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Centre for Earth System Dynamics (Modelling) Members

*Programme Leader: Simon Tett*

Name; Institution Research Interests
Mikael Attal; EdinburghUnderstanding and quantifying fluvial erosion processes. Defining the role of fluvial incision in landscape development, particularly in active orogenic settings.
Doug Benn; St AndrewsDebris covered glaciers; climate change; glacier lake outburst flood risk; glaciation of the Everest region, Snowball Earth hypothesis; Glacier modelling
Geoffrey Boulton; EdinburghSedimentation in polar and glacial terrestrial and marine environments; Quaternary palaeoenvironments; modelling of ancient and modern ice sheets; rheological properties of sediments; remote sensing
Roderick Brown; GlasgowLow-Temperature Thermochronology; Terrestrial Cosmogenic Nuclides; Geodynamics & Landscape Evolution; Remote Sensing; Digital Geoscience
Greg Cowie; EdinburghBiogeochemistry; organic geochemistry; biomarker applications; organic matter cycling and preservation in marine sediments; natural and pollutant organic compounds in marine and terrestrial environments.
Patience Cowie; EdinburghFault/fracture initiation & development; theoretical modelling and field observations; interaction between surface processes and fault growth; response of river networks to tectonic uplift
John Crawford; AbertayEmergence of hierarchical organisation from complex networks of interactions in Ecosystems and complex cell networks
Tom Crowley; EdinburghHistory & modelling of past climates; biosphere & climate interactions; past carbon cycle variations; climate prediction; palaeo-ocean modelling; decadal-centennial scale climate variability; sea-level rise & coastal processes
Ruth Doherty; EdinburghCoupled climate and atmospheric chemistry modelling; Climate variability - large scale climate indices - ENSO, NAO, IOD and their influence on regional climate; Climate change and variability effects on ecosystems and their uncertainty
Richard Essery; EdinburghScaling of snow processes over complex landscapes for atmospheric and hydrological modelling applications.
Dimitri Grinev; AbertayBiophysics of soil ecosystems; Architecture and function of biomaterials; X-ray tomography and neutron imaging; Self-organisation in reaction-diffusion systems; Microbial kinetics in porous media; Statistical physics of porous and granular media
Robert Harwood; EdinburghAtmospheric composition and dynamics; remote sensing of the stratosphere and upper troposphere; numerical modelling of atmosphere (using 1, 2 and 3-D models).
Gabi Hegerl ; EdinburghClimate modelling and climate observation; Climate diagnostics and statistical climatology; variability and changes in climatic extremes, Constraining future climate change; the use of proxy data to study climate variability and change during the last millennium.
Nick Hulton; EdinburghGlacial modelling; glaciology; climate change; high performance computing; Geographical Information Science.
Mike Mineter; EdinburghParallel processing and GIS; high performance software for environmental and ice-sheet modelling.Parallel generalisation of raster images (supported by JRC, Ispra).
John Moncrieff; EdinburghLand-atmosphere exchange of radiately active gases (CO2 and CH4); transport and diffusion in the Planetary Boundary Layer.
Simon Mudd; EdinburghArid region hydrology; hillslope geomorphology; sediment transport processes; chemical weathering; soil development, landsliding, landscape-tectonic-climate interactions; interactions between plants and geomorphology
Robert Muetzelfeldt; EdinburghMethodology of modelling in ecosystem research
Paul Palmer; EdinburghModelling atmospheric chemistry, measuring and modelling biogenic voc fluxes, inverse modelling, and satellite remote sensing
Marian Scott; Glasgow Model uncertainty and sensitivity analysis; modelling the dispersal of pollutants in the environment; radiocarbon dating; assessment of animal welfare.
Andrew Sheperd; EdinburghSatellite remote sensing of the cryosphere for investigations of global climate change, in particular the quantitative techniques of radar interferometry and radar altimetry
Chris Soulsby; AberdeenRunoff processes, streamflow generation and catchment biogeochemistry; Groundwater - Surface water interactions; Hydroecology of rivers & wetlands
David Stevenson; EdinburghAtmospheric chemistry modelling; Interaction between air pollution and climate change.
Simon Tett; EdinburghMethods to reconstruct past climate from paleo and instrumental data; Modelling future climate; The quantitative analysis of models and observations of climate change in order to constrain the future.
Doerthe Tetzlaff; AberdeenCatchment dynamics and behaviour: runoff processes and streamflow generation; Riverine ecosystems– ecologically meaningful hydrological/hydraulic assessment
Rhian Thomas; GlasgowThe development and evaluation of a cellular model to simulate braided river dynamics; Utilisation of off-river habitats by lowland river fishes; Ecohydraulics; Geomorphology and hydrology of the River Kerry
Mat Williams; EdinburghVegetation-atmosphere gas exchange; interactions of carbon, nutrient and hydrological cycles; primary productivity and plant allocation; ecosystem models
Wyn Williams; EdinburghRock magnetism and Palaeomagnetism: Theoretical and experimental studies of magnetic remanence in single grains and bulk samples. Palaeomagnetic intensity studies. Palaeomagnetism of the Jurassic.