Daniel Parsons: Publications and Downloads

Journals: In Press/Prep , 2006 , 2005 , 2004 , 2003 , 
Other: Reports , Book Chapters , Popular Articles

Below you will find all my publications. Where the articles are available there are links on the right hand side. I will be updating these links when the papers become available for uploading.

Parsons D.R., Best J.L., Lane S.N., Orfeo O., Hardy R.J., Kostaschuk R. (accepted) Form roughness and the absence of secondary flow in a large confluence-diffluence unit, Paraná River, Argentina. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms.

Szupiany R.N., Amsler M.L., Best J.L., Parsons D.P. (in review) A Comparison of Fixed- and Moving-Vessel Measurements with an Acoustic Doppler Profiler (aDp) in a Large River. To be submitted to Journal of Hydraulic Engineering.

Best J.L., Parsons D.R, Kostaschuk R., Lane S.N., Orfeo O., Amsler M., Fraser J., Hardy R.J., Shugar D., and West G. (invited). Characterizing the dynamics of shear layers and sediment transport in large rivers: approaches using acoustic Doppler and multibeam sonar methods. To be submitted to Journal of Hydraulic Engineering - Acoustic Measurements in Rivers. 

Parsons D.R., Best J.L., Lane S.N., and Rhoads B.L. (invited) River Channel Confluences: Bed Morphology, Flow Dynamics, and Sediment Transport. To be submitted to Earth Science Reviews. 

Parsons D.R., Best, J.L., Lane S.N., Orfeo, O., Kostaschuk R.A., Hardy R.J., Franklin M.C. (in prep) The morphology and flow structure at a large river confluence: the Rio Paraná and Rio Paraguay, NE Argentina. To be submitted to Journal of Geophysical Research. 

Lane S.N., Parsons D.R., Best J.L., Hardy R.J., Kostaschuk R. and Orfeo O. (in prep) Mixing processes at large river channel junctions revealed using combined multibeam echo sounding and acoustic Doppler profiling. To be submitted to Journal of Geophysical Research. 

Lane S.N., Parsons D.R., Best J.L., Hardy R.J., Kostaschuk R. and Orfeo O. (in prep) Why do some big rivers take so long to mix? To be submitted to Nature. 

Best, J.L., Parsons, D.R., Lane, S.N., Amsler, M., Kostaschuk, R., Orfeo, O. and Hardy, R. (in prep) Fluid mixing at river junctions with unequal density confluent channels. To be submitted to Science. 

Hardy R.J., Parsons D.R., Best J.L., Lane S.N. and Kostachuk R. (in prep) Porosity based modelling of flow over three-dimensional dune fields. To be submitted to Journal of Hydraulic Research. 

Corney, R.K.; Peakall, J.; Parsons, D.; Elliott, L.; Amos, K.J.; Best, J.L.; Keevil, G.M.; Ingham, D.B. ( 2006 ) The orientation of helical flow in curved channels , Sedimentology , 53 , pp.249-257 . doi:10.1111/j.1365-3091.2006.00771

Parsons, D.R., Best, J.L., Orfeo, O., Hardy, R.J., Kostaschuk, R., and Lane, S.N., 2005. The morphology and flow fields of three-dimensional dunes, Rio Paraná, Argentina: results from simultaneous multibeam echo sounding and acoustic Doppler current profiling, Journal of Geophysical Research, 110, F04S03, doi:10.1029/2004JF000231

Keylock, C.J., Hardy, R.J., Parsons, D.R., Lane, S.N., Ferguson, R.I. and Richards, K.S. 2005. The potential for Large Eddy Simulation (LES) in fluvial geomorphic and sedimentological research. Earth Science Reviews, 71, 271-304.

Parsons, D.R., Wiggs, G.F.S., Walker, I.J., Ferguson, R.I. and Garvey, B.G. 2004. Numerical modelling of airflow over an idealised transverse dune. Environmental Modelling & Software, 19, 153-162.

Parsons, D.R., Walker, I.J. and Wiggs, G.F.S., 2004. Numerical modelling of flow structures over idealized transverse aeolian dunes of varying geometry. Geomorphology, 59, 149-164.

Ferguson, R.I., Parsons, D.R., Lane, S.N. and Hardy, R.J., 2003. Flow in meander bends with recirculation at the inner bank. Water Resources Research, 39, art. no.-1322.

Parsons, D.R., 2003. Discussion of "Three-dimensional numerical study of flows in open-channel junctions" by Huang, Weber, and Lai. Journal of Hydraulic Engineering-ASCE, 129, 822-823.

Hardy, R.J., Lane, S.N., Ferguson, R.I. and Parsons, D.R., 2003. Assessing the credibility of a series of computational fluid dynamic simulations of open channel flow. Hydrological Processes, 17, 1539-1560.

Parsons DR., Best JL., and Peakall J. (2006) Quantifying pond bottom morphology during decommissioning: An approach using Multibeam echo sonar (mbes). Report to British Nuclear Fuels (Nexia Solutions).

Parsons DR., Peakall J., Best JL., Lawrence C., and Philip L. (2005) Utilisation Of Geosynthetics For Controlling Suspended Sediment Dispersal During Waste Pond Decommissioning. Report to British Nuclear Fuels (Nexia Solutions).

Hardy RJ., Parsons DR., Best JL., Lane SN., Kostaschuk R. and Orfeo, O. (2006). Three-dimensional numerical modelling of flows over a natural dune field. In: IAHR Third River Flow 2006, International Conference on Fluvial Hydraulics, Lisbon, Portugal.

Parsons D.R., Best J.L., Lane S.N., Hardy R.J., Kostaschuk R., Shugar D., & Orfeo O. (in press) Morphology, flow and sediment transport over a natural 3D dune field: Rio Paraná, Argentina. In: IAHR Third River Flow 2006, International Conference on Fluvial Hydraulics, Lisbon, Portugal.

Orfeo O., Parsons D.R., Best J.L., Lane S.N., Hardy R.J., Kostaschuk R., Szupiany R., Amsler M.L. (in press) Morphology and flow structures in a large confluence-diffluence: Rio Paraná, Argentina. In: IAHR Third River Flow 2006, International Conference on Fluvial Hydraulics, Lisbon, Portugal.

Lane S.N.; Hardy R.J.; Ferguson R.I.; Parsons, D. ( 2005 ) A framework for model verification and validation of CFD schemes in natural open channel flows , In: Bates, M., Lane, S.N. (ed), Computational Fluid Dynamics: Applications in Environmental Hydraulics , John Wiley & Sons pp.329-355.

Parsons D.; Ferguson R.I.; Lane S.N.; Hardy R.J. ( 2004 ) Flow structures in meander bends with recirculation zones: implications for bend movements , In: M Greco, A Carravetta, R Della Morte (eds.), Riverflow2004 , 1, Balkema, London pp.49-59.

Parsons, D.R., Best J.L., Lane S.N., Orfeo O., Kostaschuk R., Hardy R.J., and Franklin M.C. (2004) The morphology and sediment dynamics of a large river confluence: the Rio Paraná and Rio Paraguay, NE Argentina. In: Greco, M, Carravetta, A and Della Morte, R. (eds.), Riverflow2004, 1, 43-49, Balkema, London.

Ferguson, R.I. & Parsons, D.R. (2003) Flow structures in meander bends with recirculation. In: Jirka, G.H., Uijttewaal, W.S.J. (eds.), Shallow Flows, 77-84, Balkema, London.

Lane, S.N., Hardy, R.J., Keylock, C.J., Ferguson, R.I., Parsons D.R., 2003. Coherent flow structures in shallow gravel-bed rivers: an experimental and numerical study. In: W.S.L. Uijttewaal Shallow flows, p259-266.

Parsons D,R., and Best, J.L. ( 2006 ) Sounding out our rivers and costlines, NERC's Planet Earth, Spring Issue.