Dr. John Wallbank

John performs hydrological modelling of river flows using the distributed Grid-to-Grid (G2G) rainfall-runoff model and the lumped Probability Distributed Model (PDM). He is also involved in catchment scale nutrient modelling using "CASCADE", work with the Flood Estimation Handbook team, developing "ANaRM" to modelling nature based solutions in urban environments, and has an interest in novel rainfall measurements (e.g. using microwave links). 

At UKCEH John has worked on a variety of projects, including: calibrating and assessing hydrological models; assessing X-band radar precipitation estimates using hydrological models; improving water routing in hydrological models; calculating and improving catchment descriptors for the Flood Estimation Handbook; supporting use of machine learning techniques to quality control environmental data; using data from CRNS to estimate snow water equivalent; and, using neutron transport modelling to understand and control the footprint of CRNS for soil moisture monitoring; assessing the suitability of CRNS from the COSMOS-UK network for detecting space weather events.

John previously worked as theoretical physicist, employing a variety of analytical and numerical techniques to study two-dimensional materials.