FaSTMECH Model

Nelson, J.M., 1988, Mechanics of flow and sediment transport over nonuniform erodible beds, University of Washington, Geophysics Program, Ph.D. dissertation.

Nelson, J.M., and Smith, J.D., 1989, Flow in meandering channels with natural topography, in: S. Ikeda and G. Parker (eds), River Meandering, AGU Water Resources Monograph 12, Washington, D.C., p. 69-102.

Nelson, J.M., and Smith, J.D., 1989, Evolution and stability of erodible channel beds, in: S. Ikeda and G. Parker (eds), River Meandering, AGU Water Resources Monograph 12, Washington, D.C., p. 321-377.

Andrews, E.D., and Nelson, J.M., 1989, Adjustment of a bar in the Green River, Utah, to variations in discharge, in: S. Ikeda and G. Parker (eds), River Meandering, AGU Water Resources Monograph 12, Washington, D.C., p. 69-102.

Nelson, J.M., 1990, The initial instability and finite-amplitude stability of alternate bars in straight channels, Earth Science Reviews, v.29, p. 97-115.

Nelson, J.M., Emmett, W.W., and Smith, J.D., 1991, Flow and sediment transport in rough channels, in: S. Fan and Y. Kuo (eds), Proceedings of the Fifth Federal Interagency Sedimentation Conference, Chapter R, p. 55-62.

Nelson, J.M., 1996, Predictive Techniques for River Channel Evolution and Maintenance, Water, Soil, and Air Pollution, v. 90, p. 321-333. (Also reprinted as a book chapter, in: Chow, W., Brocksen, R.W., and Wisniewski, J., eds, Clean Water: Factors that Influence its Availability, Quality, and Use.)

Nelson, J.M., 1996, The role of floods in the development and maintenance of lateral separation deposits in the Colorado River in Grand Canyon, Proceedings of the International Seminar on Recent Trends of Floods and Their Preventative Measures, Hokkaido Disaster Prevention Research Center, Hokkaido, Japan, p. 175-189.

Nelson, J.M., and McDonald R.R., 1997, Mechanics and modeling of flow and bed evolution in lateral separation eddies, Glen Canyon Environmental Studies Report, 69 pp.

McDonald R.R., and Nelson J.M., 1997, Field measurements of flow in lateral separation eddies on the Colorado River in Grand Canyon, Glen Canyon Environmental Studies Report, 41 pp.

Thompson, D.M., Nelson, J.M., and Wohl, E.E., 1998, Interactions between pool geometry and hydraulics, Water Resources Research, v. 34(12), p. 3673-3681.

Lisle, T.E., Nelson, J.M., Pitlick, J., Madej, M.A., and Barkett, B.L., 2000, Variability of bed mobility in natural, gravel-bed channels and adjustments to sediment load at local and reach scales, Water Resources Research, v. 26, no. 12, 3743-3755.

Nelson, J.M., Bennett, J.P., and Wiele, S.M., 2003, Flow and Sediment Transport Modeling, Chapter 18, p.539-576. In: Tools in Geomorphology, eds. M. Kondolph and H. Piegay, Wiley and Sons, Chichester, 688 pp.

Nelson, J.M., McDonald, R.M., and Kinzel, P.J., 2006, Morphologic evolution in the USGS Surface-Water Modeling System: CD-ROM Proceeding of the Joint 8th Federal Interagency Sedimentation and 3rd Federal Interagency Hydrologic Modeling Conference, Reno, Nevada, April 2-6, 2006, ISBN 0-9779007-1-1.

McDonald, R.R., Barton, G.J., Nelson, J.M., and Paragamian, V., 2006, Modeling hydraulic and sediment transport processes in white sturgeon spawning habitat on the Kootenai River: CD-ROM Proceedings of the Joint 8th Federal Interagency Sedimentation and 3rd Federal Interagency Hydrologic Modeling Conference, Reno, Nevada, April 2-6, 2006, ISBN 0-9779007-1-1.

Barton, G.J., McDonald, R.R., Nelson, J.M., Donato, M., Van Metre, P., and Mahler, B., 2006, Altered dynamics of Kootenai River white sturgeon spawning habitat and flow modeling: CD-ROM Proceedings of the Joint 8th Federal Interagency Sedimentation and 3rd Federal Interagency Hydrologic Modeling Conference, Reno, Nevada, April 2-6, 2006, ISBN 0-9779007-1-1.

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