Publications

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UIUC Students in bold.

  • Yoshikai, M., Mullarney, J.C., Nelli, V., Chassagne, R., Nardin, W. and Tinoco, R.O., 2026. The contrasting effects of vegetation height and density on flow and turbulence in a patch of vegetation. Limnology and Oceanography, 71(6), p.e70418. https://doi.org/10.1002/lno.70418
  • Wang, Y., Figueroa-Espinoza, B., Torres-Freyermuth, A., Appendini, C., Chamorro, L., Rendon-Valdez, C., Quintana-Barranco, C. & Tinoco R.O. 2026. Quantifying drag on floating \textit{Sargassum} patches under combined air and water forcing. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 131, e2025JC023529. https://doi.org/10.1029/2025JC023529
  • Doyle H., Stahlschmidt B.H., Herndon A., Prasad V., George A.E., Fischer J.R., Jackson P.R.,Suski C.D., Tinoco R.O., 2026, Development and assessment of fluorescent-dyed, preserved invasive grass carp (Ctenopharyngodon idella) eggs as surrogates for live eggs in transport and dispersal control experiments, River Research and Applications 1–13. https://doi.org/10.1002/rra.70124.
  • Prasad V., Doyle H., Suski C.D., Jackson P.R., George A.E., Fischer J.R., Stahlschmidt B.H., Herndon A., Tinoco R.O., 2026. Controlling Invasive carp ichthyoplankton dispersion using a streamwise-oriented bubble screen: A proof-of-concept validation in a laboratory flume, Journal of Great Lakes Research, 1027844. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jglr.2026.102784
  • Nelli, V., Mullarney, J.C., Chassagne, R., Nardin, W. & Tinoco, R.O.. 2026. Field measurements and model predictions of turbulent kinetic energy in canopies of sparse vegetation under tidal flows, Limnology & Oceanography – Letters. 11: e70096. https://doi.org/10.1002/lol2.70096
  • 2025
  • Prasad, V., Andrade Ramos, J. M., Suski, C. D., Jackson, P. R., George, A. E., Chapman, D., Fischer, J.R., Stahlschmidt, B. & Tinoco, R. O. 2025. Efficacy of oblique bubble screen deterrents on redirecting live eggs and larvae of grass carp (Ctenopharyngodon idella) at different developmental stages. Water Resources Research, 61(12), e2025WR039967. https://doi.org/10.1029/2025WR039967
  • You, H. & Tinoco, R.O., 2025b. “Submergence ratio and spacing between in-stream obstructions determine capture and accumulation of drifting particles in rivers”. Advances in Water Resources, p.105129. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.advwatres.2025.105129.
  • Covarrubias-Contreras B.R., Torres-Freyermuth A., Tinoco R.O., Figueroa-Espinoza B. 2025. “Interaction between a bubble curtain with waves and currents: implications on sediment dispersal”. Environ Fluid Mech 25, 14 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10652-025-10029-1
  • You H. & Tinoco R.O. 2025a “Characterization of porous in-stream structures to assess their implications on flow dynamics and sediment transport”, Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface, 130, e2024JF007861. https://doi.org/10.1029/2024JF007861
  • Jin C., Gong Z., San Juan J.E., Tinoco R.O. & Coco G. 2025. On the role of ripple secondary crest on nearbed hydrodynamics. Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface, 130, e2024JF007860. https://doi.org/10.1029/2024JF00786
  • 2024
  • Mullarney, J., Ackerman, J.D., Comeau, S., Koehl, M., Schaum, E., Tinoco, R., Wain, D. and Yamazaki, H., 2024. Life in turbulent waters: unsteady biota–flow interactions across scales. Limnology and Oceanography, 69(S1). https://doi.org/10.1002/lno.12732
  • Vona, I., Tseng, C.Y., Tinoco, R.O. and Nardin, W., 2024. Hydrodynamics of artificial and oyster-populated breakwaters: A laboratory study with scaled-down oyster castles under unidirectional flow. Journal of Environmental Management, 365, p.121574. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2024.121574
  • Prasad, V., Suski, C.D., Jackson, P.R., George, A., Chapman, D., Fischer, J.R. and Tinoco, R.O. 2024. “Limiting downstream dispersal of invasive carp egg surrogates using a laboratory-scale oblique bubble screen”. Journal of Ecohydraulics, TJOE (2332994). https://doi.org/10.1080/24705357.2024.2332994
  • Tseng, C.Y. and Tinoco, R.O., 2024. “Canopy randomness, scale, and stem size effects on the interfacial transfer process in vegetated flows”. Water Resources Research, 60(3), p.e2023WR035220. https://doi.org/10.1029/2023WR035220
  • 2023
  • Ranjan, P., & Tinoco, R. O. 2023. “On the effects of turbulence modulation driven by suspended sediment stratification in emergent rigid canopies”. Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface, 129, e2023JF007197. https://doi.org/10.1029/2023JF007197
  • Pasternack, G.B., Tonina, D., Casas-Mulet, R., Adeva-Bustos, A., Vanzo, D., John, A. and Tinoco R.O., 2023. “Climate Change Prediction and Adaptation in Ecohydraulics”, Hydrolink, 2023(1).
  • You, H., & Tinoco, R. O. 2023. Turbulent coherent flow structures to predict the behavior of particles with low to intermediate Stokes number between submerged obstacles in streams. Water Resources Research, 59(2), e2022WR032439. https://doi.org/10.1029/2022WR032439
  • 2022
  • Jin, C., Gong, Z., Shi, L., Zhao, K., Tinoco, R.O., San Juan, J.E., Geng, L. and Coco, G., 2022. “Medium-term observations of salt marsh morphodynamics”. Frontiers in Marine Science, p.1778. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2022.988240
  • Maza, M., Temmerman, S., van Wesenbeeck, B.K., Ghisalberti, M, Tinoco, R.O. and Hu, Z. 2022. “Editorial: Coastal protection provided by ecosystems: Observations and modeling across scales”. Front. Mar. Sci. 9:998923. doi: 10.3389/fmars.2022.998923
  • Yadav, V., Sherly, M.A., Ranjan, P., Prasad, V., Tinoco, R.O., & Laurent, A. 2022. “Risk of plastics losses to the environment from Indian landfills”. Resources, Conservation & Recycling, 187, p.106610. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.resconrec.2022.106610
  • Ranjan, P., Mittal, K., Chamorro, L.P. & Tinoco, R.O. 2022. “Impact of gaps on the flow statistics in an emergent rigid canopy”, Physics of Fluids 34, 066601. https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0088527.
  • Jin, C., Coco, G., Tinoco, R.O., Ranjan, P., Gong, Z., Dutta, S., San Juan, J.E, & Friedrich, H. 2022, “High-resolution Large Eddy Simulations of Vortex Dynamics Over Ripple Defects under Oscillatory Flow, Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface, https://doi.org/10.1029/2021JF006328
  • 2021
  • Tseng, C-Y. & Tinoco, R. O., 2021. “From Substrate to Surface: A Turbulence-based Model for Gas Transfer across Sediment-water-air Interfaces in Vegetated Stream”. Water Resources Research, 57, e2021WR030776. https://doi.org/10.1029/2021WR030776
  • Jin, C., Coco, G., Tinoco, R.O., Ranjan, P., San Juan, J., Dutta, S., Friedrich, H. & Gong, Z. 2021. “Large-Eddy Simulation of Three-Dimensional Flow Structures Over Wave-generated Ripples”, Earth Surf. Process. Landforms. 2021; 46: 1536– 1548. https://doi.org/10.1002/esp.5120
  • You, H. & Tinoco, R.O., 2021, “Analyzing the response of grass carp larvae to acoustic stimuli using particle tracking velocimetry”.  Water, 2021, 13(5), 603; https://doi.org/10.3390/w13050603
  • Tseng, C.Y. and Tinoco, R.O., 2021 A Two‐Layer Turbulence‐based Model to Predict Suspended Sediment Concentration in Flows with Aquatic Vegetation. Geophysical Research Letters, p.e2020GL091255. https://doi.org/10.1029/2020GL091255
  • Prada, A. F., George, A. E., Stahlschmidt, B. H., Jackson, P. R., Chapman, D. C., & Tinoco, R. O. 2021. Using turbulence to identify preferential areas for grass carp (Ctenopharyngodon idella) larvae in streams: A laboratory study. Water Resources Research, 57, e2020WR028102. https://doi.org/10.1029/2020WR028102
  • 2020
  • Tinoco, R.O., Prada, A.F., George, A.E., Stahlschmidt, B.H., Jackson, P.R., Chapman, D.C., 2020. “Identifying turbulence features hindering swimming capabilities of grass carp larvae (Ctenopharyngodon idella) through submerged vegetation”. Journal of Ecohydraulics.. https://doi.org/10.1080/24705357.2020.1835566
  • Strailey, K.K., Osborn R. T., Tinoco, R.O., Cienciala, P., Rhoads, B.L., & Suski, C.D., 2020, “Simulated instream restoration structures offer swimming and energetic advantages at high flow velocities”, Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Science. https://doi.org/10.1139/cjfas-2020-0032
  • Tseng, C-Y, & Tinoco, R.O., 2020, “A model to predict surface gas transfer rate in streams based on turbulence production by aquatic vegetation”, Advances in Water Resources. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.advwatres.2020.103666
  • Yadav, V., Sherly, M.A., Ranjan, P., Tinoco, R.O., Boldrin, A., Damgaard, A., & Laurent, A., 2020, “Framework for quantifying environmental losses of plastics from landfills”, Resources, Conservation & Recycling. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.resconrec.2020.104914
  • Jin, C., Coco, G., Tinoco, R.O., Perron, J.T., Myrow, P.M., Huppert, K.L., Friedrich, H., Goldstein, E.B. and Gong, Z., 2020. Investigating the response of wave-generated ripples to changes in wave forcing. Geomorphology, p.107229, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geomorph.2020.107229
  • Prada, A.F., George, A.E., Stahlschmidt, B.H., Chapman, D.C. and Tinoco, R.O. 2020. “Influence of turbulence and in-stream structures on the transport and survival of grass carp eggs and larvae at various developmental stages”. Aquatic Sciences, 82(1), p.16. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00027-019-0689-1
  • 2019
  • Tinoco, R.O.,  San Juan, J., Mullarney, J.C., 2019. “Simplification bias: Lessons from laboratory and field data on vegetation-flow-sediment interactions”. – Earth Surface Processes and Landforms  https://doi.org/10.1002/esp.4743.
  • Jin, C., Goldstein, E., Coco, G., Tinoco, R.O., & Gong. Z., 2019. “Laboratory experiments on the role of hysteresis, defect dynamics and initial perturbation on wave-generated ripple development”. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science – https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecss.2019.05.003 
  • San Juan, J., Veliz Carrillo, G., Tinoco, R.O., 2019. “Experimental observations of 3D flow alterations by vegetation under oscillatory flows”.  Environmental Fluid Mechanics. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10652-019-09672-2
  • 2018
  • Prada, A.F., George, A.E., Stahlschmidt, B.H., Chapman, D.C. and Tinoco, R.O., 2018. “Survival and drifting patterns of grass carp eggs and larvae in response to interactions with flow and sediment in a laboratory flume”. PloS one, 13(12), p.e0208326. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0208326
  • Salim, S., Pattiaratchi, C., Tinoco, R. O., & Jayaratne, R., 2018, “Sediment resuspension due to near‐bed turbulent effects: A deep sea case study on the Northwest Continental Slope of Western Australia”. J. Geophys. Res: Oceans, 123. https://doi.org/10.1029/2018JC013819
  • Leman A., Holland, M., Tinoco, R.O., 2018, “Identifying the dominant physical processes for mixing in full-scale raceway tanks”, Renewable Energy, 129(A), 616-628. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.renene.2018.05.087.
  • Tinoco, R. O., & Coco, G., 2018. “Turbulence as the main driver of resuspension in oscillatory flow through vegetation”. Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface, 123. https://doi.org/10.1002/2017JF004504
  • 2017
  • Salim, S., Pattiaratchi, C., Tinoco, R., Coco, G., Hetzel, Y., Wijeratne, S. and Jayaratne, R., 2017. “The influence of turbulent bursting on sediment resuspension under unidirectional currents”. Earth Surface Dynamics, 5(3), p.399. https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-5-399-2017
  • 2016
  • Tinoco, R.O., & Coco, G., 2016. “A laboratory study on sediment resuspension within arrays of rigid cylinders”, Advances in Water Resources, 92, 1-9. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.advwatres.2016.04.003
  • Muriel, D.F., Tinoco, R.O., Filardo, B.P., & Cowen, E.A., 2016. “Development of a novel, robust, sustainable and low cost self-powered water pump for use in free-flowing liquid streams”, Renewable Energy, 91, 466-476. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.renene.2016.01.089
  • 2015
  • Tinoco, R.O., Goldstein, E. & Coco, G., 2015. “A data-driven approach as a tool to find physically sound predictors: Application to depth-averaged velocities on flows through submerged arrays of rigid cylinders”, Water Resources Research, 51(2), 1247-1263. https://doi.org/10.1002/2014WR016380
  • 2014
  • Garcia, J., Gomez, A.G., Tinoco, R.O., Samano, M.L., Garcia, A. & Juanes, J., 2014. “A 3D model to analyze environmental effects of dredging operations. Application to the Port of Marin, Spain”, Advances in Geosciences. 39, 95-99. https://doi.org/10.5194/adgeo-39-95-2014
  • Tinoco, R.O., & Coco, G., 2014. “Observations on the effect of emergent vegetation on sediment resuspension under unidirectional currents and waves.”, Earth Surface Dynamics, 1, 601-636. https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-2-83-2014
  • 2013
  • Coco, G., Zhou, Z., van Maanen, B., Olabarrieta, M., Tinoco, R.O., & Townend, I., 2013. “Morphodynamics of tidal networks: Advances and challenges”. Marine Geology, 346, 1-16. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.margeo.2013.08.005
  • Tinoco, R.O. & Cowen, E.A., 2013. “The direct and indirect measurement of boundary stress and drag on individual and complex arrays of elements”. Experiments in Fluids, 54(4). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00348-013-1509-3
  • 2012
  • King, A.T., Tinoco, R.O., & Cowen, E.A., 2012. “A k – ϵ turbulence model based on the scales of vertical shear and stem wakes valid for emergent and submerged vegetated flows”. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 701: 1-39. https://doi.org/10.1017/jfm.2012.113
  • 2006
  • Jaime, A. & Tinoco, R.O., 2006. “Métodos de valuación de externalidades ambientales provocadas por obras de ingeniería (Valuation of environmental externalities in engineering projects)”, Ingeniería, Investigación y Tecnología, Vol. VII.2, 2006, 105-119, ISSN 1405-7743, in Spanish.