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Craig T. Simmons is affiliated with Flinders University in Australia. Their research primarily focuses on Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a substantial number of publications in related subfields including Environmental Engineering, Water Science and Technology, Geochemistry and Petrology, Global and Planetary Change, and Ocean Engineering.

The scientist's work covers a range of main topics centered on groundwater and hydrology, such as groundwater flow and contamination studies, hydrology and watershed management studies, groundwater and isotope geochemistry, geophysics and gravity measurements, groundwater and watershed analysis, flood risk assessment and management, and reservoir engineering and simulation methods.

Craig T. Simmons has authored numerous papers, with several recent publications including:

  • Global water resources and the role of groundwater in a resilient water future, 2023, Nature Reviews Earth & Environment
  • Review of assimilating GRACE terrestrial water storage data into hydrological models: Advances, challenges and opportunities, 2020, Earth-Science Reviews
  • Interaction of lake-groundwater levels using cross-correlation analysis: A case study of Lake Urmia Basin, Iran, 2020, The Science of The Total Environment
  • Normalized difference vegetation index as the dominant predicting factor of groundwater recharge in phreatic aquifers: case studies across Iran, 2020, Scientific Reports
  • Controls on Interactions Between Surface Water, Groundwater, and Riverine Vegetation Along Intermittent Rivers and Ephemeral Streams in Arid Regions, 2020, Water Resources Research

The scientist frequently collaborates with other researchers, including Behzad Ataie-Ashtiani, Peter G. Cook, Marwan Fahs, Daniel Partington, and Anis Younés. Their work is often published in journals such as Journal of Hydrology, Water Resources Research, Hydrogeology Journal, Nature Reviews Earth & Environment, and International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control.

Craig T. Simmons has contributed to book publications as well, with a notable title being "Variable density groundwater flow," published in 2022 by The Groundwater Project eBooks.

Best Publications

  • Seawater intrusion processes, investigation and management: Recent advances and future challenges

    Adrian Deane Werner;Mark Bakker;Vincent E. A. Post;Alexander Vandenbohede

  • Global water resources and the role of groundwater in a resilient water future

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  • Impact of sea-level rise on sea water intrusion in coastal aquifers.

    Adrian D Werner;Craig Trevor Simmons

  • HydroGeoSphere: A Fully Integrated, Physically Based Hydrological Model

    Philip Brunner;Craig T. Simmons

  • Variable-density groundwater flow and solute transport in heterogeneous porous media: approaches, resolutions and future challenges.

    Craig T. Simmons;Thomas R. Fenstemaker;John M. Sharp

  • Contrasting responses of water use efficiency to drought across global terrestrial ecosystems

    Yuting Yang;Huade Guan;Okke Batelaan;Tim R. McVicar

  • Sea-level rise impacts on seawater intrusion in coastal aquifers: review and integration.

    Hamed Ketabchi;Davood Mahmoodzadeh;Behzad Ataie-Ashtiani;Behzad Ataie-Ashtiani;Craig T. Simmons

  • Hydrogeologic controls on disconnection between surface water and groundwater

    Philip Andreas Brunner;Peter G Cook;Craig Trevor Simmons

  • Advances in understanding river-groundwater interactions

    Philip Brunner;René Therrien;Philippe Renard;Craig T. Simmons

  • Vulnerability Indicators of Sea Water Intrusion

    Adrian D. Werner;James D. Ward;Leanne K. Morgan;Craig T. Simmons

  • Season-of-birth bias in association football.

    Craig Simmons;Geoffrey C. Paull

  • Using Hydraulic Head Measurements in Variable-Density Ground Water Flow Analyses

    Vincent Eduard Alexander Post;Henk Kooi;Craig Trevor Simmons

  • Evaluation of outputs from automated baseflow separation methods against simulated baseflow from a physically based, surface water-groundwater flow model

    Daniel Partington;Philip Brunner;Craig Simmons;Adrian Werner

  • Modeling surface water-groundwater interaction with MODFLOW: some considerations.

    Philip Brunner;Craig T. Simmons;Peter G. Cook;René Therrien

  • Spatial and temporal aspects of the transition from connection to disconnection between rivers, lakes and groundwater

    Philip Brunner;Craig T. Simmons;Peter G. Cook

  • GRACE satellite observed hydrological controls on interannual and seasonal variability in surface greenness over mainland Australia

    Yuting Yang;Yuting Yang;Di Long;Di Long;Huade Guan;Bridget R. Scanlon

  • On a test case for density‐dependent groundwater flow and solute transport models: The Salt Lake Problem

    Craig T. Simmons;Kumar A. Narayan;Robin A. Wooding

  • Transience of seawater intrusion in response to sea level rise

    Ty A. Watson;Adrian D. Werner;Craig T. Simmons

  • Disconnected surface water and groundwater: from theory to practice.

    Philip Brunner;Peter G. Cook;Peter G. Cook;Craig T. Simmons

  • Variable density groundwater flow: From current challenges to future possibilities

    Craig Trevor Simmons

  • The compleat Darcy: New lessons learned from the first English translation of les fontaines publiques de la Ville de Dijon

    John M Sharp;Craig Trevor Simmons

Frequent Co-Authors

Behzad Ataie-Ashtiani
Behzad Ataie-Ashtiani University of Newcastle Australia
Peter G. Cook
Peter G. Cook Flinders University
Adrian D. Werner
Adrian D. Werner Flinders University
Huade Guan
Huade Guan Flinders University
Philip Brunner
Philip Brunner University of Neuchâtel
Vincent E. A. Post
Vincent E. A. Post Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources
Henning Prommer
Henning Prommer University of Western Australia
René Therrien
René Therrien Université Laval
Anis Younes
Anis Younes University of Strasbourg
Donald A. Nield
Donald A. Nield University of Auckland

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