Washovers are the morphologial and sedimentological product of overwash. In this project we explore the possibilities of a more natural and dynamic type of shoreline management for the West Frisian barrier islands, the Netherlands. This new approach includes the option to reactivate washovers systems in order i) to create a more dynamic, flexible and sustainable type of coastal behaviour; ii) to increase the sediment budgets of barrier islands to cope with sea level rise and iii) to re-establish more vital and rejuvenated beach-dune-salt marsh ecosystems that demonstrate a high biodiversity. read more

The sediment loads carried by the Berau river have increased drastically over the past decades, mainly due to deforestation of parts of the hinterland. Part of the terrestrial sediment is transported as suspended load to the barrier reefs, where it may harm coral reef ecosystems. Coral reefs are complex, dynamic, and sensitive systems. Slight changes in the reef environment may have effects on the health of coral reefs. Therefore it is essential to understand and predict how the turbid water form the Berau river mixes over the shelf region and how this influences the dynamics in the coral reef area. read more

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

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