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- PhD Computer Science Stanford University
- Masters Computer Science University of California, Berkeley
- Bachelors Computer Science University of California, Berkeley
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- River Loads Underestimated by Rating Curves (1986) (752)
- Computational Methods of Multivariate Analysis in Physical Geography (1977) (631)
- A Simple Universal Equation for Grain Settling Velocity (2004) (411)
- Size‐selective entrainment of bed load in gravel bed streams (1989) (351)
- Flow resistance equations for gravel‐ and boulder‐bed streams (2007) (332)
- Accuracy and precision of methods for estimating river loads (1987) (307)
- Numerical simulation of downstream fining by selective transport in gravel bed rivers: Model development and illustration (1994) (307)
- Hydraulics and hydraulic geometry (1986) (246)
- Flow in meander bends with recirculation at the inner bank (2003) (213)
- Splitting rivers at their seams: bifurcations and avulsion (2013) (206)
- Field evidence for rapid downstream fining of river gravels through selective transport (1996) (205)
- Velocity and flow resistance in step-pool streams (2002) (167)
- Interrelationships of channel processes, changes and sediments in a proglacial braided river (1986) (164)
- The Gravel-Sand Transition Along River Channels (1995) (155)
- Tracer‐pebble movement along a concave river profile: Virtual velocity in relation to grain size and shear stress (1998) (154)
- The missing dimension: effects of lateral variation on 1-D calculations of fluvial bedload transport (2003) (151)
- Unequal Mobility of Gravel and Sand in Weakly Bimodal River Sediments (1995) (149)
- Secondary flow in anabranch confluences of a braided, gravel‐bed stream (1992) (146)
- The Scientific Nature of Geomorphology: B. L. Rhoads and C. E. Thorn (eds) Wiley, Chichester (1996) 481 pp. £65.00 hardback (1998) (143)
- Influence of sand on hydraulics and gravel transport in a braided gravel bed river (1989) (135)
- Morphodynamics: Rivers beyond steady state (2015) (134)
- Measurements in a Braided River chute and lobe: 1. Flow pattern, sediment transport, and channel change (1992) (130)
- Understanding braiding processes in gravel-bed rivers: progress and unsolved problems (1993) (126)
- Estimating critical stream power for bedload transport calculations in gravel-bed rivers (2005) (125)
- Mobility of river tracer pebbles over different timescales (2002) (123)
- Snowmelt runoff models (1999) (122)
- Tributary control of physical heterogeneity and biological diversity at river confluences (2006) (119)
- Slope-induced changes in channel character along a gravel-bed stream: the Allt Dubhaig, Scotland (1991) (118)
- Numerical modelling of separated flow in river bends: model testing and experimental investigation of geometric controls on the extent of flow separation at the concave bank (1998) (115)
- Measurements in a Braided River chute and lobe: 2. Sorting of bed load during entrainment, transport, and deposition (1992) (112)
- INFORMATION ON GRAIN SIZES IN GRAVEL-BED RIVERS BY AUTOMATED IMAGE ANALYSIS (2003) (103)
- River channel slope, flow resistance, and gravel entrainment thresholds (2012) (99)
- Fluvial suspended sediment transport from cold and warm-based glaciers in Svalbard (1999) (97)
- River system discontinuities due to lateral inputs: generic styles and controls (2006) (96)
- Numerical modelling of airflow over an idealised transverse dune (2004) (95)
- Meander irregularity and wavelength estimation (1975) (93)
- Estimating shear stress from moving boat acoustic Doppler velocity measurements in a large gravel bed river (2007) (89)
- Computational Fluid Dynamics: Applications in Environmental Hydraulics (2013) (88)
- Critical discharge for entrainment of poorly sorted gravel (1994) (85)
- The theoretical foundations and potential for large-eddy simulation (LES) in fluvial geomorphic and sedimentological research (2005) (85)
- Emergence of abrupt gravel to sand transitions along rivers through sorting processes (2003) (80)
- Bar Development and Channel Changes in the Gravelly River Feshie, Scotland (2009) (77)
- Long‐term slowdown of river tracer pebbles: Generic models and implications for interpreting short‐term tracer studies (2002) (75)
- Reconstructing a sediment pulse: Modeling the effect of placer mining on Fraser River, Canada (2015) (69)
- Spatial patterns of bedload transport and channel change in braided and near braided rivers (1992) (69)
- Assessing the credibility of a series of computational fluid dynamic simulations of open channel flow (2003) (66)
- Bedload transport and sorting in braided channels (1992) (64)
- Sinuosity of Supraglacial Streams (1973) (64)
- Measuring and defining bimodal sediments: Problems and implications (1997) (63)
- Disturbed periodic model for river meanders (1976) (62)
- Controls of strength and rate of downstream fining above a river base level (1997) (62)
- Emergence of coherent flow structures over a gravel surface: A numerical experiment (2007) (60)
- A critical perspective on 1‐D modeling of river processes: Gravel load and aggradation in lower Fraser River (2009) (57)
- The Threshold between Meandering and Braiding (1984) (53)
- Bias and precision of percentiles of bulk grain size distributions (1997) (53)
- The gravel-sand transition: flume study of channel response to reduced slope (1996) (51)
- Sediment budgets in forested and unforested basins in Upland Scotland (1986) (47)
- Turbulent flow structure in a gravel‐bed river: Markov chain analysis of the fluctuating velocity profile (1995) (47)
- Magnitude and modelling of snowmelt runoff in the Cairngorm mountains, Scotland (1984) (46)
- Evolution of an advancing gravel front: observations from Vedder Canal, British Columbia (2011) (43)
- A modified morphodynamic model for investigating the response of rivers to short-term climate change. (2008) (43)
- The spatial and temporal patterns of aggradation in a temperate, upland, gravel‐bed river (2009) (41)
- A Framework for Model Verification and Validation of CFD Schemes in Natural Open Channel Flows (2005) (39)
- The cause of advective slowdown of tracer pebbles in rivers: Implementation of Exner‐Based Master Equation for coevolving streamwise and vertical dispersion (2016) (39)
- Using sediment impact sensors to improve the morphological sediment budget approach for estimating bedload transport rates (2010) (38)
- Fluvial aggradation in Vedder River: Testing a one‐dimensional sedimentation model (2001) (37)
- Advance, Retreat, and Halt of Abrupt Gravel‐Sand Transitions in Alluvial Rivers (2017) (37)
- Modelling Reach‐Scale Fluvial Flows (2005) (36)
- Bed load tracer mobility in a mixed bedrock/alluvial channel (2017) (35)
- Effects of Tributaries on Main‐Channel Geomorphology (2008) (34)
- Regular meander path models (1973) (30)
- Forestry effects on suspended sediment and bedload yields in the Balquhidder catchments, Central Scotland (1987) (29)
- Meander sinuosity and direction variance (1977) (27)
- Erosion of organic carbon from the Andes and its effects on ecosystem carbon dioxide balance (2017) (27)
- Kinematic Model of Meander Migration (1984) (25)
- Numerical modelling of climate change impacts on Saint‐Lawrence River tributaries (2010) (25)
- 2 Gravel-bed rivers at the reach scale (2007) (25)
- Publication practices in physical and human geography: a comment on Nigel Thrift’s ‘The future of geography’ (2003) (24)
- Use of remote sensing to test and update simulated snow cover in hydrological models (1999) (23)
- Slope failures in the Ochil Hills, Scotland, November 1984 (1988) (23)
- Implications of climate change in the twenty‐first century for simulated magnitude and frequency of bed‐material transport in tributaries of the Saint‐Lawrence River (2011) (22)
- Flow resistance and hydraulic geometry in contrasting reaches of a bedrock channel (2017) (21)
- Linear regression in geography (1976) (21)
- HIGH DENSITIES, WATER EQUIVALENTS, AND MELT RATES OF SNOW IN THE CAIRNGORM MOUNTAINS, SCOTLAND (1985) (20)
- Flow resistance and hydraulic geometry in bedrock rivers with multiple roughness length scales (2019) (19)
- Runoff from glacierized mountains: A model for annual variation and its forecasting (1985) (18)
- 9.5 Reach-Scale Flow Resistance (2013) (17)
- Markov Models in Geography (1974) (16)
- Reach-Scale Flow Resistance (2019) (15)
- Computational Fluid Dynamics Modelling for Environmental Hydraulics (2005) (14)
- Ten year remeasurement of chemical denudation on a magnesian limestone hillslope (1994) (12)
- Snowmelt modelling in the Cairngorms, NE Scotland (1987) (11)
- Remote sensing of snowline rise as an aid to testing and calibrating a glacier runoff model (1997) (11)
- An observation on trampling effects in North Norway: thresholds for damage (1986) (9)
- Parametric modelling of daily and seasonal snowmelt using snowpack water equivalent as well as snow covered area (1986) (9)
- Testing Numerical Models in Geomorphology: How can we Ensure Critical Use of Model Predictions? (2013) (9)
- Mixing and uptake of solutes in catchments: model development (1994) (8)
- On determining distances through stream networks (1977) (8)
- HYDALP, a European project on the use of remote sensing for snowmelt runoff modelling and forecasting (1999) (7)
- Computer simulation in physical geography(2nd edn): Kirkby, M.J., Naden, P.S., Burt T.P. and Butcher, D.P. Chichester: Wiley, 1993. 180 pp. £24·95 paperback including program disk (1994) (6)
- Quantifying gravel deposition on river bars using flexible netting (1989) (6)
- Using remote sensing data to update the simulated snow pack of the HBV runoff model (2001) (6)
- Verification of simulated snow cover in an Arctic basin using satellite-derived snow-cover maps (2000) (5)
- A coupled sediment routing and lateral migration model for gravel‐bed rivers (2011) (4)
- Roughness Calibration to Improve Flow Predictions in Coarse‐Bed Streams (2021) (4)
- Flow structures in meander bends with recirculation zones: implications for bend movements (2004) (4)
- Reply [to “Comment on ‘River loads underestimated by rating curves’ by R. I. Ferguson”] (1986) (3)
- Stream network volume: An index of channel morphometry: Discussion and reply (1979) (3)
- Topologic Asymmetry of Drainage Networks: The L Index and Its Applications (1980) (2)
- Forestry and sediment yields in upland Scotland (1987) (2)
- Scotland’s Changing Landscape (2021) (2)
- The Dynamics of Coarse Sediment Transfer in an Upland Bedrock River (2010) (2)
- Fluvial processes and landforms (2022) (2)
- Coherent flow structures in shallow gravel-bed rivers: an experimental and numerical study (2004) (1)
- Fire catchment runoff and erosion processes (2009) (1)
- Closure to discussion 'Bedload transport and sorting in braided channels' (1992) (1)
- Book reviews : Schumm, S.A., 1991: To interpret the Earth: ten ways to be wrong. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. x + 134 pp. £20.00, US$24.95 cloth. ISBN: 0 521 39507 0 (1992) (1)
- International Workshop on Gravel-Bed Rivers. Dynamics of Gravel-Bed Rivers (3rd), held in Firenze - Poggio a Caiano Italy on September 24-28, 1990 (1990) (0)
- Book reviews : Shen, H.W. editor, 1979: Modeling of rivers. New York and Chichester: Wiley. viii + 885 pp. £24.35 (1982) (0)
- Introduction (Computational Fluid Dynamics: applications in environmental hydraulics) (2005) (0)
- Excel modelling of hydrological systems (1994) (0)
- Impacts of Bank Protection Measures on the Morphological Response of an Upland Gravel-Bed River in the UK (2008) (0)
- Discussion of Channel Migration and Incision on The Beatton River by Gerald C. Nanson and Edward J. Hickin March, 1983 (1984) (0)
- Standards for the Design of Numerical Grids for the Study of River Channel Flows. (2001) (0)
- River Geomorphology, E. J. Hicken (Ed.), John Wiley & Sons, 0-471-95531-0, xii + 255, #45.00 (1997) (0)
- Quantifying deposition on river bars using flexible netting (1989) (0)
- Discussion of Classification and Analysis of River Processes by Rolf Kellerhals, Dale I. Bray and Michael Church (1977) (0)
- Flow structures in natural meander bends with recirculation (2004) (0)
- Experimental fluvial geomorphology, S. A. Schumm, M. P. Mosley and W. E. Weaver, John Wiley, New York and Chichester, 1987. No. of pages: 413 pp. Price: £47.95/$69.95 (hardback) (1988) (0)
- Floods: Hydrological, sedimentological and geomorphological implications, edited by K. Beven and P. Carling, 1989, John Wiley, Chichester. no. of pages: 290 (1990) (0)
- Dynamics of Bedload Transport in a Bedrock-Alluvial River (2014) (0)
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