David Andrew Barry

EPFL ENAC IIE ECOL
GR B1 399 (Bâtiment GR)
Station 2
CH-1015 Lausanne
+41 21 693 55 76
+41 21 693 37 75
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GR B1 399
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Fields of expertise
Lake hydrodynamics
Field measurement systems
Groundwater
Biogeochemical modeling
Soil erosion
Academic Background
BA (Qld), BAppSci (RMIT), BSc, PhD, DSc (Griffith), DEng (Deakin)Professional Recognition
Member, Academia EuropaeaCorresponding Fellow, Royal Society of Edinburgh
Fellow, American Geophysical Union
Fellow, Institution of Civil Engineers
Fellow, The Chartered Institution of Water and Environmental Management
Fellow, Institute of Mathematics and its Applications
Chartered Engineer (UK)
Publications
ResearcherIDHamze-Ziabari, S. M., A. M. Razmi, U. Lemmin, and D. A. Barry. 2022. Detecting submesoscale cold filaments in a basin-scale gyre in large, deep Lake Geneva (Switzerland/France). Geophysical Research Letters. 49(4): e2021GL096185.
Soulignac, F., U. Lemmin, S. M. Hamze Ziabari, H. K. Wynn, B. Graf, and D. A. Barry. 2021. Rapid changes in river plume dynamics caused by advected wind-driven coastal upwelling as observed in Lake Geneva. Limnology and Oceanography. 66(8): 3116-3133.
Reiss, R. S., U. Lemmin, A. A. Cimatoribus, and D. A. Barry. 2020. Wintertime coastal upwelling in Lake Geneva: An efficient transport process for deepwater renewal in a large, deep lake. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans. 125: e2020JC016095.
Irani Rahaghi, A., U. Lemmin, and D. A. Barry. 2019. Surface water temperature heterogeneity at sub-pixel satellite scales and its effect on the surface cooling estimates of a large lake: Airborne remote sensing results from Lake Geneva. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans. 124: 635-651
Cimatoribus, A. A., U. Lemmin, D. Bouffard, and D. A. Barry. 2018. Nonlinear dynamics of the near-shore boundary layer of a large lake (Lake Geneva). Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans. 123: 1016-1031.
Razmi, A., U. Lemmin, D. Bouffard, A. Wüest, R. E. Uittenbogaard, and D. A. Barry. 2017. Gyre formation in open and deep lacustrine embayments: The example of Lake Geneva, Switzerland. Environmental Fluid Mechanics. 17: 415-428.
Cheraghi, M., S. Jomaa, G. C. Sander, and D. A. Barry. 2016. Hysteretic sediment fluxes in rainfall-driven soil erosion: Particle size effects. Water Resources Research. 52: 8613-8629.
Jin, G., H. Tang, L. Li, and D. A. Barry. 2015. Prolonged river water pollution due to variable-density flow and solute transport in the riverbed. Water Resources Research. 51: 1898-1915.
Lacroix, E., A. Brovelli, C. Holliger, and D. A. Barry. 2014. Control of groundwater pH during bioremediation: Improvement and validation of a geochemical model to assess the buffering potential of ground silicate minerals. Journal of Contaminant Hydrology. 160: 21-29.
Werner, A. D., M. Bakker, V. E. A. Post, A. Vandenbohede, C. Lu, B. Ataie-Ashtiani, C. T. Simmons, and D. A. Barry. 2013. Seawater intrusion processes, investigation and management: Recent advances and future challenges. Advances in Water Resources. 51: 3-26.
Jomaa, S., D. A. Barry, A. Brovelli, B. C. P. Heng, G. C. Sander, J.-Y. Parlange and C. W. Rose. 2012. Rain splash soil erosion estimation in the presence of rock fragments. Catena. 92: 38-48.
Rotter, B. E., D. A. Barry, J. I. Gerhard, and J. S. Small. 2011. Modeling the effectiveness of U(VI) biomineralization in dual-porosity porous media. Journal of Hydrology. 402: 14-24.
Barry, D. A., G. C. Sander, S. Jomaa, B. C. P. Heng, J.-Y. Parlange, I. G. Lisle, and W. L. Hogarth. 2010. Exact solutions of the Hairsine-Rose precipitation-driven erosion model for a uniform grain size soil. Journal of Hydrology. 389: 399-405.
Barry, D. A. 2009. Effect of non-uniform boundary conditions on steady flow in saturated homogeneous cylindrical soil columns. Advances in Water Resources. 32: 522-531.
Wissmeier, L., and D. A. Barry. 2008. Reactive transport in unsaturated soil: Comprehensive modelling of the dynamic spatial and temporal mass balance of water and chemical components. Advances in Water Resources. 31: 858-875.
Sander, G. C., J.-Y. Parlange, D. A. Barry, M. B. Parlange, and W. L. Hogarth. 2007. Limitation of the transport capacity approach in sediment transport modeling. Water Resources Research. 43, W02403, doi:10.1029/2006WR005177.
Mao, X., H. Prommer, D. A. Barry, C. D. Langevin, B. Panteleit, and L. Li. 2006. Three-dimensional model for multi-component reactive transport with variable density groundwater flow. Environmental Modelling and Software. 21: 615-628.
Barry, D. A., J.-Y. Parlange, L. Li, D.-S. Jeng, and M. Crapper. 2005. Green-Ampt approximations. Advances in Water Resources. 28: 1003-1009.
Chen, J. S., L. Li, J. Y. Wang, D. A. Barry, X. F. Sheng, W. Z. Gu, X. Zhao, and L. Chen. 2004. Groundwater maintains dune landscape. Nature. 432: 459-460.
Prommer, H., D. A. Barry, and C. Zheng. 2003. MODFLOW/MT3DMS-based reactive multi-component transport modeling. Ground Water. 41: 247-257.
Barry, D. A., and J.-Y. Parlange. 2002. Recirculation within a fluid sphere at moderate Reynolds numbers. Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 465: 293-300.
Barry, D. A., I. G. Lisle, L. Li, H. Prommer, J.-Y. Parlange, G. C. Sander, and J. W. Griffioen. 2001. Similitude applied to centrifugal scaling of unsaturated flow. Water Resources Research. 37: 2471-2479.
Barry, D. A., K. Bajracharya, M. Crapper, H. Prommer, and C. J. Cunningham. 2000. Comparison of split-operator methods for solving coupled chemical non-equilibrium reaction/groundwater transport models. Mathematics and Computers in Simulation. 53: 113-127.
Barry, D. A., J.-Y. Parlange, and M. Crapper. 1999. Approximations for the Hantush M function. Journal of Hydrology. 221: 91-96.
Griffioen, J. W., D. A. Barry, and J.-Y. Parlange. 1998. Interpretation of two-region model parameters. Water Resources Research. 34: 373-384.
Barry, D. A., C. T. Miller, P. J. Culligan, and K. Bajracharya. 1997. Analysis of split operator methods for nonlinear and multispecies groundwater chemical transport models. Mathematics and Computers in Simulation. 43: 331-341.
Barry, D. A., C. T. Miller, and P. J. Culligan-Hensley. 1996. Temporal discretisation errors in non-iterative split-operator approaches to solving chemical reaction/groundwater transport models. Journal of Contaminant Hydrology. 22: 1-17.
Barry, D. A., J.-Y. Parlange, R. Haverkamp, and P. J. Ross. 1995. Infiltration under ponded conditions: 4. An explicit predictive infiltration formula. Soil Science. 160: 8-17.
Li, L., D. A. Barry, P. J. Culligan-Hensley, and K. Bajracharya. 1994. Mass transfer in soils with local stratification of hydraulic conductivity. Water Resources Research. 30: 2891-2900.
Barry, D. A., J.-Y. Parlange, G. C. Sander, and M. Sivaplan. 1993. A class of exact solutions for Richards’ equation. Journal of Hydrology. 142: 29-46.
Parlange, J.-Y., J. L. Starr, M. Th. van Genuchten, D. A. Barry, and J. C. Parker. 1992. Exit condition for miscible displacement experiments in finite columns. Soil Science. 153: 165-171.
Barry, D. A., and G. C. Sander. 1991. Exact solutions for water infiltration with an arbitrary surface flux or nonlinear solute adsorption. Water Resources Research. 27: 2667-2680.
Barry, D. A. 1990. Supercomputers and their use in modeling subsurface solute transport. Reviews of Geophysics. 28: 277-295.
Barry, D. A., and G. Sposito. 1989. Analytical solution of a convection-dispersion model with time-dependent transport coefficients. Water Resources Research. 25: 2407-2416.
Barry, D. A., and G. Sposito. 1988. Application of the convection-dispersion model to solute transport in finite soil columns. Soil Science Society of America Journal. 52: 3-9.
Sposito, G., and D. A. Barry. 1987. On the Dagan model of solute transport in groundwater: Foundational aspects. Water Resources Research. 23: 1867-1875.
Barry, D. A., J.-Y. Parlange, and J. L. Starr. 1986. Interpolation method for solving the transport equation in soil columns with irreversible kinetics. Soil Science. 142: 296-307.
Barry, D. A., C. W. Rose, P. G. Saffigna, and J.-Y. Parlange. 1985. Interpretation of leaching under multiple fertilizer applications. Journal of Soil Science. 36: 9-20.
Parlange, J.-Y., J. L. Starr, D. A. Barry, and R. D. Braddock. 1984. Some approximate solutions of the transport equation with irreversible kinetics. Soil Science. 137: 434-442.
Barry, D. A., J.-Y. Parlange, P. G. Saffigna, and C. W. Rose. 1983. Theory of solute movement in soils from the method of characteristics. Irrigation Science. 4: 277-287.
Parlange, J.-Y., J. L. Starr, D. A. Barry, and R. D. Braddock. 1982. A theoretical study of the inclusion of dispersion in boundary conditions and transport equations for zero-order kinetics. Soil Science Society of America Journal. 46: 701-704.
Biography
Research InterestsSubsurface hydrology, constructed wetlands, ecological engineering, in particular contaminant transport and remediation of soil and groundwater; more generally, models of hydrological and vadose zone processes; application of mathematical methods to hydrological processes; coastal zone sediment transport, aquifer-coastal ocean interactions; hydrodynamics and modelling of lakes.
Teaching & PhD
Teaching
Environmental Sciences and Engineering
PhD Programs
Doctoral Program in Civil and Environmental Engineering