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Nicola Gedney

Nicola Gedney

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Environmental Sciences

D-Index
46
Citations
20957
World Ranking
5927
National Ranking
460

Overview

Nicola Gedney is affiliated with the Met Office in the United Kingdom and works primarily in the field of Environmental Science. Their research focuses extensively on global and planetary change, with significant contributions to atmospheric science and ecology.

Their work covers several subfields, including:

  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Atmospheric Science
  • Ecology
  • Environmental Chemistry
  • Mechanics of Materials

Main topics addressed by Nicola Gedney's research include:

  • Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics
  • Climate Variability and Models
  • Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology
  • Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena
  • Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics
  • Atmospheric Chemistry and Aerosols
  • Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations

Nicola Gedney has contributed to several recent papers, reflecting research interests in atmospheric processes, methane emissions, and climate models. Notable publications include:

  • The Global Methane Budget 2000-2017 (2020), published in NOAA Institutional Repository
  • Drivers and Impacts of Eastern African Rainfall Variability (2023), published in Nature Reviews Earth & Environment
  • Modeled Microbial Dynamics Explain the Apparent Temperature Sensitivity of Wetland Methane Emissions (2020), published in Global Biogeochemical Cycles
  • Large Methane Emission Fluxes Observed From Tropical Wetlands in Zambia (2022), published in Global Biogeochemical Cycles
  • JULES-GL7: the Global Land configuration of the Joint UK Land Environment Simulator version 7.0 and 7.2 (2020), published in Geoscientific Model Development

Frequent publication venues where Nicola Gedney's work appears include:

  • Geoscientific Model Development
  • Global Biogeochemical Cycles
  • Biogeosciences
  • Nature Reviews Earth & Environment
  • Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems

Collaboration is evident in Nicola Gedney's body of work, with several frequent co-authors including:

  • Robert J. Parker
  • Benjamin Poulter
  • Zhen Zhang
  • Chris Jones
  • W. J. Riley

Best Publications

  • The global methane budget 2000–2017

    Marielle Saunois;Ann R. Stavert;Ben Poulter;Philippe Bousquet

  • Evaluation of the terrestrial carbon cycle, future plant geography and climate‐carbon cycle feedbacks using five Dynamic Global Vegetation Models (DGVMs)

    Stephan Sitch;C. Huntingford;N. Gedney;P. E. Levy

  • Development and evaluation of an Earth-System model – HadGEM2

    W J Collins;Nicolas Bellouin;M. Doutriaux-Boucher;N. Gedney

  • The Joint UK Land Environment Simulator (JULES), model description – Part 1: Energy and water fluxes

    M. J. Best;M. Pryor;D. B. Clark;G. G. Rooney

  • UKESM1: Description and Evaluation of the U.K. Earth System Model

    Alistair A. Sellar;Colin G. Jones;Jane P. Mulcahy;Yongming Tang

  • The global methane budget 2000–2012

    Marielle Saunois;Philippe Bousquet;Ben Poulter;Anna Peregon

  • The Joint UK Land Environment Simulator (JULES), model description – Part 2: Carbon fluxes and vegetation dynamics

    D. B. Clark;L. M. Mercado;S. Sitch;C. D. Jones

  • Detection of a direct carbon dioxide effect in continental river runoff records

    N. Gedney;P. M. Cox;R. A. Betts;O. Boucher

  • The Met Office Unified Model Global Atmosphere 7.0/7.1 and JULES Global Land 7.0 configurations

    David Walters;Anthony J. Baran;Anthony J. Baran;Ian Boutle;Malcolm Brooks

  • The HadGEM2 family of Met Office Unified Model climate configurations

    N. Bellouin;W. J. Collins;I. D. Culverwell

  • Projected increase in continental runoff due to plant responses to increasing carbon dioxide

    Richard A. Betts;Olivier Boucher;Matthew Collins;Peter M. Cox;Peter M. Cox

  • Cabauw Experimental Results from the Project for Intercomparison of Land-Surface Parameterization Schemes

    T.H. Chen;A. Henderson-Sellers;P.C.D. Milly;A.J. Pitman

  • The Representation of Snow in Land Surface Schemes: Results from PILPS 2(d)

    A. G. Slater;A. G. Slater;C. A. Schlosser;C. E. Desborough;A. J. Pitman

  • Climate feedback from wetland methane emissions

    N. Gedney;P. M. Cox;C. Huntingford

  • Possible role of wetlands, permafrost, and methane hydrates in the methane cycle under future climate change: A review

    Fiona M. O'Connor;O. Boucher;N. Gedney;C. D. Jones

  • Drivers and impacts of Eastern African rainfall variability

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  • The effect of Amazonian deforestation on the northern hemisphere circulation and climate

    Nicola Gedney;Paul J. Valdes

  • Effects of frozen soil on soil temperature, spring infiltration, and runoff: Results from the PILPS 2(d) experiment at Valdai, Russia

    Lifeng Luo;Alan Robock;Konstantin Y. Vinnikov;C. Adam Schlosser

  • Global wetland contribution to 2000–2012 atmospheric methane growth rate dynamics

    Benjamin Poulter;Philippe Bousquet;Josep G. Canadell;Philippe Ciais

  • The Sensitivity of Global Climate Model Simulations to the Representation of Soil Moisture Heterogeneity

    Nicola Gedney;Peter M. Cox

  • Global Methane Budget 2000-2012

    M. Saunois;P. Bousquet;B. Poulter;A. Peregon

Frequent Co-Authors

Peter M. Cox
Peter M. Cox University of Exeter
Chris Huntingford
Chris Huntingford Natural Environment Research Council
Stephen Sitch
Stephen Sitch University of Exeter
Olivier Boucher
Olivier Boucher Sorbonne University
William J. Collins
William J. Collins University of Reading
Chris D. Jones
Chris D. Jones Met Office
Douglas B. Clark
Douglas B. Clark UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
Andy Wiltshire
Andy Wiltshire Met Office

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