15. Prof. Peter Young

This History of Hydrology interview features Professor Peter Young of Lancaster University. He is interviewed by Professor Keith Beven in Lancaster, November 7, 2023.The original YouTube video can be found here.Timestamps:0:00:00 Start0:00:30 Introduction by Keith Beven0:01:26 Family background, apprenticeship in aeronautics, and path to a PhD in Cambridge0:07:20 PhD in automatic control0:09:50 Research stay in the USA (1968–1970)0:11:11 Return to Cambridge, lectureship, first work on the environment0:16:28 Professorial fellowship at the Centre for Resource and Environmental Studies, ANU0:21:52 Peel Inlet (WA) study on algae0:27:40 Northern Territory study on uranium mines0:29:52 Work with Tom Beer on tracer models and dead zones0:31:36 Development of the CAPTAIN package0:34:09 Sabbatical in Cambridge; move to Lancaster in 19810:37:08 Meeting Keith Beven; move to Lancaster and work on tracer studies0:41:18 Continuation of CAPTAIN in MATLAB0:47:11 Transfer functions and data-based mechanistic modelling philosophy0:51:13 Identifying non-linearity in data-based mechanistic models0:59:29 AwardsLicense: Creative Commons CC BY-NC-ND 4.0Podcast: Pau Wiersma