Short courses

The courses will be offered online on the conference app and the virtual event platform.

The conference organisation reserves the right to cancel a course in case of an insufficient number of participants.

The short courses are part of the Coastal Dynamics 2021 conference but it is possible to sign up for a short course without attending the conference.  

 

Short course: Dune dynamics Presented by Netherlands Centre for Coastal Research Instructors: Sierd de Vries (TU Delft), Kathelijne Wijnberg (Twente University), Gerben Ruessink (Utrecht University), Patrick Hesp (Flinders University) and Irene Delgado-Fernandez (Edge Hill University) Monday 28 June 2021: 09.30 - 16.30 This course will address the complexity of natural and managed coastal dunes. Worldwide there has been an increasing attention for medium to long term management strategies for coastal dunes while coastal dunes provide a multitude of functions. This has led to new scientific insights regarding process knowledge, data collection, sensing techniques and modelling capabilities but also an increasing number of real life case studies with large monitoring programs. In this short course we will synthesis these new insights and knowledge developments using specific examples and outcomes of recent research. The participants will be introduced to several real life cases,  basic and advanced knowledge on physical processes and applied numerical techniques (AEOLIS and AEOLUS models).   Price Euro 100, including VAT / Free of costs for students  With a minimum of 20 participants REGISTRATION FORM

 

Short course: XBeach modelling
Presented by Deltares
Instructors: Robert McCall, Ellen Quataert, Floortje Roelvink

Monday 28 June 2021: 13.30 - 16.30

XBeach is an open-source coastal model which can simulate nearshore hydro- and morphodynamic processes on sandy, gravel, coral, vegetated and urbanized coasts under daily and extreme conditions. In this short course an introduction on XBeach will be given through a series of lectures.  In these lectures we will cover
- Morphodynamic processes included in the model
- basic theoretical understanding on XBeach capabilities and functionalities;
- latest developments in XBeach including advance peek into the new “Home Edition” release.
- Tips & tricks from experienced modellers to set-up a XBeach model, change model settings and visualize results using an example XBeach model. 
Note that this course is not a XBeach training with hands-on exercises. An example XBeach model will be shared with the participants, that will be used by the participants during the course. 

Price Euro 275, including VAT 
With a minimum of 20 participants

REGISTRATION FORM