Dr Rob Bryant

| Refereed research articles in journals | Contributions to books |

Refereed research articles in journals

• Bateman, M.D., Bryant, R.G., Livingstone, I., Foster, I. and Parsons, A J. (2012, in press). On the formation of sand-ramps; a case study from the Mojave Desert. Geomorphology.
  doi:10.1016/j.geomorph.2012.04.004
• Bigg, G.R., Wise, S.M., Hanna, E., Mansell, D., Bryant, R.G. and Howard, A. (2012, in press). Synoptic climatology of cold air drainage in the Derwent Valley, Peak District. Meteorological Applications.
  doi:10.1002/met.1317
• Kantzas, E.P., McGonigle, A.J.S., Tamburello, G. and Bryant, R.G. (2012). UVolc: A software platform for measuring volcanic SO₂ fluxes. Computers and Geosciences, 40, 194-199.
  doi:10.1016/j.cageo.2011.07.011
• Bateman, M.D., Carr, A.S., Dunajko, A., Holmes, P.J., Roberts, D.L., McClaren, S.J., Bryant, R.G., Murray-Wallace, C.V., and Marker, M.E. (2011). The evolution of coastal barrier systems: A case study of the Middle-Late Pleistocene Wilderness barriers, South Africa. Quaternary Science Reviews, 30(1-2), 63-81.
  doi:10.1016/j.quascirev.2010.10.003
• Ikema, T., Bigg, G.R. and Bryant, R.G. (2010). Increasing rain intensity over Okinawa 1982-2005 and the link to changes in characteristics of northwest Pacific typhoons. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 115, D24121.
  doi:10.1029/2010JD014428
• Livingstone, I., Bristow, C., Bryant, R.G., Bullard, J., White, K., Wiggs, G.F.S., Baas, A.C.W., Bateman, M.D. and Thomas, D.S.G., (2010). The Namib Sand Sea Digital Database of aeolian dunes and key forcing variables. Aeolian Research, 2(2-3), 93-104.
  doi:10.1016/j.aeolia.2010.08.001
• Bryant, R.G., (2010). Review of Deserts and Desert Environments (Environmental Systems and Global Change Series) by Julie Laity. Geographical Journal, 176(1), 119.
  doi:10.1111/j.1475-4959.2009.00347_6.x
• Kantzas, E.P., McGonigle, A.J.S., Tamburello, G., Aiuppa, A. and Bryant, R.G. (2010). Protocols for UV camera volcanic SO₂ measurements. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, 194(1-3), 55-60.
  doi:10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2010.05.003
• Kantzas, E.P., McGonigle, A.J.S. and Bryant, R.G. (2009). On ultraviolet spectrometers for volcanic SO₂ measurements. Sensors, 9(5), 3256-3268.
  doi:10.3390/s90503256
• Baddock, M.C., Bullard, J.E. and Bryant, R.G. (2009). Dust source identification using MODIS: a comparison of techniques applied to the Lake Eyre Basin, Australia. Remote Sensing of Environment, 113(7), 1511-1523.
  doi:10.1016/j.rse.2009.03.002
• Harris, A., and Bryant, R.G. (2009). A multi-scale remote sensing approach for monitoring northern peatland hydrology: Present possibilities and future challenges. Journal of Environmental Management, 90(7), 2178-2188.
  doi:10.1016/j.jenvman.2007.06.025
• Eckardt, F.D., Bryant, R.G., McCulloch, G., Spiro, B. and Wood, W.W., (2008). The hydrochemistry of a semi-arid pan basin, case study: Sua Pan, Makgadikgadi, Botswana. Applied Geochemistry, 23(6), 1563-1580.
  doi:10.1016/j.apgeochem.2007.12.033
• McCulloch, G.P., Irvine, K., Eckardt, F.D. and Bryant, R.G. (2008). Hydrochemical fluctuations and crustacean community composition in an ephemeral saline lake (Sua Pan, Makgadikgadi Botswana). Hydrobiologia, 596(1), 31-46.
  doi:10.1007/s10750-007-9055-8
• Bryant, R.G., Bigg, G.R., Mahowald, N.M., Eckhardt, F.D., and Ross, S.G., (2007). Dust emission response to climate in southern Africa. Journal of Geophysical Research - Atmospheres, 112, D09207.
  doi:10.1029/2005JD007025
• Harris, A., Bryant, R.G. and Baird, A.J. (2006). Mapping Near-Surface Moisture Stress in Sphagnum spp.: preliminary perspectives using airborne remote sensing. Remote Sensing of Environment, 100, 363-378.
  doi:10.1016/j.rse.2005.10.024
• Harris, A., Bryant, R.G. and Baird, A.J. (2005). Detecting Near-Surface Moisture Stress in Sphagnum spp. Remote Sensing of Environment, 97, 371-381.
  doi:10.1016/j.rse.2005.05.001
• Rainey, M., Tyler, A.N., Bryant, R.G., Gilvear, D.J., and McDonald, P. (2003). Mapping Estuarine Intertidal Sediment Size Fractions through Airborne Remote Sensing. Remote Sensing of the Environment, 86, 480-490.
  doi:10.1016/S0034-4257(03)00126-3
• Bryant, R.G. (2003). Monitoring hydrological controls on dust emissions: preliminary observations from Etosha Pan, Namibia, Geographical Journal, 169(2) 131-141.
  doi:10.1111/1475-4959.04977
• Bryant, R.G. and Baird, A.J. (2003). The spectral behaviour of Sphagnum canopies under varying hydrological conditions. Geophysical Research Letters, 30(3) 1134-1138.
  doi:10.1029/2002GL016053
• Mahowald, N., Bryant, R.G., del Corral, J. and Steinburger, L. (2003). Ephemeral lakes and desert dust sources. Geophysical Research Letters, 30(2) 1074-1078.
  doi:10.1029/2002GL016041
• Bryant, R.G., and Rainey, M.P. (2002). Investigation of flood inundation on plyays within the Zone of Chotts using a time series of AVHRR. Remote Sensing of Environment, 82, 360-375.
  doi:10.1016/S0034-4257(02)00053-6
• Ferrier, G., White, K.H., Griffiths, G., Bryant, R.G. , and Stefouli, M. (2002). Mapping hydrothermal alteration zones on the island of Lesvos, Greece using an integrated remote sensing data-set. International Journal of Remote Sensing, 23(2), 341-356.
  doi:10.1080/01431160010003857
• Osborne, P.E., Alonso, J.C. and Bryant, R.G. (2001). Modelling landscape-scale habitat use by great bustards in Central Spain using GIS and remote sensing. Journal of Applied Ecology, 38, 458-471.
  doi:10.1046/j.1365-2664.2001.00604.x
• Rainey, M., Tyler, A.N., Bryant, R.G., Gilvear, D.J. and McDonald, P. (2000). The influence of surface and interstitial moisture on the spectral characteristics of intertidal sediments: implications for airborne image acquisition and processing. International Journal of Remote Sensing, 21(16), 3025-3038.
  doi:10.1080/01431160050144938
• Gilvear, D.J., Bryant, R.G., and Hardy, T.B, (1999). Application of remote sensing to the study of channel morphology. Progress in Environmental Science, 1(3), 257-284.
• Bryant, R.G., and Gilvear, D.J. (1999). Quantification of changes within a river corridor either side of a large (1:50) flood event using airborne remote sensing case study from a short stretch of the Rivers Tay and Tummel, Scotland. Geomorphology, 29(3-4), 307-321.
  doi:10.1016/S0169-555X(99)00023-9
• Bryant, R.G., (1999) Monitoring climatically sensitive playas using AVHRR data. Earth Surface Process and Landforms, 24(4), 283-302.
  doi: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9837(199904)24:4<283::AID-ESP950>3.0.CO;2-9
• Simpson, I.A., Bryant, R.G., and Tveraabak, U. (1998). Relict soils and early arable land management in Lofoten, Norway. Journal of Archaeological Science, 25, 1185-1198.
  doi: 10.1006/jasc.1998.0296
• White, K.H., Bryant, R.G., and Drake, N.A., (1998). Techniques for measuring rock weathering: application to a dated fan segment sequence in southern Tunisia. Earth Surface Process and Landforms, 23(11), 1031-1043.
  doi:10.1002/(SICI)1096-9837(1998110)23:11<1031::AID-ESP919>3.0.CO;2-G
• Bryant, R.G., Tyler, A.N., Gilvear, D.J., McDonald, P., Teasdale, I., Brown, J., and Ferrier, G.A. (1996). Preliminary investigation into the spectral characteristics of inter-tidal estuarine sediments. International Journal of Remote Sensing, 17(2), 405-412.
  doi:10.1080/01431169608949016
• Bryant, R.G., and Davidson, D.A. (1996). The use of image analysis in the micromorphological study of old cultivated soils: case study, Papa Stour, Shetlands. Journal of Archaeological Science, 23(6), 811-822.
  doi:10.1006/jasc.1996.0076
• Bryant, R.G., (1996). Validated linear mixture modelling of LANDSAT TM data for mapping evaporite minerals on a playa surface. International Journal of Remote Sensing, 17(2), 315-330.
  doi:10.1080/01431169608949008
• Millington, A.C., White, K.H., Drake, N.A and Bryant, R.G. (1995). Salt Ramps: new features observed on salt lakes. Earth Surface Process and Landforms, 20(2), 105-113.
  doi:10.1002/esp.3290200202
• Grieve, I.C., Gilvear, D.G., and Bryant, R.G., (1995). Hydrochemical and water source variations across a floodplain mire, Insh Marshes, Scotland. Hydrological Processes, 9(1), 99-110.
  doi:10.1002/hyp.3360090109
• Bryant, R.G., Sellwood, B.W., Millington, A.C., and Drake, N.A. (1994). Marine-like potash evaporite formation on a continental playa: case study Chott el Djerid, southern Tunisia. Sedimentary Geology, 90(3-4), 269-291.
  doi:10.1016/0037-0738(94)90043-4

Contributions to Books

• Shaw, P.A. and Bryant, R.G. (2011). Playas, Pans and Salt Lakes. In: Thomas, D.S.G. (ed), Arid Zone Geomorphology: Process, Form and Change in Drylands (3rd Edition), Wiley, London. 373-401.
  doi:10.1002/9780470710777.ch15
• Harris, A and Bryant, R.G. (2009). Northern Peatland Vegetation and the Carbon Cycle: A Remote Sensing Approach. In: Baird, A.J., Belyea, L.R., Comas, X., Reeve, A., and Slater, L. (eds). Carbon Cycling in Northern Peatlands, Geophysical Monograph Series, American Geophysical Union, Washington DC, USA, Volume 184, 79-98. ISBN 978-0-87590-449-8.
  doi:10.1029/2008gm000818
• Harris, A., Bryant, R.G. and Baird, A. J, (2006). Remote sensing of sphagnum stress: a proxy for near-surface wetness conditions in northern peatlands? In: Looking at Wetlands from Space, European Space Agency, (Special Publication) ESA SP (SP-634).
• Harris, A., Bryant, R.G. and Baird, A.J. (2005). The use of remote sensing as a tool for mapping detailed large scale and sub-seasonal changes in the hydrological status of northern peatlands. In: Meade, R. (ed.) Proceedings of the Peterborough Remote Sensing Workshop, 30 September 2004, English Nature, Peterborough. 53-63.
• Harris, A., Baird, A.J. and Bryant, R.G. (2003). Spectral properties of sphagnum canopies under varying hydrological conditions. In: Järvet, A. and Lode, E. (eds.) Ecological Processes in Northern Wetlands: Selected Papers, Estonia, Tartu University Press. 53-58.
• Gilvear, D. J., and Bryant, R.G.,(2003). Analysis of aerial photography and other remotely sensed data. In: Kondolf, G.M. and Piégay H. (eds.) Tools in Fluvial Geomorphology, Wiley, London. 134-168.
  doi:10.1002/0470868333.ch6
• Bryant, R.G., (2002). Monitoring inundation in playa systems. In: Waser, K. (ed.) Using geospatial technologies to understand dryland dynamic, ALN51, The Office of Arid Lands Studies, Tuscon, USA. 230-240.
  http://ag.arizona.edu/OALS/ALN/aln51/bryant.html
• Drake, N.A. and Bryant, R.G. (1994). Monitoring the flooding ratios of Tunisian Playas using AVHRR data. In: Millington, A.C, and Pye, K. (eds.) Environmental Change in Drylands: Biogeographical and Geomorphological Perspectives, Wiley, London. 87-96.
• Drake, N.A., Bryant, R.G., Millington, A.C. and Townshend, J.R.G. (1994). Playa geomorphology and sedimentology: mixture modelling applied to Landsat Thematic Mapper data of the Chott el Djerid, Tunisia. In: Renaut, R.W. and Last, W.M. (eds.) The Sedimentology and Geochemistry of Modern and Ancient Saline Lakes, SEPM (Society for Sedimentary Geology) Special Publication 50, Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA. 123-135.
  doi:10.2110/pec.94.50.0125
• Bryant, R.G., Drake, N.A., Millington, A.C. and Sellwood, B.W. (1994). The chemical evolution of the brines of Chott el Djerid, Southern Tunisia, after an exceptional rainfall event in January 1990. In: Renaut, R.W. and Last, W.M. (eds.) The Sedimentology and Geochemistry of Modern and Ancient Saline Lakes, SEPM (Society for Sedimentary Geology) Special Publication 50, Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA. 3-12.
  doi:10.2110/pec.94.50.0003