Publications

Publications…

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2008 Fealy, R. and Fealy, R.M. ‘The spatial variation in degree-days derived from locational attributes for the 1961 to 1990 period', Irish Journal of Agricultural and Food Research , 47 (1), pp 1-11
2008 Fealy, R. and Sweeney, J. ‘Statistical downscaling of temperature, radiation and potential evapotranspiration to produce a multiple GCM ensemble mean for a selection of sites in Ireland', Irish Geography , 41, 1, pp 1-27
2008 Fealy, R. , Bates, R., McElwain, L., Sweeney, J . and Murphy, C The Science of Climate Change, A Report prepared by the Climate Change Working group of the Institute of European Affairs, Dublin, 40 pp
2008 Fealy, R. ‘Climate Change in Northern Ireland ' in Climate Change: The Energy Issue , edited by Gallagher, S., Environmental Fact Sheet, Northern Ireland Environment Link
2008 Sweeney, K., Fealy, R.., McElwain, L., Siggins, L., Sweeney, J . and Trinies, V. Changing Shades of Green: The environmental and cultural impacts of climate change in Ireland , The Irish American Climate Project & Rockefeller Family Fund, 46 pp
2008 McCarron, S. ‘Introduction: Geological background to the north of Ireland ' in Whitehouse, N. et al, Field Guide to the north of Ireland , Quaternary Research Association, London
2008 McCarron, S. ‘Introduction: glacial geology and geomorphology of the North of Ireland' in Whitehouse, N. et al, Field Guide to the north of Ireland , Quaternary Research Association, London
2008 McCarron, S. ‘Killard Point, Co. Down' in Whitehouse, N. et al, Field Guide to the north of Ireland , Quaternary Research Association, London
2008 McCarron, S. ‘The Mourne Plain and Killard Point: Introduction' in Whitehouse, N. et al, Field Guide to the north of Ireland , Quaternary Research Association, London
2008 McCarron, S. ‘Kilkeel' in Whitehouse, N. et al, Field Guide to the north of Ireland , Quaternary Research Association, London
2008 Whitehouse, N., Roe, H.M., McCarron, S. and Knight, J. (eds.) Field Guide to the north of Ireland , Quaternary Research Association, London, 300 pp
2008 Rea, B. and McCarron, S. ‘Introduction': The Younger Dryas in the north of Ireland in Whitehouse, N. et al, Field Guide to the north of Ireland , Quaternary Research Association, London
2008 Murphy, C. ‘Viewpoint: Climate Change, A Global Problem with Local Solutions', Council Review: Journal of Irish County and City Managers. Summer 2008 Issue, 43-47pp.
2008 Fealy, R. and Murphy, C. ‘The Likely Physical Impacts of Future Climate Change on Inland Waterways and the Coastal Environment in Ireland '. Report prepared for the Heritage Council and Failte Ireland on the Impacts of Climate Change on Tourism in Ireland
2008 Murphy, C. ‘An assessment of the quality, stability and period of record effects of index flood estimates at gauged sites'. Report prepared for the Office of Public Works (OPW) as part of Work Package 2.3 of the Flood Studies Update for Ireland
2008 Murphy, C. ‘Climate Change Impact Assessment for the River Slaney at Rathvilly'. Report prepared for Carlow County Council.
2008 Sweeney, J with Sweeney, K, Fealy, R., McElwain, L., Siggins, L.and Trinies, V. Changing Shades of Green: The Environmental and Cultural Impacts of Climate Change in Ireland , The Irish American Climate Project & Rockefeller Family Fund, 46 pp
2008 Sweeney, J with Fischler, F., Edenhoffer, O., Foucald, J.B., Golser, K., Karski, L. Kromb-Kolb, H., Kreuter Kirchof, C. van Ypersele, J.P. and Zamagni, S. ‘A Christian View on Climate Change. The Implications of Climate Change for Lifestyles and EU Policies'. A Report to the Bishops of COMECE, Commission of the Bishops' Conferences of the European Community, Brussels , 37 pp
2008 Sweeney, J.(Editor) Climate Change in Ireland : Refining the Impacts , Environmental Protection Agency, Johnstown Castle , Wexford, 163 pp
2008 Sweeney, J with R. Fealy ‘Statistical Downscaling of Temperature, Radiation and Potential Evapotranspiration to Produce a Multiple GCM Ensemble Mean for a Selection of Sites in Ireland ', Irish Geography 41(1) pp 1-27
2008 Sweeney, J ‘Climate Change and Irish Agriculture', Proceedings of the National REPS Conference '08 , Tullamore, 6th November 2008 , pp 2-7
2007 Fealy, R. and J. Sweeney ‘Identification of frequency changes in synoptic circulation types and consequences for glacier mass balance in Norway ' Norsk Geografisk Tidsskrift , pp 76-91
2007 Fealy, R. and J. Sweeney ‘Statistical downscaling of precipitation for a selection of sites in Ireland employing a generalised linear modelling approach' International Journal of Climatology , pp 2083-2094
2007 Fealy, R. ‘Climate Change: What does it mean (for Ireland )?' Proceedings of the Irish Council for Bioethics Conference , Royal Dublin Society, pp 7-23
2007 McCarron, S.G ‘Introduction: Quaternary Geology' in McCarron, S.G. Field guide 27, Aran Islands, edited by Stephen G. McCarron, Irish Quaternary Association, Dublin, pp 3-4
2007 Murphy, C. Climate Change and Flooding. Construction Engineer; Journal for Building Services, Civil and Structural Engineers , September/October
2007 McCarron, S.G. Editor Field guide 27, Aran Islands . Irish Quaternary Association, Dublin , 27 pp
2007 McElwain, L. and Sweeney, J Key Meteorological Indicators of Climate Change in Ireland , Environmental Protection Agency, Johnstown Castle, Wexford, 31pp
2007 McElwain, L. and Sweeney, J Implications of the EU Climate Protection Target for Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency, Johnstown Castle, Wexford, 25pp
2007 Sweeney, J. Contributing Author in Alcamo , J., J.M. Moreno, B. Nováky, M. Bindi, R. Corobov, R.J.N. Devoy, C. Giannakopoulos, E. Martin, J.E. Olesen, A. Shvidenko ‘ Europe ' in Climate Change 2007: Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability. Contribution of Working Group II to the Fourth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change edited by M.L. Parry, O.F. Canziani, J.P. Palutikof, P.J.van der Linden and C.E. Hanson, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK, pp 541-580
2007 Sweeney, J. Review Editor in Easterling, W.E., P.K. Aggarwal, P. Batima, K.M. Brander, L. Erda, S.M. Howden, A. Kirilenko, J. Morton, J.-F. Soussana, J. Schmidhuber and F.N. Tubiello ‘Food, Fibre and Forest products' in Climate Change 2007: Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability. Contribution of Working Group II to the Fourth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change edited by M.L. Parry, O.F. Canziani, J.P. Palutikof, P.J. van der Linden and C.E. Hanson, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK, pp 273-313
2007 Sweeney, J., C. Murphy, R. Charlton, and R. Fealy ‘Climate change scenarios and challenges for the water environment' in Ireland at Risk No. 1: The impact of climate change on the water environment edited by The Irish Academy of Engineering, Dublin, 9-11
2007 Sweeney, J. ‘Ulster faces Floods and Droughts' Irish Woodturners' Guild Journal 40, pp 20-21 (March 2007).
2007 Sweeney, J. ‘The Impact of Climate Change on Irish Agriculture' Proceedings of the Agricultural Forum , Tullamore, pp 145-50 ( 12 March 2007 ).
2006 Charlton, R., Fealy, R., Moore, S., Sweeney, J.and Murphy, C. Assessing the impact of climate change on water supply and flood hazard in Ireland using statistical downscaling and hydrological modelling techniques. Climatic Change , 74, 4, 475-491.
2006 Fealy, R. and Sweeney, J.C. Downscaling Global Climate Models for Ireland : Providing future scenarios' In Proceedings of the National Hydrology Seminar , Water Resources in Ireland and Climate Change , Tullamore, pp 8-18
2006 Fealy, R. and Murphy, C., McElwain, L., Sweeney, J.C. The Isle of Man Climate Change Scoping Study : Climate Indicators for acclimatise and the Department of Local Government and the Environment Report for the Isle of Man Government, 41 pp
2006 Fealy, R. and Murphy, C., McElwain, L. and Sweeney, J.C. The Isle of Man Climate Change Scoping Study : Future Climate Change Scenarios for acclimatise and the Department of Local Government, Isle of Man Report for the Isle of Man Government, 23 pp
2006 Murphy, C. and Fealy, R., Charlton, R. and Sweeney, J.C. ‘The reliability of an “off-the-shelf” Conceptual Rainfall Runoff model for use in climate impact assessment: uncertainty quantification using Latin Hypercube sampling' In Area , 38(1), pp 65-78
2006 Murphy, C. and Charlton, R. ‘The impact of climate change on catchment hydrology and water resources for selected catchments in Ireland' In Proceedings of the National Hydrology Seminar, Water Resources in Ireland and Climate Change , Tullamore, pp 38-49
2006 Murphy, C. and Sweeney, J. Climate Impact Assessment for the rivers Inny, Suck and Brosna. An impact assessment report prepared on behalf of RPS Consultants Ltd
2006 Murphy, C. Dublin Region Water Supply: Major Source Development. An impact assessment report prepared on behalf of RPS Consultants Ltd
2005 Charlton, R.A. and C. Murphy, R. Fealy and J. Sweeney ‘Changing Precipitation Scenarios: Preliminary implications for groundwater flow systems and planning' In Proceedings of the 25 th Anniversary Conference on Groundwater in Ireland April 19 th -20 th , Tullamore, pp 49-56
2005 Fealy, R. and J.C. Sweeney ‘Detection of a possible change point in atmospheric variability in the North Atlantic and its effect on Scandinavian glacier mass balance' In International Journal of Climatology , 25 pp 1819-1833
2005 Fealy, R. and C. Murphy, R. Charlton and J. Sweeney ‘Changing Precipitation Scenarios : Preliminary implications for groundwater flow systems and planning' In Proceedings of the 25th Anniversary Conference on Groundwater in Ireland April 19th-20th, Tullamore, pp 49-56
2005 McCarron, S.G. and A. Farrell, and P. Coxon ‘The Quaternary Geology of Central Western Ireland' In T he Quaternary of Central Western Ireland: Field Guide , edited by P. Coxon, Quaternary Research Association, London, pp 7-24
2005 Murphy, C. and R. Fealy and R. Charlton and J. Sweeney ‘Changing Precipitation Scenarios : Preliminary implications for groundwater flow systems and planning' In Proceedings of the 25 th Anniversary Conference on Groundwater in Ireland April 19 th -20 th , Tullamore, pp 49-56
2005 Sweeney, J.C. and G. O'Hare and R.Wilby Weather, Climate and Climate Change Pearson Educational, Harlow, Essex, 403pp
2005 Sweeney, J.C and A. Donnelly and M.B. Jones ‘A review of indicators of climate change for use in Ireland '. In International Journal of Biometeorology , 49, pp 1-12
2005 Sweeney, J.C and R. Fealy ‘Detection of a possible change point in atmospheric variability in the North Atlantic and its effect on Scandinavian glacier mass balance' In International Journal of Climatology , 25, pp 1819-1833
2004 Charlton, R.A. and C. Murphy, R. Fealy and J. Sweeney 'Changing precipitation Scenarios: Preliminary implications for groundwater flow systems and planning' In Proceedings of the 25th Anniversary Conference on Groundwater in Ireland , Tullamore, April 19-20, pp 49-56
2004 Murphy, C., Fealy, R., Charlton, R. and Sweeney, J. Catering for uncertainty in a conceptual rainfall runoff model: model preparation for climate change impact assessment and the application of GLUE using Latin Hypercube Sampling. Proceedings of the National Hydrology Seminar, The Water Framework Directive - Monitoring & modelling Issues for River Basin Management. Tullamore, 16 November.
2004 Sweeney, J.C. and Anthony.J. Brereton and Rowan Fealy and Nicholas M. Holden 'Climate Change and Irish Agriculture' In Climate, Weather and Irish Agriculture, edited by Keane, T. and Collins, J.F, Joint Working Group on Agricultural Meteorology, Met Eireann, Dublin, pp 359-382
2004 Sweeney, J.C. and C. Murphy, R. Fealy and R. Charlton 'Changing precipitation Scenarios: Preliminary implications for groundwater flow systems and planning' In Proceedings of the 25th Anniversary Conference on Groundwater in Ireland, Tullamore, April 19-20, pp 49-56
2004 Sweeney, J.C. 'Planning and Climate Change: It's time to grasp the nettle!' The An Taisce Magazine, Winter, pp 13-15
2003 Charlton, R and S. Moore 'The Impact of Climate Change on Water Resources in Ireland' In Climate Change: Scenarios and Impacts for Ireland (ERTDI Report Series No. 15), edited by Sweeney, J.et al, Environmental Protection Agency, Dublin, pp 81-102
2003 Charlton, R Various entries on Irish rivers, lakes and water resources' In The Encyclopaedia of Ireland , edited by Brian Lalor, Gill and Macmillan, Dublin
2003 Feely, R. and J.C. Sweeney 'A Preliminary Investigation of Future Climate Scenarios for Ireland ' Biology and Environment: Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy , 102B, pp 121-128
2003 Sweeney, J.C. and R. Fealy 'A Preliminary Investigation of Future Climate Scenarios for Ireland ' Biology and Environment: Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy , 102B, pp 121-128
2003 Sweeney, J.C. and A. Brereton and R. Fealy and N. Holden 'Possible change in Irish climate and its impact on barley and potato yields' Agriculture and Forest Meteorology, 116(3-4), pp 181-196
2003 Sweeney, J.C. Editor Climate Change: Scenarios and Impacts for Ireland . Environmental Protection Agency. 229 pp
2003 Sweeney, J.C. Editor Climate Change: Scenarios and Impacts for Ireland . Environmental Protection Agency. 229 pp
2003 McElwain, L. and Sweeney, J. 'Climate Change in Ireland :Recent changes in temperature and precipitation', Irish Geography 36(2), pp 97-111
2003 Sweeney, J., Murphy, C., Charlton, R., Fealy, R. Climate Scenarios for Mid Century and some Preliminary Perspectives on Engineering Implications. Proceedings of the National Hydrology Semina r, Urban Hydrology and Storm Water Management. Tullamore, 10 November.
2002 Charlton, R and S. Moore 'The Impact of Climate Change on Water Resources in Ireland' In Climate Change: Scenarios and Impacts for Ireland (ERTDI Report Series No. 15), edited by Sweeney, J.et al, Environmental Protection Agency, Dublin, pp 81-102
2002 Charlton, R and R. Fealy and S. Moore and J.C. Sweeney 'Climate Change and water resources in Ireland: predictions made at a high spatial resolution using downscaled GCM data and hydrological modelling techniques' In Proceedings of the British Hydrological Society Eighth National Symposium , edited by Chris Bradley and David Hannah, British Hydrological Society, Birmingham, pp 61-66
2002 Charlton, R and J. Orford Managing Fluvial and Costal Environments . Colourpoint Books, Newtownards, 36 pp
2002 Fealy, R.and J.C. Sweeney 'A Preliminary Investigation of Future Climate Scenarios for Ireland ' Biology and Environment, 102B(3), 121-128
2002 Sweeney, J.C. and R. Charlton and R. Fealy and Sonja Moore 'Climate Change and Water Resources in Ireland: Initial Investigations Using Downscaled GCMs and Hydrological Modelling Techniques' In Environmental Change and Water Sustainability, edited by Garcia-Ruiz, J.M., Jones, J.A. and Arnez, J, Institute Pirinaico de Ecologia, Zaragoza, Spain, pp 129-139
2002 Sweeney, J.C. 'A Three Century Storm Climatology for Dublin , 1715-2000' Irish Geography 33.1 1-14
2002 Sweeney, J.C.and R. Fealy 'Future Climate Change Scenarios for Ireland Using High Resolution Statistical Downscaling Techniques' In Achievement and Challenge: Rio+10 and Ireland, edited by Feehan, J. and Convery, F, Environmental Institute, University College Dublin, Dublin, pp 172-179
2002 Sweeney, J.C.and Alison Donnelly and M.B Jones and Laura McElwain Climate Change: Indicators for Ireland . Environmental Protection Agency, Wexford, 54 pp