Kaisa Västilä
Academy Postdoctoral Researcher
Academy Postdoctoral Researcher
T213 Built Environment
Academy Postdoctoral Researcher
Water and Environmental Engineering
I research the flow of water and the transport of sediment and nutrients in rivers, streams and ditches, with a special focus on developing and assessing environmentally friendly solutions in river and agricultural water management. I am particularly interested in the complex interactions between flow, vegetation and riverine transport and retention processes.
I am currently working in my Academy Postdoctoral Research project entitled “Nature-based solutions for river engineering: coupling vegetation hydrodynamics with sedimentary nutrient processes (NBS-VEGE-NUTRI)” funded by the Academy of Finland (1 Sep 2020 – 31 August 2023). The project aims at improving the understanding on the nutrient retention and processing on man-made floodplains of compound (two-stage) channels, and on integrating findings of the laboratory and field studies into hydrodynamic modeling. The knowledge produced supports the optimal design and maintenance of sustainable river engineering solutions.
My current main international collaborators include Korea Institute of Civil Engineering and Building Technology, University of Sheffield, Deltares, Institute of Geophysics of the Polish Academy of Sciences, and Warsaw University of Life Sciences.
My current main national collaborators are University of Helsinki and the Finnish Environment Institute (SYKE), including the Samassa vedessä and Valumavesi projects.
Please, check my Aalto People site for information on past activities: https://people.aalto.fi/kaisa.vastila
Full researcher profile
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Research groups
- Water and Environmental Engineering, Academy Postdoctoral Researcher
Publications
Blockage effect of emergent riparian vegetation patches on river flow
Inhyeok Bae, Un Ji, Juha Järvelä, Kaisa Västilä
2024
Journal of Hydrology
New formulas addressing flow resistance of floodplain vegetation from emergent to submerged conditions
Walter Box, Juha Järvelä, Kaisa Västilä
2024
International Journal of River Basin Management
Two-stage channels can enhance local biodiversity in agricultural landscapes
Kaisa-Leena Huttunen, Krister Karttunen, Mikko Tolkkinen, Pasi Valkama, Kaisa Västilä, Jukka Aroviita
2024
Journal of Environmental Management
Experimentation and Modeling of Reach-Scale Vegetative Flow Resistance due to Willow Patches
Un Ji, Juha Järvelä, Kaisa Västilä, Inhyeok Bae
2023
Journal of Hydraulic Engineering
Influence of vegetation maintenance on flow and mixing : case study comparing fully cut with high-coverage conditions
Monika Barbara Kalinowska, Kaisa Västilä, Michael Nones, Adam Kiczko, Emilia Karamuz, Andrzej Brandyk, Adam Kozioł, Marcin Krukowski
2023
Hydrology and Earth System Sciences
Flow and wake characteristics associated with riparian vegetation patches: Results from field-scale experiments
Gerardo Caroppi, Kaisa Västilä, Juha Järvelä, Chanjoo Lee, Un Ji, Hyung Suk Kim, Sungjung Kim
2022
Hydrological Processes
Longitudinal dispersion affected by willow patches of low areal coverage
Kaisa Västilä, Jungsun Oh, Fred Sonnenwald, Un Ji, Juha Järvelä, Inhyeok Bae, Ian Guymer
2022
Hydrological Processes
Flow resistance of floodplain vegetation mixtures for modelling river flows
Walter Box, Juha Järvelä, Kaisa Västilä
2021
Journal of Hydrology
Comparison of Flexible and Rigid Vegetation Induced Shear Layers in Partly Vegetated Channels
Gerardo Caroppi, Kaisa Västilä, Paola Gualtieri, Juha Järvelä, Maurizio Giugni, Paweł M. Rowiński
2021
Water Resources Research
Agricultural water management using two-stage channels : Performance and policy recommendations based on Northern European experiences
Kaisa Västilä, Sari Väisänen, Jari Koskiaho, Virpi Lehtoranta, Krister Karttunen, Mikko Kuussaari, Juha Järvelä, Kauko Koikkalainen
2021
Sustainability (Switzerland)
Floodplain flow resistance in case of a sparse mixture of plants at low relative submergences
Walter Box, Juha Järvelä, Kaisa Västilä
2020
River Flow 2020 : Proceedings of the 10th Conference on Fluvial Hydraulics (Delft, Netherlands, 7-10 July 2020)
Acoustic Doppler velocimetry (ADV) data on flow-vegetation interaction with natural-like and rigid model plants in hydraulic flumes
Gerardo Caroppi, Kaisa Västilä, Paola Gualtieri, Juha Järvelä, Maurizio Giugni, Paweł M. Rowiński
2020
Data in Brief
Maatalousalueiden virtavesien tilan parantaminen : menetelmiä ja suosituksia
Turo Hjerppe, Liisa Hämäläinen, Saija Koljonen, Jukka Jormola, Henna Raitanen, Kaisa Västilä
2020
Large-scale experiments for vegetated flows with different types of vegetation patch layouts
Un Ji, Inhyeok Bae, Juha Järvelä, Kaisa Västilä, Hyungsuk Kim, Chanjoo Lee
2020
River Flow 2020 : Proceedings of the 10th Conference on Fluvial Hydraulics (Delft, Netherlands, 7-10 July 2020)
Modelling of velocity distribution in a channel partly covered by submerged vegetation
Monika B. Kalinowska, Kaisa Västilä, Adam Koziol, Paweł M. Rowiński, Adam Kiczko, Janusz Kubrak
2020
Recent Trends in Environmental Hydraulics
Predicting discharge capacity of vegetated compound channels : Uncertainty and identifiability of one-dimensional process-based models
Adam Kiczko, Kaisa Västilä, Adam Koziol, Janusz Kubrak, Elżbieta Kubrak, Marcin Krukowski
2020
Hydrology and Earth System Sciences
Flume investigations using natural-like vegetation with a view on fine sediment processes
Walter Box, Kaisa Västilä, Juha Järvelä
2019
Proceedings of the 38th IAHR World Congress
The interplay between flow field, suspended sediment concentration, and net deposition in a channel with flexible bank vegetation
Walter Box, Kaisa Västilä, Juha Järvelä
2019
WATER
Comparative analysis of lateral shear layers induced by flexible and rigid vegetation in a partly vegetated channel
Gerardo Caroppi, Kaisa Västilä, Paola Gualtieri, Juha Järvelä, Maurizio Giugni, Paweł Rowiński
2019
Proceedings of the 38th IAHR World Congress
Turbulence at water-vegetation interface in open channel flow: Experiments with natural-like plants
Gerardo Caroppi, Kaisa Västilä, Juha Järvelä, Paweł Rowiński, Maurizio Giugni
2019
Advances in Water Resources
Physical modelling of shrub-willow patches in prototype scale
Un Ji, Myeonghui Ahn, Juha Järvelä, Hyungsuk Kim, Eunkyung Jang, Jungeun Gu, Kaisa Västilä
2019
Proceedings of the 38th IAHR World Congress
Solute transport in complex natural flows
Monika B. Kalinowska, Kaisa Västilä, Paweł M. Rowiński
2019
Acta Geophysica
Special issue on Solute transport in complex natural flows
Monika B. Kalinowska, Kaisa Västilä, Paweł M. Rowiński
2019
Flow field downstream of individual aquatic plants—Experiments in a natural river with Potamogeton crispus L. and Myriophyllum spicatum L.
Łukasz Przyborowski, Anna Maria Łoboda, Robert Józef Bialik, Kaisa Västilä
2019
Hydrological Prosesses
Measurement of lateral and wake flows associated with stream-scale willow patches
Kaisa Västilä, Chanjoo Lee, Donggu Kim, Sungjung Kim, Jongmin Kim, Juha Järvelä
2019
Proceedings of the 38th IAHR World Congress
Transport and deposition of fine sediment in a channel partly covered by flexible vegetation
Walter Box, Kaisa Västilä, Juha Järvelä
2018
E3S Web of Conferences
Flume measurement of suspended sediment concentrations using high-accuracy turbidity sensors in vegetated flows
Juha Järvelä, Walter Box, Kaisa Västilä
2018
Proceedings of the 12th International Symposium on Ecohydraulics
How vegetation can aid in coping with river management challenges : A brief review
Paweł M. Rowiński, Kaisa Västilä, Jochen Aberle, Juha Järvelä, Monika B. Kalinowska
2018
Ecohydrology and Hydrobiology
Characterizing natural riparian vegetation for modeling of flow and suspended sediment transport
Kaisa Västilä, Juha Järvelä
2018
JOURNAL OF SOILS AND SEDIMENTS
Correction to
Kaisa Västilä, Juha Järvelä
2018
Luontopohjaisia ratkaisuja tulvien ja hulevesien hallintaan [Nature-based solutions for flood and stormwater management]
Kaisa Västilä, Juha Järvelä
2018
Rakennustekniikka
Flume measurements on the lateral diffusion of suspended sediment between flexible vegetation and open water
Kaisa Västilä, Juha Järvelä, Paweł Rowiński
2017
Proc. Hydraulic Measurements and Experimental Methods Conference, 9-13 July 2017, Durham, NH, US
Luonnonmukainen vesirakentaminen peruskuivatuksessa
Juha Järvelä, Kaisa Västilä
2016
Sven Hallinin tutkimussäätiö 70 vuotta
Characterizing natural riparian plant stands for modeling of flow and suspended sediment transport
Kaisa Västilä, Juha Järvelä
2016
River Sedimentation
Floodplain vegetation controls on cohesive sediment transport: two-stage channel approach for improving water quality
Kaisa Västilä, Juha Järvelä
2016
Flow-Vegetation-Sediment Interaction in a Cohesive Compound Channel
Kaisa Västilä, Juha Järvelä, Harri Koivusalo
2016
Journal of Hydraulic Engineering: ASCE
Vegetation characteristics and floodplain topography from terrestrial laser scanning for hydraulic analyses
Johanna Jalonen, Juha Järvelä, Kaisa Västilä
2015
36th IAHR World Congress, 28 June 3 July, 2015, The Hague, the Netherlands
Effect of floodplain vegetation on flow and transport of cohesive particles in an environmental two-stage channel
Kaisa Västilä, Juha Järvelä, Johanna Jalonen
2015
36th IAHR World Congress, 28 June 3 July, 2015, The Hague, the Netherlands
Flow–plant–sediment interactions: Vegetative resistance modeling and cohesive sediment processes
Kaisa Västilä
2015
Kaksitasouomien mahdollisuudet pyrittäessä ympäristöystävällisempään maankuivatukseen (The possibilities of two-stage channels in aiming at environmentally friendly land drainage)
Kaisa Västilä, Juha Järvelä
2015
VESITALOUS
Modeling flow resistance of woody vegetation using physically-based parameters for foliage and stem
Kaisa Västilä, Juha Järvelä
2014
Water Resources Research
Modeling the flow resistance of woody vegetation using physically based properties of the foliage and stem
Kaisa Västilä, Juha Järvelä
2014
Water Resources Research
Hienojakoisen sedimentin kulkeutuminen ja kasautuminen maatalousuomissa
Niina Siitonen, Kaisa Västilä, Juha Järvelä
2013
VESITALOUS
Characteristic reference areas for estimating flow resistance of natural foliated vegetation
Kaisa Västilä, Juha Järvelä, Jochen Aberle
2013
Journal of Hydrology
Foliage and stem drag: comparison between four riparian species
Kaisa Västilä, Juha Järvelä
2012
2nd IAHR Europe Congress, Munich, 27.-29. June 2012
Cohesive sediment dynamics in a vegetated two-stage drainage channel: the first year after floodplain excavation
Kaisa Västilä, Juha Järvelä
2011
7th International Symposium on River, Coastal and Estuarine Morphodynamics, RCEM 2011, 6.9.-8.9.2011, Beijing, China
Environmentally preferable two-stage drainage channels: considerations for cohesive sediments and conveyance
Kaisa Västilä, Juha Järvelä
2011
International Journal of River Basin Management
Sedimenttiprosessien vaikutukset luonnonmukaisten uomien suunnitteluun
Kaisa Västilä, Johanna Jalonen, Juha Järvelä
2011
VESITALOUS
Vegetative drag in natural, foliated plant stands
Kaisa Västilä, Juha Järvelä, Jochen Aberle, Thomas Schoneboom
2011
34th IAHR World Congress, 26.6.-1.7.2011, Brisbane, Australia
Climate change and water resources in the Lower Mekong River Basin: putting adaptation into the context
Marko Keskinen, Suppakorn Chinvanno, Matti Kummu, Paula Nuorteva, Anond Snidvongs, Olli Varis, Kaisa Västilä
2010
JOURNAL OF WATER AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Cohesive sediment processes in vegetated flows: preliminary field study results
Kaisa Västilä
2010
River Flow 2010 conference, 810 September 2010, Braunschweig, Germany
Hydraulic and sediment considerations in designing environmentally preferable drainage channels: experiences from a field demonstration site
Kaisa Västilä, Juha Järvelä
2010
International Symposium on Ecohydraulics 2010, 1216 September 2010, Seoul, Korea
Modelling climate change impacts on the flood pulse in the Lower Mekong floodplains
Kaisa Västilä, Matti Kummu, C. Sangmanee, Suppakorn Chinvanno
2010
JOURNAL OF WATER AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Water and Climate Change in the Lower Mekong Basin: Diagnosis & recommendations for adaptation
Marko Keskinen, Suppakorn Chinvanno, Matti Kummu, Paula Nuorteva, Anond Snidvongs, Olli Varis, Kaisa Västilä
2009