The Netherlands Center for Coastal Research
NCK Days 2013

Dear all,
This year, the NCK-days were held from the 13th -15th of March.
The organizers were Bram van Prooijen ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it ) and Nicolette Volp ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it ).
Invited keynote lecturers were:
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Heidi Nepf is professor at MIT (http://cee.mit.edu/nepf). Her research focuses on fluid motion in environmental systems, and she is internationally known for her work on the impact of vegetation on flow and transport in rivers, wetlands, lakes and coastal zones.
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Nathaniel Plant (USGS). He is lead researcher in the U.S. Geological Survey's Coastal Program, which assesses coastal erosion hazards associated with sea-level rise ( http://wh.er.usgs.gov/slr/ ) and extreme storms ( http://coastal.er.usgs.gov/hurricanes/ ) and provides tools for coastal management decision making. Unfortunately, due to the 'sequester' (a financial/political disagreement between the republicans and the democrats) Nathaniel was not allowed to travel. He tried his best, but there was no option to come over.
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Roeland Allewijn, director of Rijkswaterstaat Center for Water Management, de Waterdienst.
Location:
We found a place on walking (crawling) distance from the Sand Motor (www.dezandmotor.nl)
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Vakantiepark Kijkduin (http://www.roompotparken.nl/vakantieparken/nederland/zuid-holland/vakantiepark-kijkduin/index.html ).
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Parker Beachclub (www.parkerbeachclub.nl). Icebreaker and dinner are planned almost on the Zandmotor.
Program:
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Wednesday |
13th of March |
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14:00-18:00 |
Sprint Session at Park Kijkduin |
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20:00- |
Icebreaker at Parker Beach Club |
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Thursday |
14th of March |
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08:30-09:00 |
Registration and coffee |
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09:00-09:15 |
Ad van der Spek / NCK |
Opening |
| 09:15-09:35 | Sarah Marx / RWS-WD | The Sand Motor on the move |
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09:35-09:55 |
Roeland de Zeeuw / Shore |
The First 17 Spectacular Months at the Zandmotor. |
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09:55-10:15 |
Jeroen Wijsman / Imares |
Monitoring Ecological Effects of the Sand Engine along the Dutch Coast |
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10:15-10:35 |
Paul Notenboom / TU Delft |
Sediment Transport Tracing Using Luminescence Techniques |
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10:35-10:50 |
Pitches Poster Session 1 |
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10:50-11:00 |
coffee |
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11:00-13:00 |
Excursion Zandmotor |
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13:00-13:45 |
Lunch+posters |
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13:45-14:30 |
Heidi Nepf / MIT |
How vegetation alters water motion, and the feedbacks to environmental system structure and function |
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14:30-14:50 |
Christian Schwarz / NIOZ |
Impacts of Salt Marsh Plants on Tidal Channel Initiation |
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14:50-15:10 |
Bas Borsje / University of Twente |
Coupling Underwater Life and its Landscape |
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15:10-15:30 |
Eveline van der Deijl / Utrecht University |
Survival Chances of Mussel Patches During Fall |
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15:30-15:45 |
Pitches Poster Session 2 |
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15:45-16:30 |
Coffee+posters |
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16:30-16:50 |
Cynthia Maan / TU Delft |
A Lagrangian Model for the Evolution of Intertidal Areas |
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16:50-17:10 |
Pieter Roos / University of Twente |
Modelling Barrier Coast Dynamics to Explain Trends in Barrier Island Length |
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17:10-17:30 |
Maarten Kleinhans / Utrecht University |
Ebb- and Flood-dominant Tidal Channels and Bars in an Experimental Estuary |
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19:00 |
Dinner at Parker Beach Club |
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Friday |
15th of March |
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08:30- 09:00 |
Registration and coffee |
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09:00-09:30 |
Roeland Allewijn / RWS-WD |
The Dutch Coast: work in progress and coastal policy - the influence of coastal research |
| 09:30-09:45 | Marcel Stive / TU Delft |
NCK Quo Vadis? |
| 09:45-10:00 |
Discussion |
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10:00-10:30 |
coffee |
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10:30-10:50 |
Bas Huisman / Deltares |
Integrated Evaluation and Modelling of Nourishment Strategies. |
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10:50-11:10 |
Sytze van Heteren / TNO |
Sedimentology and Age of Superimposed Storm-surge Units at Keremma Barrier Spit, Brittany, France |
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11:10-11:30 |
Bas van Maren / Deltares |
Turbidity Change in the Ems-Dollard Estuary |
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11:30-11:50 |
Sarah Doorme / IMDC |
Detection of Non-stationarities in Extreme Values |
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11:50-12:05 |
Pitches Poster Session 3 |
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12:05-13:15 |
Lunch+posters |
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13:15-13:30 |
Theo Gerkema / NIOZ |
Measurements on the Transport of SPM in the Vlie Inlet |
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13:30-13:50 |
Judith Bosboom / TU Delft |
Scale-selective Validation of Morphodynamic Models |
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13:50-14:10 |
Gerard Dam / Svašek/UNESCO-IHE |
Long-term Performance of Process-based Models in Estuaries |
| 14:10-14:20 |
Abdel Nnafie / Utrecht University |
Effects of Sea Level Change on the Formation and Long-term Evolution of Shore Face-connected Sand Ridges |
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14:40-14:55 |
Pitches Poster Session 4 |
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14:55-15:30 |
Coffee+posters | |
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15:30-15:50 |
Kevin Neessen / University of Twente |
Wave Breaking Effects on Surf Zone Hydrodynamics |
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15:50-16:10 |
Jebbe van der Werf / Deltares |
The influence of morphology on tide and sand transport processes in the Scheldt estuary |
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16:10-16:30 |
Niels van den Berg / Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya |
Modelling the Dynamics of Large Scale Shoreline Sand Waves |
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16:50-17:15 |
Closing |
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Poster sessions: please click here.
Last Updated (Wednesday, 20 March 2013 10:51)
What is NCK?
The Netherlands Centre for Coastal Research (NCK) is a cooperation of Dutch universities and institutes on coastal research and management. Founded in 1991, the NCK aims at increasing the quality of coastal research in The Netherlands, enhancing the exchange of knowledge to the applied research community, reinforcing coastal research and education capacities at Dutch universities and strengthening the position of Dutch coastal research in a United Europe and beyond. NCK research (interaction) is concentrated in five themes, viz. Seabed and Shelf, Beach Barrier Coast, Tidal Inlet Systems and Estuaries, Sand and Mud and Hydrodynamics. Added value is realized by carrying out joint research programmes in The Netherlands as well as abroad, through exchange of senior research staff between partners and via dissemination of knowledge during dedicated meetings as well as the annual NCK days.
NCK activities have contributed importantly to the establishment of strong relationships between research and management groups of various NCK partners. This has actively stimulated the development of in-depth knowledge through interaction of key-specialists from different background, facilitated a multi-disciplinary approach towards coastal problems and improved the match between specialist knowledge and end-user interests. |




