Publications

2012

• Cea, L., French, J. R. (2012). Bathymetric error estimation for the calibration and validation of estuarine hydrodynamic models. ESTUARINE COASTAL AND SHELF SCIENCE 100 doi:10.1016/j.ecss.2012.01.004.

2011

• French, J. R., Burningham, H. (2011). Coastal geomorphology. PROG PHYS GEOG 35(4), 535-545 doi:10.1177/0309133311414606.
• Singh, C. R., Thompson, J. R., Kingston, D. G., French, J. R. (2011). Modelling water-level options for ecosystem services and assessment of climate change: Loktak Lake, northeast India. HYDROLOGICAL SCIENCES JOURNAL-JOURNAL DES SCIENCES HYDROLOGIQUES 56 doi:10.1080/02626667.2011.631012. Author URL

2010

• French, J. R. (2010). Critical perspectives on the evaluation and optimization of complex numerical models of estuary hydrodynamics and sediment dynamics. EARTH SURF PROC LAND 35(2), 174-189 doi:10.1002/esp.1899.
• Hanson, S. E., Nicholls, R. J., Balson, P., Brown, I., French, J. R., Spencer, T., Sutherland, W. J. (2010). Capturing Coastal Geomorphological Change within Regional Integrated Assessment: An Outcome-Driven Fuzzy Logic Approach. Journal of Coastal Research 26(5), 831-842
• Singh, C. R., Thompson, J. R., French, J. R., Kingston, D. G., Mackay, A. W. (2010). Modelling the impact of prescribed global warming on runoff from headwater catchments of the Irrawaddy River and their implications for the water level regime of Loktak Lake, northeast India. HYDROL EARTH SYST SC 14(9), 1745-1765 doi:10.5194/hess-14-1745-2010.

2009

• Barrett-Mold, C., Burningham, H., French, J. R. (2009). Stratigraphic Insights from Sedimentary Peels of Littoral Estuarine Depositional Systems. Journal of Coastal Research SI56, 584-588
• Burningham, H., French, J. R. (2009). Historical Seabed Mobility in an Outer Estuary - Sea Basin Environment. Journal of Coastal Research SI56, 589-593
• Burningham, H., French, J. R. (2009). Seabed mobility in the greater Thames estuary. Crown Estate.
• French, J. R., Burningham, H. (2009). Coastal geomorphology: trends and challenges. Progress in Physical Geography 33(1), 117-129
• French, J. R., Burningham, H. (2009). Restoration of an Eroded Estuarine Foreshore Using Cohesive Dredge Material, Orwell Estuary, UK. Journal of Coastal Research SI56, 1444-1448

2008

• Burningham, H., French, J. R. (2008). Historical changes in the seabed of the greater Thames estuary. The Crown Estate.
• French, J. R. (2008). Hydrodynamic modelling of estuarine flood defence realignment as an adaptive management response to sea-level rise. Journal of Coastal Research 24(2B), 1-12 doi:10.2112/05-0534.1.
• French, J. R., Burningham, H., Benson, T. (2008). Tidal and meteorological forcing of suspended sediment flux in a muddy mesotidal estuary. Estuaries and Coasts 31, 843-859 doi:10.1007/s12237-008-9072-5.
• Williams, A., Townend, I., French, J. R., Reeve, D. R., Whitehouse, R., Wang, Z., Morris, K., Surendran, S. (2008). Development and demonstration of systems-based estuary simulator: EstSim. Proceedings 43rd Flood and Coastal Management Conference. ( pp.1-10).

2007

• Benson, T., French, J. R. (2007). InSiPID: A new low-cost instrument for in situ particle size measurements in estuarine and coastal waters. Journal of Sea Research 58(3), 167-188 doi:10.1016/j.seares.2007.04.003. Author URL
• Burningham, H., French, J. R. (2007). Morphodynamics and Sedimentology of Mixed-Sediment Inlets. Journal of Coastal Research 50, 710-715
• Burningham, H., French, J. R., Karunarathn, H., Morris, K., Reeve, D. E., Townend, I., Williams, A. (2007). Development and demonstration of systems-based estuary simulators. Report FD2117/TR. Defra.
• French, J. R., Burningham, H. (2007). Methods and software tools for estuary behavioural system simulation. Environment Agency.
• Hanson, S., Nicholls, R., Balson, P., BrownI, F., J R, S., T, S., W, (2007). Capturing coastal morphological change within regional integrated assessment: an outcome-driven fuzzy logic approach. Tyndall Centre Working Paper 113. Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research.

2006

• Burningham, H., French, J. R. (2006). Morphodynamic behaviour of a mixed sand-gravel ebb-tidal delta: Deben estuary, Suffolk, UK. Marine Geology 225(1-4), 23-44 doi:10.1016/j.margeo.2005.09.009. Author URL
• Cea, L., French, J. R., Váquez-Cendón, M. E. (2006). Numerical modelling of tidal flows in complex estuaries including turbulence: An unstructured finite volume solver and experimental validation. International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering 67(13), 1909-1932 doi:10.1002/nme.1702. Author URL
• French, J. R. (2006). Tidal marsh sediment trapping and resilience to environmental change: exploratory modelling of tidal, sea-level and sediment supply forcing in predominantly allochthonous systems. Marine Geology 235(1-4), 119-136 doi:10.1016/j.margeo.2006.10.009. Author URL

2005

• Cea, L., Puertas, J., French, J. R., Vázques-Cendón, M. (2005). Simulación numerica del flujo de marea en estuarios con llanuras inunables: aplicación al Estuario Crouch. Proceedings Congreso de Metodos Numericos en Ingenieria 2005. ( pp.1-15). Granada, Spain: SEMNI.
• French, J. R., Benson, T., Burningham, H. (2005). Morphodynamics and sediment flux in the Blyth estuary, Suffolk, UK: conceptual modelling and high resolution monitoring. In Knight, J., Fitzgerald, D. (Eds.). High resolution morphodynamics and sedimentary evolution of estuaries. ( pp.143-171). New York: Springer.
• Nicholls, R. J., Hansen, S., Balson, P., Brown, I., French, J. R., Spencer, T. (2005). Capturing geomorphological change in the coastal simulator. Tyndall Centre Technical Report. Tyndall Centre for Climate Change. Author URL

2004

• French, J. R. (2004). Coastal Geomorphology (Critical Concepts in Geography). London: Routledge.

2003

• French, J. R. (2003). Airborne LiDAR in support of geomorphological and hydraulic modelling. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms 28(3), 221-235 doi:10.1002/esp.484. Author URL
• French, J. R. (2003). Muddy Coasts. In Goudie, A. S. (Ed.). Encyclopedia of Geomorphology ( pp.209-). London: Routledge.
• French, J. R. (2003). Mudflats. In Goudie, A. S. (Ed.). Encylopedia of Geomorphology ( pp.207-). London: Routledge.
• French, J. R. (2003). Tidal Deltas. In Goudie, A. S. (Ed.). Encyclopedia of Geomorphology ( pp.289-). London: Routledge.
• French, J. R., Burningham, H. (2003). . International Conference on Coastal Sediments 2003. Texas, USA: World Scientific Publishing Corporation & East Meets West Produ.
• Moller, I., Spencer, T., French, J. R. (2003). Wave attenuation over saltmarshes: implications for flood defence management. Environment Agency.

2002

• French, J. R., Reeve, D. E., Owen, M. (2002). DEFRA/EA Estuaries Research Programme – Phase 2 Research Plan. Project FD2115. Defra. Author URL
• Moller, I. M., Spencer, T., French, J. R. (2002). Wave attenuation over saltmarshes. R&D Technical Report W5B-022. Environment Agency.
• Reed, J., Chappell, A. J., French, J. R., Oliver, M. A. (2002). Risk assessment of PCB-contaminated dock sediments using geostatistical techniques. In Porta, A., Hinchee, R. E., Pellei, M. (Eds.). Management of Contaminated Sediments. ( pp.129-136). Columbus Ohio: Battelle Press.

2001

• Warren, A., French, J. R. (Eds.) (2001). Habitat Conservation: Managing the Physical Environment. Chichester: John Wiley & Sons.
• French, J. R. (2001). Hydrodynamic modelling of the Blyth estuary, Suffolk: impacts of sea-level rise. Report for Environment Agency, Anglian Region. Coastal & Estuarine Research Unit.
• French, J. R., Reed, D. J. (2001). Physical Contexts for Saltmarsh Conservation. In Warren, A., French, J. R. (Eds.). Conservation and the Physical Environment ( pp.179-228). Chichester: John Wiley & Sons.
• French, J. R., Spencer, T. (2001). Sea-level Rise. In Warren, A., French, J. R. (Eds.). Conservation and the Physical Environment ( pp.305-347). Chichester: John Wiley & Sons.
• Moller, I., Spencer, T., French, J. R., Leggett, D. J., Dixon, M. (2001). The sea-defence value of salt marshes: Field evidence from north Norfolk. J CHART INST WATER E 15(2), 109-116
• Reed, J., Chappell, A., French, J. R., Oliver, M. A. (2001). Geostatistical Analysis of Contaminated Dredged Sediment from a UK Dockyard. In Monestiez, P., Allard, D., Froideraux, R. (Eds.). GeoEnv III - Geostatistics for Environmental Application ( pp.487-497). Dordrecht: Kluwer Academic.
• Warren, A., French, J. R. (2001). Relations between Nature Conservation and the Physical Environment. In Warren, A., French, J. R. (Eds.). Conservation and the Physical Environment ( pp.1-5). Chichester: John Wiley & Sons.

2000

• Reed, D. J., Spencer, T., Murray, A. L., French, J. R., Leonard, L. (Eds.) (2000). Marsh surface sediment deposition and the role of tidal creeks: implications for created and managed coastal marshes. Journal of Coastal Conservation 5, 81-90
• Cahoon, D. R., French, J. R., Spencer, T., Reed, D. J., Moller, I. (2000). Vertical accretion versus elevational adjustment in UK saltmarshes: an evaluation of alternative methodologies. In Pye, K., Allen, J. R. L. (Eds.). Coastal and Estuarine Environments: Sedimentology, Geomorphology and Geoarchaeology (175 ed. pp.223-238). London: Geological Society of London.
• French, C. E., French, J. R., Clifford, N. J., Watson, C. J. (2000). Sedimentation-erosion dynamics of abandoned reclamations: the role of waves and tides. Continental Shelf Research 20, 1711-1733
• French, J. R. (2000). Foreshore recharge for restoration of eroded intertidal profiles: Shotley Point mud placement. Year 3 Monitoring and Evaluation. Report for Harwich Haven Authority. Coastal & Estuarine Research Unit.
• French, J. R., Clifford, N. J. (2000). Hydrodynamic modelling as a basis for explaining estuarine environmental dynamics: some computational and methodological issues. Hydrological Processes 14, 2089-2108
• French, J. R., Watson, C. J. (2000). Foreshore recharge for restoration of eroded intertidal profiles: Shotley Point mud placement. Year 2 Monitoring and Evaluation. Report for Harwich Haven Authority. Coastal & Estuarine Research Unit.
• French, J. R., Watson, C. J., Moller, I., Spencer, T., Dixon, M., Allen, R. (2000). Beneficial use of cohesive dredgings for foreshore recharge. 35th MAFF Conference of River and Coastal Engineers. ( Vol. 11.10 pp.1-4). London: MAFF.
• Moller, I., Spencer, T., French, J. R., Leggett, D., Dixon, M. (2000). A new perspective on the sea defence value of saltmarshes. 35th MAFF Conference of River and Coastal Engineers. ( Vol. 11.11 pp.1-4). London: MAFF.

1999

• Reed, D. J., Spencer, T., Murray, A. L., French, J. R., Leonard, L. (Eds.) (1999). Marsh surface sediment deposition and the role of tidal creeks: implications for created and managed coastal marshes. Journal of Coastal Conservation 5, 81-90
• Moller, I., Spencer, T., French, J. R., Leggett, D. J., Dixon, M. (Eds.) (1999). Wave transformation over salt marshes: A field and numerical modelling study from north Norfolk, England. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 49, 411-426
• French, C. E., French, J. R., Clifford, N. J., Watson, C. J. (1999). Abandoned reclamations as analogues for sea defence realignment: implications. Coastal Sediments 99. ( pp.1912-1926). New York: American Society of Civil Engineers.
• French, J. R., Watson, C. J. (1999). Foreshore recharge for restoration of eroded intertidal profiles: Shotley Point mud placement. Year 1 Monitoring and Evaluation. Report for Harwich Haven Authority. Coastal & Estuarine Research Unit.
• French, J. R., Watson, C. J., French, C. E. (1999). Stability of dredged silt placed on an eroding estuarine foreshore. Coastal Sediments 99. ( pp.2520-2533). New York: American Society of Civil Engineers.

1998

• Adams, B. J., French, J. R., Clifford, N. J. (1998). Aerial photography as a source of saltmarsh channel network measurements: an analysis of errors. Proceedings 24th International Conference on Remote Sensing.. ( pp.695-702).
• Clifford, N. J., French, J. R. (1998). Restoration of channel physical environment in smaller, moderate gradient rivers: geomorphological bases for design criteria. In Bailey, R., Jose, P., Sherwood, B. (Eds.). United Kingdom Floodplains ( pp.63-82). Westbury: Otley.
• Smith, G. M., Spencer, T., Murray, A. L., French, J. R. (1998). Assessing seasonal vegetation change in coastal wetlands with airborne remote sensing. Mangroves and Saltmarshes 2, 15-28

1997

• Spencer, T., French, J. R., Moller, I. M. (1997). Wave attenuation over saltmarsh surfaces. Supplementary Report OI/569/4/A. Environment Agency, Anglian Region.
• Spencer, T., Tudhope, A. W., French, J. R., Utanga, A. (1997). Reconstructing sea-level change from coral micro-atolls, Tongareva (Penrhyn) Atoll, Northern Cook Islands. Proceedings 8th International Coral Reef Symposium.

1996

• Clifford, N. J., French, J. R. (1996). Criteria for suspended sediment monitoring in river environments: field evaluation of contrasting turbidity sensor types using simulated transport events. River 96 Conference. ( Vol. 2 pp.754-761). Chicago: International Water Resources Association.
• French, J. R. (1996). Function and design of tidal channel networks in restored saltmarshes. Tidal 96: Interactive symposium for practising engineers. ( pp.128-137). Brighton: University of Brighton, Department of Civil Engineering.
• Moeller, I., Spencer, T., French, J. R. (1996). Wild wave attenuation over saltmarsh surfaces: Preliminary results from Norfolk, England. Journal of Coastal Research 12, 1009-1016
• Spencer, T., Moller, I., French, J. R. (1996). Wind wave attenuation over salt marsh surfaces. In Sir, W. H. P. (Ed.). Management of saltmarshes for flood defence. ( pp.46-54). Bristol: National Rivers Authority.

1995

• French, J. R., Spencer, T., Murray, A. L., Arnold, N. A. (1995). GEOSTATISTICAL ANALYSIS OF SEDIMENT DEPOSITION IN 2 SMALL TIDAL WETLANDS, NORFOLK, UK. Journal of Coastal Research 10, 308-321
• French, J. R., Spencer, T., Reed, D. J. (1995). EDITORIAL GEOMORPHIC RESPONSE TO SEA-LEVEL RISE - EXISTING EVIDENCE AND FUTURE IMPACTS. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms 20, 1-6

1994

• French, J. R. (1994). Wetland response to accelerated sea-level rise: a European perspective. Journal of Coastal Research SI12, 94-105

1993

• Clifford, N. J., French, J. R., Hardisty, J. (Eds.) (1993). Turbulence: Perspectives on Flow and Sediment Transport. Chichester: John Wiley & Sons.
• Clifford, N. J., French, J. R. (1993). Monitoring and analysis of turbulence in geophysical boundaries: some analytical and conceptual issues. In Clifford, N. J., French, J. R., Hardisty, J. (Eds.). 5. Turbulence: Perspectives on Flow and Sediment Transport ( pp.249-277). Chichester: John Wiley & Sons.
• Clifford, N. J., French, J. R. (1993). Monitoring and modelling turbulent flows: historical and contemporary perspectives. In Clifford, N. J., French, J. R., Hardisty, J. (Eds.). 5. Turbulence: Perspectives on Flow and Sediment Transport ( pp.1-34). Chichester: John Wiley & Sons.
• Clifford, N., Hardisty, J., French, J. R., Hart, S. (1993). Downstream variation in bed material characteristics: a turbulence-controlled form-process feedback mechanism. In Best, J. (Ed.). Braided Rivers: Form, Process and Economic Implications. Special Publication 75 ( pp.89-104). London: Geological Society of London.
• FRENCH, J. R. (1993). NUMERICAL-SIMULATION OF VERTICAL MARSH GROWTH AND ADJUSTMENT TO ACCELERATED SEA-LEVEL RISE, NORTH NORFOLK, UK. EARTH SURF PROC LAND 18(1), 63-81
• French, J. R., Clifford, N. J., Spencer, T. (1993). High frequency flow and suspended sediment measurements in a tidal wetland channel. In Clifford, N. J., French, J. R., Hardisty, J. (Eds.). Turbulence: Perspectives on Flow and Sediment Transport ( pp.93-120). Chichester: John Wiley & Sons.
• French, J. R., Spencer, T. (1993). DYNAMICS OF SEDIMENTATION IN A TIDE-DOMINATED BACKBARRIER SALT-MARSH, NORFOLK, UK. Marine Geology 110, 315-331
• Hands, M. R., French, J. R., O'Neill, A. (1993). REEF STRESS AT CAHUITA POINT, COSTA-RICA - ANTHROPOGENICALLY ENHANCED SEDIMENT INFLUX OR NATURAL GEOMORPHIC CHANGE. Journal of Coastal Research 9, 11-25
• Spencer, T., French, J. R. (1993). Coastal flooding and environmental change. Geography 78, 178-182

1992

• French, J. R., Clifford, N. J. (1992). Characteristics and 'event-structure' of near-bed turbulence in a macrotidal saltmarsh channel. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 34(1), 49-69 doi:10.1016/S0272-7714(05)80126-X.
• French, J. R., Clifford, N. J. (1992). Estimation of turbulence parameters in highly unsteady tidal flows. In Falconer, R. A., Shiono, K., Matthew, R. G. S. (Eds.). Hydraulic and Environmental Modelling: Estuarine and River Waters ( pp.41-52). Aldershot: Ashgate.
• French, J. R., Stoddart, D. R. (1992). Hydrodynamics of saltmarsh creek systems: implications for marsh morphological development and material exchange. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms 17, 235-252
• Spencer, T., French, J. R. (1992). Geomorphologically-informed conservation of coastal depositional landforms and associated habitats. In Stevens, C., Gordon, J. E., Green, C. P., Macklin, M. G. (Eds.). Conserving our landscape: Evolving landforms and Ice Age heritage ( pp.69-73). Peterborough: English Nature.

1991

• French, J. (1991). Eustatic and neotectonic controls on salt marsh sedimentation. Coastal Sediments 91. ( Vol. 2 pp.1223-1236). New York: American Society of Civil Engineers.

1990

• Clifford, N. J., McClatchey, J., French, J. R. (1990). MEASUREMENTS OF TURBULENCE IN THE BENTHIC BOUNDARY-LAYER OVER A GRAVEL BED AND COMPARISON BETWEEN ACOUSTIC MEASUREMENTS AND PREDICTIONS OF THE BEDLOAD TRANSPORT OF MARINE GRAVELS. Sedimentology 37, 161-171
• French, J. R., Spencer, T., Stoddart, D. R. (1990). Backbarrier marshes of the north Norfolk coast: geomorphic development and response to rising sea-level. UCL.

1989

• Stoddart, D. R., French, D. R., Bayliss-Smith, T. P. (1989). Physical processes on Wash salt marshes. In Doody, P., Barnett, B. (Eds.). The Wash ( pp.64-76). Peterborough: Nature Conservancy Council.
• Stoddart, D. R., Reed, D. J., French, J. R. (1989). Understanding salt marsh accretion, Hut Marsh, Norfolk, England. Estuaries 12, 228-236