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Professor Stuart Lane, MA PhD (Cantab)

Contact (email at s.n.lane@durham.ac.uk)

Biography

My background is a mixture of physical geography (at the University of Cambridge) and civil engineering (at the City University, London). This has allowed me to develop a strongly quantitative approach to the understanding of hydraulic and hydrological processes, but one that is grounded very strongly in a geographical approach. In particular, my work seeks to couple theoretical and conceptual analysis with numerical models, as developed and applied to particular field - and laboratory - measured processes. This recognises that the characteristics of a location can have a major modifying effect upon the processes that are observed, In turn, it is a major scientific challenge as generic rules may be obscured by the detail of particular places; and meaningful general models can only be developed when applied to particular places. Over the last five years the research has taken on an increasingly practical and applied emphasis, recognising that many of the tools that I have been developing are needed in order to assist with the management of environments subject to evermore stringent legislation. In summary, my research interests are concerned with the quantification of hydrological and hydraulic flows, and the associated impacts upon solute and sediment transfer, geomorphology and ecology, including:

(1) quantification of complex geomorphological surfaces, notably river systems, using remote sensing;

(2) application of computational fluid dynamics (CFD) to complex open channel flows where the shape of the boundary can have a significant effect upon flow processes and hence sediment dynamics and channel instability;

(3) the interface between flow hydraulics and aspects of in-stream ecology;

(4) the application of high resolution topographic data to landscape modelling, especially with reference to questions regarding land management and future climate change.

Selected Publications

Books: edited

• Bates, P.D., Lane, S.N. & Ferguson, R.I. 2005. Computational Fluid Dynamics: Applications in Environmental Hydraulics. John Wiley & Sons Ltd.

Books: sections

• Lane, S.N. 2006. Approaching the system-scale understanding of braided river behaviour. In Braided Rivers: Process, Deposits, Ecology and Management. Sambrook Smith, G.H., Best, J.L., Bristow, C.S. & Petts, G.E. Blackwell Publishing. 36.
• Lane, S.N. 2006. Flooding outside the floodplain. In Future Flooding. Thorne, C.R. London: Thomas Telford.
• Lane, S.N. & Thorne, C.R. 2006. River processes. In Future Flooding. Thorne, C.R. London.: Thomas Telford.
• Lane, S. N., Morris, J., O'Connell, P. E. & Quinn, P. F. 2006. Rural land management response measures. In Future Flooding. Thorne, C.R. London: Thomas Telford.
• Lane, S.N., Hardy, R.J., Ferguson, R.I. & Parsons, D.R. 2005. A framework for model verification and validation of CFD schemes in natural open channel flows. In Computational Fluid Dynamics Applications in Environmental Hydraulics. Bates, M. & Lane, S.N. John Wiley & Sons. 329-355. (Additional information)
• Bates, P. D., Lane, S. N. & Ferguson, R. I. 2005. Computational Fluid Dynamics modelling for environmental hydraulics. In Computational Fluid Dynamics: applications in environmental hydraulics. Bates, P. D., Lane, S. N. & Ferguson, R. I. Chichester: Wiley. 1-15.
• Lane, S.N. & Ferguson, R.I. 2005. Modelling reach-scale fluvial flows. In Computational Fluid Dynamics Applications in Environmental Hydraulics. John Wiley & Sons Ltd. 217-269. (Additional information)
• Chapman, P. J., Clark, J. M., Heathwaite, A. L., Adamson, J. K. & Lane, S. N. 2005. Sulphate controls of dissolved organic carbon dynamics in blanket peat: linking field and laboratory evidence. In Dynamics and Biogeochemistry of River Corridors and Wetlands. IAHS. 294.
• Thomas, R.E., Lane, S.N. & Best, J.L. 2004. Development of a new marker-in-cell hydraulic and sediment transport model for braided river flow. In River Flow 2004. Greco, M., Carravetta, A. & Della Morte, R. Balkema. 667-676.
• Parsons, D.R., Ferguson, R.I., Lane, S.N. & Hardy, R.J. 2004. Flow structures in meander bends with recirculation zones: implications for bend movements. In River Flow 2004. Greco, M., Carravetta, A. & Della Morte, R. 49-59.
• Lane, S.N., Reid, S.C., Westaway, R.M. & Hicks, D.M. 2004. Remotely sensed topographic data for river channel research: the identification, explanation and management of error. In Spatial Modelling of the Terrestrial Environment. Kelly, R.E.J., Drake, N.A. & Barr, S.L. Wiley. 157-174.
• Parsons, D.R., Best, J.L., Lane, S.N., Orfeo, O., Kostachuk, R., Hardy, R.J. & Franklin, M.C. 2004. The morphology and sediment dynamics of a large river confluence: the Rio Paraná and Rio Paraguay, NE Argentina. In River Flow 2004. Greco, M., Carravetta, A. & Della Morte, R. Balkema. 43-48.
• Parsons, D.R., Best, J.L., Lane, S.N., Hardy, R.J., Orfeo, O. & Kostachuk, R. 2004. The morphology, 3D flow structure and sediment dynamics of a large river confluence. In River Flow 2004. Greco, M., Carravetta, A. & Della Morte, R. 43-48.
• Hardy, R.J. & Lane, S.N. 2004. The numerical simulation of time dependent flow structures over water worked gravel. In River Flow 2004. Greco, M., Carravetta, A. & Della Morte, R. 235-244.
• Yu, D. & Lane, S.N. 2004. Urban fluvial flood modelling using a two-dimensional diffusion wave treatment. In River Flow 2004. Greco, M., Carravetta, A. & Della Morte, R. 1085-1094.
• Schindler, R.J., Lane, S.N., Keylock, C.J. & Naden, P.S. 2003. Characterisation of Stem Wake Effects Using PIV Imagery. In Shallow Flows. Uijtewaal, W.S.L. Balkema. 275-284.
• 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 experiemental and numerical study. In Shallow flows. Uijttewaal, W.S.L. 259-266.
• Lane, S.N. 2003. Numerical modelling in physical geography: understanding, explanation and prediction. In Key Methods in Geography. Clifford, N.J. & Valentine, G. Sage. 263-290.
• Lawless, M.R., Lane, S.N. & Best, J.L. 2003. The juncture vortex system: time-mean and instantaneous flow fields. In Shallow flows. Uijttewaal, W.S.L. 117-126.
• Hicks, D.M., Duncan, M. J., Walsh, J.M., Westaway, R. M. & Lane, S.N. 2002. New views of the morphodynamics of large braided rivers from high-resolution topographic surveys and time-lapse video. In The structure, function and management implications of fluvial sedimentary systems. International Association of Hydrological Sciences Publication.
• Lane, S.N. & Hardy, R.J. 2002. Prorous rivers: a new way of conceptualising and modelling river and floodplain flows? In Transport phenomena in porous media. Ingham, D. B. & Pop, I. Pergamon. 2: 425-449.
• Lane, S. N. & Richards, K. S. 2001. The 'validation' of hydrodynamic models: some critical perspectives. In Model validation for hydrological and hydraulic research. Bates, P. S. & Anderson, M. G.
• Hicks, D.M., Duncan, M.J., Walsh, J.M., Westaway, R.M., Lane, S.N. & Jonas, D.L. 2001. The braided Waimakariri River: new views of form and process from high-density topographic surveys and time-lapse imagery. In Gravel bed rivers 2000 CD ROM. Nolan, T. & Thorne, C. New Zealand Hydrological Society.
• Lane, S.N. 2001. The measurement of gravel-bed river morphology. In Gravel-Bed Rivers V. Mosley, M.P. New Zealand Hydrological Society. 291-320.

Conference proceedings

• Lane, S. N., Brookes, C. J., Hardy, R. J., Holden, J., Kirby, M. J., McDonald, A. T. Tayefi, V. & Yu, D. (2003). Land management, flooding and environmental risk: new approaches to a very old question. CIWEM National Conference, Harrogate.,

Journal papers: academic

• Tayefi, V., Lane, S.N., Hardy, R.J. & Yu, D. 2007. A comparison of one- and two-dimensional approaches to modelling flood inundation over complex upland floodplains. Hydrological Processes 21(23): 3190-3202. (Additional information) (View publication online)
• Lane, S.N. 2007. Assessment of rainfall-runoff models based upon wavelet analysis. Hydrological Processes 21(5): 586-607. (Additional information) (View publication online)
• Reid, S.C., Lane, S.N., Montgomery, D.R. & Brookes, C.J. 2007. Does hydrological connectivity improve modelling of coarse sediment delivery in upland environments? Geomorphology
• Lane, S.N., Tayefi, V., Reid, S.C., Yu, D. & Hardy, R.J. 2007. Interactions between sediment delivery, channel change, climate change and flood risk in a temperate upland environment. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms 32(3): 429-446. (Additional information) (View publication online)
• Lane, S.N., Parsons, D.R., Best, J.L., Orfeo, O., Kostachuk, R. & Hardy, R.J. 2007. Why can large rivers take so long to mix downstream of tributary inflows? Journal of Geophysical Research - Earth Surface
• Lane, S.N., Hardy, R.J., Yu, D., Tayefi, V. & Reid, S.C. 2006. Climate change, sediment delivery and flood risk explored using two-dimensional inundation modelling. Riverflow 2006
• Tarras-Wahlberg, N.H., Caudwell, S.W.B. & Lane, S.N. 2006. El Niňo events, Rainfall patterns and Floods in the Puyango river basin, southern Ecudor. Revista Brasileira de Meteorologia 21: 201-210.
• Carbonneau, P., Lane, S.N. & Bergeron, N. 2006. Feature based image processing methods applied to bathymetric measurements from airborne remote sensing in fluvial environments. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms 31: 1413-1423.
• Lane, S.N., Mould, D.C., Carbonneau, P.C., Hardy, R.J. & Bergeron, N.E. 2006. Fuzzy modelling of habitat suitability using 2D and 3D hydrodynamic models: biological challenges. Riverflow 2006
• Orfeo, O., Parsons, D.R., Best, J.L., Lane, S.N., Hardy, R.J., Kostaschuk, R., Szupiany, R.N. & Amsler, M.L. 2006. Morphology and flow structures in a large confluence-diffluence: Rio Paraná, Argentina. Riverflow 2006
• Parsons, D. R., Best, J. L., Lane, S. N., Hardy, R. J., Kostaschuk, R., Shugar, D. & Orfeo, O. 2006. Morphology, flow and sediment transport over a natural 3D dune field. Riverflow 2006
• Yu, D. & Lane, S. N. 2006. Sub grid scale treatment for floodplain inundation modelling. Riverflow 2006
• Lane, S.N., Brookes, C.J., Heathwaite, A.L. & Reaney, S.M. 2006. Surveillant Science: Challenges for the Management of Rural Environments Emerging from the New Generation Diffuse Pollution Models. Journal of Agricultural Economics 57: 239-257.
• Lane, S. N., Brookes, C. J., Heathwaite, A. L. & Reaney, S. M. 2006. Surveillant Science: Challenges for the management of rural environments emerging from the new generation diffuse pollution models. Journal of Agricultural Economics 57: 239-257.
• Hardy, R. J., Parsons, D. R., Best, J. L., Lane, S. N., Kostaschuk, R. & Orfeo, O. 2006. Three-dimensional numerical modelling of flows over a natural dune field. Riverflow 2006
• Yu, D. & Lane, S.N. 2006. Urban fluvial flood modelling using a two-dimensional diffusion-wave treatment, part 1: mesh resolution effects. Hydrological Processes 20: 1541-1565.
• Yu, D. & Lane, S.N. 2006. Urban fluvial flood modelling using a two-dimensional diffusion-wave treatment, part 2: development of a sub-grid-scale treatment. Hydrological Processes 20(7): 1567-1583. (Additional information) (View publication online)
• Yu, D. & Lane, S. N. 2006. Urban fluvial modelling using a two-dimensional diffusion wave treatment: 1. Mesh resolution effects. Hydrological Processes 20: 1541-1565.
• Carbonneau, P., Bergeron, N. & Lane, S. N. 2005. Automated grain size measurements from airborne remote sensing for long profile measurements of fluvial grain sizes. Water Resources Research 41.
• Lane, S.N. 2005. Being critical: a reply to Maslin and des Clers. Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers 30(3): 268-270. (Additional information) (View publication online)
• Lane, S.N. 2005. Deadening environmental space. Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers 30(1): 4-7. (Additional information) (View publication online)
• Hardy, R.J., Lane, S.N., Lawless, M.R., Best, J.L., Elliott, L. & Ingham, D.B. 2005. Development and testing of a numerical code for treatment of complex river channel topography in three-dimensional CFD models with structured grids. Journal of Hydraulic Research 43(5): 468-480. (Additional information) (View publication online)
• Hardy, R. J., Lane, S. N., Lawless, M. R., Best, J. L., Elliot, L. & Ingham, D. B. 2005. Development and testing of numerical code for treatment of complex river channel topography in three-dimensional CFD models with structured grids. Journal of Hydraulic Research 43: 468-480.
• Clark, J.M., Chapman, P.J., Adamson, J.K. & Lane, S.N. 2005. Influence of drought-induced acidification on the mobility of dissolved organic carbon in peat soils. Global Change Biology 11(5): 791-809. (Additional information) (View publication online)
• Lane, S.N. 2005. Roughness - time for a re-evaluation? Earth Surface Processes and Landforms 30(2): 251-253. (Additional information) (View publication online)
• Carbonneau, P., Bergeron, N.E. & Lane, S.N. 2005. Texture-based image segmentation applied to the quantification of superficial sand in salmonid river gravels. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms 30(1): 121-127. (Additional information) (View publication online)
• Parsons, D. R., Best, J. L., Orfeo, O., Hardy, R. J., Kostachuck, R. & 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.
• Keylock, C.J., Hardy, R.J., Parsons, D.R., Ferguson, R.I., Lane, S.N. & Richards, K. 2005. The theoretical foundations and potential for large-eddy simulation (LES) in fluvial geomorphic and sedimentological research. Earth-Science Reviews 71(4): 271-304. (Additional information) (View publication online)
• Lane, S.N., Brookes, C.J., Holden, J. & Kirkby, M.J. 2004. A network-index-based version of TOPMODEL for use with high-resolution digital topographic data. Hydrological Processes 18(1): 191-201. (Additional information) (View publication online)
• Carbonneau, P. C., Lane, S. N. & Bergeron, N. E. 2004. Catchment-scale mapping of surface grain size in gravel-bed rivers using airborne digital imagery. Water Resources Research 40.
• Lane, S.N., Hardy, R.J., Ingham, D.B. & Elliott, L. 2004. Numerical modeling of flow processes over gravelly-surfaces using structured grids and a numerical porosity treatment. Water Resources Research 40(1): W01302. (Additional information) (View publication online)
• McDonald, A., Lane, S.N., Chalk, E. & Haycock, N. 2004. Rivers of dreams: on the gulf between theoretical and practical aspects of river restoration. Transactions of Institute of British Geographers 29(3): 257-281. (Additional information) (View publication online)
• Bradbrook, K. F., Lane, S. N., Waller, S. G. & Bates, P. D. 2004. Two dimensional wave modelling of flood inundation using a simplified channel representation. International Journal of River Basin Management 3: 1-13.
• Hardy, R.J., Lane, S.N., Ferguson, R.I. & Parsons, D.R. 2003. Assessing the credibility of a series of computational fluid dynamic simulations of open channel flow. Hydrological Processes 17(8): 1539-1560. (Additional information) (View publication online)
• Carbonneau, P., Lane, S.N. & Bergeron, N. 2003. Cost-effective non-metric close-range digital photogrammetry and its application to a study of coarse gravel river beds. International Journal of Remote Sensing 24(14): 2837-2854. (Additional information) (View publication online)
• Lane, S.N., Westaway, R.M. & Hicks, D.M. 2003. Estimation of erosion and deposition volumes in a large, gravel-bed, braided river using synoptic remote sensing. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms 28(3): 249-271. (Additional information) (View publication online)
• Ferguson, R.I., Parsons, D.R., Lane, S.N. & Hardy, R.J. 2003. Flow in meander bends with recirculation at the inner bank. Water Resources Research 39(11): 1322. (Additional information) (View publication online)
• Lane, S.N., James, T., Pritchard, H. & Saunders, M. 2003. Photogrammetric and laser altimetric reconstruction of water levels for extreme flood event analysis. Photogrammetric Record 18(104): 293-307. (Additional information) (View publication online)
• Westaway, R.M., Lane, S.N. & Hicks, D.M. 2003. Remote survey of large-scale braided, gravel-bed rivers using digital photogrammetry and image analysis. International Journal of Remote Sensing 24(4): 795-816. (Additional information) (View publication online)
• Tarras-Wahlberg, N.H. & Lane, S.N. 2003. Suspended sediment yield and metal contamination in a river catchment affected by El Niňo events and gold mining activities: the Puyango river basin, southern Ecuador. Hydrological Processes 17(15): 3101-3123. (Additional information) (View publication online)
• Lane, S.N. & Chandler, J.H. 2003. The generation of high quality topographic data for hydrology and geomorphology: new data sources, new applications and new problems. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms 28(3): 229-230. (Additional information) (View publication online)
• Lau, S.S.L. & Lane, S.N. 2002. Biological and chemical factors influencing shallow lake eutrophication: a long term study. Science of the Total Environment 288: 167-181.
• Lane, S.N., Hardy, R.J., Elliott, L. & Ingham, D.B. 2002. High resolution numerical modelling of three-dimensional flows over complex river bed topography. Hydrological Processes 16(11): 2261-2272. (Additional information) (View publication online)
• Lau, S.S.L. & Lane, S.N. 2002. Nutrient and grazing factors in relation to phytoplankton level in a eutropic shallow lake: the effect of low macrophyte abundance. Water Research 36: 3593-3601.
• Butler, J.B., Lane, S.N., Chandler, J.H. & Porfiri, K. 2002. Through-water close-range digital photogrammetry in flume and field environments. Photogrammetric Record 17(99): 419-439. (Additional information) (View publication online)
• Westaway, R.M., Lane, S.N. & Hicks, D.M. 2001. Airborne remote sensing of clear water, shallow, gravel-bed rivers using digital photogrammetry and image analysis. Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing 67: 1271-1281.
• Butler, J.B., Lane, S.N. & Chandler, J.H. 2001. Application of two-dimensional fractal analysis to the characterisation of gravel-bed river surface structure. Mathematical Geology 33: 301-330.
• Butler, J.B., Lane, S.N. & Chandler, J.H. 2001. Automated extraction of grain-size data from gravel surfaces using digital image processing for hydraulic research. Journal of Hydraulic Research 39: 1-11.
• Lane, S.N. 2001. Constructive comments on D. Massey Space-time, 'science' and the relationship between physical geography and human geography. Transactions of Institute of British Geographers 26(2): 243-256. (Additional information) (View publication online)
• Lau, S.S.L. & Lane, S.N. 2001. Continuity and change in environmental systems: the case of shallow lakes. Progress in Physical Geography 25: 178-202.
• Tarras-Wahlberg, N.H., Flachier, A., Lane, S.N. & Sangfors, O. 2001. Environmental impacts and metal exposure of aquatic ecosystems in rivers contaminated by small scale gold mining: The Puyango river basin, Southern Ecuador. Science of the Total Environment 278: 239-261.
• Bradbrook, K.F., Lane, S.N., Richards, K.S., Biron, P.M. & Roy, A.G. 2001. Flow structures and mixing at an asymmetrical open-channel confluence: a numerical study. ASCE Journal of Hydraulic Engineering 127: 351-368.
• Crowell, M.D. & Lane, S.N. 2001. Geomorphological and hydrological controls upon seedling performance during restoration of Pinus sylvestris woodland. Global Ecology and Biogeography 10: 147-160.
• Chandler, J.H., Shiono, K., Rameshwaren, P. & Lane, S.N. 2001. Measuring Flume Surfaces for Hydraulics Research Using a Kodak DCS460. Photogrammetric Record 17(97): 39-61. (Additional information) (View publication online)
• Lane, S.N., Porfiri, K. & Chandler, J.H. 2001. Monitoring river channel and flume surfaces with digital photogrammetry. ASCE Journal of Hydraulic Engineering 127: 871-877.

Journal papers: online

• Lane, S.N., Reid, S.C., Tayefi, V., Yu, D. & Hardy, R.J. 2008. Reconceptualising coarse sediment delivery problems in rivers as catchment-scale and diffuse. Geomorphology 98(3/4): 227-249 (Additional information) (View publication online)

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