-Natal midlands, South Africa (2006)
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A study was undertaken between 29th January and 17th February 2004 to test the applicability of the South African Scoring System Version 5 (SASS5) scoring and calculation procedure in nutrient-enriched palustrine wetlands in the midlands of KwaZulu-N... Read More about Testing the applicability of the SASS5 scoring procedure for assessing wetland health: A case study in the KwaZulu-Natal midlands, South Africa.

Analysis of spray aid's residue curve for timing fungicide applications for grey leaf spot on maize (2005)
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Maize grey leaf spot is still a problem in commercial maize production, although the effect has been reduced with the widespread use of resistant varieties. It is estimated that, with a yield reduction of 1 %, annual economic losses of R5.6 million f... Read More about Analysis of spray aid's residue curve for timing fungicide applications for grey leaf spot on maize.

Government, business and the public: The role of environmental education in creating sustainable urban places (2004)
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This paper focuses on the need to further environmental education research within a context in which local government, local business and tertiary institutions are viewed as interlinked components of the development process. Research and interaction... Read More about Government, business and the public: The role of environmental education in creating sustainable urban places.

Economic analysis of the eradication and management of invasive alien vegetation in the Mhlatuze River Catchment (KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa) (2002)
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Alien invasive vegetation threatens the functioning and existence of natural ecosystems in South Africa because many of these plants have no predators or competitors, allowing them to dominate the ecosystem which they inhabit. The rapid proliferation... Read More about Economic analysis of the eradication and management of invasive alien vegetation in the Mhlatuze River Catchment (KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa).