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RESIST is continuing at larger scale

While the flume experiments were large in themselves, research on the resistance of coastal salt marshes to extreme storms and their potential for nature based solutions in coastal protection does not stop at the walls of the large wave flume. … Continue reading

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Thank you for the music

The large wave flume is a unique facility and thus the experiments conducted there are unique as well. Over 30 years since its opening mean that it has seen a lot and the FZK team can draw from a lot … Continue reading

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Joining forces

A lot of our measurements take place in the afternoon, when the flume is drained and we can access the platform to check on the plants and soil. But we also have a suite of instruments installed in the flume … Continue reading

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Heavy machinery

  Such large experiments are not possible without heavy machinery. First of all, there is the roughly 1000 horse power wave maker which enables us to produce our artificial storm floods. But we are also grateful for the two portal … Continue reading

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Taking care of the young

This project would not be possible without all the highly motivated young people in the team who do most of the counting and measuring and weeding and cutting. And while it is hard work, particularly in this heat, it is … Continue reading

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RESIST in the media

Into the second week of the experiments, we are slowly getting accustomed to having the plants in the flume and the number of photos we take of the setup each day has gone down to a manageable number. It seems … Continue reading

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More than scratching the surface

Besides the plant pallets on the raised platform, we also install a row of soil cores at the back of the flume each week. To do so, the FZK team especially designed  and built the steel ‘flower pots’ that take … Continue reading

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Upping the force

During the course of the week, we have been constantly increasing the wave conditions that our plants get exposed to: the last wave spectrum of the week finally also contained some waves that spectacularly broke and washed white water across … Continue reading

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Everything is SET in place

It has to be said, having the plants in the flume simply looks beautiful. And on the first day, when the water very slowly rose so as not to disturb the sediment surface while flooding the pallets, we could not … Continue reading

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Installation #1

It has been a busy Monday at GWK with the installation of the first set of plant pallets in the flume, last minute adjustments and the first reference measurements for plant and soil surface parameters. Of course everything took longer … Continue reading

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