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WireWall: a new approach to coasta wave hazard monitoring

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Data holding centreBritish Oceanographic Data Centre
CountryUnited Kingdom  United Kingdom
Time periodJanuary 2018 to December 2019
OngoingNo
Geographical area

Series of experimental measurements in Southampton, UK and HR Wallingford, UK. Practical measurements taken in a car park in Corsby, North of Liverpool, UK

Observations 
Parameters

Wave height and period statistics

Description 
Summary

The WireWall project developed a prototype wave overtopping field measurement system. The system was designed and trailed at Crosby Beach, Hall Road carpark, north of Liverpool during winter 2018/2019. The data collected include both wave-by-wave overtopping volumes and horizontal velocities. At the time of the project the coastal structure at this site comprised a stepped revetment and vertical sea wall with a recurve. The system was designed at the National Oceanography Centre, validated in HR Wallingford’s flume facility and deployed with Sefton Council. Five datasets are available from the project. These contain processed data from: 1) The numerical wave overtopping estimates for past events used to design the system and plan deployments; 2) The numerical wave overtopping estimates for the joint wave and water level conditions with a 1 in 1 year return period probability to a 1 in 200 year return period probability in Liverpool Bay; 3) The dock side tests; 4) The physical laboratory experiments; and, 5) The field trials during windy spring tides. For Crosby these data can be used to validate/calibrate numerical tools used for coastal scheme design and flood hazard forecasting. Beach profile data collected alongside the overtopping measurements have been archived with the Northwest Regional Coastal Monitoring Programme, https://www.channelcoast.org/northwest/. This project was delivered by the National Oceanography Centre in collaboration with HR Wallingford. Our project partners were Sefton Council, Balfour Beatty, Environment Agency, Channel Coastal Observatory and Marlan Maritime Technologies.

OriginatorsHR Wallingford Group Ltd.
National Oceanography Centre (Liverpool)
National Oceanography Centre (Southampton)
References

Brown (2020) WireWall – a new approach to measuring coastal wave hazard, National Oceanography Centre, Research & Consultancy Report No. 66.

Data web sitehttps://www.bodc.ac.uk/data/published_data_library/catalogue/10.5285/acd939f0-38e5-57b0-e053-6c86abc0aa19/
Availability 
OrganisationBritish Oceanographic Data Centre
AvailabilityLicence
ContactPolly Hadžiabdić (Head of the BODC Requests Team)
Address

British Oceanographic Data Centre
Joseph Proudman Building 6 Brownlow Street
Liverpool
Merseyside
L3 5DA
United Kingdom

Emailenquiries@bodc.ac.uk
Administration 
Collating centreBritish Oceanographic Data Centre
Local identifier1048WireWall
Global identifier7068
Last revised2021-04-21