Dr Nicholas Howden

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Biography

I am a catchment hydrologist and hydrogeologist.  My research aims to provide a better understanding of how climate, land-use and land management affect the quantity and quality of surface and groundwater over the short- and long-term.  I am particularly interested in the diffuse transport of nitrate from agricultural watersheds.

I studied Engineering at Durham University before completing a PhD in Civil and Environmental Engineering at Imperial College London.  Then I spent three years working in industry, latterly as Principal Consultant for White Young Green, before moving to Cranfield University as a Lecturer in Soil and Water Engineering ...

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Recent publications

• Brenner, S, Coxon, G, Howden, NJK, Freer, J & Hartmann, A, 2018, ‘Process-based modelling to evaluate simulated groundwater levels and frequencies in a Chalk catchment in south-western England’. Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences, vol 18., pp. 445-461
• Worrall, F, Howden, NJ, Burt, TP & Bartlett, R, 2018, ‘Declines in the dissolved organic carbon (DOC) concentration and flux from the UK’. Journal of Hydrology, vol 556., pp. 775-789

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