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Cheneka, B.R. (author)Offshore wind energy is a renewable energy source that is anticipated to be significant in the global shift towards clean and green energy in order to reduce the reliance on fossil fuels and mitigate climate change. In recent years, the overall output of offshore wind energy has increased, and as a result, investments in offshore wind power have...doctoral thesis 2023
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Alday Gonzalez, M.F. (author), Lavidas, G. (author)In order to accelerate the transition from carbon fuels to renewable energy sources, it is essential to extend our knowledge of the resources’ availability to further improve or adjust the design of extraction devices. In the present paper, a first characterization of the tidal stream resource along the coast of The Netherlands is performed...journal article 2023
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Cheneka, B.R. (author), Watson, S.J. (author), Basu, S. (author)Only a few studies on the overall impact of climate change on offshore wind power production and wind power ramps in the North Sea region have been published. This study focuses on the characteristics of expected wind power production and wind power ramps in the future climate aided by the classification of circulations patterns using a self...journal article 2023
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Bai, Q. (author), Mestdagh, S.M.F. (author), Snellen, M. (author), Amiri Simkooei, A. (author)Acoustic classification using single-beam and multi-beam echosounders has been widely applied in characterizing seabed sediments. Although previous studies have shown a better discrimination of fine and coarse sediments using multi-spectral echosounder data, analysis regarding comprehensive seabed sediment properties is still needed. In this...conference paper 2023
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Hendriks, H.C.M. (author), van Prooijen, Bram (author), Cheng, C. H. (author), Aarninkhof, S.G.J. (author), Winterwerp, J.C. (author), Soetaert, K. E. (author)The amount of suspended fines in the southern North Sea strongly depends on their exchange with the sandy seabed. This exchange is governed by resuspension of fines during storms, followed by burial in the week thereafter. Despite its importance for fine sediment dynamics, the burial of fines into a sandy seabed is currently not well...journal article 2022
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Lavidas, G. (author), Blok, K. (author)Wave energy is one of the most dense, predictable, and persistent energy sources, that has gone under-utilised, with many countries exposed to it. Depending on orientation with regards of coastal fronts to swells, resources can be characterised as high, moderate, and low. Wave energy can provide significant benefits as renewables acquire more...conference paper 2021
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Lavidas, G. (author), Blok, K. (author)Wave energy can provide significant benefits as renewables acquire more share in electricity production. So far, focus for the development of wave energy is given to areas with resources ≥ 25 kW/m, with moderate resources often not considered. Furthermore, waves have larger uncertainties associated with diverse portfolio of converters leading...journal article 2021
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Conservation Implications of Sabellaria spinulosa Reef Patches in a Dynamic Sandy-Bottom Environmentvan der Reijden, Karin J. (author), Koop, L. (author), Mestdagh, S.M.F. (author), Snellen, M. (author), Herman, P.M.J. (author), Olff, Han (author), Govers, Laura L. (author)Biogenic reefs form biodiversity hotspots and are key components of marine ecosystems, making them priority habitats for nature conservation. However, the conservation status of biogenic reefs generally depends on their size and stability. Dynamic, patchy reefs may therefore be excluded from protection. Here, we studied epibenthos and...journal article 2021
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Li, B. (author), Basu, S. (author), Watson, S.J. (author), Russchenberg, H.W.J. (author)In the near future, wind and solar generation are projected to play an increasingly important role in Europe's energy sector. With such fast-growing renewable energy development, the presence of simultaneous calm wind and overcast conditions could cause significant shortfalls in production with potentially serious consequences for system...journal article 2021
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Deruyter, Greta (author), De Sloover, Lars (author), Verbeurgt, Jeffrey (author), De Wulf, Alain (author), Vos, S.E. (author)In order to protect the Belgian coast, knowledge on natural sand dynamics is essential. Monitoring sand dynamics is commonly done through sediment budget analysis, which relies on determining the volumes of sediment added or removed from the coastal system. These volumetrics require precise and accurate 3D data of the terrain on different time...conference paper 2020
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Koop, L. (author), van der Reijden, Karin J. (author), Mestdagh, S.M.F. (author), Ysebaert, Tom (author), Govers, Laura L. (author), Olff, Han (author), Herman, P.M.J. (author), Snellen, M. (author), Simons, D.G. (author)Backscatter data from multibeam echosounders are commonly used to classify seafloor sediment composition. Previously, it was found that the survey azimuth affects backscatter when small organized seafloor structures, such as sand ripples, are present. These sand ripples are too small to be detected in the multibeam bathymetry. Here, we show that...journal article 2020
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Schneider, Lisa K. (author), Flynn, Kevin J. (author), Herman, P.M.J. (author), Troost, Tineke A. (author), Stolte, Willem (author)While traditional microplankton community assessments focus primarily on phytoplankton and protozooplankton, the last decade has witnessed a growing recognition of photo-phago mixotrophy (performed by mixoplankton) as an important nutritional route among plankton. However, the trophic classification of plankton and subsequent analysis of the...journal article 2020
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Hendriks, H.C.M. (author), van Prooijen, Bram (author), Aarninkhof, S.G.J. (author), Winterwerp, J.C. (author)The fine sediment distribution in the seabed is an important indicator for the ecological functioning of shallow coastal seas. In this paper, we investigate the processes and conditions that determine the fine sediment distribution in the Dutch coastal zone surficial seabed, while also assessing the response of the system to human...journal article 2020
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Lavidas, G. (author), Polinder, H. (author)The study presents a newly generated hindcast database of metocean conditions for the region of the North Sea by parametrising the newly introduced ST6 physics in a nearshore wave model. Exploring and assessing the intricacies in wave generation are vital to produce a reliable hindcast. The new parametrisations perform better, though they have a...journal article 2019
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Tene, M. (author), Stuparu, Dana E. (author), Kurowicka, D. (author), El Serafy, G.Y.H. (author)This paper describes a novel sensitivity analysis method, able to handle dependency relationships between model parameters. The starting point is the popular Morris (1991) algorithm, which was initially devised under the assumption of parameter independence. This important limitation is tackled by allowing the user to incorporate dependency...journal article 2018
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Gorenstein Dedecca, J. (author), Lumbreras, Sara (author), Ramos, Andrés (author), Hakvoort, R.A. (author), Herder, P.M. (author)The development of offshore transmission and wind power generation in the North Sea of Europe is advancing fast, but there are significant barriers to an integrated offshore grid in the region. This offshore grid is a multi-level, multi-actor system requiring a governance decision-making approach, but there is currently no proven governance...journal article 2018
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Damveld, J. H. (author), van der Reijden, K. J. (author), Cheng, C. (author), Koop, L. (author), Haaksma, L. R. (author), Walsh, C. A.J. (author), Soetaert, K. (author), Borsje, B. W. (author), Govers, L. L. (author)The sandy seabed of shallow coastal shelf seas displays morphological patterns of various dimensions. The seabed also harbors a rich ecosystem. Increasing pressure from human-induced disturbances necessitates further study on drivers of benthic community distributions over morphological patterns. Moreover, a greater understanding of the sand...journal article 2018
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Gaida, T.C. (author), Snellen, M. (author), van Dijk, Thaiënne A.G.P. (author), Simons, D.G. (author)Extensive seabed sediment mapping is highly relevant to describe marine ecosystems and to quantify the distribution and extent of benthic habitats. Compared to traditional mapping methods, primarily based on bed sampling, multibeam echo sounding (MBES) is a time-efficient tool to acquire high-resolution bathymetric and backscatter data over...journal article 2018
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van Vledder, G.P. (author), Sander, Sander Th (author), McConochie, Jason D. (author)This paper presents the results of a wave hindcast of a severe storm in the Southern North Sea to verify recently developed deep and shallow water source terms. The work was carried out in the framework of the ONR funded NOPP project (Tolman et al. 2013) in which deep and shallow water source terms were developed for use in third-generation...journal article 2016
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Sterlini, Paul (author), de Vries, Hylke (author), Katsman, C.A. (author)Data from 21 years of satellite altimeter measurements are used to identify and understand the major contributing components of sea surface height variability (SSV) on monthly time-scales in the North East Atlantic. A number of SSV drivers is considered, which are categorised into two groups; local (wind and sea surface temperature) and...journal article 2016