Tim Hess
Associate Professor
Cranfield Water Science Institute
Cranfield University
United Kingdom
Biography
Tim has a BSc in Geography and an MSc in Agricultural Engineering (Land Resource Management) and joined Cranfield University (Silsoe) as a Research Officer in 1981. In the early 1990s he represented Cranfield as Resident Scientist with the Centre for Arid Zone Studies, University of Maiduguri, Nigeria. During this time he completed his PhD on “The impact of climatic variability over the period 1961-1990 on the soil water balance of upland soils in the North East Arid Zone of Nigeria”.
Research Interest
Tim's research focuses in the application of ecosystem services approaches to water management issues.
Publications
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Weatherhead K, Knox J, Hess T & Daccache A (2015) Exploring irrigation futures Developments in demand forecasting, Outlook On Agriculture, 44 (2) 119-126.
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Knox J, Daccache A, Hess T & Haro D (2016) Meta-analysis of climate impacts and uncertainty on crop yields in Europe, Environmental Research Letters, 11 (11, article number 113004).
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Hess TM, Sumberg J, Biggs T, Georgescu M, Haro-Monteagudo D, Jewitt G, Ozdogan M, Marshall M, Thenkabail P, Daccache A, Marin F & Knox JW (2016) A sweet deal? Sugarcane, water and agricultural transformation in Sub-Saharan Africa, Global Environmental Change, 39 (July) 181-194.
