Plynlimon Research Catchment Bibliography

Cooper, H. M., Bennett, E., Blake, J., Blyth, E., Boorman, D., Cooper, E., Evans, J., Fry, M., Jenkins, A., Morrison, R., Rylett, D., Stanley, S., Szczykulska, M., Trill, E., Antoniou, V., Askquith-Ellis, A., Ball, L., Brooks, M., Clarke, M. A., Cowan, N., Cumming, A., Farrand, P., Hitt, O., Lord, W., Scarlett, P., Swain, O., Thornton, J., Warwick, A., Winterbourn, B. (2021) COSMOS-UK: national soil moisture and hydrometeorology data for environmental science research. Earth System Science Data 13 (4): 1737-1757. [Available online at: https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-13-1737-2021]

Wagener, T., Dadson, S, J., Hannah, D. M. Coxon, G., Beven, K., Bloomfield, J. P., Buytaert, W., Cloke, H.,Bates, P., Holden, J., Parry, L., Lamb, R., Chappell, N. A., Fry, M., Old, G. (2021) Knowledge gaps in our perceptual model of Great Britain's hydrology. Hydrological Processes 35 (7): e14288. [Available online at:  https://doi.org/10.1002/hyp.14288]

Peskett, L. M., Heal, K. V., MacDonald, A. M., Black, A.R., McDonnell, J. J. (2021) Tracers reveal limited influence of plantation forests on surface runoff in a UK natural flood management catchment. Journal of Hydrology: Regional Studies. 36: 100834. [Available online at: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejrh.2021.100834]

Sawicka, K., Clark, J. M., Vanguelova, E., Monteith, D. T., Wade, A. J. (2021) Spatial properties affecting the sensitivity of soil water dissolved organic carbon long-term median concentrations and trends. Science of the Total Environment 780: 146670. [Available online at: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.146670]

Peng, J., Tanguy, M., Robinson, E. L., Pinnington, E., Evans, J., Ellis, R., Cooper, E., Hannaford, J., Blyth, E., Dadson, S. (2021) Estimation and evaluation of high-resolution soil moisture from merged model and Earth observation data in the Great Britain. Remote Sensing of Environment 264: 112610. [Available online at: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2021.112610]

Fenner, N., Meadham, J., Jones, T., Hayes, F., Freeman, C. (2021) Effects of climate change on peatland reservoirs: a DOC perspective. Global Biogeochemical Cycles 35 (7): e2021GB006992. [Available online at: https://doi.org/10.1029/2021GB006992]

Hands, A.D.P., Baird, F., Ryden, K.A., Dyer, C.S., Lei, F., Evans, J.G., Wallbank, J.R., Szczykulska, M., Rylett, D., Rosolem, R., Fowler, S., Power, D., Henley, E.M. (2021) Detecting ground level enhancements using soil moisture sensor networks. Space Weather 19 (8): e2021SW002800. [Available online at:  https://doi.org/10.1029/2021SW002800]

Dodd, R. J., Chadwick, D. R., Harris, I. M., Hines, A., Hollis, D., Economou, T., Gwynn‐Jones, D., Scullion, J., Robinson, D. A., Jones, D.L. (2021) Spatial co‐localisation of extreme weather events: a clear and present danger. Ecology Letters 24 (1): 60-72. [Available online at: https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.13620]

Beven, K., Asadullah, A., Bates, P., Blyth, E., Chappell, N., Child, S., Cloke, H., Dadson, S., Everard, N., Fowler, H. J., Freer, J., Hannah, D. M., Heppell, K., Holden, J., Lamb, R. Lewis, H., Morgan, G., Parry, L., Wagener, T. (2020) Developing observational methods to drive future hydrological science: can we make a start as a community? Hydrological Processes 34 (3): 868-873. [Available online at:  https://doi.org/10.1002/hyp.13622]

Knapp, J. L.A., Neal, C., Schlumpf, A., Neal, M., Kirchner, J.W. (2019) New water fractions and transit time distributions at Plynlimon, Wales, estimated from stable water isotopes in precipitation and streamflow. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences 23 (10): 4367-4388. [Available online at: https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-23-4367-2019]

Robinson, D. A., Hopmans, J. W., Filipovic, V., van der Ploeg, M., Lebron, I., Jones, S. B., Reinsch, ., Jarvis, N., Tuller, M. (2019) Global environmental changes impact soil hydraulic functions through biophysical feedbacks. Global Change Biology 25 (6): 1895-1904. [Available online at: https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.14626]

Strangeways, I., Robinson, M., Hudson, J., Rodda, J. C., Newson, M., Cooper, D. J. (2015) Basin studies and instrumentation. In: Rodda, John C.; Robinson, Mark, (eds.) Progress in modern hydrology: past, present and future. Chichester, Wiley Blackwell, 23-59.

Robinson, M., Rodda, J.C., and Sutcliffe, J.V. (2012) Long-term environmental monitoring in the UK: origins and achievements of the Plynlimon catchment study. Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers 38 (3): 451-463.  [Available online at: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1475-5661.2012.00534.x]

Neal, C., Reynolds, B., Norris, D., Kirchner, J.W., Neal, M., Rowland, P., Wickham, H., Harman, S., Armstrong, L., Sleep, D., Lawlor, A., Woods, C., Williams, B., Fry, M., Newton, G. and Wright, D. (2011) Three decades of water quality measurements from the Upper Severn experimental catchments at Plynlimon, Wales: an openly accessible data resource for research, modelling, environmental management and education. Hydrological Processes 25: 3818-3830. [Available online at: https://doi.org/10.1002/hyp.8191]

Clark, R. T. and Neal, C. (2007) Preface "A View from the Watershed Revisited" (Special Issue). Hydrology and Earth System Sciences 11: 2-2 [Available online at: https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-11-2-2007]

Marc, V. and M. Robinson, M. (2007) The long-term water balance (1972–2004) of upland forestry and grassland at Plynlimon, mid-Wales. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences 11 (11) 44-60. [Available online at: https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-11-44-2007]   

Robinson, M. and Dupreyat, A. (2005) Effects of commercial timber harvesting on streamflow regimes in the Plynlimon Catchments mid-Wales. Hydrological Process 19 1213-1226. [Available online at: https://doi.org/10.1002/hyp.5561]

Evans, C.D., Reynolds, B., Curtis, C.J., Crook, H.D., Norris, D., Brittain, S.A. (2004) A conceptual model of spatially heterogeneous nitrogen leaching from a Welsh moorland catchment. Water, Air and Soil Pollution: Focus 4 (6): 97-105. [Available online at: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11267-005-3019-7]

Neal, C. (2004) The water quality functioning of the upper River Severn, Plynlimon, mid-Wales: issues of monitoring, process understanding and forestry. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences Discussions: 8 (3) 521-532. [Available online at: https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-8-521-2004]

Forestry Commission (2004) Forests and Water Guidelines 4th Edition. HMSO London, UK

Kirchner, J., Feng, X, and Neal, C. (2000) Fractal stream chemistry and its implications for contaminant transport in catchments. Nature 403: 524–527. [Available online at: https://doi.org/10.1038/35000537]

Neal, C., Hill, T., Hill, S., and Reynolds, B. (1997) Acid neutralization capacity measurements in surface and ground waters in the Upper River Severn, Plynlimon: from hydrograph splitting to water flow pathways. Hydrology Earth Systems Science 1: 687–696. [Available online at: https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-1-687-1997]

Kirby, C, Neal, C., Turner, H. and Moorhouse, P. (1997) A bibliography of hydrological, geomorphological, sedimentological, biological and hydrochemical references to the Institute of Hydrology experimental catchment studies in Plynlimon. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences 1 (3): 755-763. [Available online at: http://www.hydrol-earth-syst-sci.net/1/755/1997/hess-1-755-1997.html]

Calder, I.R. (1996). Impacts of coniferous and deciduous trees upon water yields. Evidence to the House of Commons Environment Committee on ‘Water Supply and Conservation’ Appendix 5 352-367 HMSO London UK

Reynolds B., Emmett B.A. and Woods C. (1992) Variations in streamwater nitrate concentrations and budgets over 10 years in a headwater catchment in mid-Wales. Journal of Hydrology 136: 155–175. [Available online at: https://doi.org/10.1016/0022-1694(92)90009-K]

Kirby, C., Newson, M.D. and Gilman, K. (eds) (1991). Plynlimon Research: The First Two Decades. Wallingford, Institute of Hydrology 109. [Available online at: https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/6052/]  

Hornung, M., Reynolds, B., Stevens, PA., and Neal, C. (1987) Stream acidification resulting from afforestation in the UK evaluation of causes and possible ameliorative measures. Forest Hydrology and Watershed Management IAHS Publication 167: 65-74.

Newson, M.D. (1985) Forestry and water in the uplands of Britain - the background of hydrological research and options for harmonious land-use. Quarterly Journal of Forestry 79: 113-120.

Newson, M.D. (1979) The results of ten years’ experimental study on Plynlimon, mid-Wales, and their importance for the water industry. Journal of the Institution of Water Engineers and Scientists 33 (4): 321-333.

Rutter, A.J., Morton A.J., and Robins, P.C.  (1975) A predictive model of rainfall interception in forests, II: Generalisation of the model and comparison with observations in some coniferous and hardwood stands. Journal of Applied Ecology 12: 367-380. [Available online at: https://doi.org/10.2307/2401739]

Weyman, D.R. (1970) Throughflow on hillslopes and its relation to the stream hydrograph Hydrological Sciences Bulletin 18: 23-33. [Available online at: https://doi.org/10.1080/02626667009493969]

Bell J.P. (1969) A new design principle for neutron soil moisture gauges: the Wallingford neutron probe. Soil Science 108: 160-164.

Harrison, A.J.M. and Owen, M.W. (1967) A new type of structure for flow measurement in steep streams. Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers 36: 273-296. [Available online at: https://doi.org/10.1680/iicep.1967.8568]