COASTAL MORPHODYNAMICS, MONITORING, AND REMOTE SENSING

The majority of the problems we encounter on the coast come from a human perspective on coastal change. Coastal erosion and inundation, both natural processes, only become issues when they interact with human infrastructure and society. At the heart of this issue is the desire for human to live and operate near the coast and the dynamic nature of the coastal ocean and coastal geomorphology.

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Research projects in this topic investigate the processes driving coastal change over a range of scales, from short-term storm erosion to chronic long-term change.

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Research on this issue incorporates, field measurement of hydrodynamic processes and coastal change, hydrodynamic and morphodynamic numerical monitoring, and the use of earth observation platforms (e.g., drones and satellites) to track change on the coast.

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Collaborators: Prof. Stuart Phinn, Dr. David Callaghan, Dr Yongjing Mao

Researchers: Dylan Cowley