My current paper in review (since March 2021) is here.
Global wetlands and other inundated areas: why are they important?
The lack of robust information on the ways in which wetlands fluctuate and function (not just tropical ones) is hampering progress in predicting the effects of global environmental change. We urgently need a better understanding of how wetlands function in the Earth system, which is why I am working to add that functionality as part of Hydro-JULES.
Global wetlands and other inundated areas: why are they important?
- Wetlands are the largest single natural source of atmospheric methane (CH4) and form a key link between the water and carbon cycles at regional scales.
- Wetland ecosystems mediate large land-atmosphere transfers of heat, water and trace gases at both local and regional scales.
- Global warming resulting from a doubling of atmospheric CO2 concentrations will likely lead to a 78% increase in wetland emissions of CH4, most of which is expected to come from tropical regions (Shindell et al. 2004, Gedney et al. 2019).
The lack of robust information on the ways in which wetlands fluctuate and function (not just tropical ones) is hampering progress in predicting the effects of global environmental change. We urgently need a better understanding of how wetlands function in the Earth system, which is why I am working to add that functionality as part of Hydro-JULES.
Hydro-JULES project website
This project is a collaborative effort to improve the representation of water cycle dynamics in land surface models, funded under the LTSM stream of NERC National Capability funding.
Hydro-JULES Open Meetings:
2018: See here for slides from the meeting held at CEH Wallingford on September 10th 2018
2019: Meeting was held 11-SEP-19 at the Royal Society, Carlton Sq., London
2020: Meeting was held online as a webinar on 9-SEP-20 (see here).
2021: Meeting was held online 13-17th September
My part in Hydro-JULES is:
(1) to develop and improve the river routing and overbank inundation routines within the various Hydro-JULES models (including, but not limited to, JULES itself). Please see other project pages (Menu bar -> Projects -> Inundation above) for more specifics.
(2) I am also task leader of Task 1.4 and I coordinate the Hydro-JULES Summer and Winter School programme.
See also the Hydro-JULES Modelling Framework page.