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Overview

James Brasington is affiliated with the University of Canterbury in New Zealand and specializes in environmental science with a particular focus on hydrology and sediment transport processes. Their research encompasses various aspects of environmental and water sciences, primarily concerning river systems and watershed management.

Their research output includes publications in multiple journals, reflecting their focus areas. Recent papers include:

  • "Hydropeaked rivers need attention," 2020, Environmental Research Letters
  • "Reanimating the strangled rivers of Aotearoa New Zealand," 2022, Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews Water
  • "Towards implementation of robust monitoring technologies alongside freshwater improvement policy in Aotearoa New Zealand," 2022, Environmental Science & Policy
  • "Large floodplain river restoration in New Zealand: synthesis and critical evaluation to inform restoration planning and research," 2022, Regional Environmental Change
  • "Topological structures of river networks and their regional-scale controls: A multivariate classification approach," 2020, Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

Frequent co-authors collaborating with James Brasington include:

  • Emily M. Lane
  • Rose Pearson
  • Joseph M. Wheaton
  • Gary Brierley
  • Jo Hoyle

Their research has been frequently published in:

  • Earth Surface Processes and Landforms
  • Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews Water
  • Environmental Research Letters
  • Environmental Science & Policy
  • Regional Environmental Change

Their main fields of study include environmental science with a strong focus on:

  • Ecology
  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Water Science and Technology
  • Soil Science
  • Nature and Landscape Conservation

The scientist's key research topics cover:

  • Hydrology and Sediment Transport Processes
  • Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies
  • Soil erosion and sediment transport
  • Flood Risk Assessment and Management
  • Fish Ecology and Management Studies
  • Aeolian processes and effects
  • Geological formations and processes

Best Publications

  • ‘Structure-from-Motion’ photogrammetry: A low-cost, effective tool for geoscience applications

    M.J. Westoby;J. Brasington;N.F. Glasser;M.J. Hambrey

  • Accounting for uncertainty in DEMs from repeat topographic surveys: improved sediment budgets

    Joseph M. Wheaton;James Brasington;Stephen E. Darby;David A. Sear

  • Modeling the topography of shallow braided rivers using Structure-from-Motion photogrammetry

    L. Javernick;J. Brasington;B. Caruso

  • Methodological sensitivity of morphometric estimates of coarse fluvial sediment transport

    James Brasington;Joe Langham;Barbara Rumsby

  • Monitoring and modelling morphological change in a braided gravel-bed river using high resolution GPS-based survey

    J. Brasington;B. T. Rumsby;R. A. McVey

  • Object-based land cover classification using airborne LiDAR

    A.S. Antonarakis;K.S. Richards;J. Brasington

  • Modeling river bed morphology, roughness, and surface sedimentology using high resolution terrestrial laser scanning

    J. Brasington;J. Brasington;D. Vericat;I. Rychkov

  • Modelling outburst floods from moraine-dammed glacial lakes

    Matthew John Westoby;Neil Franklin Glasser;James Brasington;Michael John Hambrey

  • Geomorphic dynamics of floodplains: ecological implications and a potential modelling strategy

    Keith S. Richards;James Brasington;Francine Hughes

  • In situ characterization of grain‐scale fluvial morphology using Terrestrial Laser Scanning

    Rebecca Hodge;James Brasington;Keith Richards

  • Analysing laser‐scanned digital terrain models of gravel bed surfaces: linking morphology to sediment transport processes and hydraulics

    Rebecca Hodge;James Brasington;Keith Richards

  • Morphodynamic signatures of braiding mechanisms as expressed through change in sediment storage in a gravel-bed river

    Joseph M. Wheaton;James Brasington;Stephen E. Darby;Alan Kasprak

  • Reduced complexity strategies for modelling urban floodplain inundation

    Hilary K. McMillan;James Brasington

  • Turbidity and suspended sediment dynamics in small catchments in the Nepal Middle Hills

    James Brasington;Keith Richards

  • Coupling agent-based models of subsistence farming with individual-based forest models and dynamic models of water distribution

    Mike Bithell;James Brasington

  • Hyperscale terrain modelling of braided rivers: fusing mobile terrestrial laser scanning and optical bathymetric mapping

    R. D. Williams;J. Brasington;D. Vericat;D. M. Hicks

  • Interactions between model predictions, parameters and DTM scales for TOPMODEL

    James Brasington;Keith Richards

  • Linking geomorphic changes to salmonid habitat at a scale relevant to fish

    Joseph M. Wheaton;James Brasington;Stephen E. Darby;Joseph E. Merz

  • Small-catchment perspective on Himalayan weathering fluxes

    A. Joshua West;Mike J. Bickle;Rob Collins;James Brasington

  • Accuracy assessment of aerial photographs acquired using lighter-than-air blimps: low-cost tools for mapping river corridors

    Damia Vericat;James Brasington;Joseph M. Wheaton;Michaela Cowie

  • Linking the spatial distribution of bed load transport to morphological change during high‐flow events in a shallow braided river

    R. D. Williams;C. D. Rennie;J. Brasington;D. M. Hicks

Frequent Co-Authors

Damià Vericat
Damià Vericat University of Lleida
Joseph M. Wheaton
Joseph M. Wheaton Utah State University
Keith Richards
Keith Richards University of Cambridge
Ramon J. Batalla
Ramon J. Batalla University of Lleida
David Sear
David Sear University of Southampton
Stephen E. Darby
Stephen E. Darby University of Southampton
Neil F. Glasser
Neil F. Glasser Aberystwyth University
Michael J. Hambrey
Michael J. Hambrey Aberystwyth University
Paul Brewer
Paul Brewer Aberystwyth University
Richard H. Middleton
Richard H. Middleton University of Newcastle Australia

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