Confidence in Coastal Forecasts

This thesis answers the question "How can we show and improve our confidence in coastal forecasts?", by providing four examples of common coastal forecasts. The first example shows how to improve the estimate of the one in ten thousand year storm-surge level. The three dimensional reconstruction, based on paintings, shows that structural erosion...

Stranden en strandverdediging

Description of the Dutch (sandy) coastline, data on high water line, low water line and dunefoot, description of groynes along the coast, effects of harbour moles and breakwaters on the sandy coastline. Detailed analysis on the efficiency of groins along the coast of Holland as well as the Wadden islands