The wave and current flume of the laboratory for physical geography is a flume for studying waves and currents in a controlled environment. The flume is available for educational purposes and research. Academic research experiments can be performed at low costs, and secondary school experiments are free of charge. read more
Equipment
In order to satisfy the instrumentation needs of the Coastal Research Group, the Laboratory of Physical Geography designs and builds state-of-the-art instrumentation. Other pieces of equipment are developed and applied in close cooperation with the RIKZ.
Wave and current flume
Differential Global Positioning System (DGPS)
Field surveys can be performed using a Differential Global Positioning System (DGPS) to measure the morphology of the intertidal beach to understand the short- to long-term behaviour of bar and rip patterns. read more
WESP
The WESP is a large multi-purpose vehicle constructed to aid in the research of the Dutch coastal area. It can operate from the beach and drive into the sea upto waterdepths of 8 meters (app. 26 ft). read more
Tripods
Tripods consist of a frame on which several instruments can be mounted. These tripods are used to take in-situ measurements of sediment transports on near-shore coastal waters and rivers. read more
Mini tripods
The mini tripod is a small (about 2.0 m wide) instrumented tripod that can be deployed by hand in the intertidal area on a beach. Instruments include a pressure sensor, one or more optical backscatter sensors (OBS), and an electromagnetic flow meter (EMF). read more