Details of Award
NERC Reference : NER/E/S/2001/00408
Feasibility of 'time-lapse' seabed surveying to study movements of sand bodies in the Bristol Channel.
Grant Award
- Principal Investigator:
- Dr NC Mitchell, Cardiff University, School of Earth and Ocean Sciences
- Grant held at:
- Cardiff University, School of Earth and Ocean Sciences
- Science Area:
- Marine
- Overall Classification:
- Marine
- ENRIs:
- None
- Science Topics:
- None
- Abstract:
- Repeat surveying with multibeam sonars promises to provide a method for long-term monitoring that will potentially be useful for assessing sand body movements around coastlines, which is important for understanding how coasts are affected by commercial dredging, tidal currents, storms and other factors. This project will involve repeat surveys off the south Gower coastline to provide a dataset for developing the technique. The method for detecting depth changes in the presence of noise will be adapted from a method of Dunn et al. (2001) developed for deep-water multibeam data. The new approach here will account for the different sources and magnitudes of errors in shallow water data (such as with tidal measurements) and considering also the more dynamic environment.
- NERC Reference:
- NER/E/S/2001/00408
- Grant Stage:
- Completed
- Scheme:
- Connect A Pre FEC
- Grant Status:
- Closed
- Programme:
- Connect A
This grant award has a total value of £5,112
FDAB - Financial Details (Award breakdown by headings)
| Total - T&S | Total - Other Costs |
|---|---|
| £184 | £4,928 |
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