Adjunct Professor National University of Singapore Main Interests fluvial and tropical geomorphology on Pacific Islands hillslope and stream hydrology impacts of natural hazards - tropical cyclones, El Niño, drought, wildfires environmental water quality and water resources soil erosion and land degradation

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Academic Background

• B.Sc. honours degree in Geography and Ph.D. from the University of Wales, Swansea, UK.
• Doctoral Thesis examined hillslope hydrology and soil erosion after wildfires and forest clearance in the wet Mediterranean environment of northern Portugal.

Professional Background

• Environmental Officer (hydrology), Department of Agriculture, Bunbury, Western Australia
• Tutor, University of Exeter, UK
• Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society

Research

• Fluvial geomorphology and hydrology in the humid tropics
• Tropical cyclone behaviour and impacts on the physical environment
• Volcanic geomorphology and drainage
• El Nino and drought in the Pacific
• Tropical island karst

Recent Work  - (reverse chronological order)

Terry, J.P. and Thaman, R.R. 2008  Physical geography of Majuro and the Marshall Islands. In: The Marshall Islands: Environment, History and Society in the Atolls. J.P. Terry and F.R. Thomas (Eds), Faculty of Islands and Oceans, The University of the South Pacific, Suva, 1-22.

Terry, J.P. and Thomas, F.R. (Editors) 2008  The Marshall Islands: Environment, History and Society in the Atolls. Faculty of Islands and Oceans, The University of the South Pacific, Suva, 290pp.

Terry, J.P., Kostaschuk, R.A. and Wotling, G. 2008  Features of tropical cyclone-induced flood peaks on Grande Terre, New Caledonia. Water and Environment Journal, v.22, 177-183.

Terry, J.P. 2007  Tropical Cyclones: Climatology and Impacts in the South Pacific. Springer, New York, 210pp.

Terry J.P. 2007  Pacific island vulnerability to tropical cyclones - facing the perils in a warmer world. Just Change, v.10, 20.

Terry, J.P., Kisun, P., Qareqare, A. and Rajan, J. 2006  Lagoon degradation and management in Yanuca Channel on the Coral Coast in Fiji. South Pacific Journal of Natural Science, v.24, 1-10.

Terry, J.P. 2006  Yoron Island in southern Japan - Quaternary geology and solution controls on surface landforms. South Pacific Studies, v.26, 111-123.

Terry, J.P. 2005  Karst distribution and controls on Yoron-jima, an emerged reef island in sub-tropical Japan. Journal of Cave and Karst Studies, v.67, 48-54.

Terry, J. 2005  Hazard warning! Hydrological responses in the Fiji Islands to climate variability and severe meteorological events. In: Regional Hydrological Impacts of Climatic Change-Hydroclimatic Variability. S. Franks, T. Wagener, E. Bøgh, H.V. Gupta, L. Bastidas, C. Nobre and C. de Oliveira Galvão (Eds), International Association of Hydrological Sciences, Publication 296, 33-41.

Terry, J.P., Kahsai, K., Grover, V. and Mayfield, C. 2005  Delivering education in integrated water resources management (IWRM) across the Oceania region. Directions: Journal of Educational Studies, v.27, 1-11.

Terry, J.P., Kostaschuk, R.A. and Garimella, S. 2005  Sediment deposition rate in the Falefa River basin, Upolu Island, Samoa. Journal of Environmental Radioactivity, v.86, 45-63.

Cronin, S.J., Ferland, M.A. and Terry, J.P. 2004  Nabukelevu volcano (Mt. Washington), Kadavu - a source of hitherto unknown volcanic hazard in Fiji. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, v.131, 371-396.

Terry, J.P. 2004  Shoreline erosion on a low coral island in Fiji - causes and consequences. South Pacific Studies v.24, 55-66.

Terry, J.P. 2004  The problems of tropical cyclones in the South Pacific. South Pacific Newsletter, v.14, 1-5.

Terry, J.P., McGree, S. and Raj, R. 2004  The exceptional floods on Vanua Levu Island, Fiji, during Tropical Cyclone Ami in January 2003. Journal of Natural Disaster Science, v.26, 27-36.

Terry, J.P. and Murray, W.E. (Editors) 2004  Niue Island: Geographical Perspectives on the Rock of Polynesia.  International Scientific Council for Island Development, UNESCO, Paris, 301pp.

Murray, W.E. and Terry, J.P. The Place of Niue in the Pacific. In: J.P. Terry and W. Murray (Eds), Niue Island, Geographical Perspectives on the Rock of Polynesia (in press).

Terry, J.P.  Geomorphic features of limestone terrain: chasms, caves and other varieties of Niuean karst.  In: J.P. Terry and W. Murray (Eds), Niue Island, Geographical Perspectives on the Rock of Polynesia (in press).

Terry, J.P.  Climatic hazards facing Niue. In: J.P. Terry and W. Murray (Eds), Niue Island, Geographical Perspectives on the Rock of Polynesia (in press).

Terry, J.P. and Raj, R. The 1997-98 El Ni�o and drought in the Fiji Islands. In: Hydrology and Water Management in the Humid Tropics, Hydrological Research Issues and Strategies for Water Management, UNESCO-IHP-CATHALAC, Cambridge University Press (in press).

Terry, J.P., Garimella, S. and Kostaschuk, R.A. 2001 Rates of floodplain accretion in a tropical island river system impacted by cyclones and large floods. Geomorphology, 42, 171-182.

Kostaschuk, R., Terry, J. and Raj, R. 2001 The impact of tropical cyclones on river floods in Fiji. Hydrological Sciences Journal, 46, 435-450.

Terry, J.P., Raj, R., and Kostaschuk, R.A. 2001  Links between the Southern Oscillation Index and hydrological hazards on a tropical Pacific island. Pacific Science, 55, 275-283.

Ollier, C.D. and Terry, J.P. 1999  The volcanic geomorphology of northern Viti Levu. Australian Journal of Earth Science, 46, 515-522.

Terry, J.P. 1999 Kadavu Island, Fiji - fluvial studies of a volcanic island in the humid tropical South Pacific. Singapore Journal of Tropical Geography, 20, 86-98.

Terry, J.P. 1999 Investigating the use of the turbidity tube device for measuring suspended sediment concentration in humid tropical rivers - examples from Viti Levu island, Fiji. South Pacific Journal of Natural Science, 18, 36-40.

Terry, J.P. and Raj, R. 1999 Island environment and landscape responses to 1997 tropical cyclones in Fiji.  Pacific Science, 13, 257-272.

Terry, J.P. and Vakatawa, L. 1999  Physiography, ethnobotany and cultural importance of the fluvial environment, interpreted from stream names on Kadavu Island, Fiji. Domodomo, Journal of the Fiji Museum, 12, 55-63.

Barbour, P. and Terry, J.P. 1998 The hidden economic costs of soil erosion: a case study of the ginger industry in Fiji. Journal of South Pacific Agriculture, 5, 1-8.

Garimella, S., Terry, J.P. and Kostaschuk, R. 1998 Study of floodplain sedimentation in Fiji using the ¹³⁷Cs technique (Research Note). South Pacific Journal of Natural Science, 16, 65-66.

Terry, J.P. (Editor) 1998  Climate and Environmental Change in the Pacific. School of Social and Economic Development, University of the South Pacific, Suva, Fiji, 144pp.

Terry, J.P. 1998 A rainsplash component analysis to define mechanisms of soil detachment and transportation. Australian Journal of Soil Research, 36, 525-542.

Terry, J.P. and Raj, R. 1998 Hydrological drought in western Fiji and the contribution of tropical cyclones. In: Climate and Environmental Change in the Pacific, J.P. Terry (Ed.), School of Social and Economic Development, University of the South Pacific, Suva, Fiji, 73-85.

Terry, J.P. 1998 A rainsplash component analysis to define mechanisms of soil detachment and transportation. Australian Journal of Soil Research, 36, 525-542.

Terry, J.P. 1996 Erosion pavement formation and slope process interactions in commercial forestry plantations, northern Portugal.Zeitschrift f�r Geomorphologie, 40, 97-115.

Terry, J.P. (Editor) Climate and Environmental Change in the Pacific. School of Social and Economic Development, University of the South Pacific, Suva, Fiji (in prep.).

Terry, J.P. Kadavu Island, Fiji - fluvial studies of a volcanic island in the Humid Tropics. Singapore Journal of Tropical Geography (submitted).

Terry, J.P. and Raj, J.P. Island environment and landscape responses to 1997 tropical cyclones in Fiji. Pacific Science (submitted).

Terry, J.P. and Raj, R. Hydrological drought in western Fiji and the contribution of tropical cyclones. In: Climate and Environmental Change in the Pacific, J.P. Terry (Ed.), School of Social and Economic Development, University of the South Pacific, Suva, Fiji (in prep.).

Barbour, P. and Terry, J.P. The hidden economic costs of soil erosion: case study of the ginger industry in Fiji. Journal of South Pacific Agriculture, (in prep). 

R  Refereed Papers and Book Chapters (reverse chronological order)

Terry, J.P., Kostaschuk, R.A. and Garimella, S. 2005  Sediment deposition rate in the <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" />Falefa River basin, Upolu Island, Samoa. Journal of Environmental Radioactivity, v.86, 45-63. 

Terry, J.P.  2005 Limestone geomorphology on Yoron Island, central Ryukyu Island Arc, southern Japan. In: J. Tsukahara and S. Nagashima (Eds), Social Homeostasis of Small Islands in an Island-Zone: Interdisciplinary Approach to Satsunan Islands Focussing on Yoron Island. Kagoshima University Research Center for the Pacific Islands, Japan, Occasional Papers No.42, 25-34.

Terry, J.P. 2005  Karst distribution and controls on Yoron-jima, an emerged reef island in sub-tropical Japan. Journal of Cave and Karst Studies, v.67, 48-54. 

Terry, J. 2005  Hazard warning! Hydrological responses in the Fiji Islands to climate variability and  severe meteorological events. In: S. Franks, T. Wagener, E. Bøgh, H.V. Gupta, L. Bastidas, C. Nobre and C. de Oliveira Galvão (Eds), Regional Hydrological Impacts of Climatic Change—Hydroclimatic Variability. International Association of Hydrological Sciences, Publication 296, 33-41.

Contact information:
Email: geojpt@nus.edu.sg