Geography
Dr Jim Freer
BSc, PhD(Lanc)
Reader in Hydrology
Head of Graduate School and Postgraduate Admissions Tutor (Science)
Contact
Office: 2.18n
Tel: +44 (0)117 3318388
Fax: +44 (0)117 9287878
Email: jim.freer@bristol.ac.uk
Research interests
Uncertainty analysis in environmental modelling, field experiments and computer model simulations to understand process mechanisms for hydrology and water quality, phosphorus modelling in agricultural systems, flood forecasting and flood inundation under climate change, hillslope processes, catchment hydrology.
Selected publications
Mitchell, S., Beven, K.J., Freer, J.E & Law, B.. 'Processes influencing model-data mismatch in drought-stressed, fire-disturbed eddy flux sites', Journal of Geophysical Research - Biogeosciences, 116, (pp. -), 2011. 10.1029/2009jg001146
Krueger, T., Freer, J.E, Quinton, J., Macleod, C.J.A., Bilotta, G.S., Brazier, R., Butler, T. & Haygarth, P.. 'Ensemble evaluation of hydrological model hypotheses', Water Resources Research, 46, W07516, (pp. -), 2010. 10.1029/2009WR007845
McMillan H, Freer, J.E, Pappenberger F, Krueger T & Clark M.P. 'Impacts of uncertain flow data on rainfall-runoff model calibration and discharge predictions in a mobile-bed river', Hydrological Processes, 24(10), (pp. 1270-1284), 2010. 10.1002/hyp.7587
Liu Y.L, Freer, J.E, Beven K.J & Matgen P. 'Towards a limits of acceptability approach to the calibration of hydrological models: Extending observation error', Journal of Hydrology, 367: 1-2, (pp. 93-103), 2009. ISSN: 0022-1694 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2009.01.016