Assessing the role of coastal vegetation for wave attenuationusing the MI-SAFE viewer

Tuesday, 31 October, 2017 9:30 AM - 10:30 AM CET
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Join our one hour webinar as part of the FAST Symposium during the Delft Software Days - Edition 2017 (DSD-INT 2017). You will explore the latest scientific approaches towards nature-based flood defenses together with the FAST team and the audience present at the DSD-INT 2017.


The MI-SAFE viewer has been developed as part of the FAST project (Foreshore Assessment using Space Technology, http://fast.openearth.eu/) and is a valuable tool to assess the presence of vegetation and its contribution to wave attenuation anywhere in the world. Data on topography, bathymetry, vegetation cover and change, storm surge and wave statistics are derived from earth observation imagery, global databases and numerical modelling. Field data collected during the FAST project have been used to calibrate our model (XBeach) and its vegetation parameters. In addition to global, large-scale data, we have derived detailed and more accurate data for specific sites (Expert Level of services). Tailor-made solutions are offered to fit the user’s requirements for implementing nature-based flood defences.
The set-up of this webinar is as follows:


09.30 - 09.40h CETIntroduction and guided tour through the MI-SAFE viewer
by Dr. Mindert de Vries

09.40 - 10.10h CETThe science behind the MI-SAFE viewer: what data has been used and what analysis have been used to build the viewer?
by Dr. Daphne van der Wal and Dr. Iris Moeller
10.10 - 10.20h CETExamples of Advanced Applications: extended analysis for specific study sites
by Dr. Mindert de Vries

10.20 - 10.30h CETQuestion round

Webinar presenters
The webinar session presenters are:

• Dr Daphne van der Wal
  Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research (NIOZ), The Netherlands
• Dr Iris Möller
  University of Cambridge, UK
• Drs Mindert de Vries
  Deltares, The Netherlands

About registration
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If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us at Deltares Academy.
We look forward to seeing you at the webinar!
Kind regards,
Julia Vroom
Deltares

Tel: +31 88 335 81 88
E-mail: academy@deltares.nl