1. Senior Engineer, Dept. of Estuary, Zhejiang Institute of Hydraulics and Estuary, Hangzhou 310020, China.
2. Professor, School of Engineering, Univ. of Bradford, Bradford BD7 1DP, UK (corresponding author).
3. Professor, Dept. of Estuary, Zhejiang Institute of Hydraulics and Estuary, Hangzhou 310020, China.
4. Professor, State Key Laboratory of Hydrology-Water Resources and Hydraulic Engineering, Hohai Univ., Nanjing 210098, China.