Eleanor Blyth
Professor
Ecology & Hydrology
Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
United Kingdom
Biography
Eleanor has a background in representing the land surface in meteorological and hydrological models. She has expertise in the relevant processes: evaporation, soil processes, soil freezing, snow processes, the generation of run-off and also photosynthesis. She has a keen interest in using data to test and develop models. In addition, research interests include assessing methods to represent heterogeneous terrain (snow, vegetation, soil moisture, topography) and changing the representation of key hydrological processes. She has recently been focussing on developing a protocol using global, gridded evaporation data to evaluate an ensemble of models. Eleanor is currently managing the science in several major projects for NERC and the EU: Workpackage leader for the modelling in the NERC GREENHOUSE project, co-leader for an evaluation workpackage in the FP7 project eartH2Observe.
Research Interest
Ecology & Hydrology
Publications
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Home » Staff Dr. Eleanor Blyth Dr. Eleanor Blyth's picture Contact details Job Title: Land Surface Modeller Location: Wallingford Email: emb@ceh.ac.uk Phone: +44 (0)1491 692463 Biography Research Interests: My main area of work is to represent the land surface in meteorological and hydrological models. This includes using data from different biomes of the world to test and calibrate the JULES model, assessing methods to represent heterogeneous terrain (snow, vegetation, soil moisture, topography) and representing key hydrological processes in meteorological land surface schemes. Brief CV: Eleanor has a background in representing the land surface in meteorological and hydrological models. She has expertise in the relevant processes: evaporation, soil processes, soil freezing, snow processes, the generation of run-off and also photosynthesis. She has a keen interest in using data to test and develop models. In addition, research interests include assessing methods to represent heterogeneous terrain (snow, vegetation, soil moisture, topography) and changing the representation of key hydrological processes. She has recently been focussing on developing a protocol using global, gridded evaporation data to evaluate an ensemble of models. Eleanor is currently managing the science in several major projects for NERC and the EU: Workpackage leader for the modelling in the NERC GREENHOUSE project, co-leader for an evaluation workpackage in the FP7 project eartH2Observe. Positions held Vice-Chair of the iLEAPS Science Steering Committee Member of GEWEX-GLASS representing Benchmarking Chair of the Science and Applications committee of JULES Recent Selected publications Oliver, Rebecca J.; Blyth, Eleanor; Taylor, Gail; Finch, Jon W. 2015 Water use and yield of bioenergy poplar in future climates: modelling the interactive effects of elevated atmospheric CO2 and climate on productivity and water use. Global Change Biology Bioenergy, 7 (5). 958-73. 10.1111/gcbb.12197 Sutanto, S.J.; van den Hurk, B.; Dirmeyer, P.A.; Seneviratne, S.I.; Rockmann, T.; Trenberth, K.E.; Blyth, E.M.; Wenninger, J.; Hoffmann, G.. 2014 HESS opinions: a perspective on isotope versus non-isotope approaches to determine the contribution of transpiration to total evaporation. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences , 18 (8). 2815-2827. 10.5194/hess-18-2815-2014
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Oliver, Rebecca J.; Blyth, Eleanor; Taylor, Gail; Finch, Jon W. 2015 Water use and yield of bioenergy poplar in future climates: modelling the interactive effects of elevated atmospheric CO2 and climate on productivity and water use. Global Change Biology Bioenergy, 7 (5). 958-73. 10.1111/gcbb.12197
