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  • Conference paper
    Oluleye OO, Jobson M, Smith R, 2015,

    Optimisation-based design of site waste heat recovery systems

    , ECOS 2015 - 28th International Conference on Efficiency, Cost, Optimization, Simulation and Environmental Impact of Energy Systems
  • Journal article
    Newinger C, Toumi R, 2015,

    Potential impact of the colored Amazon and Orinoco plume on tropical cyclone intensity

    , Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, Vol: 120, Pages: 1296-1317, ISSN: 2169-9275
  • Journal article
    Hardwick SR, Toumi R, Pfeifer M, Turner EC, Nilus R, Ewers RMet al., 2015,

    The relationship between leaf area index and microclimate in tropical forest and oil palm plantation: Forest disturbance drives changes in microclimate

    , Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, Vol: 201, Pages: 187-195, ISSN: 0168-1923

    Land use change is a major threat to biodiversity. One mechanism by which land use change influences biodiversity and ecological processes is through changes in the local climate. Here, the relationships between leaf area index and five climate variables – air temperature, relative humidity, vapour pressure deficit, specific humidity and soil temperature – are investigated across a range of land use types in Borneo, including primary tropical forest, logged forest and oil palm plantation. Strong correlations with the leaf area index are found for the mean daily maximum air and soil temperatures, the mean daily maximum vapour pressure deficit and the mean daily minimum relative humidity. Air beneath canopies with high leaf area index is cooler and has higher relative humidity during the day. Forest microclimate is also found to be less variable for sites with higher leaf area indices. Primary forest is found to be up to 2.5 °C cooler than logged forest and up to 6.5 °C cooler than oil palm plantations. Our results indicate that leaf area index is a useful parameter for predicting the effects of vegetation upon microclimate, which could be used to make small scale climate predictions based on remotely sensed data.
  • Journal article
    Sparks N, Toumi R, 2015,

    Numerical Simulations of Daytime Temperature and Humidity Crossover Effects in London

    , BOUNDARY-LAYER METEOROLOGY, Vol: 154, Pages: 101-117, ISSN: 0006-8314
  • Journal article
    Nicholls JF, Toumi R, Stenchikov G, 2014,

    Effects of unsteady mountain-gap winds on eddies in the Red Sea

    , Atmospheric Science Letters, Vol: 16, Pages: 279-284, ISSN: 1530-261X
  • Conference paper
    Oluleye OO, Jobson M, Smith R, 2014,

    Improving a process site sustainability through waste heat recovery

    , Environmental Division 2014 - Core Programming Area at the 2014 AIChE Annual Meeting 2014, Pages 335-357
  • Conference paper
    Oluleye OO, Jobson M, Smith R, 2014,

    Optimal design and integration of a process site waste heat recovery system

    , 2014 AIChE Annual Meeting
  • Journal article
    Phibbs S, Toumi R, 2014,

    Modeled dependence of wind and waves on ocean temperature in tropical cyclones

    , GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS, Vol: 41, Pages: 7383-7390, ISSN: 0094-8276
  • Conference paper
    Hannon M, Skea J, Rhodes A, 2014,

    Innovation in the energy sector: advancing or frustrating climate policy goals?

    , 10th British Institute of Energy Economics Academic Conference

    The energy sector is well known for the relatively modest level of resource that it devotes to research and development (R&D). However, the incremental pace of energy innovation has speeded up in the last decade as measured by public sector R&D budgets, deployment of alternative technologies and novel institutional arrangements. While much of this effort has been targeted at technologies that promise to reduce carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions, there have also been major innovations that extend the fossil fuel resource base and reduce the cost of extraction. The last decade’s developments can be seen in terms of a challenge to the existing energy paradigm in parallel with a renewed innovative response focusing on conventional fuels and technologies. This paper examines this tension, by exploring the expectations of a variety of organisations in both the public and private sector regarding energy sector developments and by analysing private sector expenditure on energy research and development (R&D) and public sector budgets for energy R&D and demonstration (RD&D). Scenarios and outlook exercises that have been published since 2013 reveal a wide range of beliefs about the future development of the energy system. The contrasting views underpinning the different scenarios are reflected in divergent patterns of R&D investment between the private and public sectors. There appears to be a tension between the drive to transform energy systems, on the part of public bodies, mainly motivated by the need to combat global climate change, and private sector activity, which tends to reinforce and extend existing patterns of energy provision. The paper addresses, but not answer definitively, the key question as to whether technological change is enabling or frustrating ambitious carbon goals.
  • Journal article
    Rhodes A, Skea J, Hannon M, 2014,

    The global surge in energy innovation

    , Energies, Vol: 7, Pages: 5601-5623, ISSN: 1996-1073

    Policymakers are seeking a transformation of the energy system driven by concerns about climate change, energy security and affordability. At the same time, emerging developments in underpinning science and engineering are opening up new possibilities across the whole technology spectrum covering renewables and other supply side technologies, energy demand and energy infrastructure. This paper reviews both the “policy pull” for energy innovation activities and the “science and technology push”. It explores the expectations of a variety of organisations in both the public and private sector regarding these pressures and possibilities by assessing various scenarios and outlook exercises that have been published since 2013. It reveals a wide range of beliefs about the future development of the energy system. The paper then moves on to analyse private sector expenditure on energy research and development (R&D) and public sector budgets for energy R&D and demonstration (RD&D). This analysis demonstrates significant divergences in patterns of innovation between the private and public sectors and leads to the hypothesis that the private sector is, broadly, taking measures to reinforce the existing energy paradigm while the public sector is focusing on new energy technologies that support wider policy objectives. This pattern is consistent with past technological transitions, with innovation efforts that would transform the energy system being counteracted by countervailing efforts that reinforce the existing fossil fuel-based paradigm.
  • Journal article
    Radu R, Toumi R, Phau J, 2014,

    Influence of atmospheric and sea surface temperature on the size of hurricane <i>Catarina</i>

    , QUARTERLY JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL METEOROLOGICAL SOCIETY, Vol: 140, Pages: 1778-1784, ISSN: 0035-9009
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    • Citations: 18
  • Journal article
    Nicholls JF, Toumi R, 2014,

    On the lake effects of the Caspian Sea

    , QUARTERLY JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL METEOROLOGICAL SOCIETY, Vol: 140, Pages: 1399-1408, ISSN: 0035-9009
  • Journal article
    White RH, Toumi R, 2014,

    River flow and ocean temperatures: The Congo River

    , JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-OCEANS, Vol: 119, Pages: 2501-2517, ISSN: 2169-9275
  • Conference paper
    Oluleye OO, Jobson M, Smith R, 2014,

    A hierarchical approach for evaluation of waste heat utilization opportunities

    , 17th Conference on Process Integration, Modelling and Optimisation for Energy Saving and Pollution Reduction, ISSN: 1974-9791
  • Conference paper
    Oluleye OO, Jobson M, Smith R, Perry SJet al., 2014,

    Evaluating the potential of a process site for waste heat recovery

    , 17th Conference on Process Integration, Modelling and Optimisation for Energy Saving and Pollution Reduction, ISSN: 1974-9791
  • Journal article
    Lefauve A, Saintillan D, 2014,

    Globally aligned states and hydrodynamic traffic jams in confined suspensions of active asymmetric particles

    , PHYSICAL REVIEW E, Vol: 89, ISSN: 2470-0045
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    • Citations: 27
  • Conference paper
    Oluleye G, Jobson M, Smith R, 2014,

    Optimal design and integration of a process site waste heat recovery system

    , Pages: 128-150

    • Methodology developed to identify the potential of industrial waste heat and design a site waste heat recovery system • System design evaluated based on efficiency, emissions and economics • More benefits from integrating the waste heat recovery system with the site cogeneration system • Benefits depend on the demand for recovered energy.
  • Conference paper
    Oluleye G, Jobson M, Smith R, 2014,

    Conceptual design of waste heat recovery schemes
  • Conference paper
    Oluleye G, Jobson M, Smith R, 2014,

    Improving a process site sustainability through waste heat recovery

    , Pages: 5-27
  • Conference paper
    Oluleye G, Jobson M, Smith R, 2014,

    Improving a process site sustainability through waste heat recovery

    , Pages: 240-262
  • Journal article
    Nissan H, Toumi R, 2013,

    On the impact of aerosols on soil erosion

    , GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS, Vol: 40, Pages: 5994-5998, ISSN: 0094-8276
  • Journal article
    Schuller P, Walling DE, Iroumé A, Quilodrán C, Castillo A, Navas Aet al., 2013,

    Using 137Cs and 210Pbex and other sediment source fingerprints to document suspended sediment sources in small forested catchments in south-central Chile

    , Journal of Environmental Radioactivity, Vol: 124, Pages: 147-159, ISSN: 0265-931X
  • Journal article
    Nissan H, Toumi R, 2013,

    Dynamic simulation of rainfall kinetic energy flux in a cloud resolving model

    , GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS, Vol: 40, Pages: 3331-3336, ISSN: 0094-8276
  • Journal article
    White RH, Toumi R, 2013,

    The limitations of bias correcting regional climate model inputs

    , GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS, Vol: 40, Pages: 2907-2912, ISSN: 0094-8276
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    • Citations: 86
  • Journal article
    Denamiel C, Budgell WP, Toumi R, 2013,

    The Congo River plume: Impact of the forcing on the far-field and near-field dynamics

    , JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-OCEANS, Vol: 118, Pages: 964-989, ISSN: 2169-9275
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    • Citations: 41
  • Journal article
    Singleton A, Toumi R, 2013,

    Super-Clausius-Clapeyron scaling of rainfall in a model squall line

    , QUARTERLY JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL METEOROLOGICAL SOCIETY, Vol: 139, Pages: 334-339, ISSN: 0035-9009
  • Conference paper
    Nissan H, Clarke J, Oliviera S, Toumi Ret al., 2012,

    Adapting to climate change: A regional climate model study of the Caucasus

    , Pages: 2049-2056

    Adapting to climate change requires new tools and processes within the oil and gas sector. In this paper we present a potential adaptation process. We also discuss the results of an investigation using the Regional Environmental Modelling System (ReEMS). ReEMS is being used to revise design criteria of infrastructure. Using the Caucasus as a case study we examine the hypothesis that air temperature change can be a proxy for extreme rainfall change. Climate simulations have been performed over a two decade-long period to emulate a recent past and future climate scenario. Mean and extreme precipitation changes are shown to be decoupled. Clausius-Clapeyron scaling is considered to be a good estimator for changes in modelled extreme precipitation with temperature. The similarity between the theoretical and modelled climate results is closer for more extreme rainfall and is also found to depend on the region over which the comparison is made. Copyright 2012, SPE/APPEA International Conference on Health, Safety, and Environment in Oil and Gas Exploration and Production.
  • Journal article
    Farley Nicholls J, Toumi R, Budgell WP, 2012,

    Inertial currents in the Caspian Sea

    , GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS, Vol: 39, ISSN: 0094-8276
  • Journal article
    Benn DI, Bolch T, Hands K, Gulley J, Luckman A, Nicholson LI, Quincey D, Thompson S, Toumi R, Wiseman Set al., 2012,

    Response of debris-covered glaciers in the Mount Everest region to recent warming, and implications for outburst flood hazards

    , EARTH-SCIENCE REVIEWS, Vol: 114, Pages: 156-174, ISSN: 0012-8252
  • Journal article
    White R, Toumi R, 2012,

    A tightly bound soil-water scheme within an atmosphere-land-surface model

    , JOURNAL OF HYDROLOGY, Vol: 452, Pages: 51-63, ISSN: 0022-1694

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