By Professor Andy Baker

Journal articles

Mudarra M; Andreo B; Baker A, 2011, 'Characterisation of dissolved organic matter in karst spring waters using intrinsic fluorescence: relation with infilration process', Science of the Total Environment, 409, pp. 3448 - 3462, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2011.05.026

Bieroza MZ; Baker ; Bridgeman J, 2011, 'Classification and calibration of organic matter fluorescence data with multiway analysis methods and artificial neural networks: an operational tool for improved drinking water treatment', Environmetrics, 22, pp. 256 - 270, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/env.1045

Baker A; Wilson R; Fairchild IJ; Franke J; Spoti C; Mattey D; Trouet V; Fuller L, 2011, 'High-resolution delta (super 18) O and delta (super 13) C records from an annually laminated Scottish stalagmite and relationship with last millennium climate', Global and Planetary Change, 79, pp. 303 - 311, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.gloplacha.2010.12.007

Murphy KR; Hambly A; Singh S; Henderson RK; Baker ; Stuetz RM; Khan SJ, 2011, 'Organic matter fluorescence in municipal water recycling schemes: towards a unified PARAFAC model', Environmental Science and Technology, 45, pp. 2909 - 2916, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/es103015e

Bridgeman J; Bieroza MZ; Baker A, 2011, 'The application of fluorescence spectroscopy to organic matter characterisation in drinking water treatment', Reviews in Environmental Science and Bio-Technology, 10, pp. 277 - 290, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11157-011-9243-x

Jex CN; Baker A; Fairchild IJ; Eastwood WJ; Leng MJ; Sloane H; Thomas L; Bekaroğlu E, 2010, 'Calibration of speleothem delta-18O with instrumental climate records from Turkey', Global and Planetary Change, 71, pp. 207 - 217, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.gloplacha.2009.08.004

Carstea E; Baker A; Bieroza MZ; Reynolds DM, 2010, 'Continuous Fluorescence Excitation Emission Matrix Monitoring of River Organic Matter', Water Research, 44, pp. 5356 - 5366

Baker A; Asrat A; Fairchild IJ; Leng MJ; Thomas LE; Widmann M; Jex CN; Dong B; Van calsteren P; Bryant CJ, 2010, 'Decadal scale rainfall variability in Ethiopia recorded in an annually laminated, Holocene-age, stalagmite', Holocene, 20, pp. 827 - 836

Hambly A; Henderson RK; Storey M; Baker A; Stuetz RM; Khan SJ, 2010, 'Fluorescence monitoring at a recycled water treatment plant and associated dual-distribution system - implications for cross connection detection', Water Research, 44, pp. 5323 - 5333, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2010.06.003

Hambly A; Henderson RK; Baker A; Stuetz RM; Khan SJ, 2010, 'Fluorescence monitoring for cross-connection detection in water reuse systems: Australian case studies', Water Science and Technology, 61, pp. 155 - 162, http://dx.doi.org/10.2166/wst.2010.795

Bieroza MZ; Bridgeman J; Baker A, 2010, 'Fluorescence spectroscopy as a tool for determination of organic matter removal efficiency at water treatment works', Drinking Water Engineering Science, 3, pp. 63 - 70

Hartland A; Fairchild IJ; Lead JR; Baker A, 2010, 'Fluorescent properties of organic carbon in cave dripwaters: effects of filtration, temperature and pH', Science of the Total Environment, 408, pp. 5940 - 5950

Wynn P; Fairchild IJ; Frisia S; Spoetl C; Baker A; Borsato A; EIMF , 2010, 'High-resolution sulphur isotope analysis of speleothem carbonate by secondary ionisation mass spectrometry', Chemical Geology, 271, pp. 101 - 107, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.chemgeo.2010.01.001

Bradley C; Baker A; Jex CN; Leng MJ, 2010, 'Hydrological uncertainties in the modelling of cave drip-water delta-18O and the implications for stalagmite palaeoclimate reconstructions', Quaternary Science Reviews, 29, pp. 2201 - 2214, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2010.05.017

Muller CL; Kidd C; Fairchild IJ; Baker A, 2010, 'Investigation into clouds and precipitation over an urban area using micro rain radars, satellite remote sensing and fluorescence spectrophotometry', Atmospheric Research, 96, pp. 241 - 255, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosres.2009.08.003

Bradley C; Baker A, 2010, 'Modern stalagmite delta-18O: Instrumental calibration and forward modelling', Global and Planetary Change, 71, pp. 201 - 206, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.gloplacha.2009.05.002

Hambly A; Henderson RK; Baker A; Stuetz RM; Khan SJ, 2010, 'Probabilistic analysis of fluorescence signals for monitoring dual reticulation water recycling schemes', Water Science and Technology, 62, pp. 2059 - 2065, http://dx.doi.org/10.2166/wst.2010.504

Spencer RGM; Hernes P; Ruf R; Baker ; Dyda R; Stubbins A; Six J, 2010, 'Temporal controls on dissolved organic matter and lignin biogeochemistry in a pristine tropical river, Democratic Republic of Congo', Journal of Geophysical Research, 115, pp. G03013, http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2009JG001180

Hartland A; Wynn P; Lead J; Dominguez-Villar D; Baker A; Gunn J; Baalousha M; Yu-Nam Y, 2010, 'The dripwaters and speleothems of Poole’s Cavern: a review of recent and ongoing research', Cave and Karst Science, 36, pp. 37 - 46

Dominguez-Villar D; Fairchild IJ; Carrasco R; Pedraza J; Baker A, 2010, 'The effect of visitors in a touristic cave and the resulting constraints on natural thermal conditions for palaeoclimate studies (Eagle Cave, central Spain)', ACTA Carsologica, 39, pp. 491 - 502

Dominguez-Villar D; Fairchild IJ; Baker A; Wang X; Edwards RL; Cheng H, 2009, 'Oxygen isotope precipitation anomaly in the North Atlantic region during the 8.2 ka event', Geology, 37, pp. 1095 - 1098, http://dx.doi.org/10.1130/G30393A.1

Carstea EM; Pavelescu G; Cristescu L; Baker A; Savastru D, 2009, 'Comparison between the characteristics of dissolved organic matter and nitrate content in an urban river', UPB Scientific Bulletin, Series A: Applied Mathematics and Physics, 71, pp. 105 - 110

Spencer RGM; Stubbins A; Hernes PJ; Baker A; Mopper K; Aufdenkampe AK; Dyda RY; Mwamba VL; Mangangu AM; Wabakanghanzi JN; Six J, 2009, 'Photochemical degradation of dissolved organic matter and dissolved lignin phenols from the Congo River', Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences, 114, http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2009JG000968

Trouet V; Baker A, 2009, 'Reconstructing climate dynamics over the past millenniumxs', Eos, 90, pp. 283, http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2009EO330004

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

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