Nico Valentini

A new Delta Flume is being built in Delft to facilitate measurements at an even larger scale than is presently possible （Bas Hofland，2010）. For determining which wave measurement techniques should be implemented at the new facility, it was made an overview of current wave measurement techniques. Several techniques was evaluated in detail. The most promising techniques for the flume were taken into account . Possible improvements and implementations of these techniques were also discussed to emphasize which are the best.

In particular, high frequency recording of water surfaces has been deducted to be of primary importance to laboratory and field studies in engineering science. The application of fixed and scanning LiDAR (light detection and ranging) instruments of water waves represents a complementary technology to single point wave buoys , such as it is a significant opportunity to investigate in greater details wave processes of interest in the coastal and ocean environment. This method potentially allows timely extraction of characteristics such as wave group envelope properties, local wave geometry, and wave group evolution to breaking, amongst others.

The purpose of my research is to investigate more a study already started about the evaluation of  laser scanning as a new measurement technique for laboratory water waves studies.