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WireWall: a new approach to coasta wave hazard monitoring
Data set information
| Query EDMED |
General | |
Data holding centre | British Oceanographic Data Centre |
Country | United Kingdom |
Time period | January 2018 to December 2019 |
Ongoing | No |
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 Beach profile data collected alongside the overtopping measurements have been archived with the Northwest Regional Coastal Monitoring Programme, https://www.channelcoast.org/northwest/.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. |
Originators | HR 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 site | https://www.bodc.ac.uk/data/published_data_library/catalogue/10.5285/acd939f0-38e5-57b0-e053-6c86abc0aa19/ |
Availability | |
Organisation | British Oceanographic Data Centre |
Availability | Licence |
Contact | Polly Hadžiabdić (Head of the BODC Requests Team) |
Address | British Oceanographic Data Centre |
enquiries@bodc.ac.uk | |
Administration | |
Collating centre | British Oceanographic Data Centre |
Local identifier | 1048WireWall |
Global identifier | 7068 |
Last revised | 2021-04-21 |