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Overview

Tom J. Coulthard is affiliated with the University of Hull in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily focuses on Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences, with significant contributions to subfields such as Global and Planetary Change, Atmospheric Science, Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, Ecology, and Soil Science.

The scientist's work covers several main topics related to natural hazards and environmental processes. These include Flood Risk Assessment and Management, Landslides and related hazards, Hydrology and Sediment Transport Processes, Soil erosion and sediment transport, Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research, Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies, and Cryospheric studies and observations.

The following papers represent recent contributions authored or co-authored by Tom J. Coulthard:

  • Sensitivity of Estuaries to Compound Flooding, 2021, Estuaries and Coasts
  • Landscape evolution of the Wenchuan earthquake-stricken area in response to future climate change, 2020, Journal of Hydrology
  • Compound Flooding: Dependence at Sub-daily Scales Between Extreme Storm Surge and Fluvial Flow, 2021, Frontiers in Built Environment
  • Integrating the SLIDE model within CAESAR-Lisflood: Modeling the 'rainfall-landslide-flash flood' disaster chain mechanism under landscape evolution in a mountainous area, 2023, CATENA
  • Modeling the geomorphic response to early river engineering works using CAESAR-Lisflood, 2020, Anthropocene

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Coulthard include Andrew Barkwith, Grigorios Vasilopoulos, Peter Robins, Jun Xie, and Chris Skinner.

Publication venues where Coulthard has multiple papers include Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), Geoscientific Model Development, Mine Closure, Estuaries and Coasts, and CATENA.

Best Publications

  • A cellular model of Holocene upland river basin and alluvial fan evolution

    T. J. Coulthard;M. G. Macklin;M. J. Kirkby

  • Connectivity as an emergent property of geomorphic systems

    Ellen Wohl;Gary Brierley;Daniel Cadol;Tom J. Coulthard

  • Integrating the LISFLOOD-FP 2D hydrodynamic model with the CAESAR model: implications for modelling landscape evolution

    Tom J. Coulthard;Jeffrey C Neal;Paul D. Bates;Jorge Ramirez

  • A geomorphological approach to the management of rivers contaminated by metal mining

    M.G. Macklin;P.A. Brewer;Karen Hudson-Edwards;Graham Bird

  • Landscape evolution models: a software review

    Tom J. Coulthard

  • Modelling geomorphic response to environmental change in an upland catchment

    T. J. Coulthard;M. J. Kirkby;M. G. Macklin

  • Modeling long-term contamination in river systems from historical metal mining

    Tom J. Coulthard;Mark G. Macklin

  • Embedding reach-scale fluvial dynamics within the CAESAR cellular automaton landscape evolution model

    Marco J. Van De Wiel;Tom J. Coulthard;Mark G. Macklin;John Lewin

  • THE LONG TERM FATE AND ENVIRONMENTAL SIGNIFICANCE OF CONTAMINANT METALS RELEASED BY THE JANUARY AND MARCH 2000 MINING TAILINGS DAM FAILURES IN MARAMUREŞ COUNTY, UPPER TISA BASIN, ROMANIA

    Mark G. Macklin;Paul A. Brewer;Dan Balteanu;Tom J. Coulthard

  • Human impact on fluvial regimes and sediment flux during the Holocene: review and future research agenda

    T. Hoffmann;V.R. Thorndycraft;A.G. Brown;T.J. Coulthard

  • Geomorphology, complexity, and the emerging science of the Earth's surface

    A. Brad Murray;Eli Dalton Lazarus;Andrew Ashton;Andreas Baas

  • The impact of tailings dam spills and clean-up operations on sediment and water quality in river systems: the Rı́os Agrio–Guadiamar, Aznalcóllar, Spain

    Karen A Hudson-Edwards;Mark G Macklin;Heather E Jamieson;Paul A Brewer

  • Modelling differential catchment response to environmental change

    T.J. Coulthard;J. Lewin;M.G. Macklin

  • A cellular model of river meandering

    Tom. J. Coulthard;Marco. J. Van De Wiel

  • Cellular modelling of river catchments and reaches: Advantages, limitations and prospects

    T.J. Coulthard;D.M. Hicks;M.J. Van De Wiel

  • Effects of vegetation on braided stream pattern and dynamics

    Tom J. Coulthard

  • How sensitive are river systems to climate and land‐use changes? A model‐based evaluation

    T. J. Coulthard;M. G. Macklin

  • Evaluating the importance of catchment hydrological parameters for urban surface water flood modelling using a simple hydro-inundation model

    Dapeng Yu;Tom J. Coulthard

  • Self-organized criticality in river basins: Challenging sedimentary records of environmental change

    Marco J. Van De Wiel;Tom J. Coulthard

  • The development of land quality indicators for soil degradation by water erosion

    M.J Kirkby;Y Le Bissonais;T.J Coulthard;J Daroussin

  • Mapping the interactions between rivers and sand dunes: Implications for fluvial and aeolian geomorphology

    Baoli Liu;Tom J. Coulthard

Frequent Co-Authors

Mark G. Macklin
Mark G. Macklin University of Lincoln
Greg Hancock
Greg Hancock University of Newcastle Australia
Paul Brewer
Paul Brewer Aberystwyth University
Karen A. Hudson-Edwards
Karen A. Hudson-Edwards University of Exeter
Jim Freer
Jim Freer University of Bristol
Andrew Baird
Andrew Baird University of California, San Diego
Daniel R. Parsons
Daniel R. Parsons University of Hull
Saskia Keesstra
Saskia Keesstra Wageningen University & Research
Mike Kirkby
Mike Kirkby University of Leeds
Rolf Weingartner
Rolf Weingartner University of Bern

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