Search Results - "Whitehead, P. G."

A review of the potential impacts of climate change on surface water quality by WHITEHEAD, P. G., WILBY, R. L., BATTARBEE, R. W., KERNAN, M., WADE, A. J.

“…It is now accepted that some human-induced climate change is unavoidable. Potential impacts on water supply have received much attention, but relatively little…”
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PERSiST: a flexible rainfall-runoff modelling toolkit for use with the INCA family of models by Futter, M. N, Erlandsson, M. A, Butterfield, D, Whitehead, P. G, Oni, S. K, Wade, A. J

“…Runoff generation processes and pathways vary widely between catchments. Credible simulations of solute and pollutant transport in surface waters are dependent…”
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Impacts of climate change and socio-economic scenarios on flow and water quality of the Ganges, Brahmaputra and Meghna (GBM) river systems: low flow and flood statistics by Whitehead, P G, Barbour, E, Futter, M N, Sarkar, S, Rodda, H, Caesar, J, Butterfield, D, Jin, L, Sinha, R, Nicholls, R, Salehin, M

“…The potential impacts of climate change and socio-economic change on flow and water quality in rivers worldwide is a key area of interest. The…”
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A review of arsenic and its impacts in groundwater of the Ganges-Brahmaputra-Meghna delta, Bangladesh by Edmunds, W M, Ahmed, K M, Whitehead, P G

“…Arsenic in drinking water is the single most important environmental issue facing Bangladesh; between 35 and 77 million of its 156 million inhabitants are…”
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Dynamic modeling of the Ganga river system: impacts of future climate and socio-economic change on flows and nitrogen fluxes in India and Bangladesh by Whitehead, P G, Sarkar, S, Jin, L, Futter, M N, Caesar, J, Barbour, E, Butterfield, D, Sinha, R, Nicholls, R, Hutton, C, Leckie, H D

“…This study investigates the potential impacts of future climate and socio-economic change on the flow and nitrogen fluxes of the Ganga river system. This is…”
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The interactive responses of water quality and hydrology to changes in multiple stressors, and implications for the long-term effective management of phosphorus by Crossman, J., Whitehead, P.G., Futter, M.N., Jin, L., Shahgedanova, M., Castellazzi, M., Wade, A.J.

“…Soluble reactive phosphorus (SRP) plays a key role in eutrophication, a global problem decreasing habitat quality and in-stream biodiversity. Mitigation…”
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Modeling the mechanisms that control in-stream dissolved organic carbon dynamics in upland and forested catchments by Futter, M. N., Butterfield, D., Cosby, B. J., Dillon, P. J., Wade, A. J., Whitehead, P. G.

“…We present a new, process‐based model of soil and stream water dissolved organic carbon (DOC): the Integrated Catchments Model for Carbon (INCA‐C). INCA‐C is…”
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Rainfall runoff modelling of the Upper Ganga and Brahmaputra basins using PERSiST by Futter, M N, Whitehead, P G, Sarkar, S, Rodda, H, Crossman, J

“…There are ongoing discussions about the appropriate level of complexity and sources of uncertainty in rainfall runoff models. Simulations for operational…”
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Flow pathways and nutrient transport mechanisms drive hydrochemical sensitivity to climate change across catchments with different geology and topography by Crossman, J, Futter, M. N, Whitehead, P. G, Stainsby, E, Baulch, H. M, Jin, L, Oni, S. K, Wilby, R. L, Dillon, P. J

“…Hydrological processes determine the transport of nutrients and passage of diffuse pollution. Consequently, catchments are likely to exhibit individual…”
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Distributed and dynamic modelling of hydrology, phosphorus and ecology in the Hampshire Avon and Blashford Lakes: Evaluating alternative strategies to meet WFD standards by Whitehead, P.G., Jin, L., Crossman, J., Comber, S., Johnes, P.J., Daldorph, P., Flynn, N., Collins, A.L., Butterfield, D., Mistry, R., Bardon, R., Pope, L., Willows, R.

“…The issues of diffuse and point source phosphorus (P) pollution in the Hampshire Avon and Blashford Lakes are explored using a catchment model of the river…”
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Modelling phosphorus dynamics in multi-branch river systems: A study of the Black River, Lake Simcoe, Ontario, Canada by Whitehead, P.G., Jin, L., Baulch, H.M., Butterfield, D.A., Oni, S.K., Dillon, P.J., Futter, M., Wade, A.J., North, R., O'Connor, E.M., Jarvie, H.P.

“…High rates of nutrient loading from agricultural and urban development have resulted in surface water eutrophication and groundwater contamination in regions…”
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The potential impacts of climate change on hydropower generation in Mid Wales by Carless, D., Whitehead, P. G.

“…Hydropower is a potential large source of electricity supply in Wales. The Upper River Severn in Mid Wales is a typical stream where a high head hydropower…”
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A nitrogen model for European catchments: INCA, new model structure and equations by Wade, A. J., Durand, P., Beaujouan, V., Wessel, W. W., Raat, K. J., Whitehead, P. G., Butterfield, D., Rankinen, K., Lepisto, A.

“…A new version of the Integrated Nitrogen in Catchments model (INCA) was developed and tested using flow and streamwater nitrate concentration data collected…”
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Using the INCA-Hg model of mercury cycling to simulate total and methyl mercury concentrations in forest streams and catchments by Futter, M.N., Poste, A.E., Butterfield, D., Dillon, P.J., Whitehead, P.G., Dastoor, A.P., Lean, D.R.S.

“…We present a new, catchment-scale, process-based dynamic model for simulating mercury (Hg) in soils and surface waters. The Integrated Catchments Model for…”
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The Integrated Catchments model of Phosphorus dynamics (INCA-P), a new approach for multiple source assessment in heterogeneous river systems: model structure and equations by Wade, A. J., Whitehead, P. G., Butterfield, D.

“…A new model has been developed for assessing the effects of multiple sources of phosphorus on the water quality and aquatic ecology in heterogeneous river…”
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Potential impacts of climate change on water quality and ecology in six UK rivers by Whitehead, P G, Wade, A J, Butterfield, D

“…A modelling study has been undertaken to assess the likely impacts of climate change on water quality across the UK. A range of climate change scenarios have…”
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A semi-distributed integrated nitrogen model for multiple source assessment in catchments (INCA): part I - model structure and process equations by Whitehead, P G, Wilson, E J, Butterfield, D

“…A new model has been developed for assessing multiple sources of nitrogen in catchments. The model (INCA) is process based and uses reaction kinetic equations…”
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Modelling heavy metals in the Buriganga River System, Dhaka, Bangladesh: Impacts of tannery pollution control by Whitehead, P.G., Bussi, G., Peters, R., Hossain, M.A., Softley, L., Shawal, S., Jin, L., Rampley, C.P.N., Holdship, P., Hope, R., Alabaster, G.

“…Heavy metal pollution from tanneries is a global problem in many rapidly developing economies. Effluent discharges into rivers cause serious problems for water…”
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Water quality modelling of the Mekong River basin: Climate change and socioeconomics drive flow and nutrient flux changes to the Mekong Delta by Whitehead, P.G., Jin, L., Bussi, G., Voepel, H.E., Darby, S.E., Vasilopoulos, G., Manley, R., Rodda, H., Hutton, C., Hackney, C., Tri, Van Pham Dang, Hung, N.N.

“…The Mekong delta is recognised as one of the world's most vulnerable mega-deltas, being subject to a range of environmental pressures including sea level rise,…”
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Bioremediation of acid mine drainage: an introduction to the Wheal Jane wetlands project by Whitehead, P.G., Prior, H.

“…Acid mine drainage (AMD) is a widespread environmental problem associated with both working and abandoned mining operations. As part of an overall strategy to…”
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