Simulation of medium to long-term dune evoloution with interacting marine and aeolian sediment transport processes

In recent years, dune-in-front-of-dike projects have been carried out at several locations, e.g. at Raversijde and Oosteroever in Belgium and the Hondsbossche dunes in the Netherlands. In the near future, many coastal defence systems require reinforcement to adapt to rising sea levels, and often, natural values along the coasts may also be...

Modelling of annual sand transports at the Dutch lower shoreface

Dutch coastal policy aims for a safe, economically strong and attractive coast. This is achieved by maintaining the part of the coast that support these functions; the coastal foundation. The coastal foundation is maintained by means of sand nourishments. Up to now, it has been assumed that net transports across the coastal foundation's...

Impacts of large scale climate modes on the current and future bimodal wave climate of a semi-protected shallow gulf

The bimodal wave climate of the semi-protected shallow Gulf St Vincent in South Australia has been analyzed through a forty-year (1980-2020) wave hindcast and an investigation into the climatic drivers of wave climate anomalies is presented. The sea and swell partitions of the wave climate were modelled independently as well as using an...