Details of Award
NERC Reference : NE/D005701/1
Braidplain Response To An Extreme Flood Event
Grant Award
- Principal Investigator:
- Professor G Sambrook Smith, University of Birmingham, Sch of Geography, Earth & Env Sciences
- Co-Investigator:
- Professor SN Lane, University of Lausanne (UNIL), Faculty of Geosciences and Environment
- Co-Investigator:
- Professor PJ Ashworth, University of Brighton, Sch of Environment and Technology
- Co-Investigator:
- Professor JL Best, University of Leeds, School of Earth and Environment
- Grant held at:
- University of Birmingham, Sch of Geography, Earth & Env Sciences
- Science Area:
- Freshwater
- Earth
- Overall Classification:
- Earth
- ENRIs:
- Natural Resource Management
- Environmental Risks and Hazards
- Science Topics:
- Earth Surface Processes
- Survey & Monitoring
- Sediment/Sedimentary Processes
- Geohazards
- Abstract:
- Throughout June 2005 the catchment of the South Saskatchewan River, Canada has been subject to very high levels of rainfall. For example, there have been events where 100 mm of rain has fallen in less than one hour. This has caused widespread flooding in the upper parts of the catchment with a state of emergency declared in some areas where residents have had to be evacuated. The water stage of rivers within the catchment are estimated to be at their highest level for ~50 years with a peak of ~2200 m3s-1 on 20/06/05 (sand bars within the river become submerged at discharges of ~250 m3s-1). The South Saskatchewan River is thus experiencing channel change activity not witnessed in several generations. A unique opportunity thus exists to quantify the response of a major braided river to a rare and extreme flood. By taking new aerial photographs through the flood and comparing these with photographs already taken before the flood it is possible, using photogrammetric techniques, to measure the magnitude and patterns of erosion in the river caused by this large flood. Obtaining data from a flood is difficult beacuse of the unpredictable nature of such events, this study will thus provide rare information on how rivers respond to extreme events. Results can also be used to evaluate how structures within the river such as bridges and pipelines have withstood the force of the flood.
- NERC Reference:
- NE/D005701/1
- Grant Stage:
- Completed
- Scheme:
- Standard Grants Pre FEC
- Grant Status:
- Closed
- Programme:
- Urgency
This grant award has a total value of £16,356
FDAB - Financial Details (Award breakdown by headings)
| Total - Staff | Total - T&S | Total - Other Costs | Total - Indirect Costs |
|---|---|---|---|
| £4,130 | £3,172 | £7,155 | £1,900 |
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