CoastView focuses on the physical problems associated with sedimentary coasts. This project aims to simplify the task of the coastal manager who needs to know when a valuable component of the coast is at risk, which processes are responsible, and consequently what appropriate form of intervention (if any) is required in order to sustain or improve the resource. read more

Nearshore sandbars often exhibit remarkable alongshore-periodic undulations in their height and cross-shore position. These so-called crescentic sandbars are characterised by horizontal flow patterns with rip currents. During storm periods, the sandbars are almost immediately straightened again due to strong undertow currents. In double-barred systems, the shape of the outer bar may govern the evolution of the inner bar, introducing coupled patterns. In this project field observations (video images) and numerical models are combined to determine the conditions under which the outer crescentic sandbar (a) controls the morphology of the inner bar and (b) is reshaped into a shore-parallel linear bar. read more

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

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

Within this project, the dynamics of suspended sediment in a highly turbid coral reef environment in West Java, Indonesia, are analyzed. The project comes under the umbrella of the Teluk Banten Research Program, which is part of the Global Change Program of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Sciences (KNAW). The programme aims at the establishment of a scientifically based coastal zone management system for the Bay of Banten, West Java. read more