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Overview

Michael G. Hughes is affiliated with the University of Wollongong in Australia. Their research primarily spans the fields of Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a particular focus on Earth-Surface Processes, Ecology, and Global and Planetary Change. The scientist has contributed notably to specific topics including Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics, Coastal and Marine Dynamics, Flood Risk Assessment and Management, Aeolian processes and effects, Geological formations and processes, Coastal and Marine Management, and Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research.

The scholar has an array of recent publications that demonstrate their research interests. Among these are:

  • Random Forest Classification Method for Predicting Intertidal Wetland Migration Under Sea Level Rise, 2022, Frontiers in Environmental Science
  • Coastal Wetland Mapping Using Ensemble Learning Algorithms: A Comparative Study of Bagging, Boosting and Stacking Techniques, 2020, Remote Sensing
  • Inundation characteristics of mangrove and saltmarsh in micro-tidal estuaries, 2021, Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science
  • Surf Zone Turbulence and Suspended Sediment Dynamics-A Review, 2021, Journal of Marine Science and Engineering
  • An Eco-Morphodynamic Modelling Approach to Estuarine Hydrodynamics & Wetlands in Response to Sea-Level Rise, 2022, Frontiers in Marine Science

Frequent publication venues for their work include Remote Sensing, Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science, Military Psychology, Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, and Frontiers in Environmental Science.

Their research collaborations are reflected in frequent coauthorships with several other scholars including Li Wen, Kerrylee Rogers, Kristian Kumbier, Colin D. Woodroffe, and Troels Aagaard. These collaborations suggest a network of expertise focused on environmental and marine sciences.

Best Publications

  • An Introduction to Coastal Processes and Geomorphology

    Gerhard Masselink;Michael G Hughes

  • Sedimentology and Stratigraphy of a Tide-Dominated, Foreland-Basin Delta (Fly River, Papua New Guinea)

    Robert W. Dalrymple;Elaine K. Baker;Peter T. Harris;Michael G. Hughes

  • Field investigation of sediment transport in the swash zone

    Gerhard Masselink;Michael Hughes

  • FLOW VELOCITY AND SEDIMENT TRANSPORT IN THE SWASH ZONE OF A STEEP BEACH

    Michael G. Hughes;Gerhard Masselink;Robert W. Brander

  • Settling velocity of sediments at high concentrations

    T.E. Baldock;M.R. Tomkins;P. Nielsen;M.G. Hughes

  • National-scale wave energy resource assessment for Australia

    Michael G. Hughes;Andrew D. Heap

  • Suspended sediment transport in the swash zone of a dissipative beach

    Gerhard Masselink;Darren Evans;Michael G. Hughes;Paul Russell

  • Coastal wetland mapping using ensemble learning algorithms: A comparative study of bagging, boosting and stacking techniques

    Li Wen;Michael Hughes

  • Sediment transport in distributary channels and its export to the pro-deltaic environment in a tidally dominated delta: Fly River, Papua New Guinea

    Peter T. Harris;Michael G. Hughes;Elaine K. Baker;Robert W. Dalrymple

  • Sediment transport on dissipative, intermediate and reflective beaches

    Troels Aagaard;Brian Greenwood;Michael Hughes

  • Sediment suspension and turbulence in the swash zone of dissipative beaches

    Troels Aagaard;Michael G. Hughes

  • Beach face and berm morphodynamics fronting a coastal lagoon

    Felicia M. Weir;Michael G. Hughes;Tom E. Baldock

  • Swash overtopping and sediment overwash on a truncated beach

    T.E. Baldock;M.G. Hughes;K. Day;J. Louys

  • Eulerian flow velocities in the swash zone: Field data and model predictions

    Michael G. Hughes;Tom E. Baldock

  • Application of a Non-Linear Shallow Water Theory to Swash Following Bore Collapse on a Sandy Beach

    Michael G. Hughes

  • Breaker turbulence and sediment suspension in the surf zone

    Troels Aagaard;Michael G. Hughes

  • Quantifying wave exposure in shallow temperate reef systems: applicability of fetch models for predicting algal biodiversity

    Nicole A Hill;Austen R Pepper;Marjetta Puotinen;Michael G Hughes

  • Hydrokinematic regions within the swash zone

    Michael G. Hughes;Adrienne S. Moseley

  • Hydrodynamics and Sediment Fluxes across an Onshore Migrating Intertidal Bar

    Troels Aagaard;Michael Hughes;Regin Møller-Sørensen;Steffen Andersen

  • Field observations of instantaneous water slopes and horizontal pressure gradients in the swash-zone

    T. E. Baldock;M. G. Hughes

Frequent Co-Authors

Tom E. Baldock
Tom E. Baldock University of Queensland
Troels Aagaard
Troels Aagaard University of Copenhagen
Gerhard Masselink
Gerhard Masselink Plymouth University
Peter Nielsen
Peter Nielsen University of Queensland
Peter T. Harris
Peter T. Harris University of Tasmania
Roshanka Ranasinghe
Roshanka Ranasinghe IHE Delft Institute for Water Education
Andrew D. Short
Andrew D. Short University of Sydney
Leigh A Sullivan
Leigh A Sullivan University of Canberra
Aart Kroon
Aart Kroon University of Copenhagen
Mark Hemer
Mark Hemer CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research

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