Article

Coll, John, Domonkos, Peter, Guijarro, J., Curley, Mary, Rustemeier, E., Aguilar, Enric, Walsh, Seamus and Sweeney, John (2020) Application of homogenization methods for Ireland's monthly precipitation records: Comparison of break detection results. International Journal of Climatology. ISSN 0899-8418

Coll, John, Domonkos, Peter, Guijarro, José, Curley, Mary, Rustemeier, Elke, Aguilar, Enric, Walsh, Séamus and Sweeney, John (2020) Application of homogenization methods for Ireland's monthly precipitation records: Comparison of break detection results. International Journal of Climatology, 40 (14). pp. 6169-6188. ISSN 0899-8418

Domonkos, Peter, Coll, John, Guijarro, José, Curley, Mary, Rustemeier, Elke, Aguilar, Enric, Walsh, Séamus and Sweeney, John (2020) Precipitation trends in the island of Ireland using a dense, homogenized, observational dataset. International Journal of Climatology, 40 (15). pp. 6458-6472. ISSN 0899-8418

Murphy, Conor, Broderick, Ciaran, Burt, Timothy P., Curley, Mary, Duffy, Catriona, Hall, Julia, Harrigan, Shaun, Matthews, Tom K.R., Mcdonald, Neil, McCarthy, Gerard, McCarthy, Mark P., Mullan, Donal, Noone, Simon, Osborn, Timothy J., Ryan, Ciara, Sweeney, John, Thorne, Peter, Walsh, Seamus and Wilby, Robert L. (2018) A 305-year continuous monthly rainfall series for the island of Ireland (1711–2016). Climate of the Past, 14. pp. 413-440. ISSN 1814-9332

Coll, John, Bourke, David, Hodd, Rory L., Sheehy Skeffington, Micheline, Gormally, Michael and Sweeney, John (2016) Projected climate change impacts on upland heaths in Ireland. Climate Research, 69. pp. 177-191. ISSN 0936-577X

Sweeney, John (2015) Climate Change and Development Education:New Opportunities for Partnership. Policy and Practice : A Development Education Review, 21. pp. 11-30. ISSN 1748-135X

Osman, Yassin Z., Fealy, Rowan and Sweeney, John (2015) Modelling extreme temperatures in Ireland under global warming using a hybrid peak-over-threshold and a generalised Pareto distribution approach. International Journal of Global Warming, 7 (1). pp. 21-47. ISSN 1758-2083

Coll, John, Bourke, David, Sheehy Skeffington, Micheline, Gormally, Michael and Sweeney, John (2014) Projected loss of active blanket bogs in Ireland. Climate Research, 59. pp. 103-115. ISSN 0936-577X

Sweeney, John (2014) Regional weather and climates of the British Isles – Part 6: Ireland. Weather, 69 (1). pp. 20-27. ISSN 1477-8696

Osman, Yassin Z., Fealy, Rowan and Sweeney, John (2013) Downscaling extreme precipitation in Ireland using combined peak-over-threshold generalised Pareto distribution model of varying parameters. Journal of Water and Climate Change, 4 (4). pp. 348-363. ISSN 2040-2244

Harrigan, Shaun, Murphy, Conor, Hall, J., Wilby, Robert L. and Sweeney, John (2013) Attribution of detected changes in streamflow using multiple working hypotheses. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 10. pp. 12373-12416. ISSN 1027-5606

Adger, W. Neil, Quinn, Tara, Lorenzoni, Irene, Murphy, Conor and Sweeney, John (2013) Changing social contracts in climate- change adaptation. Nature Climate Change, 3. ISSN 1758-678X

O’Mahony, Tadhg, Zhou, P. and Sweeney, John (2013) Integrated scenarios of energy-related CO2 emissions in Ireland: A multi-sectoral analysis to 2020. Ecological Economics, 93. pp. 385-397. ISSN 0921-8009

Foley, Aideen, Fealy, Rowan and Sweeney, John (2013) Model skill measures in probabilistic regional climate projections for Ireland. Climate Research, 56. pp. 33-49.

Liu, Xiaochen and Sweeney, John (2012) Modelling the impact of urban form on household energy demand and related CO2 emissions in the Greater Dublin Region. Energy Policy, 46. pp. 359-369. ISSN 0301-4215

O'Mahony, Tadhg, Zhou, Peng and Sweeney, John (2012) The driving forces of change in energy-related CO2 emissions in Ireland：A multi-sectoral decomposition from 1990 to 2007. Energy Policy, 44. pp. 256-267. ISSN 0301-4215

Liu, Xiaochen and Sweeney, John (2012) The impacts of climate change on domestic natural gas consumption in the Greater Dublin Region. International Journal of Climate Change Strategies and Management, 4 (2). pp. 161-178. ISSN 1756-8692

Sweeney, John (2011) Climate Extremes. Eolas, 22.

Sweeney, John (2011) Climate change: Positioning Ireland, positioning geography. Irish Geography (44). pp. 1-5. ISSN 0075-0778

Coll, John, Bourke, David, Sheehy Skeffington, Micheline, Sweeney, John and Gormally, Michael (2011) Developing a predictive modelling capacity for a climate change-vulnerable blanket bog habitat: Assessing 1961-1990 baseline relationships. Irish Geography, 44 (1). pp. 27-60. ISSN 0075-0778

Bastola, Satish, Murphy, Conor and Sweeney, John (2011) Evaluation of the transferability of hydrological model parameters for simulations under changed climatic conditions. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences Discussions, 8. pp. 5891-5915. ISSN 1027-5606

McGloughlin, Jackie S. and Sweeney, John (2011) Multi-level climate policies in Ireland. Irish Geography, 44 (1). pp. 137-150. ISSN 0075-0778

Bastola, Satish, Murphy, Conor and Sweeney, John (2011) The role of hydrological modelling uncertainties in climate change impact assessments of Irish river catchments. Advances in Water Resources, 34. pp. 562-576. ISSN 0309-1708

Bastola, Satish, Murphy, Conor and Sweeney, John (2011) The sensitivity of fluvial flood risk in Irish catchments to the range of IPCC AR4 climate change scenarios. Science of the Total Environment, 409 (24). pp. 5403-5415. ISSN 1879-1026

Foley, Ronan and Sweeney, John (2010) Introduction to Dublin 2026: The Future Urban Environment. Journal of Irish Urban Studies, 7-9. pp. 1-3. ISSN 1649-1920

Sweeney, John (2009) Living with and learning lessons from the floods. Irish Times (27 November 2009). p. 19.

Sweeney, John (2009) No Plan B for planet if climate deal not agreed. Irish Times (19 November 2009). p. 15.

Sweeney, John (2009) From academic backwater to global centre stage. The Bridge Maynooth Alumni Magazine (3). pp. 8-9.

Fealy, Rowan and Sweeney, John (2008) Statistical downscaling of temperature, radiation and potential evapotranspiration to produce a multiple GCM ensemble mean for a selection of sites in Ireland. Irish Geography, 41 (1). pp. 1-27. ISSN 1939-4055

Gonzalez, Ainhoa, Gilmer, Alan, Foley, Ronan, Sweeney, John and Fry, John (2008) Technology-aided participative methods in environmental assessment: An international perspective. Computers, Environment and Urban Systems, 32. pp. 303-316. ISSN 0198-9715

Fealy, Rowan and Sweeney, John (2007) Statistical downscaling of precipitation for a selection of sites in Ireland employing a generalised linear modelling approach. International Journal of Climatology, 27 (15). pp. 2083-2094. ISSN 1097-0088

Coveney, Seamus, Fotheringham, Stewart, Charlton, Martin and Sweeney, John (2007) Dual-frequency GPS survey for validation of a regional DTM and for the generation of local DTM data for sea level rise modelling in an estuarine Salt Marsh. Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on GeoComputation.

Fealy, Rowan and Sweeney, John (2007) Identification of frequency changes in synoptic circulation types and consequences for glacier mass balance in Norway. Norsk Geografisk Tidsskrift - Norwegian Journal of Geography, 61 (2). pp. 76-91. ISSN 1502-5292

Murphy, Conor, Fealy, Rowan, Charlton, Ro and Sweeney, John (2006) The reliability of an ‘off-the-shelf’ conceptual rainfall runoff model for use in climate impact assessment: uncertainty quantification using Latin hypercube sampling. Area, 38 (1). pp. 65-78. ISSN 0004-0894

Fealy, Rowan and Sweeney, John (2005) Detection of a possible change point in atmospheric variability in the North Atlantic and its effect on Scandinavian glacier mass balance. International Journal of Climatology, 25 (14). pp. 1819-1833. ISSN 1097-0088

Donnelly, Alison, Jones, Mike B. and Sweeney, John (2004) A review of indicators of climate change for use in Ireland. International Journal of Biometeorology, 49. pp. 1-12. ISSN 0020-7128

McElwain, Laura and Sweeney, John (2003) Climate change in Ireland- recent trends in temperature and precipitation. Irish Geography, 36 (2). pp. 97-111. ISSN 0075-0778

Fealy, Rowan, Holden, N.M., Brereton, A.J. and Sweeney, John (2003) Possible change in Irish climate and its impact on barley and potato yields. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 116. pp. 181-196. ISSN 0168-1923

Sweeney, John and Fealy, Rowan (2002) A Preliminary Investigation of Future Climate Scenarios for Ireland. Biology and Environment: Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy, 102B (3). pp. 125-128. ISSN 0791-7945

Charlton, Ro, Moore, S., Sweeney, John and Fealy, Rowan (2001) Climate change and water resources in Ireland : initial investigation using downscaled GCMS and hydrological modelling techniques. Cuadernos de Investigación Geográfica, 27. pp. 125-135. ISSN 0211-6820

Sheridan, Marie and Sweeney, John (2001) Weather and horse racing: Towards a more objective prediction of the going. Weather, 56 (2). pp. 48-55.

Sweeney, John (2000) A three-century storm climatology for Dublin 1715-2000. Irish Geography, 33 (1). pp. 1-14. ISSN 0075-0778

O'Hare, Greg and Sweeney, John (1993) Lamb's Circulation Types and British Weather: An Evaluation. Geography, 78 (1). pp. 43-60. ISSN 0016-7487

Sweeney, John and O'Hare, Gregory (1992) Geographical Variations in Precipitation Yields and Circulation Types in Britain and Ireland. Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers, 17 (4). pp. 448-463.

Sweeney, John (1989) The Greenhouse Effect and Ireland. Technology Ireland, 21. pp. 30-37. ISSN 0040-1676

Sweeney, John (1987) The Urban Heat Island of Dublin City. Irish Geography, 20 (1). pp. 1-10. ISSN 0075-0778

Sweeney, John (1985) The 1984 drought on the Canadian Prairies. Weather, 40. pp. 302-310. ISSN 1477-8696

Sweeney, John (1985) The Changing Synoptic Origins of Irish Precipitation. Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers, 10 (4). pp. 467-480.

Sweeney, John (1982) Air pollution and morbidity in Dublin. Irish Geography, 15 (1). pp. 1-10. ISSN 0075-0778

Sweeney, John (1981) Changing Ireland. Ireland's changing energy base: The biomass conversion programme. Irish Geography, 14 (1). pp. 107-111. ISSN 1939-4055

Sweeney, John (1981) Ireland's changing energy base: The biomass conversion programme. Irish Geography, 14 (1). pp. 107-111. ISSN 0075-0778

Book Section

Charlton, Ro, Fealy, Rowan, Moore, Sonja, Sweeney, John and Murphy, Conor (2012) Assessing the Impact of Climate Change on Water Supply and Flood Hazard in Ireland using Statistical Downscaling and Hydrological Modelling Technique. In: Anniversary Essays: Forty Years of Geography in Maynooth. National University of Ireland Maynooth, pp. 400-418. ISBN 9780992746605

Sweeney, John (2012) Inversion Persistence at Long Kesh, Northern Ireland. In: Anniversary Essays 40 years of Geography at Maynooth. Book 1. Geography Department, National University of Ireland Maynooth, pp. 48-56. ISBN 9780992746605

Bastola, Satish, Murphy, Conor and Sweeney, John (2012) The Role of Hydrological Modelling Uncertainties in Climate Change Impact Assessments of Irish River Catchments. In: Anniversary Essays: Fifty Years of Geography in Maynooth. National University of Ireland Maynooth, pp. 289-319. ISBN 9780992746605

Bastola, Satish, Kumar, Suresh, Murphy, Conor and Sweeney, John (2011) Climate Change and Soil Hydrology: European Perspectives. In: Soil Hydrology, Land Use and Agriculture: Measurement and Modelling. Cabi, Wallingford, pp. 350-365.

Gonzalez, Ainhoa, Gilmer, Alan, Foley, Ronan, Sweeney, John and Fry, John (2009) Developing and Applying a Participative web-Based GIS for Integration of Public Perceptions in Strategic Environmental Assessment. In: Representing, Modeling and Visualizing the Natural Environment: Innovations in GIS. CRC Press, Boca Raton, pp. 117-133. ISBN 9781420055498

Sweeney, John (2007) A revision of our attitudes towards the natural world is required. In: The Challenge for Government: Priorities for the next five years. The Liffey Press, Ireland, pp. 212-223. ISBN 978-1-905785-38-4

Charlton, Ro, Moore, S., Sweeney, John and Fealy, Rowan (2002) Climate Change and Water Resources in Ireland: Initial investigations using downscaled GCMS and hydrological modelling techniques. In: Environmental Change and Water Sustainability. Instituto Pirenaico de Ecología Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Zaragoza, pp. 129-139. ISBN 84-921842-4-8

Sweeney, John and Fealy, Rowan (2002) Future climate scenarios for Ireland using high resolution statistical downscaling techniques. In: Achievement and Challenge: Rio+10 and Ireland. The Environmental Institute, UCD, pp. 172-179. ISBN 1-902277-589

Sweeney, John (1997) Global Warming Scenarios for Ireland and their Implications for Environmental Management. In: Global Change and the Irish Environment. Irish Committee for IGBP, Ireland, pp. 155-170. ISBN 1-874045-50-X

Sweeney, John (1997) The International Geosphere-Biosphere programme. In: Global Change and the Irish Environment. Irish Committee for IGBP, Ireland, pp. 2-8. ISBN 1-874045-50-X

Sweeney, John (1997) Ireland. In: Regional climates of the British Isles. Routledge, pp. 254-275. ISBN 0-415-13931-7

Sweeney, John (1994) Climate Scenarios for Ireland. In: Climate Variation and Climate Change in Ireland. Environmental Institute UCD, Ireland, pp. 110-127. ISBN 1-898473-10-2

Sweeney, John (1992) Modelling Dublin Smoke Pollution: An Epilogue? In: Environment and Development in Ireland. Environmental Institute UCD, Ireland, pp. 232-239. ISBN 1-870089-76-6

Sweeney, John (1987) Air pollution in Dublin City. In: Geographical perspectives on the Dublin region. Geographical Society of Ireland, pp. 41-56. ISBN 0-9510402-2-7

Monograph

Sweeney, John (2022) Eugene Linden, Fire & Flood: A People’s History of Climate Change, from 1979 to the Present. Other. Springer Nature, Allen Lane, 2022, ISBN: 978-0241565551.

Coll, John, Curley, Mary, Walsh, Seamus and Sweeney, John (2018) HOMERUN: Relative Homogenisation of the Irish Precipitation Network(2012-CCRP-FS.11). Technical Report. Environmental Protection Agency Ireland (EPA), Johnstown Castle , Co Wexford.

Coll, John and Sweeney, John (2013) Current and future vulnerabilities to climate change in Ireland : (2010-CCRP-DS-2.3) End of Project Report. Technical Report. Environmental Protection Agency.

Coll, John, Bourke, David, Gormally, Michael, Sheehy Skeffington, Micheline and Sweeney, John (2013) Winners and Losers: Climate Change Impacts on Biodiversity in Ireland. Project Report. Environmental Protection Agency.

Fischler, F, Edenhoffer, O, Foucald, J.B, Golser, K, Karski,, L, Kromb-Kolb, H, Kreuter-Kirchof, C, Sweeney, John, van Ypersele, J.P and Zamagni, S (2008) A Christian view on Climate Change. The implications of climate change for lifestyles and EU policies. A report to the Bishops of COMECE. Discussion Paper. Commission of the Bishop's Conferences of the European Community, Brussels Belgium.

Sweeney, Kevin, Fealy, Rowan, McElwain, Laura, Siggins, Lorna, Sweeney, John and Trinies, Victoria (2008) Changing Shades of Green: The environmental and cultural impacts of climate change in Ireland. Technical Report. Irish American Climate Project.

Sweeney, John, Albanito, Fabrizio, Brereton, Anthony, Caffarra, Amelia, Charlton, Ro, Donnelly, Alison, Fealy, Rowan, Fitzgerald, Joanne, Holden, Nicholas, Jones, Mike and Murphy, Conor (2008) Climate Change – Refining the Impacts for Ireland: STRIVE Report (2001-CD-C3-M1) ISBN: 978-1-84095-297-1. Technical Report. Environmental Protection Agency, Wexford, Ireland.

Fealy, Rowan, Bates, Ray, McElwain, Laura, Sweeney, John and Murphy, Conor (2008) The Science of Climate Change. Working Paper. Institute of International and European Affairs. (Unpublished)

Sweeney, John, Murphy, Conor, Fealy, Rowan and Charlton, Ro (2007) Climate Change Scenarios and Challenges for the Water Environment. Technical Report. Irish Academy of Engineering.

Murphy, Conor, Sweeney, John, Fealy, Rowan and McElwain, Laura (2006) The Isle of Man Climate Change Scoping Study: Climate change and water resources on the Isle of Man. Technical Report. acclimatise.

Fealy, Rowan, Murphy, Conor, McElwain, Laura and Sweeney, John (2006) The Isle of Man Climate Change Scoping Study: Future climate change scenarios. Technical Report. acclimatise.

Fealy, Rowan, Murphy, Conor, McElwain, Laura and Sweeney, John (2006) The Isle of Man Climate Change Scoping Study: Climate indicators. Technical Report. acclimatise.

Sweeney, John, Brereton, Tony, Byrne, Clare, Charlton, Ro, Emblow, Chris, Fealy, Rowan, Holden, Nicholas, Jones, Mike, Donnelly, Alison, Moore, Sonja, Purser, Patrick, Byrne, Ken, Farrell, Edward, Mayes, Eleanor, Minchin, Dan, Wilson, Jim and Wilson, John (2003) Climate Change: Scenarios & Impacts for Ireland (2000-LS-5.2.1-M1) ISBN:1-84095-115-X. Technical Report. Environmental Protection Agency, Wexford, Ireland.

Conference or Workshop Item

Coll, John, Curley, Mary, Domonkos, Peter, Aguilar, Enric, Walsh, Seamus and Sweeney, John (2015) An application of HOMER and ACMANT for homogenising monthly precipitation records in Ireland. In: EGU General Assembly, Vienna.

Murphy, Conor, Bastola, Satish and Sweeney, John (2011) Stress Testing Design Allowances to Uncertainties in Future Climate: The Case of Flooding. In: National Hydrology Conference 2011, 15 November 2011, Athlone, Co. Westmeath. (Unpublished)

Sweeney, John (2008) Refining the Impacts: Handling Uncertainty for Adaptation Planning. In: Adaptation Workshop - Review of impacts, risks and vulnerability, 17th June 2008, Environmental Protection Agency.

Sweeney, John (2008) Climate Change and Irish Agriculture. In: National REPS Conference ‘08, November 6 2008, Tullamore.

Coveney, Seamus, Fotheringham, Stewart, Charlton, Martin and Sweeney, John (2007) A Dual-frequency GPS survey to test medium-scale DTM data quality and to generate precise DTM data for sea-level rise prediction in protected habitat areas. In: Proceedings of the Geographical Information Science Research UK Conference, 11th - 13th April 2007, NUI Maynooth, Ireland .

Gonzalez, A., Gilmer, A., Foley, Ronan and Sweeney, John (2007) Developing and Applying a User-friendly Web-based GIS for Participative Environmental Assessment. In: Proceedings of the Geographical Information Science Research UK Conference, 11th - 13th April 2007, NUI Maynooth, Ireland .

Coveney, Seamus, Fotheringham, Stewart, Charlton, Martin and Sweeney, John (2007) GPS verification of National Mapping Agency topographical data for generation of high - accuracy GPS - derived topographic model data for sea - level rise prediction in protected salt marsh areas. In: EUGeo 2007, 20-23 Aug 2007, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

Murphy, Conor, Charlton, Ro, Sweeney, John and Fealy, Rowan (2006) Catering for Uncertainty in a Conceptual Rainfall Runoff Model: Model Preparation for Climate Change Impact Assessment and the Application of GLUE using Latin Hypercube Sampling. In: Proceedings of the National Hydrology Seminar, The Water Framework Directive - Monitoring & modelling Issues for River Basin Management, 16 November 2006, Tullamore. (Unpublished)

Sweeney, John and Fealy, Rowan (2006) Downscaling Global Climate Models for Ireland: Providing Future Climate Scenarios. In: National Hydrology Seminar, 2006, Tullamore. (Unpublished)

Murphy, Conor, Fealy, Rowan, Charlton, Ro and Sweeney, John (2004) Changing Precipitation Scenarios: preliminary implications for groundwater flow systems and planning. In: 25 th Anniversary Conference on Groundwater in Ireland, April 19-20 2004, Tullamore.

Charlton, Ro, Sweeney, John, Fealy, Rowan, Murphy, Conor and Moore, S. (2003) Climate Scenarios for Mid Century and some preliminary perspectives on engineering implications. In: National Hydrology Seminar, 11th November 2003, Tullamore.

Book

Sweeney, John, Bourke, David, Coll, John, Flood, Stephen, Gormally, Michael, Hall, Julia, McGloughlin, Jackie S., Murphy, Conor, Salmon, Nichola, Sheehy Skeffington, Micheline and Smythe, David (2013) Co-ordination, Communication and Adaptation for Climate Change in Ireland: an Integrated Approach (COCOADAPT). Climate Change Research Programme (CCRP) 2007-2013 Report Series No. 30 . Environmental Protection Agency, Ireland. ISBN 978-1-84095-523-1

McGloughlin, Jackie S. and Sweeney, John (2012) Governance and Climate Change: Making the Transition to an Adapted Ireland. Climate Change Research Programme (CCRP) 2007-2013. (20). Environmental Protection Agency, Johnstown Castle Estate, Wicklow, Ireland. ISBN 978 1 84095 462 3

Hall, Julia, Murphy, Conor and Sweeney, John (2012) Robust Adaptation to Climate Change in the Water Sector in Ireland. Climate Change Research Programme (CCRP) 2007-2013 Report Series No. 16 . Environmental Protection Agency, Ireland. ISBN 978-1-84095-446-3