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Professor Keith Beven

Professor Emeritus

  1. Published

    L'unicité de lieu, d'action et de temps

    Beven, K., Musy, A. & Higy, C., 12/2001, In: Revue des Sciences de l'Eau. 14, 4, p. 525-533 9 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  2. Published

    Uniqueness of place and non-uniqueness of models in assessing predictive uncertainty

    Beven, K., 1/01/2000, Computational methods in water resources - Volume 2 - Computational methods,surface water systems and hydrology. Bentley, L. R., Sykes, J. F., Brebbia, C. A., Gray, W. G., Pinder, G. F., Bentley, L. R., Sykes, J. F., Brebbia, C. A., Gray, W. G. & Pinder, G. F. (eds.). A. A. Balkema, p. 1085-1091 7 p.

    Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSNConference contribution/Paperpeer-review

  3. Published

    Accessing uncertain change in flood frequency due to climate scenarios by continuous simulation

    Beven, K. & Cameron, D., 1/12/2000, In: PIK Report. 65 , 1, p. 210-211 2 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  4. Published

    A Century of Denial: Preferential and Nonequilibrium Water Flow in Soils, 1864-1984

    Beven, K., 20/12/2018, In: Vadose Zone Journal. 17, 1, 17 p., 180153.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  5. Published

    Changing ideas in hydrology - The case of physically-based models

    Beven, K., 30/01/1989, In: Journal of Hydrology. 105, 1-2, p. 157-172 16 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  6. Published

    Towards a methodology for testing models as hypotheses in the inexact sciences

    Beven, K., 24/04/2019, In: Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences. 475, 2224, 19 p., 20180862.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  7. Published

    Developing observational methods to drive future hydrological science: Can we make a start as a community?

    Beven, K., Asadullah, A., Bates, P., Blyth, E., Chappell, N., Child, S., Cloke, H., Dadson, S., Everard, N., Fowler, H. J., Freer, J., Hannah, D. M., Heppell, K., Holden, J., Lamb, R., Lewis, H., Morgan, G., Parry, L. & Wagener, T., 30/01/2020, In: Hydrological Processes. 34, 3, p. 868-873 6 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  8. Published

    Channel network hydrology

    Beven, K. (Editor) & Kirkby, M. J. (Editor), 1/01/1993, Channel network hydrology. Wiley

    Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSNChapter

  9. Published

    How to make advances in hydrological modelling

    Beven, K., 1/12/2019, In: Hydrology Research. 50, 6, p. 1481-1494 14 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  10. Published

    A history of the concept of time of concentration

    Beven, K. J., 25/05/2020, In: Hydrology and Earth System Sciences. 24, 5, p. 2655-2670 16 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  11. Published

    Deep learning, hydrological processes and the uniqueness of place

    Beven, K., 30/07/2020, In: Hydrological Processes. 34, 16, p. 3608-3613 6 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  12. Published

    An epistemically uncertain walk through the rather fuzzy subject of observation and model uncertainties1

    Beven, K., 1/01/2021, In: Hydrological Processes. 35, 1, 9 p., e14012.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  13. Published

    A history of TOPMODEL

    Beven, K., Kirkby, M., E. Freer, J. & Lamb, R., 2/02/2021, In: Hydrology and Earth System Sciences. 25, 2, p. 527-549 23 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  14. Published

    The era of infiltration

    Beven, K., 22/02/2021, In: Hydrology and Earth System Sciences. 25, 2, p. 851-866 16 p., 8512021.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  15. Published

    Perceptual perplexity and parameter parsimony

    Beven, K. J. & Chappell, N. A., 31/07/2021, In: Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Water. 8, 4, e1530.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  16. Published

    Issues in generating stochastic observables for hydrological models

    Beven, K., 30/06/2021, In: Hydrological Processes. 35, 6, 12 p., e14203.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  17. Published

    On (in)validating environmental models. 2. Implementation of a Turing‐like Test to modelling hydrological processes

    Beven, K., Lane, S., Page, T., Kretzschmar, A., Hankin, B., Smith, P. & Chappell, N., 31/10/2022, In: Hydrological Processes. 36, 10, 16 p., e14703.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  18. Published

    On (in)validating environmental models. 1. Principles for formulating a Turing‐like Test for determining when a model is fit‐for purpose

    Beven, K. & Lane, S., 31/10/2022, In: Hydrological Processes. 36, 10, 12 p., e14704.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  19. Published

    Deciding on fitness‐for‐purpose ‐ of models and of natural flood management

    Beven, K., Page, T., Hankin, B., Smith, P., Kretzschmar, A., Mindham, D. & Chappell, N., 30/11/2022, In: Hydrological Processes. 36, 11, 40 p., e14752.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  20. Published

    Benchmarking Hydrological Models for an Uncertain Future

    Beven, K., 31/05/2023, In: Hydrological Processes. 37, 5, e14882.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  21. Published

    Rethinking Concepts of Information Content of Hydrological Data to Account for Epistemic Errors

    Beven, K. J. & Smith, P. J., 2014, Vulnerability, Uncertainty, and Risk: Quantification, Mitigation, and Management - Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Vulnerability and Risk Analysis and Management, ICVRAM 2014 and the 6th International Symposium on Uncertainty Modeling and Analysis, ISUMA 2014. Hall, J. W., Au, S.-K. & Beer, M. (eds.). American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), p. 263-272 10 p.

    Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSNConference contribution/Paperpeer-review

  22. Published

    In Memoriam: Peter F. Germann

    Beven, K., 24/02/2021, In: Vadose Zone Journal. 20, 2

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  23. Published

    A brief history of information and disinformation in hydrological data and the impact on the evaluation of hydrological models

    Beven, K., 10/04/2024, In: Hydrological Sciences Journal. 69, 5, p. 519-527 9 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  24. Published

    UPH Problem 20 – reducing uncertainty in model prediction: a model invalidation approach based on a Turing-like test

    Beven, K., Page, T., Smith, P., Kretzschmar, A., Hankin, B. & Chappell, N., 18/04/2024, In: Proceedings of the International Association of Hydrological Sciences. 385, p. 129-134 6 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  25. Published

    On “The Science of Waters” by Père Jean François from 1653

    Beven, K., 9/08/2024, In: Hydrological Sciences Journal. 69, p. 1561-1570 9 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  26. Published

    A short history of philosophies of hydrological model evaluation and hypothesis testing

    Beven, K. J., 28/02/2025, In: Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Water. 12, 1, e1761.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineReview articlepeer-review

  27. Published

    Editorial: Future of distributed modelling

    Beven, K., 1992, In: Hydrological Processes. 6, 3, p. 253-254 2 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineEditorialpeer-review

  28. Published

    Surface water hydrology—runoff generation and basin structure

    Beven, K., 04/1983, In: Reviews of Geophysics. 21, 3, p. 721-730 10 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineReview articlepeer-review

  29. Published

    On subsurface stormflow: An analysis of response times

    Beven, K., 12/1982, In: Hydrological Sciences Journal. 27, 4, p. 505-521 17 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  30. Published

    Macropores and water flow in soils

    Beven, K. & Germann, P., 10/1982, In: Water Resources Research. 18, 5, p. 1311-1325 15 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  31. Published

    Reply [to “Comments on “On subsurface stormflow: Prediction with simple kinematic theory for saturated and unsaturated flows” by Keith Beven”]

    Beven, K., 04/1987, In: Water Resources Research. 23, 4, p. 749 1 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineLetterpeer-review

  32. Published

    Towards a new paradigm in hydrology.

    Beven, K., 1987, In: IAHS-AISH Publication. 164, p. 393-403 11 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  33. Published

    Towards the use of catchment geomorphology in flood frequency predictions

    Beven, K., 1987, In: Earth Surface Processes and Landforms. 12, 1, p. 69-82 14 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  34. Published

    On the Variation of Infiltration Into a Homogeneous Soil Matrix Containing a Population of Macropores

    Beven, K. J. & Clarke, R. T., 03/1986, In: Water Resources Research. 22, 3, p. 383-388 6 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  35. Published

    TESTING A PHYSICALLY-BASED FLOOD FORECASTING MODEL (TOPMODEL) FOR THREE U. K. CATCHMENTS.

    Beven, K. J., Kirkby, M. J., Schofield, N. & Tagg, A. F., 1/01/1984, In: Journal of Hydrology. 69, 1-4, p. 119-143 25 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  36. Published

    Avian biogeography in the Amazon Basin and the biological model of diversification.

    Beven, S., Connor, E. F. & Beven, K., 1984, In: Journal of Biogeography. 11, 5, p. 383-399 17 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  37. Published

    Infiltration into a class of vertically non-uniform soils

    Beven, K., 12/1984, In: Hydrological Sciences Journal. 29, 4, p. 425-434 10 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  38. Published

    Catchment geomorphology and the dynamics of runoff contributing areas

    Beven, K. & Wood, E. F., 08/1983, In: Journal of Hydrology. 65, 1-3, p. 139-158 20 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  39. Published

    On subsurface stormflow: Predictions with simple kinematic theory for saturated and unsaturated flows

    Beven, K., 12/1982, In: Water Resources Research. 18, 6, p. 1627-1633 7 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  40. Published

    ASSESSING THE EFFECT OF SPATIAL PATTERN OF PRECIPITATION IN MODELING STREAM FLOW HYDROGRAPHS

    Beven, K. J. & Hornberger, G. M., 10/1982, In: JAWRA Journal of the American Water Resources Association. 18, 5, p. 823-829 7 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  41. Published

    Impacts and management of steeplands erosion; comments.

    Beven, K., Madej, M. A., Dunne, T. & Janda, R. J., 1981, In: Journal of Hydrology: New Zealand. 20, 1, p. 107-117 11 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  42. Published

    Kinematic subsurface stormflow

    Beven, K., 10/1981, In: Water Resources Research. 17, 5, p. 1419-1424 6 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  43. Published

    Comments on ‘A stochastic‐conceptual analysis of rainfall‐runoff processes on a hillslope’ by R. Allan Freeze

    Beven, K., 04/1981, In: Water Resources Research. 17, 2, p. 431-432 2 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineComment/debatepeer-review

  44. Published

    On the generalized kinematic routing method

    Beven, K., 10/1979, In: Water Resources Research. 15, 5, p. 1238-1242 5 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  45. Published

    A sensitivity analysis of the Penman-Monteith actual evapotranspiration estimates

    Beven, K., 12/1979, In: Journal of Hydrology. 44, 3-4, p. 169-190 22 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  46. Published

    Flow and flow routing in upland channel networks

    Beven, K., Gilman, K. & Newson, M., 09/1979, In: Hydrological Sciences Bulletin. 24, 3, p. 303-325 23 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  47. Published

    A physically based, variable contributing area model of basin hydrology

    Beven, K. J. & Kirkby, M. J., 03/1979, In: Hydrological Sciences Bulletin. 24, 1, p. 43-69 27 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  48. Published

    The hydrological response of headwater and sideslope areas

    Beven, K., 1/12/1978, In: Hydrological Sciences Bulletin. 23, 4, p. 419-437 19 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  49. Published

    LANDSLIP/DEBRIS FLOW IN BILSDALE, NORTH YORK MOORS, SEPTEMBER 1976.

    Beven, K., Lawson, A. & McDonald, A., 1978, In: Earth Surf Processes. 3, 4, p. 407-419 13 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  50. Published

    Movement of water and the herbicides atrazine and isoproturon through a large structured clay soil core.

    Beck, A. J., Lam, V., Henderson, D. E., Beven, K. J., Harris, G. L., Howse, K. R., Johnston, A. E. J. & Jones, K. C., 1995, In: Journal of Contaminant Hydrology. 19, 3, p. 237-260 24 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  51. Published

    Bayesian updating of flood inundation likelihoods conditioned on flood extent data.

    Bates, P. D., Horritt, M. S., Aronica, G. & Beven, K. J., 15/12/2004, In: Hydrological Processes. 18, 17, p. 3347-3370 24 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal article

  52. Published

    Observational data and scale dependent parameterisations: explorations using a virtual hydrological reality.

    Bashford, K., Beven, K. J. & Young, P. C., 15/02/2002, In: Hydrological Processes. 16, 2, p. 293-312 20 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  53. Published

    Technical note: Hydrology modelling R packages - A unified analysis of models and practicalities from a user perspective

    Astagneau, P. C., Thirel, G., Delaigue, O., Guillaume, J. H. A., Parajka, J., Brauer, C. C., Viglione, A., Buytaert, W. & Beven, K. J., 8/07/2021, In: Hydrology and Earth System Sciences. 25, 7, p. 3937-3973 37 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  54. Published

    Uncertainty and equifinality in calibrating distributed roughness coefficients in a flood propagation model with limited data.

    Aronica, G., Hankin, B. G. & Beven, K. J., 12/1998, In: Advances in Water Resources. 22, 4, p. 349-365 17 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  55. Published

    Uncertainty assessment of phosphorus risk to surface waters

    Anthony, S. G., Beven, K., Carvalho, L., Elliott, A., Freer, J. E., Gooddy, D. C., Green, H., Haygarth, P., Heathwaite, L., Hilton, J., Jarvie, H. P., Jennings, E., Maberly, S., Mainstone, C. P., May, L., Moss, B., Nash, D. M., Neal, C., Page, T. & Pope, T. & 8 others, Quinton, J., Reynolds, C., Sharpley, A. N., Smith, J. W. N., Thompson, L. J., Wade, A. J., Willows, R. & Withers, P. J. A., 05/2013, Bristol: Environment Agency.

    Research output: Book/Report/ProceedingsCommissioned report

  56. Published

    Event and model dependent rainfall adjustments to improve discharge predictions

    Andino, D. F., Beven, K. J., Kauffeldt, A., Xu, C.-Y., Halldin, S. & Di Baldassarre, G., 01/2017, In: Hydrological Sciences Journal. 62, 2, p. 232-245 14 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  57. Published

    Primary weathering rates, water transit times, and concentration-discharge relations: a theoretical analysis for the critical zone

    Ameli, A. A., Beven, K., Erlandsson, M., Creed, I. F., McDonnell, J. J. & Bishop, K., 01/2017, In: Water Resources Research. 53, 1, p. 942-960 19 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  58. Published

    Towards a generalisation of the TOPMODEL concepts : topographic indices of hydrological similarity.

    Ambroise, B., Beven, K. J. & Freer, J., 1996, In: Water Resources Research. 32, 7, p. 2135-2145 11 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  59. Published

    Application of a generalised TOPMODEL to the small Ringelbach catchment, Vosges, France.

    Ambroise, B., Freer, J. & Beven, K. J., 1996, In: Water Resources Research. 32, 7, p. 2147-2159 13 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  60. Published

    Toward a generalization of the TOPMODEL concepts: Topographic indices of hydrological similarity

    Ambroise, B., Beven, K. & Freer, J., 07/1996, In: Water Resources Research. 32, 7, p. 2135-2145 11 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineReview articlepeer-review

  61. Published

    Application of a generalized TOPMODEL to the small Ringelbach catchment, Vosges, France

    Ambroise, B., Freer, J. & Beven, K., 07/1996, In: Water Resources Research. 32, 7, p. 2147-2159 13 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  62. Published

    A staggered approach to flash flood forecasting a case study in the Cevennes region

    Alfieri, L., Smith, P. J., Thielen-del Pozo, J. & Beven, K. J., 2011, In: Advances in Geosciences. 29, p. 13-20 8 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  63. Published

    Understanding and managing uncertainty related to future change in catchment systems – defining and developing Best Practice Guidance.

    Alcock, R. E., Beven, K., Haygarth, P. & O'Connell, E., 28/04/2010.

    Research output: Contribution to conference - Without ISBN/ISSN Conference paper

  64. Published
  65. Unpublished

    Informatics Analysis for Hydro-power Schemes across Northwest England. (Presentation)

    Aggidis, G. A., Leigh, P. A., Luchinskaya, E. R., Timmis, R., Howard, D. C., Walker, G., Cass, N., Beven, K., Heathwaite, A. L., Rothschild, R., Young, A. & Haxton, T., 09/2008, (Unpublished). 0 p.

    Research output: Contribution to conference - Without ISBN/ISSN Speech

  66. Published

    Flow separation in undisturbed soil using multiple anionic tracers. Part 3: Unsteady core-scale infiltration experiments

    Abdulkabir, M. O., Beven, K. J. & Reeves, A. D., 11/1996, In: Hydrological Processes. 10, 11, p. 1467-1482 16 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

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