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Journal article
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Title
Modeling storm surge attenuation by an integrated nature-based and engineered flood defense system in the Scheldt Estuary (Belgium)
Abstract
There is increasing interest in the use of nature-based approaches for mitigation of storm surges along coasts, deltas, and estuaries. However, very few studies have quantified the effectiveness of storm surge height reduction by a real-existing, estuarine-scale, nature-based, and engineered flood defense system, under specific storm surge conditions. Here, we present data and modelling results from a specific storm surge in the Scheldt estuary (Belgium), where a hybrid flood defense system is implemented, consisting of flood control areas, of which some are restored into tidal marsh ecosystems, by use of culvert constructions that allow daily reduced tidal in- and outflow. We present a hindcast simulation of the storm surge of 6 December 2013, using a TELEMAC-3D model of the Scheldt estuary, and model scenarios showing that the hybrid flood defense system resulted in a storm surge height reduction of up to half a meter in the estuary. An important aspect of the work was the implementation of model formulations for calculating flow through culverts of restored marshes. The latter was validated comparing simulated and measured discharges through a physical scale model of a culvert, and through a real-scale culvert of an existing restored marsh during the storm surge.
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https://www.webofscience.com/wos/woscc/full-record/WOS:000513656700054
Bibliographic citation
Smolders, S.; Teles, M.J.; Leroy, Agnès; Maximova, T.; Meire, P.; Temmerman, S. (2020). Modeling storm surge attenuation by an integrated nature-based and engineered flood defense system in the Scheldt Estuary (Belgium). J. Mar. Sci. Eng. 8(1): [1-28]. https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jmse8010027
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Authors

author
Name
Sven Smolders
Identifier
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4253-4081
Affiliation
Vlaamse overheid; Beleidsdomein Mobiliteit en Openbare Werken; Vlaams Ministerie Mobiliteit en Openbare Werken; Departement Mobiliteit en Openbare Werken; Waterbouwkundig Laboratorium
author
Name
Maria João Teles
author
Name
Agnès Leroy
author
Name
Tatiana Maximova
Affiliation
Vlaamse overheid; Beleidsdomein Mobiliteit en Openbare Werken; Vlaams Ministerie Mobiliteit en Openbare Werken; Departement Mobiliteit en Openbare Werken; Waterbouwkundig Laboratorium
author
Name
Patrick Meire
Identifier
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2599-5350
Affiliation
Universiteit Antwerpen; Faculteit Wetenschappen; Departement Biologie; Onderzoeksgroep Ecosysteembeheer
author
Name
Stijn Temmerman
Identifier
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3346-9115
Affiliation
Universiteit Antwerpen; Faculteit Wetenschappen; Departement Biologie; Onderzoeksgroep Ecosysteembeheer

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https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jmse8010027

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geographic terms associated with this publication
ANE, Scheldt Estuary

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date created
2020-01-08
date modified
2021-05-17