Hydrograph shape variability on the river Meuse

Design water levels are a basic concept in flood risk management practice. These water levels with a specified return period are used for the design of dikes and other flood protection measures along the river Meuse. Current practice is that these water levels are determined by hydrodynamic simulation of a standard design hydrograph at the...

The Influence of Retention Basins on Tidal Dynamics in Estuaries

The Ems estuary suffers from high concentrations of suspended sediment, which is harmful for the life in the river. Sediment import occurs because of tidal asymmetry, a difference between the velocity of the current during high tide and low tide. The use of retention basins are a possible measure to reduce the tidal asymmetry. An analytic model,...