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Dr Kevin Lynch

Director of Graduate Studies
3BA/4BA Coordinator

Office:	125a, Geography
Office Hours:	Monday 11:00 to 12:00 and Tuesday 11:00 to 12:00
Phone:	00 353 (0) 91 49 5779 Ext 5779
Fax:	00 353 (0) 91 49 5505
Email:	kevin.lynchnuigalway.ie

Research
Kevin received his PhD from the University of Ulster, Coleraine in 2006. His research interests lie in the field of coastal processes, with a focus on beach-dune environments. A core aspect of this research is to investigate links between short-term variables and longer-term beach-dune morphological development. These scale issues - at the heart of his process geomorphological work - are also evident in his coastal management research. Kevin’s work in the coastal management area is of a more applied nature, seeking to build decision-making capacities in the coastal zone. He is also contributing to the development of the ’Coastal Heritage Viewer’ project with the Heritage Council.All of his research is conducted in collaborative partnerships: he is a member of the Environmental Change Research Cluster in Geography and the Marine and Coastal Process research group in the Ryan Institute of NUIG; he works in partnership with the Coastal Systems research group of the University of Ulster, Coleraine and as part of the Atlantic Network for Coastal Risk Management ( ANCORIM).

Supervision

Micheal Roarty
Zoe Elliott

Current research projects

Aeolian sediment transport - NERC Project

Integrated Coastal Zone Management - ANCORIM Project

Professional Memberships

Environmental Sciences Association of Ireland ( here)

Geographical Society of Ireland ( here)

British Society for Geomorphology ( here)

Peer-reviewed Publications

Published papers

Irene Delgado-Fernandez, Derek W.T. Jackson, J. Andrew G. Cooper, Andreas C.W. Baas, J.H. Meiring Beyers, Kevin Lynch (2013) Field characterization of three-dimensional lee-side airflow patterns under offshore winds at a beach-dune system. Journal of Geophysical Research - Earth Surface, In Press

Jackson, D.W.T., Beyers, J.H.M., Delgado-Fernandez, I., Baas, A.C.W., Cooper, J.A.G., Lynch, K., (2013) Airflow reversal and alternating corkscrew vortices in foredune wake zones during perpendicular and oblique offshore winds, Geomorphology, In Press, DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2012.12.037

Lynch, K., Delgado-Fernandez, I., Jackson, D.W.T., Cooper, J.A.G., Baas, A.C.W., and Beyers, J.H.M. (2013) Alongshore variation of aeolian sediment transport on a beach, under offshore winds. Aeolian Research, 8, 11–18, DOI:10.1016/j.aeolia.2012.10.004

Jackson, D.W.T., Beyers, J.H.M., Lynch, K., Cooper, J.A.G., Baas, A.C.W. and Delgado- Fernandez, I. (2011) Investigation of three-dimensional wind flow behaviour over coastal dune morphology under offshore winds using Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) and ultrasonic anemometry, Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 36. pp. 1113-1134, DOI: 10.1002/esp.2139

I. Delgado-Fernandez, D.W.T. Jackson, J.A.G. Cooper, A.C.W. Baas, K. Lynch and J.H.M. Beyers (2011) Re-attachment zone characterisation under offshore winds blowing over complex foredune topography, Journal of Coastal Research, SI 64, pp (ISSN 0749-0208)

Lynch, K., Jackson, D. W. T. and Cooper, J. A. G. (2010) Coastal foredune topography as a control on secondary airflow regimes under offshore winds, Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 35, pp. 344-353. DOI: 10.1002/esp.1925

Beyers, Meiring, Jackson, Derek, Lynch, Kevin, Cooper, Andrew, Baas, Andreas, Delgado-Fernandez, Irene and Dallaire, Pierre-Olivier (2010) Field testing and CFD LES simulation of offshore wind flows over coastal dune terrain in Northern Ireland. In: The Fifth International Symposium on Computational Wind Engineering (CWE2010), Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA. International Association for Wind Engineering.

Lynch, K., Jackson, D. W. T. and Cooper, J. A. G. (2009) Foredune accretion under offshore winds, Geomorphology, 105, 139-146. DOI:10.1016/j.geomorph.2007.12.011

Lynch, K., Jackson, D. W. T. and Cooper, J. A. G. (2008) Aeolian fetch distance and secondary airflow effects: the influence of micro-scale variables on meso-scale foredune development, Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 33, 991-1005. DOI: 10.1002/esp.1582

Jackson, D. W. T., Anfuso, G. and Lynch, K. (2007) Swash bar dynamics on a high-energy meso-tidal beach. Journal of Coastal Research, SI 50, 738-745. (ISSN 0749.0208)

Lynch, K., Jackson, D.W.T. and Cooper, J.A.G. (2006) A remote-sensing technique for the identification of aeolian fetch distance. Sedimentology, 53, 1381-1390. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3091.2006.00808.x

Teaching

TI702 - Geography and Geographing

TI363 - Research Seminar in Coastal Geomorphology & Physical Geography

TI335 - Research Project Design and Development

TI303 - Coastal Dynamics

TI255 - Earth Surface Landforms and Processes

TI251 - Theory & Practice

TI224 - Field Trip

TI151 - Principles of Physical Geography

Discipline of Geography
National University of Ireland, Galway, University Road, Galway, Ireland
Tel.: +353 (0)91 49 2643
This page was last updated Monday, February 25, 2013