Andrew Manning

Teaching interests

TEACHING MODULES INCLUDES:

EOE1303/1304: Marine Techniques

EOE2303 The Global Ocean: Temperature, Salinity & Mixing Dynamics

EOE2307 Underwater Optics & Acoustics: Acoustics Theory

IMS5106 Marine Geophysical and Acoustic Sensing: Underwater Acoustics Theory

EOE3303 Shelf Seas & Estuaries: Cohesive sediment dynamics

EOE3309 Marine Environmental Surveys: Hydro- & sediment dynamics in ports and estuaries

EOE3505: Honours projects

IMS5103 Geology, Geophysics & Physical Oceanography: Estuarine Morphology, Wind-driven circulation, mixing & dispersion dynamics, waves & their prediction, physical oceanography Tamar Estuary field work

IMS5202 Coastal and Estuarine Sediment Dynamics: Shear stress dynamics, cohesive sediments, estuarine sediments, research applications

 

Research interests

• Flocculation dynamics of cohesive sediment
• In-situ optical measurements of flocculated mud aggregate characteristics
• Controlled laboratory flocculation simulations
• Estuarine physical processes (inc: turbulence & hydrodynamic mixing, sediment transport, saltmarsh dynamics)
• Fluid mud, Concentrated benthic suspension (CBS) and dilute suspension mud dynamics
• Development and implementation of flocculation instrumentation (e.g. INSSEV, LabSFLOC, miniflume)
• Parameterisation of estuarine sediment transport data for numerical modelling applications
• Mud:Sand mixing and interaction
• Estuarine morphological modelling

 

Other research

SUMMARY OF MAIN RESEARCH & CONSULTANCY ACTIVITIES:

    I am a Lecturer in Coastal & Shelf Physical Oceanography (0.5FTE). I am also a Visiting Research Fellow HR Wallingford Ltd (Coasts & Estuaries Group), based at the University of Plymouth (SEOES). I am a member of the: Coastal Processes Research Group – CPRG (http://www.coastalprocesses.org), Centre for Coastal Dynamics and Engineering - C-CoDE (http://www.ccode.org/), and Marine Institute of the University of Plymouth.

    My research expertise is in estuarine cohesive sediment dynamics, cohesive sediment transport and related morphology. I have extensive experience in conducting both laboratory simulations (mud from Medway, Tamar, Gironde estuaries) and field studies in numerous European estuaries (Harwich, Gironde, Scheldt, Tamar,) of various aspects of cohesive sediment dynamics, in particular the complex process of mud flocculation (NERC, HCBS-IMDC, COSINUS, SWAMIEE, INTRMUD projects). I am uniquely experienced with the in-situ measurement, and subsequent analysis and interpretation, of flocculation properties (e.g. size, settling velocity, effective density, porosity and floc dry mass) of cohesive sediments obtained from natural estuarine environments. I have a particular research interest in quantifying the response of natural mud flocculation within turbulent flows. This involves the use of unique video-based floc sampling instruments, optical backscatter sensors and high frequency current meters. My recent laboratory studies include simulations of: dilute mud suspensions, concentrated benthic suspension layers, and estuarine salt marsh inter-tidal locations.

    As a member of the recent Defra & Environment Agency funded Estuary Processes (EstProc) research project consortium (http://www.estproc.net/), I developed new flocculation algorithms (known as the Manning Floc Settling Velocity - MFSV model) to significantly improve numerical simulation models of estuarine sediment transport, through the statistical and mathematical quantitative analysis of a comprehensive multi-parameter database of natural flocculation and hydrodynamic data (all acquired from my EC & NERC experiments). The MFSV algorithms are now routinely used by HR Wallingford Ltd consultancy contracts where 3-D Telemac modelling of estuarine sediment transport are required, such as recent projects in the Thames Estuary and Nigerian Delta.

    I have combined parameters from my floc data with estuary wide data from the JNCC, FutureCoast project, CEH archives and scientific literature, to produce a comprehensive data set which is archived by BODC. This enhanced database has proved useful in providing further innovative insights into the long-term morphological development of UK estuaries (EstMorph project).

    During 2004 I was asked by International Marine & Dredging Consultants (IMDC) to participate in a series of flocculation & hydrodynamic surveys of the Port of Antwerp, Belgium (in 2005), as part of the Flemish Governments new Deurganckdok tidal dock construction project in Antwerp. For this project: I selected and organised my own survey team, conducted the scientific measurements, analysed & interpreted the data, then reported the findings. This data is currently being used by WL Delft Hydraulics to model the sedimentation in Lower Scheldt Estuary. My administration assistance for this projects was provided by "UoP Enterprise – Research & Innovation" department. A follow-up series of measurements are scheduled for 2006 at Deurganckdok, plus a new survey is also planned for the Port of Zeebrugge.

    Since 2004 I have been involved with the development of a geochemically labelled tracer for measuring transport pathways of fine cohesive sediment in estuarine environments. The tracer constitutes holmium (a rare earth element) labelled montmorillonite. Laboratory tests of the tracers physical characterists were conducted, followed by a field validation at Shotley Managed Realignment site, Orwell Estuary, Harwich Haven Port Authority (2006). This research is in collaboration with Queen Mary College, University of London, and was part-funded by NERC. I also have ongoing research with Queen Mary College, where we are examining the internal structure of flocculated and non-flocculated aggregates using novel high resolution 3D Micro-Computer Aided Tomography technology.

    During 2006 HR Wallingford Ltd Company Funded Research, has provided me with the opportunity to quantitatively study the interaction between suspended sand and mud sediments within a controlled laboratory environment. Very little is known about the behaviour of cohesive and non-cohesive sediment mixtures. It is anticipated that this new data will extend the application of the floc MFSV model to mixed sediment conditions. 
    Most recently the NERC has award Dr Sarah Bass and myself (both as Co-Investigators) £183,683 to fund the project: Acoustic and optical backscatter from flocculating sediments (FLOCSAM). This is in collaboration with UEA (Prof. Chris Vincent – PI) and POL (Prof. Peter Thorne), and the project will run from 2008-2011.

    In 2007 I was awarded a Vice Chancellor’s Research Fellowship (as PI) at the inaugural UoP Research & Innovation conference (April 2007) for the project (pilot study): Cohesive Sediment Flocculation Dynamics and their Effect on Nitrogen Concentrations in Estuaries (COSINE). Additional funding for the COSINE pilot study has been provided by both the Royal Society of Chemistry and the Seale-Hayne Educational Trust for Dr Mark Fitzsimons (PI) and myself (Co-I) to start our collaborative laboratory investigation into the effect of cohesive sediment flocculation dynamics on nitrogen concentrations in estuaries.

    During December 2007, I conducted a series of flocculation experiments with Scheldt Estuary mud, in collaboration with TU Delft & WL Delft Hydraulics. This will involve the combination of my own LabSFLOC floc camera system and the newly constructed 4.5m high turbulent flocculation settling column at TU Delft, which has been specially modified for my use. This collaboration has been established through my R&I contract work with IMDC (Belgium), Flanders Hydraulic Research (Belgium) and WL Delft Hydraulics (The Netherlands) as part of my recent Port of Antwerp/Deurganckdok floc surveys, and my membership of the TU Delft Users Committee.
    At present I have contributed to over 50 peer reviewed and consultancy scientific publications, and currently have a further 18 papers/report submitted and under peer review. Of particular note: Geophysical Research Letters paper (Prandle et al., 2005) was the Editor’s choice, and both GRL and NERC issued an international press release to advertise the paper.

SELECTED PROJECT AFFILIATIONS:

Implementation of Mud:Sand Transport Processes in Estuary Sediment Transport Models. I am a Co-I on this project funded by HR Wallingford Company Research to evaluate and assess the practicalities of implementing process algorithms in mixed sediment numerical models.

Co-I on NERC funded project: Acoustic and optical backscatter from flocculating sediments. (2008-2011)

Collaboration established with University of Sydney, Australia as a Co-I to examine the flocculation properties and transport potential exhibited by mud from Iron Cove embayment in Port Jackson, Sydney Harbour. (2007-2008)

Principle Investigator

on the project "Cohesive Sediment Flocculation Dynamics and their Effect on Nitrogen Concentrations in Estuaries – COSINE, which is partly funded by my Vice Chancellor’s Research Fellowship. (2007-2008)

Co-investigator on the project "Cohesive Sediment Flocculation Dynamics and their Effect on Nitrogen Concentrations in Estuaries – COSINE, additional support funding provided by the Royal Society of Chemistry. (2007-2008)

Invited by Proudman Oceanographic Laboratory to join their hydrodynamic & sediment dynamic surveys of the Dee Estuary (Liverpool Bay & Irish Sea), each survey conducted from the NERC research vessel Prince Madog. (2007-2008)

Principle Investigator

for a consultancy scientific flocculation & hydrodynamic High Concentration Benthic Suspension (HCBS-Z1) spring tide survey of the outer harbour, Port of Zeebrugge (Belgium) – part of the sediment dynamics dredging evaluation project. I was sub-contracted by International Marine & Dredging Consultants (IMDC, Project Code: 6524). (2006-2007)

Principle Investigator

for a consultancy scientific flocculation & hydrodynamic High Concentration Benthic Suspension (HCBS2) spring tide survey of the Lower Scheldt Estuary, Port of Antwerp (Belgium) – part of the new Deurganckdok tidal dock project. I was sub-contracted to International Marine & Dredging Consultants (IMDC, Antwerp; Project Code: R000002). (2006-2007)

Mud:Sand Transport and Erosion project (HR Wallingford Ltd Company Research). The aim of this pilot study was to observe and quantify the flocculation of mixed sediments under different concentrations, shear stresses and ratios through the use of laboratory mini-flume and the LabSFLOC instrument. (2006-2007)

Background study of sediment dynamics in a bronze-age marine archaeological site near Salcombe Bay (Devon) for English Heritage, in collaboration with University of Bournemouth. (2006)

Defra funded "Development of Estuary Morphological Models" project - EstMorph (contract: FD 2107) (http://www.pol.ac.uk/erp/). Proudman Oceanographic Laboratory to expand, analyse and archive (in collaboration with BODC) the FutureCoast UK and JNCC estuaries data sets as part of the The project forms Part 2 of the UK Estuaries Research Programme funded by the "Broad Scale Modelling Theme" within Defra/Environment Agency’s Flood Management Research Programme. (From: 2005-2007).

Conducted laboratory assessments of dynamical properties and field tests at Shotley, Orwell Estuary (Harwich Haven Port Authority), of a newly developed REE cohesive sediment tracer. The project is co-funded by NERC (Connect B) & HR Wallingford Ltd entitled "The chemical and physical behaviour of lanthanide-labelled clays in marine waters and their use as tracers for fine sediment transport," and coordinated by University of London (Queen Mary College). (From: 2005-2006).

University of London (Queen Mary College) conducting a collaborative pilot study to develop analysis techniques to examine internal floc structure using 3D micro-CAT technology. (From: 2005-2007).

Principle investigator for 1^st Flocculation High Concentration Benthic Suspension (HCBS) survey of Lower Scheldt estuary, Port of Antwerp (Belgium). This was part of the modelling and surveying, which was coordinated by International Marine & Dredging Consultants for the Flemish Government, for the new Deurganckdok tidal dock consruction project. (From: 2005-2006).

Defra & Environment Agency funded Estuary Process Research (EstProc) Consortium (contract No.FD1905/CSA5966). (From: 2002-2005).

Natural Environmental Research Council (NERC) funded project to examine: "Cycles in estuarine hydrodynamic conditions in relation to cycles in near-bed flocculating suspensions" (contract No.NER/M/S/2002/00108). (From: 2003-2004).

NERC funded project to examine: "Sediment transport in the swash zone of sandy beaches." Perranporth experiments. (2001).

EC Training & Mobility in Research (TMR) funded SWAMIEE - Sediment and WAter Movement in Industrialised Estuarine Environments - project (contract No. ERBFMRXCT970111). Gironde estuary experiments. (From: 1998-2000).

EC MAST III funded COSINUS - Prediction of COhesive Sediment transport and bed dynamics in estuaries and coastal zones with Integrated NUmerical Simulation models - project (contract No. MAS3-CT97-0082). Tamar estuary and LEGI laboratory experiments. A main contributor to the COSINUS database archived at Hannover University (http://www.hydromech.uni-hannover.de/cosinus/database/). (From: 1997-2000).

European Commission (EC) Marine Science & Technology (MAST) framework III funded INTRMUD – The Morphological Development of Intertidal Mudflats - project (under contract No. MAS3-CT95-0022). (1997)

 

Grants & contracts

 

2008-2011. Acoustic and optical backscatter from flocculating sediments – FLOCSAM. NERC (NE/E006647/1). Co-Is Bass and Manning, with Vincent (PI – UEA) and Thorne - POL. (Value: £183,683)

2007-2009. Simulations of flocculation in a turbulent settling column. HR Wallingford: Coasts & Estuaries Group (collaboration with TU Delft & WL Delft Hydraulics, The Netherlands). PI Manning, Co-Is Whitehouse, Chesher. (Value: £11,800)

2007-2008. Cohesive Sediment Flocculation Dynamics and their Effect on Nitrogen Concentrations in Estuaries – COSINE (pilot study). University of Plymouth Vice Chancellor’s Research Fellowship. PI Manning and Co-I Fitzsimons. (Value: £5,500)

2007-2008. Cohesive Sediment Flocculation Dynamics and their Effect on Nitrogen Concentrations in Estuaries. Royal Society of Chemistry (funding to support COSINE pilot study). PI Fitzsimons and Co-I Manning. (Value: £1,950)

2007-2008. Effects of sediment transport on nitrogen inputs to Southwest estuaries and consequences of water quality. Seale-Hayne Educational Trust. PI Fitzsimons and Co-I Manning. (Value: £8,769)

2007-2008. Implementation of Mud:Sand Transport Processes in Estuary Sediment Transport Models. HR Wallingford Company Research. PI Baugh, Co-Is Manning, Spearman, Whitehouse, Chesher. (Value: £51,800)

2006-2007. Mud:Sand Transport and Erosion project (pilot study). HR Wallingford Company Research. PI Whitehouse, Co-Is Manning, Spearman. (Value: £8,000)

2006-2007. 1^st Flocculation & hydrodynamic survey of Port of Zeebrugge (HCBS-Z1) – Belgium. International Marine & Dredging Consultants (IMDC) / Flemish Government (UoP R&I Project Code: RL6524). PI Manning. (Value: £26,700)

2006-2007. 2nd High Concentrated Benthic Suspensions Flocculation survey (HCBS2) of Lower Scheldt estuary – Deurganckdok, Belgium. (IMDC) / Flemish Government (UoP R&I Project Code: R000002). PI Manning. (Value: £25,775)

2005-2007. FD 2107: Development of Estuary Morphological Models project. Proudman Oceanographic Laboratory & Defra/EA. (Sub-contractor Manning). (Value: £26,850)

2002-2005. FD1905: Estuary Process Research project – EstProc. EA/Defra & HR Wallingford (FD1905/CSA5966). CO-I Res. Manning, with Dyer, Huntley (PI). (Value: £63,418)

 

Publications

PEER REVIEWED SCIENTIFIC PAPERS & REPORTS:

 

• COSINUS Project Consortium (2005). COSINUS - Prediction of cohesive sediment transport and bed dynamics in estuaries and coastal zones with integrated numerical simulation models: Final Reports 1-6. Reports prepared by the COSINUS Project Consortium for the European Commission (EC) Marine Science & Technology (MAST) framework III, contract No. MAS3-CT97-0082, 202p.
• Bass, S.J., Manning, A.J. and Dyer, K.R., (2006). Preliminary findings from a study of the upper reaches of the Tamar Estuary, UK, throughout a complete tidal cycle: Part I. Linking sediment and hydrodynamic cycles. In: J.P.-Y. Maa, L.P. Sanford and D.H. Schoellhamer (eds), Coastal and Estuarine Fine Sediment Processes - Proc. in Marine Science 8, Amsterdam: Elsevier, pp. 1-14, ISBN: 0-444-52238-7.
• Baugh, J.V. and Manning, A.J., (2007). An Assessment of a New Settling Velocity Parameterisation for Cohesive Sediment Transport Modelling. Continental Shelf Research, doi:10.1016/j.csr.2007.03.003.
• Dyer, K.R., Bale, A.J., Christie, M.C., Feates, N., Jones, S. and Manning, A.J., (2002). The turbidity maximum in a mesotidal estuary, the Tamar Estuary, UK. Part I: Dynamics of suspended sediment. In: J.C. Winterwerp and C. Kranenburg, (eds.), Fine Sediment Dynamics in the Marine Environment - Proc. in Marine Science 5, Amsterdam: Elsevier, pp. 203-218, ISBN: 0-444-51136-9.
• Dyer, K.R., Bale, A.J., Christie, M.C., Feates, N., Jones, S. and Manning, A.J., (2002). The turbidity maximum in a mesotidal estuary, the Tamar Estuary, UK. Part II: The floc properties. In: J.C. Winterwerp and C. Kranenburg, (eds.), Fine Sediment Dynamics in the Marine Environment - Proc. in Marine Science 5, Amsterdam: Elsevier, pp. 219-232, ISBN: 0-444-51136-9.
• Dyer, K.R., Christie, M.C. and Manning, A.J., (2004). The effects of suspended sediment on turbulence within an estuarine turbidity maximum. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 59, 237-248.
• Dyer, K.R. and Manning, A.J., (1998). Observation of the size, settling velocity and effective density of flocs, and their fractal dimensions. Journal of Sea Research, 41, 87-95.
• Estuary Process Consortium (2002). Estuary Process Research project (EstProc): Inception Report. Report prepared by the Estuary Process Consortium for the Defra and Environment Agency Joint Flood and Coastal Theme, Report No. FD1905/TR1, 53p.
• Estuary Process Consortium (2005). Final Report of the Estuary Process Research Project (EstProc) – Synthesis Report. Integrated Research Results on Hydrobiosedimentary Processes in Estuaries, R & D Technical Report prepared by the Estuary Process Consortium for the Fluvial, Estuarine and Coastal Processes Theme, co-funded by Defra & Environment Agency, Report No: FD1905/TR2, 97p.
• Estuary Process Consortium (2005). Final Report of the Estuary Process Research Project (EstProc) – Algorithms and Scientific Information. Integrated Research Results on Hydrobiosedimentary Processes in Estuaries, R & D Technical Report prepared by the Estuary Process Consortium for the Fluvial, Estuarine and Coastal Processes Theme, co-funded by Defra & Environment Agency, Report No: FD1905/TR3, 140p.
• Estuary Process Consortium (2005). Final Report of the Estuary Process Research Project (EstProc) – Metadata Report. Integrated Research Results on Hydrobiosedimentary Processes in Estuaries, R & D Technical Report prepared by the Estuary Process Consortium for the Fluvial, Estuarine and Coastal Processes Theme, co-funded by Defra & Environment Agency, Report No: FD1905/TR4, 44p.
• Graham, G.W. and Manning, A.J., (2007). Floc size and settling velocity in tidal wetlands: preliminary observations from laboratory experimentation. Continental Shelf Research, 27 (BIOFLOW SI), 1060-1079, doi:10.1016/j.csr.2005.11.017.
• Graham, G.W., Bass, S.J., Nimmo Smith, W.A.M. and Manning, A.J., (2007). Flow modification by Spartina anglica. Journal of Coastal Research, SI 50, 778-783.
• Gratiot, N. and Manning, A.J., (2004). An experimental investigation of floc characteristics in a diffusive turbulent flow. In: P. Ciavola and M. B. Collins (eds), Sediment Transport in European Estuaries, Journal of Coastal Research, SI 41, 105-113.
• Gratiot, N. and Manning, A.J., (2008). Flocculation processes in concentrated benthic suspension layer (CBS) using a laboratory diffusive turbulent grid tank. In: T. Kudusa, H. Yamanishi, J. Spearman and J.Z. Gailani, (eds.), Sediment and Ecohydraulics - Proc. in Marine Science 9, Amsterdam: Elsevier, pp. 53-68, ISBN: 978-0-444-53184-1.
• Gratiot, N. and Manning, A.J., (2007). A laboratory study of dilute suspension mud floc characteristics in an oscillatory diffusive turbulent flow. Journal of Coastal Research, SI 50, 1142-1146.
• Huthnance, J.M., Karunarathna, G., Lane, A., Manning, A.J., Norton, P., Reeve, D., Spearman, J., Soulsby, R.L., Townend, I.H. and Wright, A. (2007). Development of Estuary Morphological Models. 2^nd Institute of Mathematics and Its Applications (IMA) International Conference on Flood Risk Assessment, IMA publication (UK) (in press).
• Lane, A. and Manning, A.J., (2004). A sticky question: What controls the shape of estuaries? Natural Environmental Research Council (NERC) publication - Planet Earth, Spring 2004 edition, pp. 25 + front cover.
• Langston, W.J., Chesman, B.S., Burt, G.R., Campbell, M. and Manning, A.J. (2005). Phase 2 Site Characterisation Investigation - Literature Review: Severn Estuary pSAC, SPA. Marine Biological Association of the UK, 176p.
• Maggi, F., Manning, A.J. and Winterwerp, J.C., (2006). Image separation and geometric characterisation of mud flocs. Journal of Hydrology, 326 (1-4), 325-348.
• Manning, A.J.,
(1996). A laboratory study to examine the response of fine cohesive sediment suspensions to turbulent shearing. M.Sc. Thesis. Institute of Marine Studies, University of Plymouth, 86p.
• Manning, A.J., (2001). A study of the effects of turbulence on the properties of flocculated mud. Ph.D. Thesis. Institute of Marine Studies, University of Plymouth, 282p.
• Manning, A.J., (2004). The observed effects of turbulence on estuarine flocculation. In: P. Ciavola and M. B. Collins (eds), Sediment Transport in European Estuaries, Journal of Coastal Research, SI 41, 90-104.
• Manning, A.J., (2004). Observations of the properties of flocculated cohesive sediment in three western European estuaries. In: P. Ciavola and M. B. Collins (eds), Sediment Transport in European Estuaries, Journal of Coastal Research, SI 41, 70-81.
• Manning, A.J., (2004). The development of new algorithms to parameterise the mass settling flux of flocculated estuarine sediments. HR Wallingford Technical Report No. TR 145, 26p.
• Manning, A.J., (2006). LabSFLOC – A laboratory system to determine the spectral characteristics of flocculating cohesive sediments. HR Wallingford Technical Report, TR 156.
• Manning, A.J. (2008). The development of algorithms to parameterise the mass settling flux of flocculated estuarine sediments. In: T. Kudusa, H. Yamanishi, J. Spearman and J.Z. Gailani, (eds.), Sediment and Ecohydraulics - Proc. in Marine Science 9, Amsterdam: Elsevier, pp. 193-210, ISBN: 978-0-444-53184-1.
• Manning, A.J., Bass, S.J. and Dyer, K.R., (2006). Preliminary findings from a study of the upper reaches of the Tamar Estuary, UK, throughout a complete tidal cycle: Part II. In-situ floc spectra observations. In: J.P.-Y. Maa, L.P. Sanford and D.H. Schoellhamer (eds), Coastal and Estuarine Fine Sediment Processes - Proc. in Marine Science 8, Amsterdam: Elsevier, pp. 15-33, ISBN: 0-444-52238-7.
• Manning, A.J., and Bass, S.J., (2006). Variability in cohesive sediment settling fluxes: observations under different estuarine tidal conditions. Marine Geology, 235, 177-192.
• Manning, A.J., Bass, S.J. and Dyer, K.R., (2006). Floc Properties in the Turbidity Maximum of a Mesotidal Estuary During Neap and Spring Tidal Conditions. Marine Geology, 235, 193-211.
• Manning, A.J. and Dyer, K.R., (1999). A laboratory examination of floc characteristics with regard to turbulent shearing. Marine Geology, 160, 147-170.
• Manning, A.J. and Dyer, K.R., (2002). A comparison of floc properties observed during neap and spring tidal conditions. In: J.C. Winterwerp and C. Kranenburg, (eds.), Fine Sediment Dynamics in the Marine Environment - Proc. in Marine Science 5, Amsterdam: Elsevier, pp. 233-250, ISBN: 0-444-51136-9.
• Manning, A.J. and Dyer, K.R., (2002). The use of optics for the in-situ determination of flocculated mud characteristics. J. Optics A: Pure and Applied Optics, Institute of Physics Publishing, 4, S71-S81.
• Manning, A.J. and Dyer, K.R., (2007). Mass settling flux of fine sediments in Northern European estuaries: measurements and predictions. Marine Geology, 245, 107-122.
• Manning, A.J., Dyer, K.R. and Christie, M.C., (2001). Properties of macroflocs in the lower reaches of the Gironde Estuary. Coordinateurs: Elbee, J. (d’) and Prouzet, P. (Eds.). Actes de VIIe Colloque International de Oceanographie Du Golfe De Gascogne, 4-6 Avril 2000, Biarritz, France. Ifremer, France, Actes de Colloques No. 31: 230-235.
• Manning, A.J., Dyer, K.R., Lafite, R. and Mikes, D., (2004). Flocculation measured by video based instruments in the Gironde Estuary during the European Commission SWAMIEE project. In: P. Ciavola and M. B. Collins (eds), Sediment Transport in European Estuaries, Journal of Coastal Research, SI 41, 58-69.
• Manning, A.J. and Fennessy, M.J., (1997). INSSEV (In Situ Settling Velocity instrument) - 1.3: Operator Manual. Internal Report for Institute of Marine Studies, University of Plymouth, 25p.
• Manning, A.J., Friend, P.L., Prowse, N. and Amos, C.L., (2007). Preliminary Findings from a Study of Medway Estuary (UK) Natural Mud Floc Properties Using a Laboratory Mini-flume and the LabSFLOC system. Continental Shelf Research, BIOFLOW SI, 1080-1095, doi:10.1016/j.csr.2006.04.011.
• Manning, A.J., Martens, C., de Mulder, T., Vanlede, J., Winterwerp, J.C., Ganderton, P. and Graham, G.W., (2007). Mud floc observations in the turbidity maximum zone of the Scheldt Estuary during neap tides. Journal of Coastal Research, SI 50, 832-836.
• Manning, A.J. and Melotte, J., (2007). Report 9: Settling velocity INSSEV - Summer 2006. IMDC Technical report of flocculation and hydrodynamic measurements at Deurganckdok location, Lower Scheldt Estuary (Port of Antwerp, Belgium). Project: Field measurements - high-concentration benthic suspensions (HCBS2), Doc. Ref.:I/RA/11291/06.102/MSA, 193p.
• Manning, A.J. and Melotte, J., (2007). Report 4: Settling velocity INSSEV- Autumn 2006. IMDC Technical report of flocculation and hydrodynamic measurements within the Port of Zeebrugge (Belgium), outer harbour and container dock locations. Project: Field measurements - high-concentration benthic suspensions (HCBS-Z1), Doc. Ref.:I/RA/11292/07.025/JME, 235p.
• Manning, A.J. and Sas, M., (2006). Report 3: Settling velocity of the sediment – INSSEV - Winter 2005. IMDC Technical report of flocculation and hydrodynamic measurements at Deurganckdok location, Lower Scheldt Estuary (Port of Antwerp, Belgium). Project: Field measurements - high-concentration benthic suspensions (HCBS1), Doc. Ref.:I/RA/11265/05.016/MSA, 212p.
• Manning, A.J., Spearman, J. and Whitehouse, R.J.S., (2007). Mud:Sand Transport – Flocculation & Settling Dynamics within Turbulent Flows, Part 1: Analysis of laboratory data. HR Wallingford Internal Report, IT 534, 32p.
• Mory, M., Gratiot, N., Manning, A.J. and Michallet, H., 2002. CBS layers in a diffusive turbulence grid oscillation experiment, In: J.C. Winterwerp and C. Kranenburg, (eds.), Fine Sediment Dynamics in the Marine Environment - Proc. in Marine Science 5, Amsterdam: Elsevier, pp.139-154, ISBN: 0-444-51136-9.
• Norton, P., Manning, A.J., Townend, I., Lane, A. and Karunarathna, H. (2007). Application and inter-comparison of estuary morphological models. 42^nd Flood & Coastal Erosion Risk Management Conference, Defra & EA publication (UK) (in press).
• Petersen, O., Vested, H.J., Manning, A.J., Christie, M.C. and Dyer, K.R., (2002). Numerical modelling of mud transport processes in the Tamar Estuary. In: J.C. Winterwerp and C. Kranenburg, (eds.), Fine Sediment Dynamics in the Marine Environment - Proc. in Marine Science 5, Amsterdam: Elsevier, pp. 643-654, ISBN: 0-444-51136-9.
• Prandle, D., Lane, A. and Manning, A.J., (2005). Estuaries are not so unique. Geophysical Research Letters, Vol. 32, doi:10.1029/2005GL024797.
• Prandle, D., Lane, A. and Manning, A.J., (2006). New typologies for estuarine morphology. Geomorphology, 81, 309-315.
• Spearman, J. and Manning, A.J., (2008). On the significance of mud transport algorithms for the modelling of intertidal flats. In: T. Kudusa, H. Yamanishi, J. Spearman and J.Z. Gailani, (eds.), Sediment and Ecohydraulics - Proc. in Marine Science 9, Amsterdam: Elsevier, pp. 411-430, ISBN: 978-0-444-53184-1.
• Spencer, K., Benson, T., Dearnaley, M., Manning, A.J., Suzuki, K. and Taylor, J., (2007). The Use of Geochemically Labelled Tracers for Measuring Transport Pathways of Fine, Cohesive Sediment in Estuarine Environments. Environmental Science Series, Springer, Chapter 7.5, (In Press).
• Whitehouse, R.J.S. and Manning, A.J., (2007). Mixing it: how marine mud and sand interact. Innovation & Research Focus, Institution of Civil Engineering publishing by Thomas Telford Services Ltd (London, UK), 71, pp.2.
• Winterwerp, J.C., Bale, A.J., Christie, M.C., Dyer, K.R., Jones, S., Lintern, D.G., Manning, A.J. and Roberts, W., (2002). Flocculation and settling velocity of fine sediment, In: J.C. Winterwerp and C. Kranenburg, (eds.), Fine Sediment Dynamics in the Marine Environment - Proc. in Marine Science 5, Amsterdam: Elsevier, pp. 25-40, ISBN: 0-444-51136-9.
• Winterwerp, J.C., Manning, A.J., Martens, C., de Mulder, T., and Vanlede, J., (2006). A heuristic formula for turbulence-induced flocculation of cohesive sediment. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 68, 195-207.

 

SUBMITTED FOR REVIEW:

 

• Bollen, M., Blok, B., Kirby, R. and Manning, A.J., (2008). On the salinity and SPM structure in the Lower Sea Scheldt, 2: New survey techniques and instruments. In: Proc. Mar. Sci., INTERCOH 2007, Elsevier, Amsterdam, The Netherlands (submitted for peer review).
• Graham, G.W., Bass, S.J., Manning, A.J. and Nimmo Smith, W.A.M., (2008). Vegetative Influences on Saltmarsh Suspended Sediment Transport. In: Proc. Mar. Sci., INTERCOH 2007, Elsevier, Amsterdam, The Netherlands (submitted for peer review).
• Lee, S.B., Manning A.J., Lemckert, C. and Birch G.F., (2008) A preliminary assessment of floc dynamics in Port Jackson, Australia. In: Proc. Mar. Sci., INTERCOH 2007, Elsevier, Amsterdam, The Netherlands (submitted for peer review).
• Manning, A.J.,
(2008). INSSEV_LF – a hybrid instrument for measuring floc characteristics in muddy estuaries. HR Wallingford Technical Report (in prep).
• Manning, A.J., (2008). Enhanced UK Estuaries database: explanatory notes and metadata. HR Wallingford Tech. Report (submitted for peer review).
• Manning, A.J., (2008). Morphological modelling scenario comparisons using the Analytical Emulator for WP2.7 FD2107. HR Wallingford Tech. Report (submitted for peer review).
• Manning, A.J., (2008). UoP Mini-annular flume – operation and hydrodynamic calibration. HR Wallingford Technical Report (submitted for peer review).
• Manning, A.J., Benson, T., Dearnaley, M., (2008). Preliminary laboratory tests of the flocculation properties exhibited by a holmium-labelled montmorillonite cohesive sediment tracer. HR Wallingford Technical Report (submitted for peer review).
• Manning, A.J., Benson, T., Dearnaley, M., Spencer, K., Suzuki, K. and Taylor, J., (2008). Laboratory tests of the flocculation properties exhibited by a newly developed geochemically labelled cohesive sediment tracer. In: Proc. Mar. Sci., INTERCOH 2007, Elsevier, Amsterdam, The Netherlands (submitted for peer review).
• Manning, A.J., Spearman, J. and Whitehouse, R.J.S., (2007). Preliminary findings from a flocculation study of mixed sand:mud suspensions. In: Proc. Mar. Sci., INTERCOH 2007, Elsevier, Amsterdam, The Netherlands (submitted).
• Manning, A.J., van Kessel, T., Sas, M. and Winterwerp, J.C., (2008). On the cohesive sediment properties in the Lower Sea Scheldt. In: Proc. Mar. Sci., INTERCOH 2007, Elsevier, Amsterdam, The Netherlands (submitted for peer review).
• Sas, M., van Maren, B., Winterwerp, J.C. and Manning, A.J. (2008). On the salinity and SPM structure in the Lower Sea Scheldt, 1: General description and Near bed conditions. In: Proc. Mar. Sci., INTERCOH 2007, Elsevier, Amsterdam, The Netherlands (submitted for peer review).
• Souza, A., Lane, A., Manning, A.J., Cooke, R., Jones, D., (2008). New observations of suspended sediment and turbulence at the mouth of the Dee Estuary. In: Proc. Mar. Sci., INTERCOH 2007, Elsevier, Amsterdam, The Netherlands (submitted for peer review).
• Spencer, K., Taylor, J., Benson, T., Dearnaley, M., Manning, A.J. and Suzuki, K., (2008). Field testing of a geochemically labelled tracer at Shotley (Harwich Haven Ports). Journal of Coastal Research, (in prep).

 

 

Other academic activities

Selected Conference & Keynote Presentations:

• Chaired a session & presented at INTERCOH
, 9^th Int. Conf. on Cohesive Sediment Transport, Ifremer, France (September 2007).
• 42^nd Flood & Coastal Erosion Risk Management Conference
(Defra & EA), University of York (July 2007).
• Chaired a session & presented at International Coastal Symposium
, Griffith University, Australia (April 2007). (http://www.griffith.edu.au/conference/ics2007/).
• Invited seminar – University of London, Queen Mary College, Geography Dept. (2007)
• Invited speaker – University of Brighton (2006).
• Chaired a session & presented at INTERCOH, 8^th Int. Conf. on Cohesive Sediment Transport, University of Saga, Japan (2005) (http://www.ilt.saga-u.ac.jp/intercoh2005/index.html).
• Centre for Coastal Dynamics and Engineering (C-CoDE), Seminar series, University of Plymouth (2005).
• ECSA Symposium on "Estuaries of South West England," University of Plymouth (2005).
• EstProc
Conf., The Geological Society, London (2004).
• Challenger Society For Marine Science Conf., University of Liverpool (2005).
• Tidalites
, 6^th Int. Conf. on Tidal Sedimentology, University of Copenhagen, Denmark (2004).
• Invited speaker – ABPmer, Southampton (2004).
• Chaired a session & presented at INTERCOH, 7^th Int. Conf. on Cohesive Sediment Transport, Virginia Institute of Mar. Sci., USA (2003) (http://www.vims.edu/intercoh/).
• Invited speaker – Proudman Oceanographic Laboratory (2003).
• Invited speaker – HR Wallingford Ltd., Oxon (2003).
• Key Note Speaker at STRAEE, Sediment Transport in European Estuaries, Uni. of Ferrara, Italy (2002).
• UNDERWATER OPTICS
6, The Institute of Physics, London (2001).
• INTERCOH
, 6^th Int. Conf. on Cohesive Sediment Transport, Delft Hydraulics, The Netherlands (2000).
• VII International Conference on the Oceanography of the Golfe De Gascogne, Biarritz, France (2000).
• Seine-Aval Conference, University of Rouen, France (1999).

Current Ph.D. Students:

• George Graham - Effect of vegetation on sediment deposition in salt marshes

Ph.D. External Examiner:

• Neumann, L., 2004. Modelling of flocculation and settling of suspended sediments using population balances. Queensland University, Australia.

 

Links

http://www.coastalprocesses.org

http://www.hrwallingford.co.uk

http://www.ccode.org/