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Nicholas J K Howden is affiliated with the University of Bristol in the United Kingdom. Their research is primarily situated within the field of Environmental Science, with a focus on Water Science and Technology, Environmental Engineering, and Environmental Chemistry. They also engage with topics in Global and Planetary Change and Ecology.

Their work covers a range of topics including Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies, Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics, Fish Ecology and Management Studies, Hydrological Forecasting Using AI, Groundwater Flow and Contamination Studies, Flood Risk Assessment and Management, and Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology.

Howden has published extensively in notable journals, frequently contributing to:

  • Water Resources Research
  • Hydrological Processes
  • Journal of Hydrology
  • Hydrology and Earth System Sciences
  • Earth System Science Data

Among their recent publications are the following papers:

  • CAMELS-GB: hydrometeorological time series and landscape attributes for 671 catchments in Great Britain (2020) published in Earth System Science Data
  • Is water quality in British rivers "better than at any time since the end of the Industrial Revolution"? (2022) published in The Science of The Total Environment
  • Including Regional Knowledge Improves Baseflow Signature Predictions in Large Sample Hydrology (2020) published in Water Resources Research
  • Global karst springs hydrograph dataset for research and management of the world's fastest-flowing groundwater (2020) published in Scientific Data
  • On doing hydrology with dragons: Realizing the value of perceptual models and knowledge accumulation (2021) published in Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews Water

Frequent collaborators in their research include:

  • Fred Worrall
  • Tim Burt
  • Ross Woods
  • Rafael Rosolem
  • Kumud Acharya

Best Publications

  • Long-term accumulation and transport of anthropogenic phosphorus in three river basins

    Stephen M. Powers;Thomas W. Bruulsema;Tim Burt;Neng long Chan

  • Transit times – the link between hydrology and water quality at the catchment scale

    Markus Hrachowitz;Paolo Benettin;Boris M. van Breukelen;Ophelie Fovet

  • Phosphorus in groundwater – an overlooked contributor to eutrophication?

    Ian P Holman;Mick J Whelan;Nicholas J K Howden;Pat H Bellamy

  • Sustainable phosphorus management and the need for a long-term perspective: The legacy hypothesis

    Philip M. Haygarth;Helen P. Jarvie;Steve M. Powers;Andrew N. Sharpley

  • 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

  • Nitrate concentrations and fluxes in the River Thames over 140 years (1868–2008): are increases irreversible?

    Nicholas J K Howden;TP Burt;F Worrall;MJ Whelan

  • AGU Fall Meeting

    S Dixon;F Worrall;Nicholas J K Howden;TP Burt

  • North Atlantic Oscillation amplifies orographic precipitation and river flow in upland Britain

    T. P. Burt;Nicholas J K Howden

  • Nitrate pollution in intensively farmed regions: What are the prospects for sustaining high‐quality groundwater?

    Nicholas J. K. Howden;Tim P. Burt;Fred Worrall;Simon Mathias

  • More rain, less soil: long‐term changes in rainfall intensity with climate change

    Tim P. Burt;John Boardman;John Boardman;Ian Foster;Nicholas J K Howden

  • The relationship between land use and surface water resources in the UK

    Nicholas J K Howden

  • An assessment of the risk to surface water ecosystems of groundwater P in the UK and Ireland.

    Ian P Holman;Nicholas J K Howden;Pat H Bellamy;Nigel Willby

  • Nitrate in United Kingdom Rivers: Policy and Its Outcomes Since 1970

    T. P. Burt;Nicholas J K Howden;F. Worrall;M. J. Whelan

  • Including Regional Knowledge Improves Baseflow Signature Predictions in Large Sample Hydrology

    Sebastian J. Gnann;Hilary K. McMillan;Ross A. Woods;Nicholas J. K. Howden

  • Importance of long-term monitoring for detecting environmental change: lessons from a lowland river in south east England

    TP Burt;Nicholas J K Howden;F Worrall;MJ Whelan

  • Is There a Baseflow Budyko Curve

    Sebastian J. Gnann;Ross A. Woods;Nicholas J. K. Howden

  • Long-term monitoring of river water nitrate: how much data do we need?

    T. P. Burt;N. J. K. Howden;F. Worrall;M. J. Whelan

  • Global karst springs hydrograph dataset for research and management of the world’s fastest-flowing groundwater

    Tunde Olarinoye;Tom Gleeson;Vera Marx;Stefan Seeger

  • Modelling long-term diffuse nitrate pollution at the catchment-scale: data, parameter and epistemic uncertainty

    Nicholas J K Howden;TP Burt;SA Mathias;F Worrall

  • Fluvial flux of nitrogen from Great Britain 1974–2005 in the context of the terrestrial nitrogen budget of Great Britain

    F Worrall;TP Burt;Nicholas J K Howden;MJ Whelan

  • DECIPHeR v1: Dynamic fluxEs and ConnectIvity for Predictions of HydRology

    Gemma Coxon;Jim Freer;Rosanna Lane;Toby Dunne

  • On doing hydrology with dragons: Realizing the value of perceptual models and knowledge accumulation

    Thorsten Wagener;Thorsten Wagener;Tom Gleeson;Gemma Coxon;Andreas Hartmann;Andreas Hartmann

Frequent Co-Authors

Tim Burt
Tim Burt Durham University
Fred Worrall
Fred Worrall Durham University
Ross Woods
Ross Woods University of Bristol
Thorsten Wagener
Thorsten Wagener University of Potsdam
Jim Freer
Jim Freer University of Bristol
Helen P. Jarvie
Helen P. Jarvie University of Waterloo
John P. Bloomfield
John P. Bloomfield British Geological Survey
Ian P. Holman
Ian P. Holman Cranfield University
Tom Gleeson
Tom Gleeson University of Victoria
Philip M. Haygarth
Philip M. Haygarth Lancaster University

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