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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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Zhu, C. (author), Guo, L (author), Tian, B. (author), He, Q (author), Wang, Z.B. (author)Estuarine morphodynamics undergo significant changes due to declined sediment supply from river, rising sea-level, and human interferences (Syvitski and Saito, 2007; Syvitski et al., 2009). The Yangtze Estuary is such a case whose decadal morphodynamic evolution was broadly examined. It was documented that the subaqueous delta shifted from...abstract 2017
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van Prooijen, B.C. (author), Grasso, F (author), le Hir, P (author), de Vet, P.L.M. (author), Wang, Z.B. (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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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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Hu, Z. (author), Wang, Z.B. (author), Zitman, T.J. (author), Stive, M.J.F. (author), Bouma, T.J. (author)Dynamic equilibrium theory is a fruitful concept, which we use to systematically explain the tidal flat morphodynamic response to tidal currents, wind waves, sediment supply, and other sedimentological drivers. This theory stems from a simple analytical model that derives the tide- or wave-dominated tidal flat morphology by assuming that...journal article 2015
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Hu, Z. (author), Van Belzen, J. (author), Van der Wal, D. (author), Balke, T. (author), Wang, Z.B. (author), Stive, M.J.F. (author), Bouma, T.J. (author)Understanding the mechanisms limiting and facilitating salt marsh vegetation initial establishment is of widespread importance due to the many valuable services salt marsh ecosystems offer. Salt marsh dynamics have been investigated by many previous studies, but the mechanisms that enable or disable salt marsh initial establishment are still...journal article 2015
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Guo, L. (author), Van der Wegen, M. (author), Jay, D.A. (author), Matte, P. (author), Wang, Z.B. (author), Roelvink, J.A. (author), He, Q. (author)River-tide dynamics remain poorly understood, in part because conventional harmonic analysis (HA) does not cope effectively with nonstationary signals. To explore nonstationary behavior of river tides and the modulation effects of river discharge, this work analyzes tidal signals in the Yangtze River estuary using both HA in a nonstationary mode...journal article 2015
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Li, W. (author), Wang, Z.B. (author), Van Maren, D.S. (author), De Vriend, H.J. (author), Wu, B.S. (author)River floods are usually featured by a downstream flattening discharge peak whereas a downstream increasing discharge peak is observed at a rate exceeding the tributary discharge during highly silt-laden floods (hyperconcentrated floods) in China’s Yellow River. It entails a great challenge in the downstream flood defence and the underlying...journal article 2014
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Yao, P. (author), Stive, M.J.F. (author), Zhang, C. (author), Su, M. (author), Wang, Z.B. (author)In the South Yellow Sea off the Jiangsu coast, there exists a special type of sand bodies, which are known as radial sand ridge field (RSRF). One of the characteristics of this area is the distinctive radial tidal current field. Although many studies have focused on the hydrodynamic environment around radial sand ridges, the knowledge on the...conference paper 2013
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Su, M. (author), Wang, Z.B. (author), Zhang, C. (author), Yao, P. (author), Stive, M.J.F. (author)A two-dimensional tidal wave model for the Chinese marginal seas with high resolution is set up and the verification results demonstrate that it can well simulate the large domain. Based on this model, a series of numerical experiments are constructed to analyze the influence of local bathymetry and reclamation of the Jiangsu coast on the tidal...conference paper 2013
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Yao, P. (author), Wang, Z.B. (author), Zhang, C.K. (author), Su, M. (author), Chen, Y.P. (author), Stive, M.J.F. (author)One of the characteristics of the radial sand ridge field (RSRF) in the South Yellow Sea off the Jiangsu coast is the distinctive radial tidal current field. Although many studies have focused on the hydrodynamic environment around radial sand ridges, the knowledge on the genesis of the radial tidal current is still in a very basic stage. This...conference paper 2013
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Eelkema, M. (author), Wang, Z.B. (author), Stive, M.J.F. (author)The ebb-tidal delta of the Eastern Scheldt tidal inlet has been under the influence of a storm surge barrier for the past 25 years. This barrier caused a strong decrease in average tidal currents through the inlet. The morphological response of the ebb-tidal delta is characterized by several different processes: (1) an overall decrease in...conference paper 2013
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Su, M. (author), Stive, M.J.F. (author), Zhang, C.K. (author), Yao, P. (author), Chen, Y.P. (author), Wang, Z.B. (author)A 2D large-scale tidal wave model is set up for the Chinese marginal seas and it is proved to simulate the tidal motion in this large domain well. Based on the model, sensitivity analyses have been carried out to investigate the influences of various factors on the tidal wave system. According to the results, the effect of river discharges and...conference paper 2013
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- Wang, Z.B. (author), De Vriend, H.J. (author), Ding, P. (author) conference paper 2013
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- Li, W. (author), Wang, Z.B. (author), Van Maren, D.S. (author), De Vriend, H.J. (author), Wu, B.S. (author) conference paper 2013
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Huisman, B.J.A. (author), Wang, Z.B. (author), De Ronde, J.G. (author), Stronkhorst, J. (author), Sprengers, C.J. (author)Coastal zone managers in the Netherlands require new dedicated tools for the assessment of the long-term impacts of coastal maintenance policies. The policies need to be evaluated on the impacts on multiple coastal functions in order to be able to optimize the performance of such strategies. This paper provides the technical backgrounds of such...conference paper 2013
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- Vroom, J. (author), Wang, Z.B. (author) conference paper 2012
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Eelkema, M. (author), Wang, Z.B. (author), Hibma, A. (author)The Eastern Scheldt ebb-tidal delta morphology has been adapting for the past 25 years in response to the construction of the Eastern Scheldt storm-surge barrier in 1986. As a result of the barrier, there has been a decrease in tidal amplitudes, volumes, and average flow velocities, and there is hardly any sediment exchange through the barrier....conference paper 2012
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Elias, E.P.L. (author), Van der Spek, A.J.F. (author), Wang, Z.B. (author), De Ronde, J. (author)The availability of nearly 100 years of bathymetric measurements allows the analysis of the morphodynamic evolution of the Dutch Wadden Sea under rising sea level and increasing human constraint. The historically observed roll-over mechanisms of landward barrier and coastline retreat cannot be sustained naturally due to numerous erosion control...conference paper 2012
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Wang, Z.B. (author), Ding, P.X. (author)The channels in the Yangtze Estuary have an ordered-branching structure: The estuary is first divided by the Chongming Island into the North Branch and the South Branch. Then the South Branch is divided into the North Channel and South Channel by the Islands Changxing and Hengsha. The South Channel is again divided into the North and South...conference paper 2012