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Douglas Clark is a land surface modeller with a particular interest in hydrology, and its interactions with other biogeochemical processes. His focus is on the JULES land surface model which can be used either as a standalone model of the terrestrial system or coupled to a model of the atmosphere for weather forecasting or climate applications. His main body of work is as a model developer, looking to improve the description of key processes in JULES, and to provide a robust tool that is suitable for use by a wider community.
His current or recent work includes developing JULES so that it is better able to simulate river flooding through incorporation of the CaMa-Flood routing and inundation model. This work is being pursued within NERC's Hydro-JULES project. He is also working on a project ensuring that flood water is fully integrated with the rest of the model hydrological cycle, for example infiltration to the soil and evaporation. This should improve the realism of the modelled hydrology but in turn will also allow effects on biogeochemical processes such as wetland methane emissions to be represented.
Douglas is representing human management of water resources, particularly via dams and reservoirs, and groundwater, through the Hydro-JULES and TerraFIRMA projects. He participates in research activities to ensure that recent advances in the representation of biogeochemical processes are incorporated in JULES - e.g. developments in soil CNP modelling and allocation within plants through the QUINTUS project.
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