Larger-scale Morphodynamic Impacts of Segmented Shore-Parallel Breakwaters (SSPB) on Coasts and Beaches (LEACOAST2)

拟议的研究是利物浦大学、东安格利亚大学和普利茅斯大学之间的一个合作项目，国际咨询公司Halcrow和HR Wallingford也参与其中，研究英国诺福克郡海帕尔林潮汐和波浪条件下的沉积物运输，那里大约10年前建造了9个与海岸平行的防波堤，以保护低洼、易受洪水侵袭的沿海地区。该项目将广泛使用先进的声学设备、摄像机和雷达以及计算机模型进行现场测量，以调查此类防波堤对长期（~10年）海岸线变化的影响。该项目将为今后管理世界沿海地区提供宝贵的数据集和有用的工具。该项目的结果，连同现有的数据，也将用于改进当前的设计指南，为未来的海岸保护工程，这是迫切需要的，鉴于增加风暴和洪水的风险，由于全球变暖造成的气候变化。

The proposed research is a collaborative project between the Universities of Liverpool, East Anglia and Plymouth, with involvement of international consulting companies: Halcrow and HR Wallingford, to study sediment transport under tide and wave conditions at Sea Palling, Norfolk, UK, where nine shore-parallel breakwaters were built some 10 years ago to protect the low-lying, flood-prone coastal area. The project will make extensive use of field measurements from advanced acoustic equipment, video cameras and radar, as well as computer models to investigate the effect of such breakwaters on long-term (~10 years) coastline changes. The project will provide valuable data sets and useful tools for future management of the world's coastal areas. The results from the project, together with the existing data, will also be used to improve current design guidelines for future coastal protection works, which is urgently needed in the light of increase of storminess and flood risk due to the climate changes caused by the global warming.