Sea-level rise induced change in exposure of low-lying coastal land: implications for coastal conservation strategies

Coastal erosion and flooding are projected to increase during the 21^st century due to sea-level rise (SLR). To prevent adverse impacts of unmanaged coastal development, national organizations can apply a land protection policy, which consists of acquiring coastal land to avoid further development. Yet, these reserved areas remain...

Global distribution and dynamics of muddy coasts

Muddy coasts provide ecological habitats, supply food and form a natural coastal defence. Relative sea level rise, changing wave energy and human interventions will increase the pressure on muddy coastal zones. For sustainable coastal management it is key to obtain information on the geomorphology of and historical changes along muddy areas....

Benchmarking satellite-derived shoreline mapping algorithms

Satellite remote sensing is becoming a widely used monitoring technique in coastal sciences. Yet, no benchmarking studies exist that compare the performance of popular satellite-derived shoreline mapping algorithms against standardized sets of inputs and validation data. Here we present a new benchmarking framework to evaluate the accuracy of...

Traditional vs. Machine-learning methods for forecasting sandy shoreline evolution using historic satellite-derived shorelines

Forecasting shoreline evolution for sandy coasts is important for sustainable coastal management, given the present-day increasing anthropogenic pressures and a changing future climate. Here, we evaluate eight different time-series forecasting methods for predicting future shorelines derived from historic satellite-derived shorelines....

Assessment of Viscous Energy Loss and the Association with Three-Dimensional Vortex Ring Formation in Left Ventricular Inflow: In Vivo Evaluation Using Four-Dimensional Flow MRI

Purpose To evaluate viscous energy loss and the association with three-dimensional (3D) vortex ring formation in left ventricular (LV) blood flow during diastolic filling. Theory and Methods Thirty healthy volunteers were compared with 32 patients with corrected atrioventricular septal defect as unnatural mitral valve morphology and inflow are...

Vortex flow during early and late left ventricular filling in normal subjects: Quantitative characterization using retrospectively-gated 4D flow cardiovascular magnetic resonance and three-dimensional vortex core analysis

Background LV diastolic vortex formation has been suggested to critically contribute to efficient blood pumping function, while altered vortex formation has been associated with LV pathologies. Therefore, quantitative characterization of vortex flow might provide a novel objective tool for evaluating LV function. The objectives of this study...

Three dimensional right ventricular diastolic vortex rings: Characterization and comparison with left ventricular diastolic vortex rings from 4D flow MRI

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Development of a numerical model for the pull-in of a disconnectable turret mooring system

Efficiency improvement of bathymetry assessments using ERS-1 SAR imagery and ship's observations

Sea wave information from bathymetric LIDAR: One-dimensional approach