Research from this thesis is published in: Lavers, D. A., Prudhomme, C. & Hannah, D. M. (2010) Large-scale Climatic Influences on Precipitation and Discharge for a British River Basin. Hydrol. Processes, 24, 2555- 2563. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/hyp.7668/abstract Lavers, D. A., Prudhomme, C. & Hannah, D. M. (2010) Large-scale climate, precipitation and British river flows: identifying hydroclimatological connections and dynamics. Journal of Hydrology, 395, 242-255. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2010.10.036 Lavers, D., Luo, L. F. and Wood, E. F. (2009). A multiple model assessment of seasonal climate forecast skill for applications. Geophysical Research Letters, 36, L23711, doi:10.1029/2009GL041365. http://www.agu.org/journals/ABS/2009/2009GL041365.shtml or http://eprints.bham.ac.uk/612/