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Douglas Kelley

Douglas Kelley

Biosphere & Climate Dynamics Modelling

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Contact Information

  • Name : Douglas I Kelley
  • Work Address :
    Department of Geography & Environmental Science
    University of Reading
    Whiteknights
    Reading
    RG6 6AB
    UK
  • Home Address :
    Flat 40
    18 Oxford Road
    Reading
    Berkshire
    RG1 7LB
    UK
  • Email : douglas.i.kelley@gmail.com
  • Web : douglask3.github.io
  • Phone : +44 (0) 7936 726 819

    • Academic qualification

    Employment History

    Widening Participation

    Sep 2007-Sep 2008

    Widening Participation Office, University of Bristol, UK

    Working with students in primary and secondary education to encourage university attendance from low socio-economic backgrounds: helping organise & run University open days and campus tours; school presentations and career evenings.

    Publications

  • Total Citations: 196         H index: 6         i10 index: 4

    • Published Papers

    MJB Zeppel, SP Harrison, HD Adams, DI Kelley , G Li, DT Tissue, ... (2015) Drought and resprouting plants New Phytologist - 206 (2), 583-589

    Cited by: 9


    DI Kelley , SP Harrison, IC Prentice (2014) Improved simulation of fire-vegetation interactions in the Land surface Processes and eXchanges dynamic global vegetation model (LPX-Mv1) Copernicus Publications

    Cited by: 8


    DI Kelley , SP Harrison (2014) Enhanced Australian carbon sink despite increased wildfire during the 21st century Environmental Research Letters - 9 (10), 104015

    Cited by: 3


    DI Kelley (2014) Modelling Australia Fire Regimes Macquarie University

    DI Kelley , IC Prentice, SP Harrison, H Wang, M Simard, JB Fisher, ... (2013) A comprehensive benchmarking system for evaluating global vegetation models Biogeosciences - 10, 3313-3340

    Cited by:34


    T Kaminski, W Knorr, G Schürmann, M Scholze, PJ Rayner, S Zaehle, S Blessing, W Dorigo, V Gayler, R Giering, N Gobron, JP Grant, M Heimann, A Hooker‐Stroud, S Houweling, T Kato, J Kattge, DI Kelley , S Kemp, EN Koffi, C Köstler, P‐P Mathieu, B Pinty, C H Reick, C Rödenbeck, R Schnur, K Scipal, C Sebald, T Stacke, A Terwisscha Scheltinga, M Vossbeck, H Widmann, T Ziehn (2013) The BETHY/JSBACH carbon cycle data assimilation system: experiences and challenges Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences - 118 (4), 1414-1426

    Cited by:10


    D Kelley , SP Harrison, IC Prentice (2013) Implications of introducing realistic fire response traits in a Dynamic Global Vegetation Model AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts - 1, 06

    P Ciais, A Tagliabue, M Cuntz, L Bopp, Marko Scholze, G Hoffmann, A Lourantou, Sandy P Harrison, IC Prentice, DI Kelley , C Koven, SL Piao (2012) Large inert carbon pool in the terrestrial biosphere during the Last Glacial Maximum Nature Geoscience - 5 (1), 74-79

    Cited by:46


    IC Prentice, DI Kelley , PN Foster, P Friedlingstein, SP Harrison, ... (2011) Modeling fire and the terrestrial carbon balance Global Biogeochemical Cycles - 25 (3)

    Cited by:86


    DI Kelley (2008) Wildfires as part of the global carbon cycle: Quantitative analysis using data assimilation University of Bristol

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    • Submitted

    DI Kelley : Projected changes in Australian fire regimes during the 21st century and consequences for ecosystems International Journal of Wildland Fire

    S Hantson, A Arneth, SP Harrison, DI Kelley , IC Prentice, SS Rabin, S Archibald. ...: The status and challenge of global fire modelling Biogeosciences - bg-2016-17

    A Ukkola, T Keenan, DI Kelley , IC Prentice: Vegetation buffers the water-resource impacts of environmental change in regions with declining precipitation Environmental Research Letters - ERL-102203



    In Prep

    DI Kelley , M de Kauwe, B Medlyn: Testing allocation stratagies in a simple ecosystem model

    SP Harrison, DI Kelley , H Wang, A Herbert, G Li, R Bradstock, J Fontaine, N Enright, BP Murphy, BK Pekin, T Penman, J Russell-Smith, RS Wittkuhn: Patterns in the abundance of post-fire resprouting in Australia based on plot-level measurements.

    R Whitley, DI Kelley , M de Kauwe, TF Keenan: Phendulum - A first principles model of describing savanna phenology

    S Hantson, SP Harrison, DI Kelley , ...: The Fire Modeling Intercomparison Project (FireMIP): Observational comparisons and model evaluation


    Conferences


    Conference Presentations & Posters

    DI Kelley , SP Harrison, IC Prentice (Dec 2013) Implications of introducing realistic fire response traits in a Dynamic Global Vegetation Model AGU Fall Meeting - Presentation Abstracts - 1, p.6.

    DI Kelley , SP Harrison (Mar 2008) Comparison of simulated fire regimes at the Last Glacial Maximum and Mid-Holocene with charcoal data QUEST: Quantifying and Understanding the Earth System Open Science Conference and Annual Science Meeting - Department of Earth Sciences, University of Bristol



    Visits and Internal Presentations

    DI Kelley , SP Harrison, IC Prentice, BE Medlyn (Mar 2015) Modelling Australian Fire Regimes Thesis completion seminar - Macquarie University, Ryde, Australia

    DI Kelley , SP Harrison, IC Prentice (May 2013) The LPX fire-enabled Vegetation Model visit to Centre for Environmental Risk Management of Bushfires - University of Wollongong, NSW, Australia

    DI Kelley , SP Harrison, IC Prentice, B Medlyn (Nov 2012) The effects of climate change on Australian fire regimes Postgraduate supplementary conference - Macquarie University, Ryde, Australia

    DI Kelley (Sep 2012) Development of lightning ignitions scheme in LPX-DGVM Biosphere and Climate Dynamics brown bag seminars - Macquarie University, Ryde, Australia

    DI Kelley (Mar 2012) Benchmarking vegetation and fire in LPX-DGVM Biosphere and Climate Dynamics brown bag seminars - Macquarie University, Ryde, Australia

    DI Kelley , IC Prentice, H Wang, K Wills, SP Harrison (Dec 2011) A comprehensive benchmarking system for evaluating global vegetation models Climate Futures Forum - Macquarie University, Ryde, Australia

    DI Kelley , IC Prentice, H Wang, K Wills, SP Harrison (Nov 2011) A comprehensive benchmarking system for evaluating global vegetation models Postgraduate supplementary conference - Macquarie University, Ryde, Australia

    DI Kelley (Sep 2011) Benchmark data-sets for assessing DGVM performance Biosphere and Climate Dynamics brown bag seminars - Macquarie University, Ryde, Australia

    DI Kelley , SP Harrison, IC Prentice (Nov 2010) The effects of climate change on Australian fire regimes Postgraduate supplementary conference - Macquarie University, Ryde, Australia

    DI Kelley (Jul 2008) Transient Biomization Scheme course seminar for MSc Earth Systems Science - Department of Earth Sciences, University of Bristol

    DI Kelley , E Counce (Nov 2007) Forest Fire simulator course seminar for MSc Earth Systems Science - Department of Earth Sciences, University of Bristol


    Awards

    Current Research Interests

    My research focuses on improving our understanding of the interactions between vegetation and climate, and exploring how these interactions impact terrestrial ecosystem properties such as composition, disturbance regimes, and carbon and hydrological cycles. Much of this involves utilising experimental and satellite data for more observation-driven vegetation model development and benchmarking. Most of this has been exploring climate and vegetative controls and fire, and the impact fire has on ecosystem, atmospheric emission and the carbon cycle, and vegetation-controlled hydrology. I am also involved in projects that explore plant resource allocation, phenology and drought recovery strategies.  

    My current research projects include:

    Development of the LPX coupled Dynamic Vegetation-fire model

    douglask3.github.io/lpx-dynamic-global-vegetation-model

    Much of my thesis focussed on the assessment and development of the LPX-DGVM-fire model to better represent fire and fire-adapted vegetation in tropical savanna ecosystems. Continued development strands include:

  • Improving fire-model performance for forest ecosystems
  • Parameterization of the carbon cycle and trace gas emissions
  • Continued development of disturbance resilience and resistance traits - e.g. resprouting after fire and drought.

    • Plant resource allocation strategies

    More recently, I have become involved in research projects exploring wider vegetation dynamics and responses to environmental change, including:

  • The testing of conceptual carbon allocation strategies in a vegetation model framework, and the response of these strategies to changing climate and increasing CO2 fertilization.
  • Development of a simple dry-season phenology model for tropical grass and woodland ecosystems.

    • Workshops and Consultancy Visits

    Training Courses

    Skills

    Vegetation modelling

    I have been lead developer on LPX - a high-complexity coupled Dynamic Vegetation-Fire Model - since 2009. LPX has both Fortran and C++ components for fast (relative to it's # complexity) computational times. I have recently also added a shell and R interface to facilitate parallisation and to allow outputs to be easily analysed and plotted.
    See douglask3.github.io/LPX for more information.

    Statistical Programming

    Most of my research involves statistical analysis of large datasets and model outputs. Collaboration on many of my projects means I am fluent in most widely used statistical programming languages. Most of my work is in either R, Python or Matlab, but I have also performed graphical and statistical analysis using Fortran and C amongst others.
    See douglask3.github.io/my_best_plots for examples of R plots from my PhD.
    See douglask3.github.io/lpxbenchmarking for an example of statistical benchmarking of extensive model outputs again global raster and site-based datasets.

    Web Design

    In my spare time, I have developed dynamic websites using open source content management system (such as Concrete5 and Wordpress). Also, my personal site is on a static host, but is maintained using a Python based dynamic-site emulator. Developing and maintaining these sites has allowed me to become familiar with many web design software packages and fluent in HTML/CSS, PHP and Markdown. I have also linked Markdown and html with R and Python when sharing and presenting results from model development and analysis. In fact, this CV has been made by generating HTML/CSS code using R.
    See eppingdac.com.au, an example of a website I have developed using Concrete5 content management system
    See douglask3.github.io , an example of a website produced using a simple dynamic-site emulator.

    Publishing

    As well has publishing papers, I have also written manuals, reports and newsletters using a variety of languages and software products, including (aside from standard office/open office):
  • Latex - this includes my thesis, available at www.goo.gl/9YjwKw
  • Scribus - my running club newsletter, available at eppingdac.com.au/news-and-views/newsletter
  • Photoshop/Illustrator and GIMP (the open source equivalent). See flickr.com/doug_from_the_uk for examples of graphical art and photo "touch ups"/manipulation.

    • Software Tools

    I have developed and maintained several software packages related to my research projects or to help organise work flow with collaborators. Some of the most used are:

    Vegetation Benchmark Metrics

    An R-package containing the metrics and basic statistical models relating to my work on Vegetation model benchmarking.
    See douglask3.github.io/vegetation-model-benchmarking for more information.

    Extra-Curricular

    Student Union involvement

    2002-2009

    University of Warwick and University of Bristol

    Sabbatical year sitting on board of directors of Warwick Students Union, responsible for the Student Advice and Welfare department; 3 years as charity trustee and 6 years on student council responsible for Science Faculty representation; committee posts on various student-run sports clubs and societies including People and Planet, Student TV station , Student Support Groups, and running clubs

    References

    Prof. Sandy Harrison

    Professor in Global Paleoclimates and Biogeochemical Cycles

    Email: s.p.harrison@reading.ac.uk

    Department of Geography and Environmental Science
    School of Archaeology, Geography and Environmental Science
    The University of Reading
    Whiteknights
    Reading
    RG6 6AB
    UK

    Prof. Colin Prentice

    Chair of Biosphere and Climate Impacts

    Email: c.prentice@imperial.ac.uk

    Grantham Institute for Climate Change and Department of Life Sciences
    Imperial College
    Silwood Park Campus
    Ascot
    SL5 7PY
    UK

    Prof. Belinda Medlyn

    Climate and Forest Ecosystem Modelling

    Email: b.medlyn@westernsydney.edu.au

    Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment
    Western Sydney University
    Penrith
    NSW
    Australia
    2751

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