Geography
Dr Jim Freer
BSc, PhD(Lanc)
Senior Lecturer
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
Clark MP, Rupp D.E, Woods R.A, Tromp-van Meerveld H.J, Peters N.E & Freer, J.E. 'Consistency between hydrological models and field observations: linking processes at the hillslope scale to hydrological responses at the watershed scale', Hydrological Processes, 23: 2, (pp. 311-319), 2009. ISSN: 0885-6087 10.1002/hyp.7154
Delrieu G, Braud I, Berne A, Borga M, Boudevillain B, Fabry F, Freer, J.E, Gaume E, Nakakita E, Seed A, Tabary P & Uijlenhoet R. 'Weather radar and hydrology Preface', Advances in Water Resources, 32: 7, (pp. 969-974), 2009. ISSN: 0309-1708 10.1016/j.advwatres.2009.03.006
Ivanovic R.F & Freer, J.E. 'Science versus politics: truth and uncertainty in predictive modelling', Hydrological Processes, 23(17), (pp. 2549-2554), 2009. ISSN: 0885-6087 10.1002/hyp.7406
Younger P.M, Freer, J.E & Beven K.J. 'Detecting the effects of spatial variability of rainfall on hydrological modelling within an uncertainty analysis framework', Hydrological Processes, 23: 14, (pp. 1988-2003), 2009. ISSN: 0885-6087 10.1002/hyp.7341