Building Bridges – establishing effective collaboration networks

Bob EvansVisiting Fellow

Global Sustainability InstituteAnglia Ruskin University

Cambridge

Building Bridges

Other side bridge – who?

Agriculture, soils, hydrology

Do they want to talk?

Dialogue

Common ground

Some thoughts

Three points:

• Glad we didn’t get it wrong• What happens to the rain?• Access to data

Glad we didn’t get it wrongPSMD + AWC

Anon

Anon

CUCAP

Glad we didn’t get it wrong - BUT

• Do evaporation and transpiration occur

at predicted rates (e.g. Maff Tech Bull 1967)

or do constraints kick in(e.g. MORECS)?

What happens to the rain?

• Can Potential Soil Moisture Deficit explain:

– When Runoff occurs

– When Drains flow

– Stream flow

Copyright Evans 2013

Copyright Evans 2013

What happens to the rain?• When do nitrate and pesticides reach rivers?

Wissey stream flow to PSMD2003-2008 r = c. - 0.7 (range - 0.5 to -0.9)

Metaldehyde in rivers

Max value 2.4 ug/l

Data supplied by Environment Agency

Anglian water

Access to Data

• NEED to mine the data

• FREE access to Data

• EASY access to Data

• Easily useable

Thank you