Ross A Woods

2025

Annual memory in the terrestrial water cycle

Berghuijs, W. R., Woods, R. A., Anderson, B. J., Hemshorn de sánchez, A. L. & Hrachowitz, M., 11 Mar 2025, In: Hydrology and Earth System Sciences. 29, 5, p. 1319-1333 15 p.

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Understanding Long-term Streamflow Response to Snowfall Change: Insights from a Multivariate Analysis

Hou, Y., Han, J., Woods, R. A., Guo, Y. & Yang, Y., 2 Apr 2025, In: Water Resources Research. 61, 4, 17 p., e2024WR038215.

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2024

Evaluation of reanalysis soil moisture products using cosmic ray neutron sensor observations across the globe

Zheng, Y., Coxon, G., Woods, R. A., Power, D., Rico-Ramirez, M. A., Mcjannet, D., Rosolem, R., Li, J. & Feng, P., 7 May 2024, In: Hydrology and Earth System Sciences. 28, 9, p. 1999-2022 24 p.

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Soil drainage modulates climate effects to shape seasonal and mean annual water balances across the southeastern United States

Wang, Z., Berghuijs, W. R., Howden, N. & Woods, R., 21 Jun 2024, In: Hydrological Processes. 38, 6, p. 1-17 17 p., e15214.

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Streamflow seasonality in a snow-dwindling world

Han, J., Liu, Z., Woods, R. A., McVicar, T., Yang, D., Wang, T., Hou, Y., Guo, Y., Li, C. & Yang, Y., 30 May 2024, In: Nature. 629, 8014, p. 1075-1081 7 p.

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2023

A Framework for Estimating the Probability Distribution of Event Runoff Coefficient in Ungauged Catchments

Zheng, Y., Coxon, G., Woods, R., Li, J. & Feng, P., Jan 2023, In: Water Resources Research. 59, 1, e2022WR033227.

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Characterising baseflow signature variability in the Yellow River Basin

Lyu, S., Guo, C., Zhai, Y., Huang, M., Zhang, G., Zhang, Y., Cheng, L., Liu, Q., Zhou, Y., Woods, R. & Zhang, J., 1 Nov 2023, In: Journal of Environmental Management. 345, 118565.

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Controls on the spatial and temporal patterns of rainfall‐runoff event characteristics ‐ a large sample of catchments across Great Britain

Zheng, Y., Coxon, G., Woods, R., Li, J. & Feng, P., 22 May 2023, In: Water Resources Research.

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Dimensional analysis of literature formulas to estimate the characteristic flood response time in ungauged basins: A velocity-based approach

Evangelista, G., Woods, R. A. & Claps, P., 31 Oct 2023, In: Journal of Hydrology. 627, Part B, 18 p., 130409.

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How do hydrologists perceive watersheds? A survey and analysis of perceptual model figures for experimental watersheds

McMillan, H. K., Araki, R., Gnann, S. J., Woods, R. A. & Wagener, T., 14 Mar 2023, In: Hydrological Processes. 37, 3, e14845.

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NH-SWE: Northern Hemisphere Snow Water Equivalent dataset based on in-situ snow depth time series

Fontrodona-Bach, A., Schaefli, B., Woods, R. A., Teuling, A. J. & Larsen, J., 23 Jun 2023, In: Earth System Science Data. 15, 6, p. 2577–2599 23 p.

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Parameterization of a National Groundwater Model for New Zealand

Griffiths, J., Yang, J., Woods, R., Zammit, C., Porhemmat, R., Shankar, U., Rajanayaka, C., Ren, J. & Howden, N., 4 Sept 2023, In: Sustainability (Switzerland). 15, 17, 20 p., 13280.

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Simulating spatial variability of groundwater table in England and Wales

Rahman, A. S. M. M., Pianosi, F. & Woods, R. A., 3 Mar 2023, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Hydrological Processes. 37, 3, e14849.

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2022

An objective time-series-analysis method for rainfall-runoff event identification

Giani, G., Tarasova, L., Woods, R. A. & Rico-Ramirez, M. A., 4 Feb 2022, In: Water Resources Research. 58, 2, 18 p., e2021WR031283.

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Are moments of rainfall spatial variability useful for runoff modelling in operational hydrology?

Giani, G., Rico-Ramirez, M. A. & Woods, R. A., 22 Jul 2022, In: Hydrological Sciences Journal. 67, 10, p. 1466-1479 14 p.

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2021

A Practical, Objective and Robust Technique to Directly Estimate Catchment Response Time

Giani, G., Rico-Ramirez, M. A. & Woods, R. A., 1 Feb 2021, In: Water Resources Research. 57, 2, 17 p., e2020WR028201.

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Climatic signatures in regulated flow regimes across the Central and Eastern United States

Ferrazzi, M., Woods, R. A. & Botter, G., Jun 2021, In: Journal of Hydrology: Regional Studies. 35, 100809.

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How Do Climate and Catchment Attributes Influence Flood Generating Processes? A Large-Sample Study for 671 Catchments Across the Contiguous USA

Stein, L., Clark, M. P., Knoben, W. J. M., Pianosi, F. & Woods, R. A., Apr 2021, In: Water Resources Research. 57, 4, e2020WR028300.

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Including Regional Knowledge Improves Baseflow Signature Predictions in Large Sample Hydrology

Gnann, S. J., McMillan, H., Woods, R. A. & Howden, N. J. K., 1 Feb 2021, In: Water Resources Research. 57, 2, 22 p., e2020WR028354.

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On doing hydrology with dragons: Realizing the value of perceptual models and knowledge accumulation

Wagener, T., Gleeson, T., Coxon, G., Hartmann, A., Howden, N., Pianosi, F., Rahman, M., Rosolem, R., Stein, L. & Woods, R., 1 Nov 2021, In: Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Water. 8, 6, e1550.

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The Maimai M8 experimental catchment database: Forty years of process-based research on steep, wet hillslopes

McDonnell, J. J., Gabrielli, C., Ameli, A., Ekanayake, J., Fenicia, F., Graham, C., McGlynn, B., Morgenstern, U., Pietroniro, A., Sayama, T., Seibert, J., Stewart, M., Vache, K., Weiler, M. & Woods, R. A., 17 May 2021, In: Hydrological Processes. 35, 5, e14112.

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TOSSH: A Toolbox for Streamflow Signatures in Hydrology

Gnann, S. J., Coxon, G., Woods, R. A., Howden, N. J. K. & McMillan, H. K., 1 Apr 2021, In: Environmental Modelling and Software. 138, 8 p., 104983.

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Towards more realistic runoff projections by removing limits on simulated soil moisture deficit

Fowler, K., Coxon, G., Freer, J. E., Knoben, W. J. M., Peel, M. C., Wagener, T., Western, A. W., Woods, R. A. & Zhang, L., Sept 2021, In: Journal of Hydrology. 600, 126505.

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2020

A brief analysis of conceptual model structure uncertainty using 36 models and 559 catchments

Knoben, W. J. M., Freer, J. E., Peel, M., Fowler, K. J. A. & Woods, R. A., 3 Sept 2020, In: Water Resources Research. 56, 9, 23 p., e2019WR025975.

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CAMELS-GB: Hydrometeorological time series and landscape attributes for 671 catchments in Great Britain

Coxon, G., Freer, J. E., Woods, R., Wagener, T., Lane, R. A. & Howden, N. J. K., 12 Oct 2020, In: Earth System Science Data.

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Hydrological effects of change in vegetation components across global catchments

Chen, Z., Wang, W., Woods, R. A. & Shao, Q., 17 Nov 2020, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Journal of Hydrology. 15 p., 125775.

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Hydrological signatures describing the translation of climate seasonality into streamflow seasonality

Gnann, S. J., Howden, N. J. K. & Woods, R. A., Feb 2020, In: Hydrology and Earth System Sciences. 24, 2, p. 561–580 20 p.

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Towards the representation of groundwater in the Joint UK Land Environment Simulator

Batelis, S. C., Rahman, M., Kollet, S., Woods, R. & Rosolem, R., 30 Jun 2020, In: Hydrological Processes. 34, 13, p. 2843-2863 21 p.

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Unanswered questions on the Budyko framework

Berghuijs, W. R., Gnann, S. J. & Woods, R. A., 5 Nov 2020, In: Hydrological Processes.

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2019

DECIPHeR v1: Dynamic fluxEs and ConnectIvity for Predictions of HydRology

Coxon, G., Freer, J., Lane, R., Dunne, T., Knoben, W., Howden, N., Quinn, N., Wagener, T. & Woods, R., 14 Jun 2019, In: Geoscientific Model Development. 12, 6, p. 2285-2306 22 p.

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Event-based classification for global study of river flood generating processes

Stein, L., Pianosi, F. & Woods, R., 13 Dec 2019, In: Hydrological Processes. 16 p.

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Global bimodal precipitation seasonality: a systematic overview

Knoben, W., Woods, R. & Freer, J., Jan 2019, In: International Journal of Climatology. 39, 1, p. 558-567 10 p.

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Is There a Baseflow Budyko Curve?

Gnann, S. J., Woods, R. A. & Howden, N. J. K., 8 Apr 2019, In: Water Resources Research. 55, 4, p. 2838-2855 18 p.

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Modular Assessment of Rainfall-Runoff Models Toolbox (MARRMoT) v1.2: an open-source, extendable framework providing implementations of 46 conceptual hydrologic models as continuous state-space formulations

Knoben, W. J. M., Freer, J. E., Fowler, K. J. A., Peel, M. C. & Woods, R. A., 25 Jun 2019, In: Geoscientific Model Development. 12, 6, p. 2463-2480 18 p.

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Quantifying asynchronicity of precipitation and potential evapotranspiration in Mediterranean climates

Feng, X., Thompson, S. E., Woods, R. & Porporato, A., 18 Dec 2019, In: Geophysical Research Letters. 10 p.

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Technical note: Inherent benchmark or not? Comparing Nash-Sutcliffe and Kling-Gupta efficiency scores

Knoben, W. J. M., Freer, J. E. & Woods, R., 25 Oct 2019, In: Hydrology and Earth System Sciences. 23, p. 4323–4331 9 p.

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Twenty-three unsolved problems in hydrology (UPH)–a community perspective

Blöschl, G., Bierkens, M. F. P., Chambel, A., Cudennec, C., Destouni, G., Fiori, A., Kirchner, J. W., McDonnell, J. J., Savenije, H. H. G., Sivapalan, M., Stumpp, C., Toth, E., Volpi, E., Carr, G., Lupton, C., Salinas, J., Széles, B., Viglione, A., Aksoy, H. & Allen, S. T. & 185 others, Amin, A., Andréassian, V., Arheimer, B., Aryal, S. K., Baker, V., Bardsley, E., Barendrecht, M. H., Bartosova, A., Batelaan, O., Berghuijs, W. R., Beven, K., Blume, T., Bogaard, T., Borges de Amorim, P., Böttcher, M. E., Boulet, G., Breinl, K., Brilly, M., Brocca, L., Buytaert, W., Castellarin, A., Castelletti, A., Chen, X., Chen, Y., Chen, Y., Chifflard, P., Claps, P., Clark, M. P., Collins, A. L., Croke, B., Dathe, A., David, P. C., de Barros, F. P. J., de Rooij, G., Di Baldassarre, G., Driscoll, J. M., Duethmann, D., Dwivedi, R., Eris, E., Farmer, W. H., Feiccabrino, J., Ferguson, G., Ferrari, E., Ferraris, S., Fersch, B., Finger, D., Foglia, L., Fowler, K., Gartsman, B., Gascoin, S., Gaume, E., Gelfan, A., Geris, J., Gharari, S., Gleeson, T., Glendell, M., Gonzalez Bevacqua, A., González-Dugo, M. P., Grimaldi, S., Gupta, A. B., Guse, B., Han, D., Hannah, D., Harpold, A., Haun, S., Heal, K., Helfricht, K., Herrnegger, M., Hipsey, M., Hlaváčiková, H., Hohmann, C., Holko, L., Hopkinson, C., Hrachowitz, M., Illangasekare, T. H., Inam, A., Innocente, C., Istanbulluoglu, E., Jarihani, B., Kalantari, Z., Kalvans, A., Khanal, S., Khatami, S., Kiesel, J., Kirkby, M., Knoben, W., Kochanek, K., Kohnová, S., Kolechkina, A., Krause, S., Kreamer, D., Kreibich, H., Kunstmann, H., Lange, H., Liberato, M. L. R., Lindquist, E., Link, T., Liu, J., Loucks, D. P., Luce, C., Mahé, G., Makarieva, O., Malard, J., Mashtayeva, S., Maskey, S., Mas-Pla, J., Mavrova-Guirguinova, M., Mazzoleni, M., Mernild, S., Misstear, B. D., Montanari, A., Müller-Thomy, H., Nabizadeh, A., Nardi, F., Neale, C., Nesterova, N., Nurtaev, B., Odongo, V. O., Panda, S., Pande, S., Pang, Z., Papacharalampous, G., Perrin, C., Pfister, L., Pimentel, R., Polo, M. J., Post, D., Prieto Sierra, C., Ramos, M. H., Renner, M., Reynolds, J. E., Ridolfi, E., Rigon, R., Riva, M., Robertson, D. E., Rosso, R., Roy, T., Sá, J. H. M., Salvadori, G., Sandells, M., Schaefli, B., Schumann, A., Scolobig, A., Seibert, J., Servat, E., Shafiei, M., Sharma, A., Sidibe, M., Sidle, R. C., Skaugen, T., Smith, H., Spiessl, S. M., Stein, L., Steinsland, I., Strasser, U., Su, B., Szolgay, J., Tarboton, D., Tauro, F., Thirel, G., Tian, F., Tong, R., Tussupova, K., Tyralis, H., Uijlenhoet, R., van Beek, R., van der Ent, R. J., van der Ploeg, M., Van Loon, A. F., van Meerveld, I., van Nooijen, R., van Oel, P. R., Vidal, J. P., von Freyberg, J., Vorogushyn, S., Wachniew, P., Wade, A. J., Ward, P., Westerberg, I. K., White, C., Wood, E. F., Woods, R., Xu, Z., Yilmaz, K. K. & Zhang, Y., 2 Jul 2019, In: Hydrological Sciences Journal. 64, 10, p. 1141-1158 21 p.

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2018

A Quantitative Hydrological Climate Classification Evaluated With Independent Streamflow Data

Knoben, W. J. M., Woods, R. A. & Freer, J. E., 22 Aug 2018, In: Water Resources Research. 54, 7, p. 5088-5109 22 p.

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A rule based quality control method for hourly rainfall data and a 1 km resolution gridded hourly rainfall dataset for Great Britain: CEH-GEAR1hr

Lewis, E., Quinn, N., Blenkinsop, S., Fowler, H. J., Freer, J., Tanguy, M., Hitt, O., Coxon, G., Bates, P. & Woods, R., 1 Sept 2018, In: Journal of Hydrology. 564, p. 930-943 14 p.

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Simulating Runoff Under Changing Climatic Conditions: A Framework for Model Improvement

Fowler, K., Coxon, G., Freer, J., Peel, M., Wagener, T., Weston, A., Woods, R. & Zhang, L., 1 Oct 2018, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Water Resources Research. 21 p.

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2017

A Global Assessment of Runoff Sensitivity to Changes in Precipitation, Potential Evaporation, and Other Factors

Berghuijs, W., Larsen, J., van Emmerik, T. & Woods, R., Oct 2017, In: Water Resources Research. 53, 10, p. 8475-8486 12 p.

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Recent changes in extreme floods across multiple continents

Berghuijs, W. R., Aalbers, E., Larsen, J., Trancoso, R. & Woods, R., Nov 2017, In: Environmental Research Letters. 12, 11, 114035.

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Scaling, similarity, and the fourth paradigm for hydrology

Peters-Lidard, C. D., Clark, M., Samaniego, L., Verhoest, N. E. C., Van Emmerik, T., Uijlenhoet, R., Achieng, K., Franz, T. E. & Woods, R., 20 Jul 2017, In: Hydrology and Earth System Sciences. 21, p. 3701-3713 13 p.

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The evolution of process-based hydrologic models: historical challenges and the collective quest for physical realism

Clark, M. P., Bierkens, M., Samaniego, L., Woods, R., Uijlenhoet, R., Bennet, K. E., Pauwels, V. R. N., Cai, X., Wood, A. W. & Peters-Lidard, C., Jul 2017, In: Hydrology and Earth System Sciences. 21, 7, p. 3427-3440 14 p.

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2016

A simple framework to quantitatively describe monthly precipitation and temperature climatology

Berghuijs, W. R. & Woods, R., Jul 2016, In: International Journal of Climatology. 36, 3, p. 3161–3174 14 p.

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Contributing factors for drought in United States forest ecosystems under projected future climates and their uncertainty

Luce, C. H., Vose, J. M., Pederson, N., Campbell, J., Millar, C., Kormos, P. & Woods, R., 15 Nov 2016, In: Forest Ecology and Management. 380, p. 299-308 10 p.

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Dominant flood generating mechanisms across the United States

Berghuijs, W., Woods, R., Hutton, C. & Sivapalan, M., 16 May 2016, In: Geophysical Research Letters. 43, 9, p. 4382–4390 9 p.

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mizuRoute version 1: a river network routing tool for a continental domain water resources applications

Mizukami, N., Clark, M. P., Sampson, K., Nijssen, B., Mao, Y., McMillan, H. K., Viger, R. J., Markstrom, S., Hay, L. E., Woods, R., Arnold, J. R. & Brekke, L. D., Jun 2016, In: Geoscientific Model Development. 9, p. 2223-2238 16 p.

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Streamflow sensitivity to water storage changes across Europe

Berghuijs, W. R., Hartmann, A. J. & Woods, R., 16 Mar 2016, In: Geophysical Research Letters. 43, 5, p. 1980-1987 8 p.

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2015

A novel framework for discharge uncertainty quantification applied to 500 UK gauging stations

Coxon, G., Freer, J. E., Westerberg, I. K., Wagener, T., Woods, R. & Smith, P., 19 Jul 2015, In: Water Resources Research. 51, 7, p. 5531–5546 16 p.

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