The purpose of the Coast3D project is to improve understanding of the physics of coastal sand transport and morphodynamics, to remedy the present lack of validation data of sand transport and morphology suitable for testing numerical models of coastal processes, to test a representative sample of numerical models for predicting coastal sand transport and morphodynamics against this data, to deliver validated modelling tools, and methodologies for their use, in a form suitable for coastal zone management, to deliver a set of guidelines for practical coastal zone management. read more

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

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

This project aims to reconstruct the transgression of the fluvial valley, with emphasis on the interlinked response of the coastal and fluvial to rapid sea-level rise. To do so, beside collecting new data, existing subsurface data from many different sources are integrated in a single database. With this data, past sea levels and the development of the study area are reconstructed. Using the results, sequence stratigraphic models will be tested. read more

An integrated infrastructure initiative executed by a consortium of 20 internationally renowned European research institutes, universities, and enterprises. HYDRALAB III is an extension of HYDRALAB II, in which 15 partners were working closely together with the objective of optimising the important position of laboratory experiments in our fields. HYDRALAB III will intensify this by a coordinated program of transnational access, joint research activities and networking activities, destined to improve, refine and harmonise the use of the available high-quality facilities and measuring methods in our fields. read more