Dr Mark Robinson

Catchment dynamics and water budgets

Background

I graduated from Leeds University with a degree in Geography and went on to take an MSc in Engineering Hydrology at the University of Newcastle. Following this I worked on a three-year research project at Leeds University into land erosion and sediment supply before joining the then Institute of Hydrology. Initially I worked on developments to the FSR methodology, before concentrating on land use and management impacts on river flows and was awarded a PhD from the University of Hull into the impacts of agricultural land management on streamflow. More recently I have taken responsibility for the CEH upland research catchments, including the long-term Plynlimon study.

Current research

Hydrological fluxes and budgets in research catchments.

Selected publications

See also the NERC Open Research Archive.

Robinson, M. & Dupeyrat, A. (2005) Effects of commercial forest felling on streamflow regimes at Plynlimon. Hydrological Processes 19: 1213-1226.

Robinson, M. & Newson M.D. (2005) Not in one fell swoop. Planet Earth. Autumn 2005, ISSN 1479-2605 pp222-23.

Robinson, M. (2005) Precipitation measurement: Gauge deployment. Encyclopedia of Hydrological Sciences (5), (M. G. Anderson, Ed.), Vol. 5, pp. 537-545. John Wiley & Sons Ltd, Chichester.

Marc, V. & Robinson, M. (2004) Application of the deuterium tracing method for the estimation of tree sap flow and stand transpiration of a beech forest (Fagus silvatica L.) in a mountainous Mediterranean region. J. Hydrology 285: 248-259.

Bromley J., Robinson, M. & Barker, J. (2004) Scale dependency of hydraulic conductivity: an example from Thorne Moor, a raised mire in South Yorkshire, UK. Hydrological Processes 18: 973-985.

Robinson, M., Grant, S. & Hudson, J. (2004). Measuring rainfall to a forest canopy: an assessment of the performance of canopy level raingauges. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences 8: 327-333.  

Brandt, C., Robinson, M. & Finch J. (2004). Anatomy of a catchment: the relation of physical attributes of the Plynlimon catchments to variations in hydrology and water status. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences 8: 345-354.

Blyth, E.M., Finch, J., Robinson, M. & Rosier, P. (2004) Can soil moisture be mapped onto the terrain? Hydrology and Earth System Sciences 8: 923-930

Robinson, M. & 15 others. (2003) Studies of the impact of forestry on extreme flows: A European perspective. Forest Ecology and Management 186: 85-97.

Van der Tol, Gash, J., Grant, S., McNeil, D., & Robinson, M. (2003) Average wet canopy evaporation for a Sitka spruce forest derived using the eddy correlation-energy balance technique. J. Hydrology 276: 12-19.

Robinson, M. & Cosandey, C. (2002) Impact de la forêt sur les débits d’étiage.  La Houille Blanche - Revue Internationale De L’Eau (3): 59-63.

Finch J. W., Robinson, M., and Harding R. J. (2001) Predicting the impact of land cover change on groundwater recharge. ‘Protecting Groundwater – applying policies and decision-making tools to land use planning. Conference Proceedings, 4-5th October 2001. Environmental Agency, Bristol.

Ward, R.C. & Robinson, M. (2000) ‘Principles of Hydrology’, McGraw-Hill. London and New York. ISBN 0 07 709502 2, 450pp.

Cosandey, C. & Robinson, M. (2000) ‘Hydrologie Continentale’, Armand Colin. Paris. ISBN 20200-25113-0, 360pp.

Robinson, M., Rycroft, D.W. 1999. The impact of drainage on streamflow. Chapter 23 in: Skaggs, W. & van Schilfgaarde, J. (Eds.) Agricultural Drainage. Agronomy Monograph 38. American Society of Agronomy, Madison, Wisconsin. Library of Congress Catalog Card Number 99-073092, pp 753-786.

Robinson, M. (1999) Impact of forestry on extreme flows in British experimental basins. In: Zhuravin S. and Herrmann A. (Eds.) Proceedings of St. Petersburg Workshop, 2-6 June 1997. Experimental Hydrology with Reference to Hydrological Processes in Small Research Basins, Gidrometeoizdat Publishing House, Russia.

Robinson, M., Boardman, J., Evans, R., Heppell, K., Packman, J., & Leeks, G.  (1999) Land use changes. Chapter 2 In: Acreman M. (ed.) The hydrology of the UK – a study of change. Routledge, Andover. ISBN 0 415 18760-5, pp30-54.

Robinson, M. 1998. 30 years of forest hydrology changes at Coalburn: water balance and extreme flows. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences 2(2): 233-238.

Synergistic activities

Referee for papers submitted to scientific journals, including Hydrology and Earth Surface Processes, J. of Hydrology, Hydrological Processes, J. of Environmental Management, Hydrological Sciences J., Water Resources Research, J. of Applied Ecology, Earth Surface Processes and Landforms.