Preferential hydrodynamic, geomorphological, and vegetation ecology conditions for turtle nesting: Al Wajh Bank, Saudi Arabia

Sea turtles are a popular tourist attraction that offers travelers a unique nature experience. As a part of Saudi Arabia’s 2030 vision, an unprecedented amount of tourism development is being carried out under the ‘Red Sea Development Project’. The aim is to develop hyper-luxury islands in a sustainable and ecologically friendly way by closely...

Understanding barrier beaches

This report scopes the state-of-the-art understanding of barrier beaches. It sets the foundations for improving the science and application of management tools, and for developing sound management guidance. Such guidance will help flood and coastal erosion risk management policy makers and practitioners make better decisions on barrier beach...

Ecobeach monitoring project, phase II - year study

Ecobeach monitoring project, phase II - half-year study

Intertidal beach level estimation from video images

Since 1992 nearshore hydrodynamics and coastal morphology have been studied from ARGUS video images, collected every hour at eight beach locations worldwide. Identification of the waterline from these images would enable us to obtain an impression of the intertidal beach bathymetry, and hence to monitor intertidal beach morphodynamics. In this...

Intertidal beach level estimations from video images

Quantification of bar bathymetry from video observations

Since 1992, coastal morphology and hydrodynamics of the nearshore zone have been studied from video observations, within the framework of the so-called ARGUS research program. Image data are collected every day-light hour, at seven beach locations worldwide. Timeaveraged images show bright, longshore bands of intensities, clearly indicating the...

Sediment transport on nearly-prismatic beaches