Scientific support regarding hydrodynamics and sand transport in the coastal zone: calibration of a Long term morphological model of the Belgian shelf

Longshore sediment transport in the surf zone plays a considerable role in the long-term morphological behaviour of the Belgian coast. Based on previous efforts (Zimmermann et al., 2013b; Zimmermann et al., 2013), this report firstly presents a 2D numerical model which covers almost the entire Belgian coast from Nieuwpoort to the Zwin. With the MorMerge online-parallel approach the time horizon for modelling long term morphology in the surf zone was successfully increased to 10 years. Compared with the measurement data, most major morphological changes in the surf zone are well captured qualit... Mehr ...