Staff Profile:Professor Paul Whitehead

Name:

Professor Paul Whitehead

Job Title:

Emeritus Professor in Physical Geography

Responsibilities:

Areas of Interest:

• Dynamic modelling of hydrology, water quality and biology
• Time series analyses
• Physio-chemical modelling
• Stochastic approaches and novel techniques such as neural networks
• Integration of field and laboratory science with mathematical modelling

Key Facts:

Paul joined Reading University in 1995 and together with Dr Penny Johnes decided to set up the Aquatic Environments Research Centre. This centre has grown rapidly to a include academic staff, postgraduate students and research staff.

Paul retired in October 2008 but continues to be involved in the research activity within the department.

Research groups / Centres:

Publications:

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Jump to: 2011 | 2010 | 2009 | 2008 | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | 2004 | 2003 | 2002

Number of items: 42.

2011

• Wood, E. F., Roundy, J. K., Troy, T. J., van Beek, L. P. H., Bierkens, M. F. P., Blyth, E., de Roo, A., Doll, P., Ek, M., Familglietti, J., Gochis, D., van de Giesen, N., Houser, P., Jaffe, P. R., Kollet, S., Lehner, B., Lettenmaier, D. P., Peters-Lidard, C., Sivapalan, M., Sheffield, J., Wade, A. and Whitehead, P. (2011) Hyperresolution global land surface modeling: meeting a grand challenge for monitoring Earth's terrestrial water. Water Resources Research, 47. W05301. ISSN 0043-1397 doi: 10.1029/2010WR010090
• Hadjikakou, M., Whitehead, P., Li, J., Futter, M., Hadjinicolaou, P. and Shahgedanova, M. (2011) Modelling nitrogen in the Yeşilirmak River catchment in Northern Turkey: impacts of future climate and environmental change and implications for nutrient management. Science of the Total Environment, 409 (12). pp. 2404-2418. ISSN 0048-9697 doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2011.02.038

2010

• Lazar, A. N., Wade, A. J., Whitehead, P. G. and Heppell, C. M. (2010) Modelling fixed plant and algal dynamics in rivers: an application to the River Frome. In: British Hydrological Society Third International Symposium: Role of Hydrology in Managing Consequences of a Changing Global Environment, 19-23 July 2010, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom, pp. 1-8.
• Whitehead, P. G., Lazar, A. N., Futter, M., Pope, L., Wade, A. J., Willows, R. and Burgess, C. (2010) Modelling sediment supply and transport in the River Lugg: strategies for controlling sediment loads. In: British Hydrological Society Third International Symposium: Role of Hydrology in Managing Consequences of a Changing Global Environment , 19-23 July 2010, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom , pp. 1-6.
• Skeffington, R. A., Wade, A. J., Whitehead, P. G., Butterfield, D., Kaste, Ø. , Andersen, H. E., Rankinen, K. and Grenouillet, G. (2010) Modelling Catchment Scale Responses to Climate Change. In: Kernan, M., Battarbee, R. W. and Moss, B. (eds.) Climate Change Impacts on Freshwater Ecosystems. Blackwell Publishing, Oxford, pp. 236-261. ISBN 9781405179133 doi: 10.1002/9781444327397
• Lazar, A. N., Butterfield, D., Futter, M. N., Rankinen, V., Thouvenot-Korppoo, M., Jarritt, N., Lawrence, D. S. L., Wade, A. J. and Whitehead, P. G. (2010) An assessment of the fine sediment dynamics in an upland river system: INCA-Sed modifications and implications for fisheries. Science of the Total Environment, 408 (12). pp. 2555-2566. ISSN 0048-9697 doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2010.02.030

2009

• Cox, B. A. and Whitehead, P. G. (2009) Impacts of climate change scenarios on dissolved oxygen in the River Thames, UK. Hydrology Research, 40 (2-3). pp. 138-152. ISSN 0029-1277 doi: DOI:10.2166/nh.2009.096
• Chapra, S. C. and Whitehead, P. G. (2009) Modelling impacts of pollution in river systems: a new dispersion model and a case study of mine discharges in the Abrud, Aries and Mures river system in Transylvania, Romania. Hydrology Research, 40 (2-3). pp. 306-322. ISSN 0029-1277 doi: DOI:10.2166/nh.2009.075
• Futter, M. N., Skeffington, R. A., Whitehead, P. G. and Moldan, F. (2009) Modelling stream and soil water nitrate dynamics during experimentally increased nitrogen deposition in a coniferous forest catchment at Gardsjon, Sweden. Hydrology Research, 40 (2-3). pp. 187-197. ISSN 0029-1277 doi: DOI:10.2166/nh.2009.076
• Whitehead, P., Wilby, R. L., Battarbee, R. W., Kernan, M. and Wade, A. J. (2009) A review of the potential impacts of climate change on surface water quality. Hydrological Sciences Journal, 54 (1). pp. 101-123. ISSN 0262-6667 doi: 10.1623/hysj.54.1.101
• Whitehead, P., Wade, A. J. and Butterfield, D. (2009) Potential impacts of climate change on water quality and ecology in six UK rivers. Hydrology Research, 40 (2-3). pp. 113-122. ISSN 0029-1277 doi: 10.2166/nh.2009.078
• Whitehead, P., Butterfield, D. and Wade, A. J. (2009) Simulating metals and mine discharges in river basins using a new integrated catchment model for metals: pollution impacts and restoration strategies in the Aries-Mures river system in Transylvania, Romania. Hydrology Research, 40 (2-3). pp. 323-346. ISSN 0029-1277 doi: 10.2166/nh.2009.069
• Hewett, C. J. M., Quinn, P. F., Heathwaite, A. L., Doyle, A., Burke, S., Whitehead, P. and Lerner, D. N. (2009) A multi-scale framework for strategic management of diffuse pollution. Environmental Modelling & Software, 24 (1). pp. 74-85. ISSN 1364-8152 doi: 10.1016/j.envsoft.2008.05.006

2008

• Franklin, P., Dunbar, M. and Whitehead, P. (2008) Flow controls on lowland river macrophytes: A review. Science of the Total Environment, 400 (1-3). pp. 369-378. ISSN 0048-9697 doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2008.06.018
• Whitehead, P., Smith, S. J., Wade, A. J., Mithen, S. J., Finlayson, B. L., Sellwood, B. and Valdes, P. (2008) Modelling of hydrology and potential population levels at Bronze Age Jawa, Northern Jordan: a Monte Carlo approach to cope with uncertainty. Journal of Archaeological Science, 35 (3). pp. 517-529. ISSN 0305-4403 doi: 10.1016/j.jas.2007.05.001
• Whitehead, P., Butterfield, D. and Wade, A.J. (2008) Potential impacts of climate change on water quality in six UK rivers. In: British Hydrological Society International Conference proceedings , Exeter.

2007

• Heywood, E.A., Skeffington, R. A., Whitehead, P. and Reynolds, B. (2007) Comparison of critical load exceedance and its uncertainty based on national and site-specific data. Water Air & Soil Pollution: Focus, 7 (1-3). pp. 391-397. ISSN 1573-2940 doi: 10.1007/s11267-006-9082-x
• Skeffington, R. A., Whitehead, P., Heywood, E., Hall, J. R., Wadsworth, R. A. and Reynolds, B. (2007) Estimating uncertainty in terrestrial critical loads and their exceedances at four sites in the UK. Science of the Total Environment, 382 (2-3). pp. 199-213. ISSN 0048-9697 doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2007.05.001
• Wade, A. J., Butterfield, D., Griffiths, T. and Whitehead, P. (2007) Eutrophication control in river-systems: an application of INCA-P to the River Lugg. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 11 (1). pp. 584-600. ISSN 1027-5606
• Whitehead, P., Heathwaite, A. L., Flynn, N. J., Wade, A. J. and Quinn, P. F. (2007) Evaluating the risk of non-point source pollution from biosolids: integrated modelling of nutrient losses at field and catchment scales. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 11 (1). pp. 601-613. ISSN 1027-5606
• Ranzini, M., Forti, M. C., Whitehead, P., Arcova, F. C. S., de Cicco, V. and Wade, A. J. (2007) Integrated Nitrogen CAtchment model (INCA) applied to a tropical catchment in the Atlantic Forest, Sao Paulo, Brazil. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 11 (1). pp. 614-622. ISSN 1027-5606
• Futter, M. N., Butterfield, D., Cosby, B. J., Dillon, P. J., Wade, A. J. and Whitehead, P. (2007) Modeling the mechanisms that control in-stream dissolved organic carbon dynamics in upland and forested catchments. Water Resources Research, 43 (2). W02424. ISSN 0043-1397 doi: 10.1029/2006wr004960
• Skeffington, R. A., Hall, J.R., Heywood, E., Wadsworth, R.A., Whitehead, P., Reynolds, B., Abbott, J. and Vincent, K. (2007) Uncertainty in critical load assessment models. Science Report: SC030172/SR. Technical Report. Environment Agency, Bristol.

2006

• Whitehead, P., Wilby, R. L., Butterfield, D. and Wade, A. J. (2006) Impacts of climate change on in-stream nitrogen in a lowland chalk stream: An appraisal of adaptation strategies. Science of the Total Environment, 365 (1-3). pp. 260-273. ISSN 0048-9697 doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2006.02.040
• Wilby, R. L., Whitehead, P., Wade, A. J., Butterfield, D., Davis, R. J. and Watts, G. (2006) Integrated modelling of climate change impacts on water resources and quality in a lowland catchment: River Kennet, UK. Journal of Hydrology, 330 (1-2). pp. 204-220. ISSN 0022-1694 doi: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2006.04.033
• Skeffington, R., Whitehead, P. and Abbott, J. (2006) Quantifying uncertainty in critical loads: (B) acidity mass balance critical loads on a sensitive site. Water Air and Soil Pollution, 169 (1-4). pp. 25-46. ISSN 0049-6979 doi: 10.1007/s11270-006-2218-9
• Wade, A. J., Butterfield, D. and Whitehead, P. (2006) Towards an improved understanding of the nitrate dynamics in lowland, permeable river-systems: Applications of INCA-N. Journal of Hydrology, 330 (1-2). pp. 185-203. ISSN 0022-1694 doi: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2006.04.023

2005

• Whitehead, P. and Prior, H. (2005) Bioremediation of acid mine drainage: an introduction to the Wheal Jane wetlands project. Science of the Total Environment, 338 (1-2). pp. 15-21. ISSN 0048-9697 doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2004.09.016
• Whitehead, P., Hall, G., Neal, C. and Prior, H. (2005) Chemical behaviour of the Wheal Jane bioremediation system. Science of the Total Environment, 338 (1-2). pp. 41-51. ISSN 0048-9697 doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2004.09.004
• Wade, A.J., Neal, C.N., Whitehead, P. G. and Flynn, N. J. (2005) Modelling nitrogen fluxes from the land surface to the coastal zone in European systems: the perspective of the INCA project. Journal of Hydrology, 304 (1-4). pp. 413-429. ISSN 0022-1694 doi: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2004.07.041
• Cox, B. A. and Whitehead, P. (2005) Parameter sensitivity and predictive uncertainty in a new water quality model, Q(2). Journal of Environmental Engineering-Asce, 131 (1). pp. 147-157. ISSN 0733-9372 doi: 10.1061/(asce)0733-9372(2005)131:1(147)
• Whitehead, P. and Neal, C. (2005) The Wheal Jane wetland remediation system study: some general conclusions. Science of the Total Environment, 338 (1-2). pp. 155-157. ISSN 0048-9697 doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2004.09.013
• Whitehead, P., Cosby, B. J. and Prior, H. (2005) The Wheal Jane wetlands model for bioremediation of acid mine drainage. Science of the Total Environment, 338 (1-2). pp. 125-135. ISSN 0048-9697 doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2004.09.012
• Neal, C., Whitehead, P., Jeffery, H. and Neal, M. (2005) The water quality of the River Carnon, west Cornwall, November 1992 to March 1994: the impacts of Wheal Jane discharges. Science of the Total Environment, 338 (1-2). pp. 23-39. ISSN 0048-9697 doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2004.09.003

2004

• Whitehead, P., Hill, T. J. and Neal, C. (2004) Impacts of forestry on nitrogen in upland and lowland catchments: a comparison of the River Severn at Plynlimon in mid-Wales and the Bedford Ouse in south-east England using the INCA Model. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 8 (3). pp. 533-544. ISSN 1027-5606
• Whitehead, P. (2004) Modelling nutrients and ecology in lowland streams to address Water Framework Directive issues. In: BHS International Conference on "Hydrology: Science & practice for the 21st century", 12-16 July 2004, Imperial College, pp. 192-197.
• Wade, A. J., Whitehead, P., Jarvie, H. P., Neal, C., Prior, H. and Johnes, P. J. (2004) Nutrient monitoring, simulation and management within a major lowland UK river system: the Kennet. Mathematics and Computers in Simulation, 64 (3-4). pp. 307-317. ISSN 0378-4754 doi: 10.1016/s0378-4754(03)00097-1
• Hewett, C. J. M., Quinn, P. F., Whitehead, P., Heathwaite, A. L. and Flynn, N. J. (2004) Towards a nutrient export risk matrix approach to managing agricultural pollution at source. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 8 (4). pp. 834-845. ISSN 1027-5606
• Snook, D. L. and Whitehead, P. (2004) Water quality and ecology of the River Lee: mass balance and a review of temporal and spatial data. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 8 (4). pp. 636-650. ISSN 1027-5606

2003

• Sincock, A. M., Wheater, H. S. and Whitehead, P. (2003) Calibration and sensitivity analysis of a river water quality model under unsteady flow conditions. Journal of Hydrology, 277 (3-4). pp. 214-229. ISSN 0022-1694 doi: 10.1016/s0022-1694(03)00127-6
• Johnes, P.J., Whitehead, P., Davis, S., Wade, A. and Butterfield, D. (2003) Effectiveness of eutrophication control by phosphorus reduction. R & D Technical Report . March 2003. Technical Report. Environment Agency

2002

• Burke, S., Heathwaite, L., Quinn, P., Merrett, S., Whitehead, P., Preedy, N., Lerner, D. and Saul, A. (2002) Strategic management of non-point source pollution from sewage sludge. In: 3rd World Water Congress of the International-Water-Association, 7-12 April 2002, Melbourne, Australia, pp. 305-310.

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Qualifications:

BSc (Loughborough) MSc (Manchester) PhD (Cambridge)