Blog from November, 2009

Dune Erosion Delta Flume experiment data (van Gent et al., 2008) available on OPeNDAP server

The data consists of measurements of cross-shore profile, wave height, pressure and flow velocity during 8 experiments.

The raw data are archived in the OpenEarth repository:
https://repos.deltares.nl/repos/OpenEarthRawData/trunk/deltares/deltaflume2006_dune_erosion/

The data have been transformed to netCDF for ready plotting in for instance ncBrowse:

http://opendap.deltares.nl:8080/thredds/catalog/opendap/deltares/deltaflume2006_dune_erosion/catalog.html

Relevant papers and reports:

• van Gent, M. R. A., van Thiel de Vries, J. S. M., Coeveld, E. M., de Vroeg, J. H., and van de Graaff, J. (2008). Large-scale dune erosion tests to study the influence of wave periods. Coastal Engineering, 55(12):1041-1051. DOI:10.1016/j.coastaleng.2008.04.003
• van Thiel de Vries, J. S. M., van Gent, M. R. A., Walstra, D. J. R., and Reniers, A. J. H. M. (2008). Analysis of dune erosion processes in large-scale flume experiments. Coastal Engineering, 55(12):1028-1040. DOI:10.1016/j.coastaleng.2008.04.004
• WL | Delft Hydraulics (2006a). Dune erosion, measurement report large-scale model tests. Technical Report H4357, WL | Delft Hydraulics.
• WL | Delft Hydraulics (2006b). Dune erosion; Product 2: Largescale model tests and dune erosion prediction method. Technical Report H4357, WL | Delft Hydraulics.