Thomas Grabs
Senior Lecturer/Associate Professor in Surface water modelling at Department of Earth Sciences; Program for Air, Water and Landscape Sciences; Hydrology and Environmental Analysis
- Telephone:
- +46 18 471 25 21
- E-mail:
- thomas.grabs@geo.uu.se
- Visiting address:
- Geocentrum, Villavägen 16
752 36 Uppsala - Postal address:
- Villavägen 16
752 36 UPPSALA
- ORCID:
- 0000-0002-6537-0753
Short presentation
My research focuses on spatial & temporal scaling of hydrodynamical and biogeochemical processes – with emphasis on the interface between land and water bodies. My principal research objective is to improve the understanding of the linkage between surface water quality & the interplay of shallow groundwater flow pathways and chemical buffering within the near-stream zones. To achieve my research objectives, I combine field measurements with GIS-based landscape analysis and hydrological modeling.

Publications
Selection of publications
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Part of Hydrological Processes, 2024
- DOI for Identifying Subsurface Connectivity From Observations: Experimentation With Equifinality Defines Both Challenges and Pathways to Progress
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Landscape constraints on mire lateral expansion
Part of Quaternary Science Reviews, 2023
- DOI for Landscape constraints on mire lateral expansion
- Download full text (pdf) of Landscape constraints on mire lateral expansion
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Part of Science of the Total Environment, 2022
- DOI for Uni- and multivariate bias adjustment methods in Nordic catchments: Complexity and performance in a changing climate
- Download full text (pdf) of Uni- and multivariate bias adjustment methods in Nordic catchments: Complexity and performance in a changing climate
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Streamflow droughts in Sweden: Spatiotemporal patterns emerging from six decades of observations
Part of Journal of Hydrology, 2022
- DOI for Streamflow droughts in Sweden: Spatiotemporal patterns emerging from six decades of observations
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Robustness of Flood-Model Calibration using Single and Multiple Events
Part of Hydrological Sciences Journal, p. 842-853, 2020
- DOI for Robustness of Flood-Model Calibration using Single and Multiple Events
- Download full text (pdf) of Robustness of Flood-Model Calibration using Single and Multiple Events
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Part of Global Change Biology, p. 785-797, 2013
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Part of Biogeosciences, p. 3901-3916, 2012
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Calculating terrain indices along streams: A new method for separating stream sides
Part of Water Resources Research, 2010
Recent publications
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Part of Environmental Modelling & Software, 2026
- DOI for Hydrological climate change impact assessment in high latitudes: are bucket-type models up to the task?
- Download full text (pdf) of Hydrological climate change impact assessment in high latitudes: are bucket-type models up to the task?
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Part of Journal of Environmental Management, 2026
- DOI for Dynamic mode decomposition for water-energy-food nexus modelling: Data-driven predictions of policy impacts
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Part of Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, p. 3809-3832, 2025
- DOI for Multi-sectoral and systemic drought risk in forested cold climates: stakeholder-informed vulnerability factors from Sweden
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Part of Natural hazards and earth system sciences, p. 3381-3395, 2025
- DOI for Sectoral vulnerability to drought: exploring the role of blue and green water dependency in mid- and high-latitude regions
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Panta Rhei: a decade of progress in research on change in hydrology and society
Part of Hydrological Sciences Journal, p. 1210-1236, 2025
- DOI for Panta Rhei: a decade of progress in research on change in hydrology and society
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All publications
Articles in journal
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Part of Environmental Modelling & Software, 2026
- DOI for Hydrological climate change impact assessment in high latitudes: are bucket-type models up to the task?
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Part of Journal of Environmental Management, 2026
- DOI for Dynamic mode decomposition for water-energy-food nexus modelling: Data-driven predictions of policy impacts
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Part of Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, p. 3809-3832, 2025
- DOI for Multi-sectoral and systemic drought risk in forested cold climates: stakeholder-informed vulnerability factors from Sweden
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Part of Natural hazards and earth system sciences, p. 3381-3395, 2025
- DOI for Sectoral vulnerability to drought: exploring the role of blue and green water dependency in mid- and high-latitude regions
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Panta Rhei: a decade of progress in research on change in hydrology and society
Part of Hydrological Sciences Journal, p. 1210-1236, 2025
- DOI for Panta Rhei: a decade of progress in research on change in hydrology and society
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Part of Natural hazards and earth system sciences, p. 2541-2564, 2025
- DOI for Drought propagation in high-latitude catchments: insights from a 60-year analysis using standardized indices
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Part of WIREs Water, 2024
- DOI for Droughts in forested ecoregions in cold and continental climates: A review of vulnerability concepts and factors in socio-hydrological systems
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Part of Hydrological Processes, 2024
- DOI for Identifying Subsurface Connectivity From Observations: Experimentation With Equifinality Defines Both Challenges and Pathways to Progress
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Part of Journal of Geophysical Research - Earth Surface, 2024
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An introduction to data-driven modelling of the Water-Energy-Food-Ecosystem nexus
Part of Environmental Modelling & Software, 2024
- DOI for An introduction to data-driven modelling of the Water-Energy-Food-Ecosystem nexus
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Part of Journal of Hydrology, 2024
- DOI for Improving performance of bucket-type hydrological models in high latitudes with multi-model combination methods: Can we wring water from a stone?
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Part of Ambio, p. 1262-1281, 2023
- DOI for Drought hazards and stakeholder perception: Unraveling the interlinkages between drought severity, perceived impacts, preparedness, and management
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Future drought propagation through the water-energy-food-ecosystem nexus: A Nordic perspective
Part of Journal of Hydrology, 2023
- DOI for Future drought propagation through the water-energy-food-ecosystem nexus: A Nordic perspective
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Part of Journal of Hydrology, 2023
- DOI for Uni- and multivariate bias adjustment of climate model simulations in Nordic catchments: Effects on hydrological signatures relevant for water resources management in a changing climate
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Landscape constraints on mire lateral expansion
Part of Quaternary Science Reviews, 2023
- DOI for Landscape constraints on mire lateral expansion
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Copulas for hydroclimatic analysis: A practice‐oriented overview
Part of WIREs Water, 2022
- DOI for Copulas for hydroclimatic analysis: A practice‐oriented overview
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Advancing traditional strategies for testing hydrological model fitness in a changing climate
Part of Hydrological Sciences Journal, p. 1790-1811, 2022
- DOI for Advancing traditional strategies for testing hydrological model fitness in a changing climate
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Part of Science of the Total Environment, 2022
- DOI for Uni- and multivariate bias adjustment methods in Nordic catchments: Complexity and performance in a changing climate
- Download full text (pdf) of Uni- and multivariate bias adjustment methods in Nordic catchments: Complexity and performance in a changing climate
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Streamflow droughts in Sweden: Spatiotemporal patterns emerging from six decades of observations
Part of Journal of Hydrology, 2022
- DOI for Streamflow droughts in Sweden: Spatiotemporal patterns emerging from six decades of observations
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Robustness of Flood-Model Calibration using Single and Multiple Events
Part of Hydrological Sciences Journal, p. 842-853, 2020
- DOI for Robustness of Flood-Model Calibration using Single and Multiple Events
- Download full text (pdf) of Robustness of Flood-Model Calibration using Single and Multiple Events
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Part of Hydrological Sciences Journal, p. 1512-1524, 2020
- DOI for Flood prediction using parameters calibrated on limited discharge data and uncertain rainfall scenarios
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Part of Journal of Hydrology, p. 315-328, 2019
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Part of Limnology and Oceanography Letters, p. 156-167, 2018
- DOI for Carbon dioxide and methane emissions of Swedish low-order streams: a national estimate and lessons learnt from more than a decade of observations
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Part of Journal of Hydrology, p. 160-178, 2018
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Part of Water resources research, p. 3896-3912, 2018
- DOI for Stream Dissolved Organic Matter Composition Reflects the Riparian Zone, Not Upslope Soils in Boreal Forest Headwaters
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Towards an Improved Conceptualization of Riparian Zones in Boreal Forest Headwaters
Part of Ecosystems (New York. Print), p. 297-315, 2018
- DOI for Towards an Improved Conceptualization of Riparian Zones in Boreal Forest Headwaters
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Water storage dynamics in a till hillslope: the foundation for modeling flows and turnover times
Part of Hydrological Processes, p. 4-14, 2017
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Part of Global Biogeochemical Cycles, p. 1674-1701, 2017
- DOI for Future Riverine Inorganic Nitrogen Load to the Baltic Sea From Sweden: An Ensemble Approach to Assessing Climate Change Effects
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Part of Hydrogeology Journal, p. 1063-1076, 2017
- DOI for The effects of ionic strength and organic matter on virus inactivation at low temperatures: general likelihood uncertainty estimation (GLUE) as an alternative to least-squares parameter optimization for the fitting of virus inactivation models
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Hillslope permeability architecture controls on subsurface transit time distribution and flow paths
Part of Journal of Hydrology, p. 17-30, 2016
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Landscape controls on spatiotemporal discharge variability in a boreal catchment
Part of Water resources research, p. 6541-6556, 2016
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The assumption of uniform specific discharge: unsafe at Any time?
Part of Hydrological Processes, p. 3978-3988, 2016
- DOI for The assumption of uniform specific discharge: unsafe at Any time?
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Part of Water resources research, 2015
- DOI for Hydrological response to changing climate conditions: Spatial streamflow variability in the boreal region
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Part of Global Change Biology, p. 2963-2979, 2015
- DOI for Potential for long-term transfer of dissolved organic carbon from riparian zones to streams in boreal catchments
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Part of JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-BIOGEOSCIENCES, p. 1814-1827, 2013
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Part of Global Change Biology, p. 785-797, 2013
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Riparian zone control on base cation concentration in boreal streams
Part of Biogeosciences, p. 3849-3868, 2013
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Specific discharge variability in a boreal landscape
Part of Water resources research, 2012
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Modelling rating curves using remotely sensed LiDAR data
Part of Hydrological Processes, p. 1427-1434, 2012
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Part of Biogeosciences, p. 3901-3916, 2012
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Part of Journal of Geophysical Research, 2011
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Part of Ecosystems (New York. Print), p. 880-893, 2011
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Calculating terrain indices along streams: A new method for separating stream sides
Part of Water Resources Research, 2010