Items where Author is "Armstrong, Alona"

Blaydes, Hollie and Whyatt, J Duncan and Carvalho, Fabio and Lee, Hing Kin and McCann, Kevin and Silveira, Juliana M and Armstrong, Alona (2025) Shedding light on land use change for solar farms. Progress in Energy, 7 (3): 033001. ISSN 2516-1083

Li, Yudi and Armstrong, Alona and Simmons, Christopher and Krasner, Noah Z. and Hernandez, Rebecca R. (2025) Ecological impacts of single-axis photovoltaic solar energy with periodic mowing on microclimate and vegetation. Frontiers in Sustainability, 6: 1497256. ISSN 2673-4524

Carvalho, Fabio and Montag, Hannah and Bentley, Laura and Šarlej, Radim and Broyd, Rosanne C and Blaydes, Hollie and Cattin, Marta and Burke, Miranda and Wallwork, Abby and Ramanayaka, Sammani and White, Piran C L and Sharp, Stuart Peter and Clarkson, Tom and Armstrong, Alona (2025) Plant and soil responses to ground-mounted solar panels in temperate agricultural systems. Environmental Research Letters, 20 (2): 024003. ISSN 1748-9326

Carvalho, Fabio and Healing, Samuel and Armstrong, Alona (2024) Enhancing soil carbon in solar farms through active land management : a systematic review of the available evidence. Environmental Research: Ecology, 3 (4): 042001. ISSN 2752-664X

M G Rocha, Sofia and Armstrong, Alona and Thackeray, Stephen J and Hernandez, Rebecca R and M Folkard, Andrew (2024) Environmental impacts of floating solar panels on freshwater systems and their techno-ecological synergies. Environmental Research: Infrastructure and Sustainability, 4 (4): 042002. ISSN 2634-4505

Carvalho, Fabio and Armstrong, Alona (2024) New solar farms can benefit nature – here’s how. The Conversation.

Carvalho, Fabio and Blaydes, Hollie and Armstrong, Alona (2024) Integrated policies could help solar farms fulfil their climate and ecological potentials. British Ecological Society.

Carvalho, Fabio and Lee, Hing Kin and Blaydes, Hollie and Treasure, Lucy and Harrison, Laura J. and Montag, Hannah and Vucic, Kristina and Scurlock, Jonathan and White, Piran C. L. and Sharp, Stuart P. and Clarkson, Tom and Armstrong, Alona (2024) Integrated policymaking is needed to deliver climate and ecological benefits from solar farms. Journal of Applied Ecology. ISSN 0021-8901

Ouro, Pablo and Fernandez, Riya and Armstrong, Alona and Brooks, Barbara and Burton, Ralph and Folkard, Andrew and Ilic, Suzana and Parkes, Ben and Schultz, David M and Stallard, Tim and Watson, Francis (2024) Environmental impacts from large-scale offshore renewable-energy deployment. Environmental Research Letters, 19 (6): 063001. ISSN 1748-9326

Woolway, R.I. and Zhao, Gang and Midauar Gondim Rocha, Sofia and Thackeray, Stephen and Armstrong, Alona (2024) Decarbonization potential of floating solar photovoltaics on lakes worldwide. Nature Water, 2 (6). pp. 566-576. ISSN 2731-6084

Nobre, Regina and Midauar Gondim Rocha, Sofia and Healing, Samuel and Ji, Qianfeng and Boulêtreau, Stéphanie and Armstrong, Alona and Cucherousset, Julien (2024) A global study of freshwater coverage by floating photovoltaics. Solar Energy, 267: 112244. ISSN 0038-092X

Blaydes, Hollie and Armstrong, Alona and Whyatt, Duncan and Potts, Simon (2024) Solar park management impacts on pollinator biodiversity in temperate ecosystems. PhD thesis, Lancaster University.

Secker, Ben and Sharp, Stuart and Armstrong, Alona (2024) The diversity and behaviour of farmland birds on solar parks in the UK. Masters thesis, Lancaster University.

Hellfeld, Rebecca von and Carvalho, Fabio and Armstrong, Alona and Hastings, Astly (2023) What is the potential effect of different land use options on greenhouse gas emissions and carbon sequestration? : A systematic review of the available evidence. UNSPECIFIED.

Carvalho, Fabio and Treasure, Lucy and Robinson, Samuel J. B. and Blaydes, Hollie and Exley, Giles and Hayes, Rachel and Howell, Belinda and Keith, Aidan and Montag, Hannah and Parker, Guy and Sharp, Stuart P. and Witten, Cameron and Armstrong, Alona (2023) Towards a standardized protocol to assess natural capital and ecosystem services in solar parks. Ecological Solutions and Evidence, 4 (1): e12210. ISSN 2688-8319

Cagle, Alexander E. and Shepherd, Morgan and Grodsky, Steven M. and Armstrong, Alona and Jordaan, Sarah M. and Hernandez, Rebecca R. (2023) Standardized metrics to quantify solar energy-land relationships : A global systematic review. Frontiers in Sustainability, 3: 1035705. ISSN 2673-4524

Stott, Heather and Armstrong, Alona and Whitaker, Jeanette and Ostle, Nick (2022) Microclimatic and Diversity Controls on UK Grassland Carbon Cycling. PhD thesis, Lancaster University.

Exley, Giles and Page, Trevor and Thackeray, Stephen J. and Folkard, Andrew and Couture, Raoul-Marie and Hernandez, Rebecca R. and Cagle, Alexander and Salk, Kateri and Clous, Lucie and Whittaker, Peet and Chipps, Michael and Armstrong, Alona (2022) Floating solar panels on reservoirs impact phytoplankton populations : A modelling experiment. Journal of Environmental Management. ISSN 0301-4797 (In Press)

Carvalho, Fabio and Montag, Hannah and Sharp, Stuart P. and White, Piran and Clarkson, Tom and Armstrong, Alona (2022) Effects of land use change for solar park development in the UK on ecosystem services. In: EGU General Assembly 2022, 2022-05-23 - 2022-05-27, Austria Center Vienna.

Blaydes, Hollie and Gardner, Emma and Whyatt, Duncan and Potts, Simon G and Armstrong, Alona (2022) Solar park management and design to boost bumble bee populations. Environmental Research Letters, 17 (4): 044002. ISSN 1748-9326

Exley, Giles and Page, Trevor and Folkard, Andrew M. and Thackeray, Stephen J and Hernandez, Rebecca R. and Armstrong, Alona (2022) Floating solar interactions with water bodies under climate warming. In: EGU General Assembly 2022, 2022-05-23 - 2022-05-27, Austria Center Vienna.

Qin, Yingzuo and Li, Yan and Xu, Ru and Hou, Chengcheng and Armstrong, Alona and Bach, Eviatar and Wang, Yang and Fu, Bojie (2022) Impacts of 319 wind farms on surface temperature and vegetation in the United States. Environmental Research Letters, 17 (2): 024026. ISSN 1748-9326

Exley, Giles and Armstrong, Alona and Folkard, Andrew and Hernandez, Rebecca R and Jones, Ian and Page, Trevor and Thackeray, Stephen (2022) Environmental impacts of floating solar photovoltaics on their host water bodies : Opportunities and risks. PhD thesis, Lancaster University.

Exley, Giles and Hernandez, Rebecca and Page, Trevor and Chipps, Michael and Gambro, Stefano and Hersey, Matt and Lake, Richard and Stella-Zoannou, Kali and Armstrong, Alona (2021) Scientific and stakeholder evidence-based assessment : Ecosystem response to floating solar photovoltaics and implications for sustainability. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 152: 111639. ISSN 1364-0321

Exley, Giles and Hernandez, Rebecca R. and Page, Trevor and Folkard, Andrew and Thackeray, Stephen J. and Armstrong, Alona (2021) Floating Futures : Can Floating Solar Photovoltaics Deliver Clean Electricity And Enhance Water Quality? In: AGU Fall meeting 2021, 2021-12-13 - 2021-12-17.

Armstrong, Alona and Brown, Lauren and Davies, Gemma and Whyatt, Duncan and Potts, Simon (2021) Honeybee pollination benefits could inform solar park business cases, planning decisions and environmental sustainability targets. Biological Conservation, 263: 109332. ISSN 0006-3207

Carvalho, Fabio and Armstrong, Alona (2021) Solar parks could become significant carbon stores : Active grassland management with organic fertiliser, sheep grazing and seeding could increase the amount of carbon stored in grassland soils. N8 Policing Research Partnership.

Li, Guoqing and Hernandez, Rebecca R. and Blackburn, Alan and Davies, Gemma and Hunt, Merryn and Whyatt, Duncan and Armstrong, Alona (2021) Ground-mounted photovoltaic solar parks promote land surface cool islands in arid ecosystems. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Transition, 1: 100008. ISSN 2667-095X

Blaydes, Hollie and Potts, Simon G. and Whyatt, Duncan and Armstrong, Alona (2021) Opportunities to enhance pollinator biodiversity in solar parks. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 145: 111065. ISSN 1364-0321

Exley, Giles and Armstrong, Alona and Page, Trevor and Jones, Ian D. (2021) Floating photovoltaics could mitigate climate change impacts on water body temperature and stratification. Solar Energy, 219. pp. 24-33. ISSN 0038-092X

Karimirad, Madjid and Rosa-Clot, Marco and Armstrong, Alona and Whittaker, Trevor (2021) Floating solar : Beyond the state of the art technology. Solar Energy, 219. pp. 1-2. ISSN 0038-092X

Whitaker, Jeanette and Richardson, Harriett R. and Ostle, Nicholas J. and Armstrong, Alona and Waldron, Susan (2021) Plant functional type indirectly affects peatland carbon fluxes and their sensitivity to environmental change. European Journal of Soil Science, 72 (2). pp. 1042-1053. ISSN 1351-0754

Holland, Ryan and Armstrong, Alona and Carvalho, Fabio (2021) Development of a Solar Park Carbon Calculator (SPCC) to assist deployment decisions. In: EGU General Assembly 2021, 2021-04-19 - 2021-04-30, Online.

Carvalho, Fabio and Armstrong, Alona (2021) Assessing the impact of land-use change for solar park development in the UK : implications for biodiversity and ecosystem services. In: EGU General Assembly 2021, 2021-04-19 - 2021-04-30, Online.

Exley, Giles and Hernandez, Rebecca R. and Page, Trevor and Chipps, Michael and Gambro, Stefano and Hersey, Matt and Lake, Richard and Zoannou, Kali-Stella and Armstrong, Alona (2021) Prioritising ecosystem opportunities and threats of floating solar photovoltaics. In: EGU General Assembly 2021, 2021-04-19 - 2021-04-30, Online.

Holland, Ryan and Armstrong, Alona and Carvalho G Da Silva, Fabio (2021) Development of a Solar Park Carbon Calculator (SPCC) to assist deployment decisions. Masters thesis, Lancaster University.

Armstrong, Alona and Page, Trevor and Thackeray, Stephen J. and Hernandez, Rebecca R. and Jones, Ian (2020) Integrating environmental understanding into freshwater floatovoltaic deployment using an effects hierarchy and decision trees. Environmental Research Letters, 15 (11): 114055. ISSN 1748-9326

Hooper, Tara and Armstrong, Alona and Vlaswinkeld, Brigitte (2020) Environmental impacts and benefits of marine floating solar. Solar Energy, 219. pp. 11-14. ISSN 0038-092X

Cagle, Alexander and Armstrong, Alona and Exley, Giles and Grodsky, Steven and Macknick, Jordan and Sherwin, John and Hernandez, Rebecca R. (2020) The Land Sparing, Water Surface Use Efficiency, and Water Surface Transformation of Floating Photovoltaic Solar Energy Installations. Sustainability, 12 (19): 8154. ISSN 2071-1050

Li, Guoqing and Armstrong, Alona and Chang, Xueli (2020) Simulation of Evapotranspiration at a 3-Minute Time Interval Based on Remote Sensing Data and SEBAL Model. Applied Sciences, 10 (14): 4919. ISSN 2076-3417

Randle-Boggis, Richard and White, Piran C. L. and Cruz, J and Parker, G and Montag, H and Scurlock, J.M.O. and Armstrong, Alona (2020) Realising co-benefits for natural capital and ecosystem services from solar parks : a co-developed, evidence-based approach. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 125: 109775. ISSN 1364-0321

Carvalho G Da Silva, Fabio and Armstrong, Alona (2020) What is the potential for solar parks in the UK to enhance soil carbon through active management? : A rapid systematic review of the available evidence. Open Science Framework.

Makaronidou, Maria and Armstrong, Alona and Ostle, Nick and Kettridge, Nicholas (2020) Assessment on the local climate effects of solar parks. PhD thesis, Lancaster University.

Lala, Margherita and Fraser, James and Markusson, Nils and Armstrong, Alona (2020) An ethnography of adaptation technologies : The case of Chololo (eco)village, Tanzania. PhD thesis, Lancaster University.

Hernandez, Rebecca R. and Armstrong, Alona and Burney, Jennifer and Ryan, Greer and Moore-O’Leary, Kara and Diédhiou, Ibrahima and Grodsky, Steven M. and Saul-Gershenz, Leslie and Davis, Rob and Macknick, Jordan and Mulvaney, Dustin and Heath, Garvin A. and Easter, Shane B. and Hoffacker, Madison K. and Allen, Michael F. and Kammen, Daniel M. (2019) Techno–ecological synergies of solar energy for global sustainability. Nature Sustainability, 2 (7). pp. 560-568. ISSN 2398-9629

Poleykett, Jack and Quinton, John and Armstrong, Alona and Maher, Barbara (2016) The development of dual signature, fluorescent magnetic sediment tracing technology. PhD thesis, Lancaster University.

Armstrong, Alona and Waldron, Susan and Ostle, Nicholas J. and Richardson, Harriett and Whitaker, Jeanette (2015) Biotic and abiotic factors interact to regulate Northern peatland carbon cycling. Ecosystems, 18 (8). pp. 1395-1409. ISSN 1432-9840

Padfield, Rory and Waldron, Susan and Drew, Simon and Papargyropoulou, Effie and Kumaran, Shashi and Page, Sue and Gilvear, Dave and Armstrong, Alona and Evers, Stephanie and Williams, Paul and Zakaria, Zuriati and Chin, Sing Yun and Hansen, Sune Balle and Campos-Arceiz, Ahimsa and Latif, Mohd Talib and Sayok, Alex and Tham, Mun Hou (2015) Research agendas for the sustainable management of tropical peatland in Malaysia. Environmental Conservation, 42 (1). pp. 73-83. ISSN 0376-8929

Armstrong, Alona and Waldron, Susan and Whitaker, Jeanette and Ostle, Nick (2014) Wind farm and solar park effects on plant–soil carbon cycling : uncertain impacts of changes in ground-level microclimate. Global Change Biology, 20 (6). pp. 1699-1706. ISSN 1354-1013

Drew, Simon and Waldron, Susan and Gilvear, David and Grieve, Ian and Armstrong, Alona and Bragg, Olivia and Brewis, Francis and Cooper, Mark and Dargie, Tom and Duncan, Colin and Harris, Lorna and Wilson, Lorraine and McIver, Cameron and Padfield, Rory and Shah, Nadeem (2013) The price of knowledge in the knowledge economy: Should development of peatland in the UK support a research levy? Land Use Policy, 32. pp. 50-60. ISSN 0264-8377

Armstrong, Alona and Quinton, John and Maher, Barbara (2012) Thermal enhancement of natural magnetism as a tool for tracing eroded soil. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 37 (14). pp. 1567-1572. ISSN 0197-9337

Novara, Agata and Armstrong, Alona and Gristina, Luciano and Semple, Kirk T. and Quinton, John N. (2012) Effects of soil compaction, rain exposure and their interaction on soil carbon dioxide emission. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 37 (9). pp. 994-999. ISSN 0197-9337

Wilson, Lorraine and Wilson, Jared and Holden, Joseph and Johnstone, Ian and Armstrong, Alona and Morris, Michael (2011) The impact of drain blocking on an upland blanket bog during storm and drought events, and the importance of sampling-scale. Journal of Hydrology, 404 (3-4). pp. 198-208. ISSN 0022-1694

Wilson, Lorraine and Wilson, Jared and Holden, Joseph and Johnstone, Ian and Armstrong, Alona and Morris, Michael (2011) Ditch blocking, water chemistry and organic carbon flux: Evidence that blanket bog restoration reduces erosion and fluvial carbon loss. Science of the Total Environment, 409 (11). pp. 2010-2018. ISSN 0048-9697

Wilson, Lorraine and Wilson, Jared and Holden, Joseph and Johnstone, Ian and Armstrong, Alona and Morris, Michael (2010) Recovery of water tables in Welsh blanket bog after drain blocking: Discharge rates, time scales and the influence of local conditions. Journal of Hydrology, 391 (3-4). pp. 377-386. ISSN 0022-1694

Heng, B. C. Peter and Chandler, Jim H. and Armstrong, Alona (2010) Applying close range digital photogrammetry in soil erosion studies. The Photogrammetric Record, 25 (131). pp. 240-265. ISSN 0031-868X

Armstrong, Alona and Holden, Joseph and Kay, Paul and Francis, Brian and Foulger, Miles and Gledhill, Sarah and McDonald, Adrian and Walker, Andrew (2010) The impact of peatland drain-blocking on dissolved organic carbon loss and discolouration of water : results from a national survey. Journal of Hydrology, 381 (1-2). pp. 112-120.

Armstrong, Alona and Holden, Joseph and Kay, Paul and Foulger, Miles and Gledhill, Sarah and McDonald, Adrian and Walker, Andrew (2009) Drain-blocking techniques on blanket peat : a framework for best practice. Journal of Environmental Management, 90 (11). pp. 3512-3519. ISSN 0301-4797

Armstrong, Alona and Quinton, John (2009) Pumped rainfall simulators : the impact of rain pulses on sediment concentration and size. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 34 (9). pp. 1310-1314. ISSN 0197-9337

Kay, Paul and Armstrong, Alona and McDonald, Adrian and Parsons, Dan and Best, Jim and Peakall, Jeff and Walker, Andrew and Foulger, Miles and Clements, Sarah (2009) A pilot study of the efficacy of residuum lodges for managing sediment delivery to impoundment reservoirs. Water and Environment Journal, 23 (1). pp. 52-62. ISSN 1747-6593

Cox, Nicholas J. and Warburton, Jeff and Armstrong, Alona and Holliday, Victoria J. (2008) Fitting concentration and load rating curves with generalized linear models. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 33 (1). pp. 25-39. ISSN 1096-9837

Worrall, Fred and Burt, Tim and Adamson, John and Reed, Mark and Warburton, Jeff and Armstrong, Alona and Evans, Martin (2007) Predicting the future carbon budget of an upland peat catchment. Climatic Change, 85 (1-2). pp. 139-158. ISSN 0165-0009

Worrall, Fred and Armstrong, Alona and Adamson, John (2007) The effects of burning and sheep-grazing on water table depth and soil water quality in a upland peat. Journal of Hydrology, 339 (1-2). pp. 1-14.

Worrall, Fred and Armstrong, Alona and Holden, Joseph (2007) Short-term impact of peat drain-blocking on water colour, dissolved organic carbon concentration, and water table depth. Journal of Hydrology, 337 (3-4). pp. 315-325.