By Professor Andy Baker

Journal articles

Carstea EM; Baker A; Pavelescu G; Boomen I, 2009, 'Continuous flourescence assessment of organic matter variability on the Bournbrook River, Birmingham, UK', Hydrological Processes, 23, pp. 1937 - 1946, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/hyp.7335

Linge H; Baker A; Andersson C; Lauritzen SE, 2009, 'Variability in luminescent lamination and initial ²³⁰Th/²³²Th activity ratios in a late Holocene stalagmite from northern Norway', Quaternary Geochronology, 4, pp. 181 - 192, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.quageo.2009.01.009

Trouet V; Esper J; Graham NE; Baker A; Scourse JD; Frank DC, 2009, 'Persistent positive north atlantic oscillation mode dominated the medieval climate anomaly', Science, 324, pp. 78 - 80, http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.1166349

Bieroza M; Baker A; Bridgeman J, 2009, 'Relating freshwater organic matter fluorescence to organic carbon removal efficiency in drinking water treatment', Science of the Total Environment, 407, pp. 1765 - 1774, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2008.11.013

Manciulea A; Baker A; Lead JR, 2009, 'A fluorescence quenching study of the interaction of Suwannee River fulvic acid with iron oxide nanoparticles', Chemosphere, 76, pp. 1023 - 1027, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2009.04.067

Wanamaker AD; Baker A; Butler PG; Richardson CA; Scourse JD; Ridgway I; Reynolds DJ, 2009, 'A novel method for imaging internal growth patterns in marine mollusks: A fluorescence case study on the aragonitic shell of the marine bivalve Arctica islandica (Linnaeus)', Limnology and Oceanography: Methods, 7, pp. 673 - 681, http://dx.doi.org/10.4319/lom.2009.7.673

Hudson N; Baker A; Reynolds DM; Carliell-Marquet C; Ward D, 2009, 'Changes in freshwater organic matter fluorescence intensity with freezing/thawing and dehydration/rehydration', Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences, 114, http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2008JG000915

Bieroza M; Baker A; Bridgeman J, 2009, 'Exploratory analysis of excitation-emission matrix fluorescence spectra with self-organizing maps as a basis for determination of organic matter removal efficiency at water treatment works', Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences, 114, http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2009JG000940

Singh S; Henderson RK; Baker A; Stuetz RM; Khan SJ, 2009, 'Distinguishing stage 1 and 2 reverse osmosis permeates using fluorescence spectroscopy', Water Science and Technology, 60, pp. 2017 - 2023, http://dx.doi.org/10.2166/wst.2009.515

Henderson RK; Baker A; Murphy KR; Hambly A; Stuetz RM; Khan SJ, 2009, 'Fluorescence as a potential monitoring tool for recycled water systems: a review', Water Research, 43, pp. 863 - 881, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2008.11.027

Thacker SA; Tipping E; Gondar D; Baker A, 2008, 'Functional properties of DOM in a stream draining blanket peat', Science of the Total Environment, 407, pp. 566 - 573, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2008.09.011

Baker A; Tipping E; Thacker SA; Gondar D, 2008, 'Relating dissolved organic matter fluorescence and functional properties', Chemosphere, 73, pp. 1765 - 1772, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2008.09.018

Roe J; Baker A; Bridgeman J, 2008, 'Relating organic matter character to trihalomethanes formation potential: A data mining approach', Water Science and Technology: Water Supply, 8, pp. 717 - 723, http://dx.doi.org/10.2166/ws.2008.150

Muller CL; Baker A; Hutchinson R; Fairchild IJ; Kidd C, 2008, 'Analysis of rainwater dissolved organic carbon compounds using fluorescence spectrophotometry', Atmospheric Environment, 42, pp. 8036 - 8045, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosenv.2008.06.042

Fuller L; Baker A; Fairchild IJ; Spötl C; Marca-Bell A; Rowe P; Dennis PF, 2008, 'Isotope hydrology of dripwaters in a Scottish cave and implications for stalagmite palaeoclimate research', Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 12, pp. 1065 - 1074, http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/hess-12-1065-2008

Baker A; Bolton L; Newson M; Spencer RGM, 2008, 'Spectrophotometric properties of surface water dissolved organic matter in an afforested upland peat catchment', Hydrological Processes, 22, pp. 2325 - 2336, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/hyp.6827

Wynn PM; Fairchild IJ; Baker A; Baldini JUL; McDermott F, 2008, 'Isotopic archives of sulphate in speleothems', Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 72, pp. 2465 - 2477, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2008.03.002

Blyth AJ; Baker A; Collins MJ; Penkman KEH; Gilmour MA; Moss JS; Genty D; Drysdale RN, 2008, 'Molecular organic matter in speleothems and its potential as an environmental proxy', Quaternary Science Reviews, 27, pp. 905 - 921, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2008.02.002

Baker A; Cumberland S; Hudson N, 2008, 'Dissolved and total organic and inorganic carbon in some British rivers', Area, 40, pp. 117 - 127, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1475-4762.2007.00780.x

Hudson N; Baker A; Ward D; Reynolds DM; Brunsdon C; Carliell-Marquet C; Browning S, 2008, 'Can fluorescence spectrometry be used as a surrogate for the Biochemical Oxygen Demand (BOD) test in water quality assessment? An example from South West England', Science of the Total Environment, 391, pp. 149 - 158, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2007.10.054

Caseldine CJ; McGarry SF; Baker A; Hawkesworth C; Smart PL, 2008, 'Late Quaternary speleothem pollen in the British Isles', Journal of Quaternary Science, 23, pp. 193 - 200, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jqs.1121

Asrat A; Baker A; Leng MJ; Gunn J; Umer M, 2008, 'Environmental monitoring in the Mechara caves, southeastern ethiopia: Implications for speleothem palaeoclimate studies', International Journal of Speleology, 37, pp. 207 - 220, http://dx.doi.org/10.5038/1827-806X.37.3.5

Gondar D; Thacker SA; Tipping E; Baker A, 2008, 'Functional variability of dissolved organic matter from the surface water of a productive lake', Water Research, 42, pp. 81 - 90, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2007.07.006

Pfeiffer E; Pavelescu G; Baker A; Roman C; Ioja C; Savastru D, 2008, 'Pollution analysis on the Arges River using fluorescence spectroscopy', Journal of Optoelectronics and Advanced Materials, 10, pp. 1489 - 1494

Baker ; Smith C; Catherine NJ; Fairchild I; Genty D; Fuller L, 2008, 'Annually Laminated Speleothems', International Journal of Speleology, 37, pp. 193 - 206

Henderson R; Baker ; Parsons SA; Jefferson B, 2008, 'Characterisation of algogenic organic matter extracted from cyanobacteria, green algae and diatoms', Water Research, 42, pp. 3435 - 3445, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2007.10.032

Catherine NJ; Baker ; Smith C; Claridge E, 2008, 'Hyperspectral Imaging of Speleothems', Quaternary International, 187, pp. 5 - 14

Bradley C; Baker A; Cumberland S; Boomer I; Morrissey IP, 2007, 'Dynamics of water movement and trends in dissolved carbon in a headwater wetland in a permeable catchment', Wetlands, 27, pp. 1066 - 1080, http://dx.doi.org/10.1672/0277-5212(2007)27[1066:DOWMAT]2.0.CO;2

Blyth AJ; Asrat A; Baker A; Gulliver P; Leng MJ; Genty D, 2007, 'A new approach to detecting vegetation and land-use change using high-resolution lipid biomarker records in stalagmites', Quaternary Research, 68, pp. 314 - 324, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.yqres.2007.08.002

Spencer RGM; Ahad JME; Baker A; Cowie GL; Ganeshram R; Upstill-Goddard RC; Uher G, 2007, 'The estuarine mixing behaviour of peatland derived dissolved organic carbon and its relationship to chromophoric dissolved organic matter in two North Sea estuaries (U.K.)', Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 74, pp. 131 - 144, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecss.2007.03.032

Cumberland SA; Baker A, 2007, 'The freshwater dissolved organic matter fluorescence-total organic carbon relationship', Hydrological Processes, 21, pp. 2093 - 2099, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/hyp.6371

Hudson N; Baker A; Reynolds D, 2007, 'Fluorescence analysis of dissolved organic matter in natural, waste and polluted waters - A review', River Research and Applications, 23, pp. 631 - 649, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/rra.1005

Baker A; Asrat A; Fairchild IJ; Leng MJ; Wynn PM; Bryant C; Genty D; Umer M, 2007, 'Analysis of the climate signal contained within δ¹⁸O and growth rate parameters in two Ethiopian stalagmites>', Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 71, pp. 2975 - 2988, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2007.03.029

Spencer RGM; Baker A; Ahad JME; Cowie GL; Ganeshram R; Upstill-Goddard RC; Uher G, 2007, 'Discriminatory classification of natural and anthropogenic waters in two U.K. estuaries', Science of the Total Environment, 373, pp. 305 - 323, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2006.10.052

Asrat A; Baker A; Mohammed MU; Leng MJ; Van Calsteren P; Smith C, 2007, 'A high-resolution multi-proxy stalagmite record from Mechara, Southeastern Ethiopia: Palaeohydrological implications for speleothem palaeoclimate reconstruction', Journal of Quaternary Science, 22, pp. 53 - 63, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jqs.1013

Seredyńska-Sobecka B; Baker A; Lead JR, 2007, 'Characterisation of colloidal and particulate organic carbon in freshwaters by thermal fluorescence quenching', Water Research, 41, pp. 3069 - 3076, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2007.04.017

Baker A; Elliott S; Lead JR, 2007, 'Effects of filtration and pH perturbation on freshwater organic matter fluorescence', Chemosphere, 67, pp. 2035 - 2043, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2006.11.024

Liu R; Lead JR; Baker A, 2007, 'Fluorescence characterization of cross flow ultrafiltration derived freshwater colloidal and dissolved organic matter', Chemosphere, 68, pp. 1304 - 1311, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2007.01.048

Hammond DS; Chapman L; Baker A; Thornes JE; Sandford A, 2007, 'Fluorescence of road salt additives: Potential applications for residual salt monitoring', Measurement Science and Technology, 18, pp. 239 - 244, http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0957-0233/18/1/030

Spencer RGM; Bolton L; Baker A, 2007, 'Freeze/thaw and pH effects on freshwater dissolved organic matter fluorescence and absorbance properties from a number of UK locations', Water Research, 41, pp. 2941 - 2950, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2007.04.012

Tan M; Baker A; Genty D; Smith C; Esper J; Cai B, 2006, 'Applications of stalagmite laminae to paleoclimate reconstructions: Comparison with dendrochronology/climatology', Quaternary Science Reviews, 25, pp. 2103 - 2117, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2006.01.034

Smith CL; Baker A; Fairchild IJ; Frisia S; Borsato A, 2006, 'Reconstructing hemispheric-scale climates from multiple stalagmite records', International Journal of Climatology, 26, pp. 1417 - 1424, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/joc.1329

Lead JR; De Momi A; Goula G; Baker A, 2006, 'Fractionation of freshwater colloids and particles by SPLITT: Analysis by electron microscopy and 3D excitation-emission matrix fluorescence', Analytical Chemistry, 78, pp. 3609 - 3615, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/ac0521347

Fairchild IJ; Tuckwell GW; Baker A; Tooth AF, 2006, 'Modelling of dripwater hydrology and hydrogeochemistry in a weakly karstified aquifer (Bath, UK): Implications for climate change studies', Journal of Hydrology, 321, pp. 213 - 231, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2005.08.002

Elliott S; Lead JR; Baker A, 2006, 'Thermal quenching of fluorescence of freshwater, planktonic bacteria', Analytica Chimica Acta, 564, pp. 219 - 225, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.aca.2006.01.087

Fairchild IJ; Smith CL; Baker A; Fuller L; Spötl C; Mattey D; McDermott F, 2006, 'Modification and preservation of environmental signals in speleothems', Earth-Science Reviews, 75, pp. 105 - 153, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.earscirev.2005.08.003

Elliott S; Lead JR; Baker A, 2006, 'Characterisation of the fluorescence from freshwater, planktonic bacteria', Water Research, 40, pp. 2075 - 2083, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2006.03.017

Baldini JUL; McDermott F; Baker A; Baldini LM; Mattey DP; Railsback LB, 2005, 'Biomass effects on stalagmite growth and isotope ratios: A 20th century analogue from Wiltshire, England', Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 240, pp. 486 - 494, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2005.09.022

Baker A; Inverarity R; Ward D, 2005, 'Catchment-scale fluorescence water quality determination', Water Science and Technology, 52, pp. 199 - 207, http://dx.doi.org/10.1255/ejms.737

Sundqvist HS; Baker A; Holmgren K, 2005, 'Luminescence variations in fast-growing stalagmites from Uppsala, Sweden', Geografiska Annaler, Series A: Physical Geography, 87, pp. 539 - 548, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.0435-3676.2005.00277.x

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