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Ian L. Turner is affiliated with the University of New South Wales in Australia. Their research primarily focuses on Earth and Planetary Sciences as well as Environmental Science, with notable contributions across several related subfields including Earth-Surface Processes, Ecology, Oceanography, Atmospheric Science, and Ocean Engineering.

The main topics of their work concentrate on Coastal and Marine Dynamics, Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics, Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research, Ocean Waves and Remote Sensing, Aeolian processes and effects, Geological formations and processes, and Wave and Wind Energy Systems.

Ian L. Turner has contributed to various publication venues with repeated appearances. These include:

  • Coastal Engineering Proceedings
  • Coastal Engineering
  • Scientific Data
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Geophysical Research Letters

Their recent papers demonstrate engagement with coastal and environmental topics. Selected publications are:

  • Satellite optical imagery in Coastal Engineering, 2021, Coastal Engineering
  • Beach Slopes From Satellite-Derived Shorelines, 2020, Geophysical Research Letters
  • Wastewater effluents cause microbial community shifts and change trophic status, 2021, Water Research
  • Pacific shoreline erosion and accretion patterns controlled by El Niño/Southern Oscillation, 2023, Nature Geoscience
  • Enhanced Coastal Shoreline Modeling Using an Ensemble Kalman Filter to Include Nonstationarity in Future Wave Climates, 2020, Geophysical Research Letters

Collaborations have been an essential part of their research output. Frequent co-authors include:

  • Kristen D. Splinter
  • Mitchell D. Harley
  • Kilian Vos
  • Raimundo Ibaceta
  • Christopher K. Leaman

Best Publications

  • Shoreline Definition and Detection: A Review

    Elizabeth H. Boak;Ian L. Turner

  • CoastSat: A Google Earth Engine-enabled Python toolkit to extract shorelines from publicly available satellite imagery

    Kilian Vos;Kristen D. Splinter;Mitchell D. Harley;Joshua A. Simmons

  • UAVs for coastal surveying

    Ian L. Turner;Mitchell D. Harley;Christopher D. Drummond

  • Coastal vulnerability across the Pacific dominated by El Niño-Southern Oscillation

    Patrick L. Barnard;Andrew D. Short;Mitchell D. Harley;Mitchell D. Harley;Kristen D. Splinter

  • A video-based technique for mapping intertidal beach bathymetry

    Stefan G.J Aarninkhof;Ian L Turner;Thomas D.T Dronkers;Mark Caljouw

  • Sub-annual to multi-decadal shoreline variability from publicly available satellite imagery

    Kilian Vos;Mitchell D. Harley;Kristen D. Splinter;Joshua A. Simmons

  • A simple equilibrium model for predicting shoreline change

    M.A. Davidson;K.D. Splinter;I.L. Turner

  • Shoreline response to submerged structures: A review

    Roshanka Ranasinghe;Ian L. Turner

  • Swash infiltration-exfiltration and sediment transport

    Ian L. Turner;Gerhard Masselink

  • Extreme coastal erosion enhanced by anomalous extratropical storm wave direction.

    Mitchell D. Harley;Ian L. Turner;Michael A. Kinsela;Jason H. Middleton

  • Observations of nearshore crescentic sandbars

    I. M. J. van Enckevort;B. G. Ruessink;Giovanni Coco;Giovanni Coco;K. Suzuki

  • A multi-decade dataset of monthly beach profile surveys and inshore wave forcing at Narrabeen, Australia

    Ian L. Turner;Mitchell D. Harley;Andrew D. Short;Joshua A. Simmons

  • A generalized equilibrium model for predicting daily to interannual shoreline response

    Kristen D. Splinter;Ian L. Turner;Mark A. Davidson;Patrick Barnard

  • Assessment and integration of conventional, RTK-GPS and image-derived beach survey methods for daily to decadal coastal monitoring

    Mitchell D. Harley;Ian L. Turner;Andrew D. Short;Roshanka Ranasinghe;Roshanka Ranasinghe

  • The influence of swash infiltration–exfiltration on beach face sediment transport: onshore or offshore?

    Tony Butt;Paul Russell;Ian Turner

  • A reevaluation of coastal embayment rotation: The dominance of cross‐shore versus alongshore sediment transport processes, Collaroy‐Narrabeen Beach, southeast Australia

    M. D. Harley;M. D. Harley;I. L. Turner;A. D. Short;R. Ranasinghe;R. Ranasinghe

  • Comparing sources and analysis of uncertainty in consequential and attributional life cycle assessment: review of current practice and recommendations

    Nicole Bamber;Ian Turner;Vivek Arulnathan;Yang Li

  • Forecasting seasonal to multi-year shoreline change

    M.A. Davidson;R.P. Lewis;I.L. Turner

  • Rapid water table fluctuations within the beach face: Implications for swash zone sediment mobility?

    Ian L. Turner;Peter Nielsen

  • The Interstitial Environment of Sandy Beaches

    Anton McLachlan;Ian Turner

  • Water table outcropping on macro-tidal beaches: A simulation model

    Ian Turner

Frequent Co-Authors

Mitchell D. Harley
Mitchell D. Harley University of New South Wales
Paul Russell
Paul Russell Plymouth University
Andrew D. Short
Andrew D. Short University of Sydney
Roshanka Ranasinghe
Roshanka Ranasinghe IHE Delft Institute for Water Education
Gerhard Masselink
Gerhard Masselink Plymouth University
Bruno Castelle
Bruno Castelle University of Bordeaux
B.G. Ruessink
B.G. Ruessink Utrecht University
Jack A. Puleo
Jack A. Puleo University of Delaware
Giovanni Coco
Giovanni Coco University of Auckland
Tom E. Baldock
Tom E. Baldock University of Queensland

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