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2026

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Environmental Sciences

D-Index
58
Citations
12976
World Ranking
3248
National Ranking
7

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in Ireland Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in Ireland Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in Ireland Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in Ireland Leader Award

Overview

Jamie Hannaford is affiliated with the National University of Ireland, Maynooth. Their research is primarily within the field of Environmental Science, focusing on specific subfields such as Global and Planetary Change, Water Science and Technology, Atmospheric Science, Environmental Engineering, and Soil Science.

The main topics covered in their work include:

  • Hydrology and Drought Analysis
  • Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies
  • Climate variability and models
  • Flood Risk Assessment and Management
  • Tree-ring climate responses
  • Water resources management and optimization
  • Climate change impacts on agriculture

Jamie Hannaford has coauthored frequently with several researchers, including:

  • Maliko Tanguy
  • Lucy Barker
  • Simon Parry
  • Stephen Turner
  • Conor Murphy

Their frequent publication venues include:

  • Hydrology and Earth System Sciences
  • Proceedings of the International Association of Hydrological Sciences
  • Weather
  • Frontiers in Environmental Science
  • Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences

Recent papers by Jamie Hannaford cover topics related to hydrology, meteorology, and environmental data analysis. Notable publications include:

  • CAMELS-GB: hydrometeorological time series and landscape attributes for 671 catchments in Great Britain, 2020, Earth System Science Data
  • Long-term variability and trends in meteorological droughts in Western Europe (1851-2018), 2020, International Journal of Climatology
  • Estimation and evaluation of high-resolution soil moisture from merged model and Earth observation data in the Great Britain, 2021, Remote Sensing of Environment
  • An updated national-scale assessment of trends in UK peak river flow data: how robust are observed increases in flooding?, 2021, Hydrology Research
  • The challenges of hydrological drought definition, quantification and communication: an interdisciplinary perspective, 2020, Proceedings of the International Association of Hydrological Sciences

Best Publications

  • Changing climate both increases and decreases European river floods

    Günter Blöschl;Julia Hall;Alberto Viglione;Alberto Viglione;Rui A P Perdigão

  • Changing climate shifts timing of European floods

    Günter Blöschl;Julia Hall;Juraj Parajka;Rui A. P. Perdigão

  • Drought in the Anthropocene

    Anne F. Van Loon;Tom Gleeson;Julian Clark;Albert I J M Van Dijk

  • Streamflow trends in Europe: evidence from a dataset of near-natural catchments

    K. Stahl;K. Stahl;H. Hisdal;J. Hannaford;L.M. Tallaksen

  • From meteorological to hydrological drought using standardised indicators

    Lucy J. Barker;Jamie Hannaford;Andrew Chiverton;Cecilia Svensson

  • Drought in a human-modified world : reframing drought definitions, understanding, and analysis approaches

    Anne F. Van Loon;Kerstin Stahl;Giuliano Di Baldassarre;Julian Clark

  • Drought indicators revisited: the need for a wider consideration of environment and society

    Sophie Bachmair;Kerstin Stahl;Kevin Collins;Jamie Hannaford

  • Climate change and water in the UK - past changes and future prospects

    Glen Watts;Richard W. Battarbee;John P. Bloomfield;Jill Crossman

  • Hydrology needed to manage droughts: the 2015 European case

    Henny A.J. Van Lanen;Gregor Laaha;Daniel G. Kingston;Tobias Gauster

  • Examining the large‐scale spatial coherence of European drought using regional indicators of precipitation and streamflow deficit

    Jamie Hannaford;Benjamin Lloyd-Hughes;Caroline Keef;Simon Parry

  • The European 2015 drought from a hydrological perspective

    Gregor Laaha;Tobias Gauster;Lena M. Tallaksen;Jean Philippe Vidal

  • High-flow and flood trends in a network of undisturbed catchments in the UK

    Jamie Hannaford;Terry J. Marsh

  • Potential influences on the United Kingdom's floods of winter 2013/14

    Chris Huntingford;Terry Marsh;Adam A. Scaife;Elizabeth J. Kendon

  • How well do meteorological indicators represent agricultural and forest drought across Europe

    S. Bachmair;M. Tanguy;J. Hannaford;K. Stahl

  • CAMELS-GB: hydrometeorological time series and landscape attributes for 671 catchments in Great Britain

    Gemma Coxon;Nans Addor;Nans Addor;John P. Bloomfield;Jim Freer;Jim Freer

  • Climate-driven variability in the occurrence of major floods across North America and Europe

    Glenn A. Hodgkins;Paul H. Whitfield;Donald H. Burn;Jamie Hannaford

  • Filling the white space on maps of European runoff trends: estimates from a multi-model ensemble

    K. Stahl;K. Stahl;L. M. Tallaksen;J. Hannaford;H. A. J. van Lanen

  • On the robustness of changes in extreme precipitation over Europe from two high resolution climate change simulations

    E. Buonomo;R. Jones;C. Huntingford;J. Hannaford

  • The influence of decadal-scale variability on trends in long European streamflow records

    J. Hannaford;G. Buys;K. Stahl;K. Stahl;L. M. Tallaksen

  • A quantitative analysis to objectively appraise drought indicators and model drought impacts

    S. Bachmair;C. Svensson;J. Hannaford;L. J. Barker

  • An assessment of trends in UK runoff and low flows using a network of undisturbed catchments

    Jamie Hannaford;Terry Marsh

Frequent Co-Authors

Kerstin Stahl
Kerstin Stahl University of Freiburg
Christel Prudhomme
Christel Prudhomme European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts
Mark Svoboda
Mark Svoboda University of Nebraska–Lincoln
Lena M. Tallaksen
Lena M. Tallaksen University of Oslo
John P. Bloomfield
John P. Bloomfield British Geological Survey
Ahmed El Kenawy
Ahmed El Kenawy Mansoura University
Donald H. Burn
Donald H. Burn University of Waterloo
Paul H. Whitfield
Paul H. Whitfield University of Saskatchewan
Sergio M. Vicente-Serrano
Sergio M. Vicente-Serrano Spanish National Research Council
Robert L. Wilby
Robert L. Wilby Loughborough University

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