 Dr Richard Hodgkins
Senior Lecturer in Physical Geography
mail: R.Hodgkins@lboro.ac.uk
Tel : +44 (0)1509 222753
Fax: +44 (0)1509 223930
Room NN.0.13h, Martin Hall building, East Park
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Career
2005–present: Lecturer/Senior Lecturer in Physical Geography, Department of Geography, University of Loughborough.
1998–2003: Lecturer/Senior Lecturer in Physical Geography, Department of Geography, Royal Holloway, University of London.
1995–1997: Postdoctoral research work at Universities of Bristol, Wales (Aberystwyth) and Cambridge.
1994: PhD, 'The Seasonal Evolution of Meltwater Discharge, Quality and Routing at a High-Arctic Glacier', Downing College/Scott Polar Research Institute, University of Cambridge.
Research Interests
I am interested in monitoring and modelling the hydrology of glaciers and glacierised catchments. In particular, I am interested in the the hydrological response of high-latitude catchments and ice masses to meteorological forcing, at melt season to multi-decadal time scales, and at point to synoptic spatial scales. I am further interested in fluvial sediment transfer and the physical denudation of glacierised catchments, in water and sediment budgeting and in the statistical modelling of hydrometeorological and water quality time series.
Publications since 2000
Prospero, J.M., Bullard, J.E., Hodgkins, R. 2012. High Latitude dust over the North Atlantic: inputs from Icelandic proglacial dust storms. Science 335, 1078–1082, doi:10.1126/science.1217447.
Hodgkins, R., Carr, S., Pálsson, F., Guðmundsson, S., Björnsson, H. 2012. Sensitivity analysis of temperature-index melt simulations to near-surface lapse rates and degree-day factors at Vestari-Hagafellsjökull, Langjökull, Iceland. Hydrological Processes, doi:10.1002/hyp.8458.
Hodgkins, R., Carr, S., Pálsson, F., Guðmundsson, S., Björnsson, H. 2012. Modelling variable glacier lapse rates using ERA-Interim reanalysis climatology: an evaluation at Vestari-Hagafellsjökull, Langjökull, Iceland. International Journal of Climatology, doi:10.1002/joc.3440.
Cooper, R., Hodgkins, R., Wadham, J., Tranter, M. 2011. The hydrology of the proglacial zone of a high-Arctic glacier (Finsterwalderbreen, Svalbard): Sub-surface water fluxes and complete water budget. Journal of Hydrology 406, 88–96, doi:10.1016/j.jhydrol.2011.06.008.
Hodgkins, R. 2011. Sediment transfer modelling. In Singh, V.P., Singh, P., Haritashya, U.K. (Eds.) Encyclopaedia of Snow, Ice and Glaciers. 1st Edition. Dordrecht, Springer, pp. 1010–1014. ISBN 978-90-481-2641-5.
Wadham, J.L., Tranter, M., Hodson, A.J., Hodgkins, R., Bottrell, S., Cooper, R., Raiswell, R.. 2010. Hydro-biogeochemical coupling beneath a large polythermal Arctic glacier: implications for sub-ice sheet biogeochemistry. Journal of Geophysical Research (Earth Surface) 115 (F04017), doi:10.1029/2009JF001602.
Hodgkins, R., Cooper, R., Wadham, J., Tranter, M. 2009. The hydrology of the proglacial zone of a High-Arctic glacier (Finsterwalderbreen, Svalbard): surface and atmospheric water fluxes. Journal of Hydrology 378, 150–160, doi:10.1016/j.jhydrol.2009.09.020, Access via Lboro Institutional Repository.
Hodgkins, R., Fox, A.J., Nuttall, A.-M. 2007. Geometry change between 1990 and 2003 at Finsterwalderbreen, a Svalbard surge-type glacier, from GPS-profiling. Annals of Glaciology 46, 131–135, Access via Lboro Institutional Repository.
Hodgkins, R., Cooper, R., Wadham, J., Tranter, M. 2005. Inter-annual variability in the spatial distribution of winter accumulation at a High-Arctic glacier (Finsterwalderbreen, Svalbard), and its relationship with topography. Annals of Glaciology 42, 243–248, Access via Lboro Institutional Repository.
Nuttal, A.M., Hodgkins, R. 2005. Temporal variations in flow velocity at Finsterwalderbreen, a Svalbard surge-type glacier. Annals of Glaciology 42, 71–76, Access via Lboro Institutional Repository.
Hodgkins, R., Tranter, M. and Dowdeswell, J.A. 2004. The characteristics and formation of a high-Arctic proglacial icing. Geografiska Annaler 86A (3), 127–137, Access via Lboro Institutional Repository.
Hodgkins, R., Cooper, R., Wadham, J. and Tranter, M. 2003. Suspended sediment fluxes in a High-Arctic glacierised catchment: implications for fluvial sediment storage. Sedimentary Geology 165, 105–117, Access via Lboro Institutional Repository.
Cooper, R.J., Wadham, J.L., Tranter, M., Hodgkins, R. and Peters, N. 2002. Groundwater hydrochemistry in the active layer of the proglacial zone, Finsterwalderbreen, Svalbard. Journal of Hydrology 269, 208–223, Access via Lboro Institutional Repository.
Tranter, M., Huybrechts, P., Munhoven, G., Sharp, M.J., Brown, G.H., Jones, I.W., Hodson, A.J., Hodgkins, R. and Wadham, J.L. 2002. Direct effect of ice sheets on terrestrial bicarbonate, sulphate and base cation fluxes during the last glacial cycle: minimal impact on atmospheric CO2 concentrations. Chemical Geology, 190, 33–44, Access via Lboro Institutional Repository.
Hodgkins, R. 2002. The Cryosphere. In Open University S216 Environment. Milton Keynes, Open University Press.
Hodgkins, R. 2001. Seasonal evolution of meltwater generation, storage and discharge at a non-temperate glacier in Svalbard. Hydrological Processes, 15 (3), 441–460, Access via Lboro Institutional Repository.
Wadham, J.L., Hodgkins, R., Cooper, R.J. and Tranter, M. 2001. Evidence for seasonal subglacial outburst events at a polythermal-based glacier, Finsterwalderbreen, Svalbard. Hydrological Processes, 15 (12), 2259–2280, Access via Lboro Institutional Repository.
Wadham, J.L., Cooper, R.J., Tranter, M. and Hodgkins, R. 2001. Enhancement of glacial solute fluxes in the proglacial zone of a polythermal glacier. Journal of Glaciology, 47 (158), 378–386, Access via Lboro Institutional Repository.
Hodgkins, R., Siegert, M.J. and Dowdeswell, J.A. 2000. Geophysical investigations of ice-sheet internal layering and deformation in the Dome C region of central East Antarctica. Journal of Glaciology, 46 (152), 161–166.
Siegert, M.J. and Hodgkins, R. 2000. A stratigraphic link across 1100 km of the Antarctic Ice Sheet between the Vostok ice core site and Titan Dome (near South Pole). Geophysical Research Letters, 27 (14), 2133–2136.
Current PhD students
Eleanor Darlington (University/Extreme World Races-funded, 2011–2014): Antarctic climatology: spatio-temporal variation in ice-sheet surface climatology from interior plateau to ice shelf in Dronning Maud Land, East Antarctica.
Tom Matthews (University-funded, 2009–2012): Glacier-climate interactions at Langjökull, Iceland, and Storglaciären, Sweden: a synoptic approach.
Richard Gravelle (University-funded, 2008–2011): Water routing and sediment transport in a polythermal glacier: modelling and high-resolution measurement.
Recent Research Grants
Competitive University Income-Streamed Allocations
Mobile Environmental Survey Unit: £78,673, 2009
Enhancing Learning Spaces in Geography (HEFCE Capital Investment Fund): £45,975, 2008.
Hydrological-Ecological monitoring: Strategic capacity-building in the Department of Geography: £66,552, 2007
An Enhanced Facility for Meteorological Monitoring and Weather-Related Research and Management: £37,000, 2007
External research funding since 2000 as Principal Investigator
Integrated glacier hydrometeorology in the Tarfala Valley, Northern Sweden. Royal Society International Joint Project (£11,880), 2010–2012.
A synoptic approach to lapse-rate parameterization for glacier melt modelling. Royal Society International Travel Grant (£3,668), 2010.
Contemporary spatial and temporal patterns of sediment supply, availability and transport in proglacial aeolian systems. NERC Airborne Research & Survey Facility (£19,750), 2007.
An innovative statistical method for downscaling climate scenarios to model the seasonal evolution of 21st-century ice-mass surface forcing. Royal Society Research Grant (£14,790), 2006.
Testing the effectiveness of a combined LiDAR and photogrammetry approach for topographic mapping of mixed polar terrain. NERC Airborne Research & Survey Facility (£7,700), 2003.
Modelling the spatial and temporal evolution of winter glacier mass balance. NERC Small Research Grant (£30,509), 2002–2004.
Ice-mass tephrastratigraphy. Royal Society Research Grant (£6,595), 2001–2002.
Southern Langjökull outlet glaciers: glaciological and hydrological applications of DEMs. NERC Airborne Research & Survey Facility (£12,000), 2001–2002.
Sub-catchment-scale fluvial sediment dynamics during glacier retreat. European Union Training and Mobility of Researchers Access to Large-Scale Facilities Programme (£6,340), 2000.
Fingerprinting sediment sources for glacifluvial transport. Nuffield Foundation, Newly-Appointed Lecturers' Scheme (£4,937), 2000–2002.
External research funding since 2000 as Co-Investigator
Glacier response to a changing climate in southern Iceland. NERC Airborne Research & Survey Facility (£unconfirmed), 2009 (PI David Graham, Loughborough).
Mass balance modelling of Langjökull, Iceland. NERC Airborne Research & Survey Facility (£23,600), 2007 (PI Ian Willis, Cambridge).
Glacier response to a changing climate in southern Iceland. NERC Airborne Research & Survey Facility (£43,000), 2007 (PI David Graham, Loughborough).
Chemical weathering in the proglacial zone: source or sink of CO2? NERC ARCICE—Arctic Ice and Climate Variability special topic (£106,000), 1998–2002 (PI M. Tranter, Bristol).
Undergraduate Teaching (C denotes convenor)
GYA008 Global Environmental Change at a Local Scale
GYA101 Earth System Science
GYA106 Tutorials
GYA110/112 Environmental Hazards: from Mitigation to Management
GYB240 Environmental Sysytems and Resource Management (C)
GYB327 Geographical Research: Concepts and Designs
GYC210 Snow, Ice, Environment and Landscape (C)
GYC401 Independent Geographical Essay
GYC210 Snow, Ice, Environment and Landscape
GYC500 Dissertation
Postgraduate Teaching
GYP025 Research Design
GYP031 Hydroclimatological Monitoring and Modelling (C)
GYP500 Dissertation
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