Coastal Flooding by Extreme Events (CoFEE)
Lead Research Organisation:
Plymouth University
Department Name: Sch of Geography
Abstract
Coastal Flooding by Extreme Events (CoFEE) Over the next 100 years sea level will rise and there may be more severe storms. This will increase the coastal flooding risk to property, businesses, industry, roads and rail networks at great cost to us all. We must now face the consequences of climate change and either invest in sustainable defences or develop new ways to live with more flooding. The first option will cost a great deal of money and the second option may mean we need to change radically the way we currently occupy and use the coastal environment. The Coastal Flooding by Extreme Events (CoFEE) project will use our present knowledge of the eastern Irish Sea coastline in computer models to investigate the speed and extent of coastal flooding during storms and to determine how sensitive our coasts are to extreme events. CoFEE will attempt to answer 4 questions: (a) how big will coastal floods be in the future; (b) which types of coast can we leave to flood and which must we defend; (c) what might the coast look like in the future; (d) what are the risks of allowing coastal flooding to occur? CoFEE will look at different natural coastlines that include, estuaries, beaches and sand dunes and coastlines that are defended by a range of man-made structures. The results will be applicable to coastal areas elsewhere in Britain and more widely. By bringing together scientists, engineers and the people who plan flood defences, CoFEE will provide the basis for predicting the threat of coastal floods in a changing climate so that resources can be better targeted to deliver more effective, better informed and sustainable strategies for managing the flood risk to our coastlines in the future.
Organisations
Publications
Andrew J. Plater And John Grenville
(2009)
Sefton's Dynamic Coast.
Andrew J. Plater, David Hodgson, Michelle Newton And Graham Lymbery
(2009)
Sefton's Dynamic Coast.
Austin M
(2007)
Relaxation time effects of wave ripples on tidal beaches
in Geophysical Research Letters
Brown J
(2010)
A case study of combined wave and water levels under storm conditions using WAM and SWAN in a shallow water application
in Ocean Modelling
Brown J
(2011)
Impact assessment of advanced coupling features in a tide-surge-wave model, POLCOMS-WAM, in a shallow water application
in Journal of Marine Systems
Brown J
(2011)
Past to future extreme events in Liverpool Bay: model projections from 1960-2100
in Climatic Change
Brown J
(2010)
An 11-year validation of wave-surge modelling in the Irish Sea, using a nested POLCOMS-WAM modelling system
in Ocean Modelling
Brown J
(2009)
Coupled wave and surge modelling for the eastern Irish Sea and implications for model wind-stress
in Continental Shelf Research
Brown J
(2009)
Surge modelling in the eastern Irish Sea: present and future storm impact
in Ocean Dynamics
Brown J
(2010)
An investigation of recent decadal-scale storm events in the eastern Irish Sea
in Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans
Esteves L
(2009)
Measuring and modelling longshore sediment transport
in Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science
Esteves L
(2011)
Looking for evidence of climate change impacts in the eastern Irish Sea
in Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences
Esteves L
(2012)
Quantifying thresholds for significant dune erosion along the Sefton Coast, Northwest England
in Geomorphology
Luciana Esteves (Author)
(2011)
Characterising the impact of significant dune erosion along the Sefton Coast, NW England
MASSELINK G
(2006)
Short-term morphological change and sediment dynamics in the intertidal zone of a macrotidal beach
in Sedimentology
Masselink G
(2007)
Geometry and dynamics of wave ripples in the nearshore zone of a coarse sandy beach
in Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans
Masselink G
(2009)
Tide-driven dune migration and sediment transport on an intertidal shoal in a shallow estuary in Devon, UK
in Marine Geology
Masselink, G.
(2007)
Introduction to Physical Geography and Environmental Science
Masselink, G. And Russell, P.
(2007)
Marine Climate Change Impacts Annual Report Card 2007
Pacheco A
(2011)
Applicability of sediment transport models to evaluate medium term evolution of tidal inlet systems
in Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science
Pacheco A
(2011)
Long-term morphological impacts of the opening of a new inlet on a multiple inlet system
in Earth Surface Processes and Landforms
Pan S
(2007)
Modelling the hydrodynamics of offshore sandbanks
in Continental Shelf Research
Plater, A.J., Stupples, P. And Roberts, H.M.
(2007)
Dungeness and Romney Marsh: Barrier Dynamics and Marshland Evolution
Williams J
(2007)
Sand suspension by vortex pairing
in Geophysical Research Letters
| Description | Identification of storm thresholds for the Sefton coast |
| Exploitation Route | Operational storm warning system is used by local council Development of an operational storm warning system |
| URL | http://cobs.pol.ac.uk/micore/ |