Professor Jeffrey Neal
B.Sc., Ph.D.(Soton.)
Current positions
Professor of Hydrology
School of Geographical Sciences
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Research interests
My research interests include the development of hydraulic models and the assimilation of observations with such models across and range of spatial scales. I also undertake research to support flood risk management, which includes work on modelling flood hazard in urban areas and methods to increase the computational efficiency of hydraulic models.
Projects and supervisions
Research projects
Climate change adaptation in infrastructure systems
Role
Co-Investigator
Description
PhD studentships focused on the investigation and development of new methodologies for:
1) Climate change adaptation in power systems considering interdependencies with transportation/urban infrastructure systems, led by Dr Laiz Souto, Department…Managing organisational unit
School of Electrical, Electronic and Mechanical EngineeringDates
18/09/2023
Estimating the carbon footprint of post-flood urban road network restoration: A case study in Carlisle
Principal Investigator
Role
Principal Investigator
Description
Climate change and urbanization are expected to increase the risk of flood disasters in vulnerable areas. Urban road infrastructure can be affected by flooding, and subsequent restoration creates an additional…Managing organisational unit
Department of Civil EngineeringDates
01/10/2021
Participatory climate information distillation for urban flood resilience'
Principal Investigator
Role
Co-Investigator
Description
NERC funded six-month project supporting the COP26 Adaptation and Resilience theme. Led by the University of Bristol with partners in the UK, South Africa and Zambia, the FRACTAL-PLUS project aims…Managing organisational unit
Science Faculty OfficeDates
01/10/2021 to 31/03/2022
THE EVOLUTION OF GLOBAL FLOOD HAZARD AND RISK EVOFLOOD
Principal Investigator
Managing organisational unit
School of Geographical SciencesDates
01/05/2021 to 30/04/2026
Thesis supervisions
Sensitivity, Uncertainty and Refinement of a Global Flood Model
Supervisors
Advancements in River-Floodplain Hydrodynamic Modelling for Urban Flood Hazard Assessment under Climate Change
Supervisors
Understanding flood risk at large spatial scales
Supervisors
Hybrid geographical narratives
Supervisors
Improving flood hazard mapping using global flood model and machine learning techniques
Supervisors
Regional Flood Models and Digital Elevation Model (DEM) Uncertainty
Supervisors
Modelling Glacial Lake Outburst Flood Discharge in the Rio Huemules, Northern Patagonian Icefield
Supervisors
Publications
Selected publications
07/11/2012A subgrid channel model for simulating river hydraulics and floodplain inundation over large and data sparse areas
Water Resources Research
Comparing earth observation and inundation models to map flood hazards
Environmental Research Letters
Towards global stochastic river flood modelling
Water Resources Research
Recent publications
13/01/2025Integrating social narratives of flood events into a text network analysis-based decision support framework to reduce vulnerability to climate change in Africa
Climate Services
Assessing LISFLOOD-FP with the next-generation digital elevation model FABDEM using household survey and remote sensing data in the Central Highlands of Vietnam
Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences
Creating sustainable capacity for river science in the Congo basin through the CRuHM project
Interface Focus
Current and future rainfall-driven flood risk from hurricanes in Puerto Rico under 1.5 and 2°C climate change
Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences
Developing a Fluvial and Pluvial Stochastic Flood Model of Southeast Asia
Water Resources Research
Related people
Professor Paul Bates
Professor of Hydrology
School of Geographical Sciences
Dr Gemma Coxon
Associate Professor in Hydrology
School of Geographical Sciences
Dr Laurence Hawker
Senior Research Associate
School of Geographical Sciences
Dr Leanne Archer
Research Associate
School of Geographical Sciences
Dr Oliver Wing
Honorary Research Fellow
School of Geographical Sciences