A New Coastal Flood Forecasting System for the Netherlands

The North Sea is one of the busiest seas in the world with dense ship traffic, fisheries, wind farming, recreation and many other activities. All these activities depend on the ‘marine weather’. Accurate forecasts of waves, currents and sea level are crucial for operational management and for issuing warnings during extreme events. The current...

Hydrography of the Dutch Wadden Sea

In this paper an attempt has been made to describe for the Dutch Wadden Sea water movement, transport of suspended matter and the cycle of suspended organic matter. Stress has been laid on the fact that these are related subjects, which therefore ought to be studied in combination. The discussion was based on observations made in the years 1949...