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de Vet, P.L.M. (author), van Prooijen, Bram (author), Schrijvershof, R. (author), van der Werf, JJ (author), Schrijver, MC (author), Wang, Zhengbing (author)
The flow velocities in tidal channels are already rather complex by the presence of various tidal components, wind driven flow and estuarine circulations. An extra level of complexity is introduced when the flow on top of an intertidal<br/>flat is considered (Le Hir, 2000). This research aims at understanding the complex flow patterns on top of...
abstract 2016
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van Prooijen, Bram (author), Grasso, F (author), le Hir, P (author), de Vet, P.L.M. (author), Wang, Zhengbing (author), Walles, B (author), Ysebaert, Tom (author)
Fringing intertidal flats are common features of elongated estuaries. We generalized the geometry of profiles of individual intertidal flats towards a common relationship, based on extensive measurement data of various estuaries. We found a strong linear relation between the width, slope and height of linear intertidal flat profiles, which also...
abstract 2017
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Wang, Z.B. (author), Vroom, J. (author), van Prooijen, B.C. (author), Labeur, R.J. (author), Stive, M.J.F. (author), Hansen, M.H.P. (author)
The Wadden Sea consists of a series of tidal lagoons which are connected to the North Sea by tidal inlets. Boundaries to each lagoon are the mainland coast, the barrier islands on both sides of the tidal inlet, and the tidal watersheds behind the two barrier islands. Behind each Wadden Island there is a tidal watershed separating two adjacent...
conference paper 2011
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Pearson, S.G. (author), Elias, E.P. (author), van Ormondt, M. (author), Roelvink, F.E. (author), Lambregts, P. (author), Wang, Z.B. (author), van Prooijen, B.C. (author)
Estuaries and coasts can be conceptualized as connected networks of water and sediment fluxes. These dynamic geomorphic systems are governed by waves, tides, wind, and river input, and evolve according to complex nonlinear transport processes. To predict their evolution, we need to better understand the pathways that sediment takes from source...
conference paper 2021
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Pearson, S.G. (author), Elias, E.P.L. (author), van Ormondt, M (author), Roelvink, F.E. (author), Lambregts, P.M. (author), Wang, Zhengbing (author), van Prooijen, Bram (author)
Estuaries and coasts can be conceptualized as connected networks of water and sediment fluxes. These dynamic geomorphic systems are governed by waves, tides, wind, and river input, and evolve according to complex nonlinear transport processes. To predict their evolution, we need to better understand the pathways that sediment takes from source...
conference paper 2021
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Pearson, S.G. (author), van Prooijen, Bram (author), de Wit, F.P. (author), Meijer-Holzhauer, H. (author), de Looff, A.P. (author), Wang, Zhengbing (author)
Sustainable management of barrier islands and tidal inlet systems requires a knowledge of sediment transport pathways throughout the system. This paper places in situ suspended sediment observations (obtained using a LISST) in context with seabed sediment samples and hydrodynamic measurements to identify such pathways. The results indicate two...
conference paper 2019
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Maan, D.C. (author), van Prooijen, B.C. (author), Wang, Z.B. (author), de Vriend, H.J. (author)
Various studies have identified a strong relation between the hydrodynamic forces and the equilibrium profile for intertidal flats. A thorough understanding of the interplay between the hydrodynamic forces and the morphology, however, concerns more than the equilibrium state alone. We study the basic processes and feedback mechanisms underlying...
journal article 2015
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de Vet, P.L.M. (author), van Prooijen, Bram (author), Wang, Zhengbing (author)
Human interventions have a large impact on estuarine morphology. The intertidal flats in the Eastern Scheldt and Western Scheldt estuaries (The Netherlands) have faced substantial morphological changes over the past decades. These changes are thought to be caused by human interventions, such as the construction of the storm surge barrier in the...
journal article 2017
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Gatto, V.M. (author), van Prooijen, Bram (author), Wang, Zhengbing (author)
Net sediment transport in tidal basins is a subtle imbalance between large fluxes produced by the flood/ebb alternation. The imbalance arises from several mechanisms of suspended transport. Lag effects and tidal asymmetries are regarded as dominant, but defined in different frames of reference (Lagrangian and Eulerian, respectively). A...
journal article 2017
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de Vet, P.L.M. (author), van Prooijen, Bram (author), Schrijvershof, R. A. (author), van der Werf, J. J. (author), Ysebaert, T. (author), Schrijver, M. C. (author), Wang, Zhengbing (author)
Estuarine intertidal areas are shaped by combined astronomical and meteorological forces. This paper reveals the relative importance of tide, surge, wind, and waves for the flow and sediment transport on large intertidal shoals. Results of an intensive field campaign have been used to validate a numerical model of the Roggenplaat intertidal...
journal article 2018
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Zhu, Q. (author), van Prooijen, Bram (author), Wang, Zhengbing (author), Yang, SL (author)
Short-term bed-level variability in tidal wetlands has important implication both for ecology and engineering. In this study, we combined in situ measurements with model simulations to quantify short-term bed-level changes on a meso-macrotidal wetland in the Yangtze River Delta. On the middle flat, we observed erosion during neap-to-mean tides...
journal article 2017
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Maan, D.C. (author), van Prooijen, Bram (author), Zhu, Q. (author), Wang, Zhengbing (author)
We apply a 2-D horizontal process-based model (Delft3D) to study the feedback mechanisms that control the long-term evolution of a fringing intertidal flat in the Western Scheldt Estuary. The hydrodynamic model is validated using a comparison with measurements on the intertidal flat and the sediment transport module is calibrated against long...
journal article 2018
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Pearson, S.G. (author), Elias, Edwin (author), van Prooijen, Bram (author), van der Vegt, H. (author), van der Spek, A.J.F. (author), Wang, Zhengbing (author)
Ebb tidal deltas (ETDs) are highly dynamic features of sandy coastal systems, and coastal management concerns (e.g., nourishment and navigation) present a pressing need to better describe and quantify their evolution. Here we propose two techniques for leveraging the availability of high-resolution bathymetric surveys to generate new insights...
journal article 2022
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Lin, J. (author), He, Qing (author), Guo, Leicheng (author), van Prooijen, Bram (author), Wang, Zhengbing (author)
Accurate measurement of suspended sediment concentration (SSC) in highly turbid environments has been a problem due to optical or acoustic signal saturation and attenuation. The saturation returns a limited measurement range, and the attenuation raises an ambiguity problem that a low optical or acoustic output could mean a low or a high SSC....
journal article 2020
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Pearson, S.G. (author), Verney, Romaric (author), van Prooijen, Bram (author), Tran, Duc (author), Hendriks, H.C.M. (author), Jacquet, Matthias (author), Wang, Zhengbing (author)
Quantifying and characterizing suspended sediment is essential to successful monitoring and management of estuaries and coastal environments. To quantify suspended sediment, optical and acoustic backscatter instruments are often used. Optical backscatter systems are more sensitive to mud particles (&lt;63 μm) and flocs, whereas acoustic...
journal article 2021
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Pearson, S.G. (author), van Prooijen, Bram (author), Poleykett, Jack (author), Wright, Matthew (author), Black, Kevin (author), Wang, Zhengbing (author)
Sediment tracer studies use uniquely identifiable particles to track the pathways and fate of individual sand or silt grains in marine environments. These techniques are best applied to assess connectivity between potential sediment sources and sinks, such as between a sand nourishment and an ecologically sensitive area. Significant challenges...
journal article 2021
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van Prooijen, Bram (author), Tissier, M.F.S. (author), de Wit, F.P. (author), Pearson, S.G. (author), Holzhauer, H. (author), Gawehn, M.A. (author), Antolínez, José A. Á. (author), de Vet, P.L.M. (author), Reniers, A.J.H.M. (author), Wang, Zhengbing (author), den Heijer, C. (author), Wilmink, R.J.A. (author)
A large-scale field campaign was carried out on the ebb-tidal delta (ETD) of Ameland Inlet, a basin of the Wadden Sea in the Netherlands, as well as on three transects along the Dutch lower shoreface. The data have been obtained over the years 2017-2018. The most intensive campaign at the ETD of Ameland Inlet was in September 2017. With this...
journal article 2020
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de Vet, P.L.M. (author), van Prooijen, Bram (author), Colosimo, I. (author), Ysebaert, T. (author), Herman, P.M.J. (author), Wang, Zhengbing (author)
Dredging of navigation channels in estuaries affects estuarine morphology and ecosystems. In the Western Scheldt, a two-channel estuary in the Netherlands, the navigation channel is deepened and the sediment is relocated to other parts of the estuary. We analyzed the response of an intertidal flat to sediment disposals in its adjacent channel...
journal article 2020
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de Vet, P.L.M. (author), van Prooijen, Bram (author), Colosimo, I. (author), Steiner, N. (author), Ysebaert, T. (author), Herman, P.M.J. (author), Wang, Zhengbing (author)
Hydrodynamic forces on intertidal flats vary over a range of temporal and spatial scales. These spatiotemporal inhomogeneities have implications for intertidal flat morphodynamics and ecology. We determine whether storm events are capable of altering the long-term morphological evolution of intertidal flats, and unravel the contributions of...
journal article 2020
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Pearson, S.G. (author), van Prooijen, Bram (author), Elias, Edwin P.L. (author), Vitousek, Sean (author), Wang, Zhengbing (author)
Connectivity provides a framework for analyzing coastal sediment transport pathways, building on conceptual advances in graph theory from other scientific disciplines. Connectivity schematizes sediment pathways as a directed graph (i.e., a set of nodes and links). This study presents a novel application of graph theory and connectivity...
journal article 2020
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