Dr Dapeng Yu

Lecturer in Physical Geography

email: D.Yu2@lboro.ac.uk

Tel : +44 (0)1509 228191
Fax: +44 (0)1509 223930

Room NN.1.11b, Martin Hall building, East Park

(last updated: September 2011)

Career

• 2007 – present: Lecturer in Physical Geography, Loughborough University, UK.

• 2004 – 2007: Research Associate in Physical Geography, Durham University, UK.

• 2001 – 2005: Ph.D in Physical Geography, University of Leeds, UK.

• 1999 – 2001: M.Sc. in Geographical Information Science, Wageningen University & Research Centre, The Netherlands.

Research Interests

My primary research interest is the development and applications of hydraulic and hydrological models for better understanding of the dynamics of the Earth's surface. This includes:

• numerical modelling of flood inundation, flood risk management and assessment;

• interaction between climate change, land-use change, sea-level rise, sediment delivery and  flood risks;

• environmental applications of Geographical Information Systems (GIS) and Remote Sensing.

• 3D modelling of the dynamics of channel bifurcations in gravel-bed rivers; and

• issues at the interface between flow hydraulics and river-floodplain ecology;

Publications (see personal webpage for updated information)

Books and Book Chapters

Yu, D. (2010) Diffusion-Based Flood Inundation Modelling: Development and application of a flood inundation model over topographically complex floodplains. VDM publication. March 2010. 240pp.

Yu, D. and Lane, S.N. 2006. Diffusion-based modeling of flood inundation based on sub-grid connectivity. In: Ferreira, Alves, Leal & Cardoso. River Flow 2006: 313-322.

Lane, S.N., Hardy, R.J., Yu, D., Tayefi, V. and Reid, S.C. 2006. Climate change, sediment delivery and flood risk explored using two dimensional modelling. In: Ferreira, Alves, Leal & Cardoso. River Flow 2006: 2147-2156.

Yu, D. and Lane, S.N. 2004. Urban fluvial flood modelling using a two-dimensional diffusion wave treatment. In: M. Greco, A. Carravetta & R. Della Morte River Flow 2004. 2004: 1085-1094.

Journal Papers

Hardy, R.J., Lane, S.N. and Yu D. Accepted. Flow structures and mixing in an idealized bifurcation channel: a numerical experiment. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms. doi:10.1002/esp.2235.

Yu, D. and Lane, S.N. 2011. Interactions between sub grid-scale resolution, feature representation and grid-scale resolution in flood inundation modelling, Hydrological Processes 25(1): 36-53. doi:10.1002/hyp.7813.

Yu, D. 2010. Parallelization of a 2D flood inundation model based on domain decomposition. Environmental Modelling & Software 25: 935-945. doi:10.1016/j.envsoft.2010.03.003.

Casas, A., Lane, S. N., Yu, D. and Benito, G. 2010. A method for parameterising roughness and topographic sub-grid scale effects in hydraulic modelling from LiDAR data Hydrology and Earth System Sciences. doi:10.5194/hess-14-1567-2010.

Lane, S.N., Reid, S.C., Tayefi, V., Yu, D. and Hardy, R.J. 2008. Reconceptualising coarse sediment delivery problems in rivers as catchment-scale and diffuse, Geomorphology, 98(3-4): 227-249.

Tayefi, V., Lane, S.N., Hardy, R.J. and Yu, D. 2007. A comparison of 1D and 2D approaches to modelling flood inundation over complex upland floodplains, Hydrological Processes 21: 3190-3202.

Lane, S.N., Tayefi, V., Reid, S.C., Yu, D. and Hardy, R.J. 2007. Interactions between sediment delivery, channel change, climate change and flood risk in a temperate upland environment, Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 32(3): 429-446.

Yu, D. and Lane, S.N. 2006a. Urban fluvial flood modelling using a two-dimensional diffusion wave treatment, part 1: Mesh resolution effects, Hydrological Processes, 207: 1541-1565.

Yu, D. and Lane, S.N., 2006b. Urban fluvial flood modelling using a two-dimensional diffusion wave treatment, part 2: Development of a sub grid-scale treatment, Hydrological Processes, 207: 1567-1583.

Referred Conference Papers

Lane, S.N, Reaney, S.M. and Yu, D. 2006. Wetter? Drier? Floods? Droughts? Continuous flow simulation to 2099 for Northern England, British Hydrological Society 9th National Hydrology Symposium, Durham University, September 2006.

Lane, S.N., Brookes, C.J., Hardy, R.J., Holden, J., James, T.D., Kirkby, M.J., McDonald, A.T., Tayefi, V. and Yu, D., 2003. Land management, flooding and environmental risk: new approaches to a very old question. Proceedings of the CIWEM National Conference, Harrogate, September 2003.

Conference Abstract and presentation

Wu, X. D., Yu, D. and Chen, Z. Y. 2011. Coupled modelling of surface runoff and storm overflow induced waterlogging in the City of Shanghai, LOICZ Open Science Conference 2011, Yantai China. (Presentation).

O'Neill J., Yu, D., Wilby, W.L. and Bosher, L. 2011. Flood Damage Estimation: incorporating building resilience and climate change. Peter Wolf Early Career Hydrologists' Symposium, British Hydrological Society, Loughborough, April 2011.

Casas, M., Yu, D. Lane, S.N. and Benito-Ferrandez, G., 2009. Interactions between topography and roughness in a 2D raster-based hydraulic model. Eos Trans. AGU, 90(52), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract EP21B-0590.

Lane, S.N. and Yu, D., 2008. ''Numerical porosity as an alternative to roughness parameterization for urban inundation modelling'', Geophysical Research Abstracts, 10, European Geosciences Union Annual Meeting, Vienna, Austria, EGU2008-A-08867.

Yu, D. and Lane S.N. Climate change, sediment delivery and flood risk explored with a coupled modelling approach. International Conference on Environmental Management for Enclosed Coastal Seas. September 2008. Shanghai, China.

Yu, D. and Lane, S.N., Coupling of a 2D diffusion-based flood inundation model to a 1D river flow for urban flood inundation modelling.  Proceeding of the 32nd Congress IAHR Venice 26 July (2007).

Yu, D., Lane, S.N., Hardy, R.J., Best, J.L., Parsons, D., Kevil, G. and Thomas, R.E., 2007. Flow structure in a bifurcation: CFD modelling and validation, Eos Trans. AGU, Suppl., 88(52), American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco, Abstract H54A-08.

Yu, D. and Lane, S.N., 2006. Diffusion-based modelling of flood inundation based on sub-grid connectivity. River Flow 2006: 313-322.

Yu, D. and Lane, S.N. 2004. Urban fluvial flood modelling using a two-dimensional diffusion wave treatment. River Flow 2004. 2004: 1085-1094.

Tayefi, V., Lane, S.N., Hardy, R.J. and Yu, D., 2004. The prediction of upland flood inundation in topographically complex situations using a 1D and 2D modelling, American Geophysical Union Western Pacific Geophysics Meeting, European Geosciences Union 2004 Annual Meeting, Nice, France.

Tayefi, V., Lane, S.N., Hardy, R.J. and Yu, D., 2004. The prediction of upland flood inundation in topographically complex situations using a 1D and 2D modelling, American Geophysical Union Western Pacific Geophysics Meeting, Honolulu, Hawaii.

Teaching

Tutorials (GYA106)
Concept and Design (GYB327)
Dissertation (GYC400)
Independent Geographic Essay (GYC401)
Geography Field Class (GYB328)
Remote Sensing and GIS (GYB201)
GIS and Flood Management (GYC110)
Applied Environmental GIS (GYP029)
Natural Hazards and Catastrophe Modelling (GYP036)