UKGravelBarriers
Lead Research Organisation:
British Geological Survey
Department Name: Engineering Geology
Abstract
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Organisations
- British Geological Survey (Lead Research Organisation)
- University of Granada (Collaboration)
- Wales Coastal Monitoring Centre (WCMC) (Collaboration)
- NATURAL RESOURCES WALES (Collaboration)
- Argans Ltd (Collaboration)
- AGRI-FOOD AND BIOSCIENCES INSTITUTE (Collaboration)
- CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENT, FISHERIES AND AQUACULTURE SCIENCE (Collaboration)
- isardSAT (Collaboration)
- Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) (Collaboration)
- Geological Survey of Northern Ireland (Collaboration)
- Wales Coastal Monitoring Centre (Project Partner)
- Kenneth Pye Associates Ltd (Project Partner)
- Geological Survey of Northern Ireland (Project Partner)
- Natural Resources (Wales) Limited (Project Partner)
- IsardSAT Ltd (Project Partner)
- Agri Food and Biosciences Institute (Project Partner)
- Moffatt & Nichol (Project Partner)
- Argans Limited (Project Partner)
- Environmental Fluid Dynamics Group (Project Partner)
- Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science (Project Partner)
- Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (Project Partner)
| Description | Systematic review of how Gravel barriers and gravel beaches might respond to climate change and management interventions |
| Geographic Reach | Local/Municipal/Regional |
| Policy Influence Type | Contribution to a national consultation/review |
| Title | CoastalME as an Open Geospatial Foundation community model |
| Description | CoastalME (Coastal Modelling Environment) is a Free Open Source and Software for geospatial modelling to simulate decadal and longer coastal morphological changes. |
| Type Of Material | Computer model/algorithm |
| Year Produced | 2024 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | This software model has impact at both national and international level. At international level has enabled the Regional Goverment of Andalusia, (South Spain) to do an assessment of the risk of flooding and coastal erosion for the whole 1,200km of coastline and is being used to create a Digital Twin of the Earth as part of the European Space Agency Destination Earth program. At National level is enabling the research on how gravel barriers will respond to climate change and different managing interventions as well as informing Local Authorities of Great Yarmouth and East Suffolk on the value of the sediment. |
| URL | https://www.osgeo.org/projects/coastalme/ |
| Title | Digital Cley Barrier SAR Waterlines (DiCleyBarrierSAR v1.0): a dataset of Waterlines (WLs) and Change Rates (CR) of the coastline position of Cley Barrier coastaline produced from 2014 |
| Description | DiCleyBarrierSAR v1.0 is a dataset providing information about the coastaline position and rate of change during the period June-2014 to July-Year 1 along Cley Barrier (from Old Hunstanton to Overstrand) in the UK. This dataset has been produced using the publicly available SAR Sentinel-1 Copernicus data. It includes instantaneous WLs position using provides timeseries for each polygon created along the coast using OSGB 1936 / British National Grid as coordenate system. This coastline has been divided into polygons (AOI) and for each polygon this dataset set includes timeseries of average WLs position relative to a reference line and Change Rates (CR) expressed in m/year. |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2025 |
| Provided To Others? | No |
| Impact | Work in progress |
| Title | Digital United Kingdom coastlines (DiUKcoast v1.0): a dataset of the coastline position of UK from 1984 to Year 4 derived from publicly available optical satellite imagery |
| Description | DiUKcoast v1.0, is a new supranational dataset documenting four decades of coastal change across United Kingdom mainland (England, Scotland, Wales and Republic of Northern Ireland) including the isle of Wight and Anglesey. This dataset has been produced using the publicly available optical Landsat-5,8 and Sentinel-2 missions over the period between 1984 to Year 4 (43 years). It includes instantaneous waterlines and instantaneous tidally corrected to Mean Sea Level shorelines. DiUKcoast is made available to the public as free and open interactive data to support future coastal research and management across UK. |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2025 |
| Provided To Others? | No |
| Impact | Work in progress |
| Description | Multi-lateral partnership with Industry and government department partners |
| Organisation | Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | My team has provide, expertise in coastal geosciences, morphodynamic modelling, intellectual input to the development of Earth Observation for decision makers and access to high resolution aerial photography and Digital Elevation Model data. |
| Collaborator Contribution | ARGANS Ltd is providing staff time supporting the use of Satellite derived products from Optical imagery. Moffat & Nichol is providing staff time supporting the development of the CoastalME Free Open Source Software community model. iSARDSAT is providing staff time supporting the use of Satellite derived products from SAR imagery. AFBI is providing expert advice on transferability to Northern Ireland ongoing coastal practice. KPAL is providing data processing and sediment analysis facilities, including laboratory staff time. CFAS is providing of data throughout the project. University of Granada is providing staff time supporting the use of MarineTools software package. RSPB is providing data and connection with East Coast Wetlands program. GSNI is providing geological data and expert advice on transferability to Northern Ireland ongoing coastal practice. WCMCM is providing intertidal topographic data and staff support. NRW is providing gravel datasets and reports (data collection cost indicated) |
| Impact | ARGANS Ltd = Ongoing production of Digital United Kingdom coastlines (DiUKcoast v1.0): a dataset of the coastline position of UK from 1984 to Year 4 derived from publicly available optical satellite imagery iSARDSAT = Ongoing production of Digital Cley Barrier SAR Waterlines (DiCleyBarrierSAR v1.0): a dataset of Waterlines (WLs) and Change Rates (CR) of the coastline position of Cley Barrier coastaline produced from 2014 to Year 1 from Sentinel-1 images in Interferometric Wide (IW) swath acquisition mode and Ground Range Detected (GRD). |
| Start Year | 2024 |
| Description | Multi-lateral partnership with Industry and government department partners |
| Organisation | Argans Ltd |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | My team has provide, expertise in coastal geosciences, morphodynamic modelling, intellectual input to the development of Earth Observation for decision makers and access to high resolution aerial photography and Digital Elevation Model data. |
| Collaborator Contribution | ARGANS Ltd is providing staff time supporting the use of Satellite derived products from Optical imagery. Moffat & Nichol is providing staff time supporting the development of the CoastalME Free Open Source Software community model. iSARDSAT is providing staff time supporting the use of Satellite derived products from SAR imagery. AFBI is providing expert advice on transferability to Northern Ireland ongoing coastal practice. KPAL is providing data processing and sediment analysis facilities, including laboratory staff time. CFAS is providing of data throughout the project. University of Granada is providing staff time supporting the use of MarineTools software package. RSPB is providing data and connection with East Coast Wetlands program. GSNI is providing geological data and expert advice on transferability to Northern Ireland ongoing coastal practice. WCMCM is providing intertidal topographic data and staff support. NRW is providing gravel datasets and reports (data collection cost indicated) |
| Impact | ARGANS Ltd = Ongoing production of Digital United Kingdom coastlines (DiUKcoast v1.0): a dataset of the coastline position of UK from 1984 to Year 4 derived from publicly available optical satellite imagery iSARDSAT = Ongoing production of Digital Cley Barrier SAR Waterlines (DiCleyBarrierSAR v1.0): a dataset of Waterlines (WLs) and Change Rates (CR) of the coastline position of Cley Barrier coastaline produced from 2014 to Year 1 from Sentinel-1 images in Interferometric Wide (IW) swath acquisition mode and Ground Range Detected (GRD). |
| Start Year | 2024 |
| Description | Multi-lateral partnership with Industry and government department partners |
| Organisation | Centre For Environment, Fisheries And Aquaculture Science |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | My team has provide, expertise in coastal geosciences, morphodynamic modelling, intellectual input to the development of Earth Observation for decision makers and access to high resolution aerial photography and Digital Elevation Model data. |
| Collaborator Contribution | ARGANS Ltd is providing staff time supporting the use of Satellite derived products from Optical imagery. Moffat & Nichol is providing staff time supporting the development of the CoastalME Free Open Source Software community model. iSARDSAT is providing staff time supporting the use of Satellite derived products from SAR imagery. AFBI is providing expert advice on transferability to Northern Ireland ongoing coastal practice. KPAL is providing data processing and sediment analysis facilities, including laboratory staff time. CFAS is providing of data throughout the project. University of Granada is providing staff time supporting the use of MarineTools software package. RSPB is providing data and connection with East Coast Wetlands program. GSNI is providing geological data and expert advice on transferability to Northern Ireland ongoing coastal practice. WCMCM is providing intertidal topographic data and staff support. NRW is providing gravel datasets and reports (data collection cost indicated) |
| Impact | ARGANS Ltd = Ongoing production of Digital United Kingdom coastlines (DiUKcoast v1.0): a dataset of the coastline position of UK from 1984 to Year 4 derived from publicly available optical satellite imagery iSARDSAT = Ongoing production of Digital Cley Barrier SAR Waterlines (DiCleyBarrierSAR v1.0): a dataset of Waterlines (WLs) and Change Rates (CR) of the coastline position of Cley Barrier coastaline produced from 2014 to Year 1 from Sentinel-1 images in Interferometric Wide (IW) swath acquisition mode and Ground Range Detected (GRD). |
| Start Year | 2024 |
| Description | Multi-lateral partnership with Industry and government department partners |
| Organisation | Geological Survey of Northern Ireland |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | My team has provide, expertise in coastal geosciences, morphodynamic modelling, intellectual input to the development of Earth Observation for decision makers and access to high resolution aerial photography and Digital Elevation Model data. |
| Collaborator Contribution | ARGANS Ltd is providing staff time supporting the use of Satellite derived products from Optical imagery. Moffat & Nichol is providing staff time supporting the development of the CoastalME Free Open Source Software community model. iSARDSAT is providing staff time supporting the use of Satellite derived products from SAR imagery. AFBI is providing expert advice on transferability to Northern Ireland ongoing coastal practice. KPAL is providing data processing and sediment analysis facilities, including laboratory staff time. CFAS is providing of data throughout the project. University of Granada is providing staff time supporting the use of MarineTools software package. RSPB is providing data and connection with East Coast Wetlands program. GSNI is providing geological data and expert advice on transferability to Northern Ireland ongoing coastal practice. WCMCM is providing intertidal topographic data and staff support. NRW is providing gravel datasets and reports (data collection cost indicated) |
| Impact | ARGANS Ltd = Ongoing production of Digital United Kingdom coastlines (DiUKcoast v1.0): a dataset of the coastline position of UK from 1984 to Year 4 derived from publicly available optical satellite imagery iSARDSAT = Ongoing production of Digital Cley Barrier SAR Waterlines (DiCleyBarrierSAR v1.0): a dataset of Waterlines (WLs) and Change Rates (CR) of the coastline position of Cley Barrier coastaline produced from 2014 to Year 1 from Sentinel-1 images in Interferometric Wide (IW) swath acquisition mode and Ground Range Detected (GRD). |
| Start Year | 2024 |
| Description | Multi-lateral partnership with Industry and government department partners |
| Organisation | Natural Resources Wales |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | My team has provide, expertise in coastal geosciences, morphodynamic modelling, intellectual input to the development of Earth Observation for decision makers and access to high resolution aerial photography and Digital Elevation Model data. |
| Collaborator Contribution | ARGANS Ltd is providing staff time supporting the use of Satellite derived products from Optical imagery. Moffat & Nichol is providing staff time supporting the development of the CoastalME Free Open Source Software community model. iSARDSAT is providing staff time supporting the use of Satellite derived products from SAR imagery. AFBI is providing expert advice on transferability to Northern Ireland ongoing coastal practice. KPAL is providing data processing and sediment analysis facilities, including laboratory staff time. CFAS is providing of data throughout the project. University of Granada is providing staff time supporting the use of MarineTools software package. RSPB is providing data and connection with East Coast Wetlands program. GSNI is providing geological data and expert advice on transferability to Northern Ireland ongoing coastal practice. WCMCM is providing intertidal topographic data and staff support. NRW is providing gravel datasets and reports (data collection cost indicated) |
| Impact | ARGANS Ltd = Ongoing production of Digital United Kingdom coastlines (DiUKcoast v1.0): a dataset of the coastline position of UK from 1984 to Year 4 derived from publicly available optical satellite imagery iSARDSAT = Ongoing production of Digital Cley Barrier SAR Waterlines (DiCleyBarrierSAR v1.0): a dataset of Waterlines (WLs) and Change Rates (CR) of the coastline position of Cley Barrier coastaline produced from 2014 to Year 1 from Sentinel-1 images in Interferometric Wide (IW) swath acquisition mode and Ground Range Detected (GRD). |
| Start Year | 2024 |
| Description | Multi-lateral partnership with Industry and government department partners |
| Organisation | Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| PI Contribution | My team has provide, expertise in coastal geosciences, morphodynamic modelling, intellectual input to the development of Earth Observation for decision makers and access to high resolution aerial photography and Digital Elevation Model data. |
| Collaborator Contribution | ARGANS Ltd is providing staff time supporting the use of Satellite derived products from Optical imagery. Moffat & Nichol is providing staff time supporting the development of the CoastalME Free Open Source Software community model. iSARDSAT is providing staff time supporting the use of Satellite derived products from SAR imagery. AFBI is providing expert advice on transferability to Northern Ireland ongoing coastal practice. KPAL is providing data processing and sediment analysis facilities, including laboratory staff time. CFAS is providing of data throughout the project. University of Granada is providing staff time supporting the use of MarineTools software package. RSPB is providing data and connection with East Coast Wetlands program. GSNI is providing geological data and expert advice on transferability to Northern Ireland ongoing coastal practice. WCMCM is providing intertidal topographic data and staff support. NRW is providing gravel datasets and reports (data collection cost indicated) |
| Impact | ARGANS Ltd = Ongoing production of Digital United Kingdom coastlines (DiUKcoast v1.0): a dataset of the coastline position of UK from 1984 to Year 4 derived from publicly available optical satellite imagery iSARDSAT = Ongoing production of Digital Cley Barrier SAR Waterlines (DiCleyBarrierSAR v1.0): a dataset of Waterlines (WLs) and Change Rates (CR) of the coastline position of Cley Barrier coastaline produced from 2014 to Year 1 from Sentinel-1 images in Interferometric Wide (IW) swath acquisition mode and Ground Range Detected (GRD). |
| Start Year | 2024 |
| Description | Multi-lateral partnership with Industry and government department partners |
| Organisation | University of Granada |
| Country | Spain |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | My team has provide, expertise in coastal geosciences, morphodynamic modelling, intellectual input to the development of Earth Observation for decision makers and access to high resolution aerial photography and Digital Elevation Model data. |
| Collaborator Contribution | ARGANS Ltd is providing staff time supporting the use of Satellite derived products from Optical imagery. Moffat & Nichol is providing staff time supporting the development of the CoastalME Free Open Source Software community model. iSARDSAT is providing staff time supporting the use of Satellite derived products from SAR imagery. AFBI is providing expert advice on transferability to Northern Ireland ongoing coastal practice. KPAL is providing data processing and sediment analysis facilities, including laboratory staff time. CFAS is providing of data throughout the project. University of Granada is providing staff time supporting the use of MarineTools software package. RSPB is providing data and connection with East Coast Wetlands program. GSNI is providing geological data and expert advice on transferability to Northern Ireland ongoing coastal practice. WCMCM is providing intertidal topographic data and staff support. NRW is providing gravel datasets and reports (data collection cost indicated) |
| Impact | ARGANS Ltd = Ongoing production of Digital United Kingdom coastlines (DiUKcoast v1.0): a dataset of the coastline position of UK from 1984 to Year 4 derived from publicly available optical satellite imagery iSARDSAT = Ongoing production of Digital Cley Barrier SAR Waterlines (DiCleyBarrierSAR v1.0): a dataset of Waterlines (WLs) and Change Rates (CR) of the coastline position of Cley Barrier coastaline produced from 2014 to Year 1 from Sentinel-1 images in Interferometric Wide (IW) swath acquisition mode and Ground Range Detected (GRD). |
| Start Year | 2024 |
| Description | Multi-lateral partnership with Industry and government department partners |
| Organisation | Wales Coastal Monitoring Centre (WCMC) |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| PI Contribution | My team has provide, expertise in coastal geosciences, morphodynamic modelling, intellectual input to the development of Earth Observation for decision makers and access to high resolution aerial photography and Digital Elevation Model data. |
| Collaborator Contribution | ARGANS Ltd is providing staff time supporting the use of Satellite derived products from Optical imagery. Moffat & Nichol is providing staff time supporting the development of the CoastalME Free Open Source Software community model. iSARDSAT is providing staff time supporting the use of Satellite derived products from SAR imagery. AFBI is providing expert advice on transferability to Northern Ireland ongoing coastal practice. KPAL is providing data processing and sediment analysis facilities, including laboratory staff time. CFAS is providing of data throughout the project. University of Granada is providing staff time supporting the use of MarineTools software package. RSPB is providing data and connection with East Coast Wetlands program. GSNI is providing geological data and expert advice on transferability to Northern Ireland ongoing coastal practice. WCMCM is providing intertidal topographic data and staff support. NRW is providing gravel datasets and reports (data collection cost indicated) |
| Impact | ARGANS Ltd = Ongoing production of Digital United Kingdom coastlines (DiUKcoast v1.0): a dataset of the coastline position of UK from 1984 to Year 4 derived from publicly available optical satellite imagery iSARDSAT = Ongoing production of Digital Cley Barrier SAR Waterlines (DiCleyBarrierSAR v1.0): a dataset of Waterlines (WLs) and Change Rates (CR) of the coastline position of Cley Barrier coastaline produced from 2014 to Year 1 from Sentinel-1 images in Interferometric Wide (IW) swath acquisition mode and Ground Range Detected (GRD). |
| Start Year | 2024 |
| Description | Multi-lateral partnership with Industry and government department partners |
| Organisation | isardSAT |
| Country | Spain |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | My team has provide, expertise in coastal geosciences, morphodynamic modelling, intellectual input to the development of Earth Observation for decision makers and access to high resolution aerial photography and Digital Elevation Model data. |
| Collaborator Contribution | ARGANS Ltd is providing staff time supporting the use of Satellite derived products from Optical imagery. Moffat & Nichol is providing staff time supporting the development of the CoastalME Free Open Source Software community model. iSARDSAT is providing staff time supporting the use of Satellite derived products from SAR imagery. AFBI is providing expert advice on transferability to Northern Ireland ongoing coastal practice. KPAL is providing data processing and sediment analysis facilities, including laboratory staff time. CFAS is providing of data throughout the project. University of Granada is providing staff time supporting the use of MarineTools software package. RSPB is providing data and connection with East Coast Wetlands program. GSNI is providing geological data and expert advice on transferability to Northern Ireland ongoing coastal practice. WCMCM is providing intertidal topographic data and staff support. NRW is providing gravel datasets and reports (data collection cost indicated) |
| Impact | ARGANS Ltd = Ongoing production of Digital United Kingdom coastlines (DiUKcoast v1.0): a dataset of the coastline position of UK from 1984 to Year 4 derived from publicly available optical satellite imagery iSARDSAT = Ongoing production of Digital Cley Barrier SAR Waterlines (DiCleyBarrierSAR v1.0): a dataset of Waterlines (WLs) and Change Rates (CR) of the coastline position of Cley Barrier coastaline produced from 2014 to Year 1 from Sentinel-1 images in Interferometric Wide (IW) swath acquisition mode and Ground Range Detected (GRD). |
| Start Year | 2024 |
| Description | New partnership with Granada University researcher |
| Organisation | University of Granada |
| Country | Spain |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | BGS has offered a Visiting Research Associate position to Dr Manuel Cobos from Granada University. Dr Cobos has accepted this position in Jan 2022 and will be collaborating with the BGS-CHAMFER team for the whole duration of the project. Dr Cobos has accepted being a member of the UKGravelBarrier Project External Advisory board. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Dr Cobos has done a short stay at BGS (January to February, 2023) to share their experience on using CoastalME in southern Spain. He has also provided training on the use of the MarineTools software (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envsoft.2022.105359). Participated in the first CoastalME developers community meeting hosted in BGS headquarters in Feb 2023 |
| Impact | We are working on two research papers that builds on the short stay progress on both CoastalME and the thickness modelling. Also co-organizing a dedicated workshop to be hosted in Southern Spain in Setptember 2023. Active developer of CoastalME as community model. |
| Start Year | 2023 |
| Title | CoastalME as OSGeo project |
| Description | CoastalME (Coastal Modelling Environment) is a Free Open Source and Software for geospatial modelling to simulate decadal and longer coastal morphological changes. |
| Type Of Technology | Software |
| Year Produced | 2024 |
| Open Source License? | Yes |
| Impact | By becoming a project as part of the Open Source Geospatial Foundation (OSGeo) we are fostering global adoption of open geospatial technology by being part of an inclusive software foundation devoted to an open philosophy and participatory community driven development. |
| URL | https://www.osgeo.org/projects/coastalme/ |
| Description | Created CoastalGeohazards podcast |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | In this podcast we explore all things related with coastal geohazards in the UK and around the world. By connecting #environment, #money and #governance, you will become aware of coastal risk and adaptation options and you will learn how to navigate the ever growing #news and #ideas in this topic with the help and information from me, Andres Payo. I am a geoscientist and head of the Coasts & Estuaries team at the British Geological Survey. This initiative is driven by my interest in avoiding #future coastal maladaptation and the suffering associated with it. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| URL | https://www.coastalgeohazardspodcast.com/ |
| Description | UKGravelBarrier Annual Science Meeting 2024 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | UKGravelBarrier annual science meeting, a chance for people to come together to discuss progress, half day field work, and meeting the Programme Advisory Board |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024,2025 |