Manuscripts in preparation

Xu Z, Lei J (2023) Wave decay by rigid vegetation under orthogonal wave-current conditions.

Manuscripts under review

Huang, S., Xia, J., Wang, G., & Lei, J. (2023). The impact of flood regime on river floodplain vegetation coverage: insights from a 30-year Landsat record. Journal of Hydrology. 

Huang et al. (2023). Sparse water quality modelling using Long Short-Term Memory and Load Estimator at a river-lake confluence. Environmental Science and Ecotechnology.

Refereed Publications (2016 - present)

Lei, J., Schaefer, R., Colarusso, P., Novak, A., Simpson, J. C., Masqué, P., & Nepf, H. (2023). Spatial heterogeneity in sediment and carbon accretion rates within a seagrass meadow correlated with the hydrodynamic intensity. Science of The Total Environment, 158685.   

Liu, C., Yan, C., Sun, S., Lei, J., Nepf, H., & Shan, Y. (2022). Velocity, turbulence and sediment deposition in a channel partially filled with a Phragmites australis canopy. Water Resources Research, e2022WR032381.

Zhu, L, Huguenard, K, Fredriksson, DW, Lei, J (2022) Wave attenuation by flexible vegetation (and suspended kelp) with blade motion: Analytical solutions. Advances in Water Resources, p.104148.


Lei J, Nepf H (2021) Evolution of flow velocity from the leading edge of 2-D and 3-D submerged canopies. J. Fluid Mech. 916, A36.

Lei J, Fan D, Angera A, Liu Y, Nepf H (2021) Drag force and reconfiguration of cultivated Saccharina latissima in current. Aquac. Eng. 94,102169.

Zhu L, Lei J, Huguenard K, Fredriksson DW (2021) Wave attenuation by suspended canopies with cultivated kelp (Saccharina latissima). Coast. Eng. 168, 103947.

Zhang J, Lei J, Huai W, Nepf H (2020) Turbulence and particle deposition under steady flow along a submerged seagrass meadow. J. Geophys. Res. Oceans 125, e2019JC015985.

Lei J, Nepf H (2019) Blade dynamics in combined waves and current. J. Fluids Struct. 87, 137–49.

Liu C, Shan Y, Lei J, Nepf H (2019) Floating treatment islands in series along a channel: The impact of island spacing on the velocity field and estimated mass removal. Adv. Water Resour. 129, 222–31.

Tang C, Lei J, Nepf HM (2019) Impact of vegetation-generated turbulence on the critical, near-bed, wave-velocity for sediment resuspension. Water Resourc. Res. 55, 5904–17.

Lei J, Nepf H (2019) Wave damping by flexible vegetation: Connecting individual blade dynamics to the meadow scale. Coast. Eng. 147, 138–48.

Hu Z, Lei J, Liu C, Nepf H (2018) Wake structure and sediment deposition behind models of submerged vegetation with and without flexible leaves. Adv. Water Resour. 118, 28–38.

Liu C, Hu Z, Lei J, Nepf H (2018) Vortex structure and sediment deposition in the wake behind a finite patch of model submerged vegetation. J. Hydraul. Eng. 144, 04017065.

Lei J, Nepf H (2016) Impact of current speed on mass flux to a model flexible seagrass blade. J. Geophys. Res. Oceans 121, 4763–76.