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Uncertainty in estuarine extreme water level predictions due to surge-tide interaction by Lyddon, Charlotte, Brown, Jenny M, Leonardi, Nicoletta, Plater, Andrew J

“…Storm surge is often the greatest threat to life and critical infrastructures during hurricanes and violent storms. Millions of people living in low-lying…”
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The geomorphology of the Anthropocene: emergence, status and implications by Brown, Antony G., Tooth, Stephen, Bullard, Joanna E., Thomas, David S. G., Chiverrell, Richard C., Plater, Andrew J., Murton, Julian, Thorndycraft, Varyl R., Tarolli, Paolo, Rose, James, Wainwright, John, Downs, Peter, Aalto, Rolf

“…The Anthropocene is proposed as a new interval of geological time in which human influence on Earth and its geological record dominates over natural processes…”
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A temporal waterline approach to mapping intertidal areas using X-band marine radar by Bell, Paul S., Bird, Cai O., Plater, Andrew J.

“…Mapping the morphology of intertidal areas is a logistically challenging, time consuming and expensive task due to their large expanse and difficulties…”
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Physical and economic impacts of sea-level rise and low probability flooding events on coastal communities by Prime, Thomas, Brown, Jennifer M, Plater, Andrew J

“…Conventionally flood mapping typically includes only a static water level (e.g. peak of a storm tide) in coastal flood inundation events. Additional factors…”
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Roving Multiple Camera Array with Structure-from-Motion for Coastal Monitoring by Godfrey, Samantha, Cooper, James R., Plater, Andrew J.

“…Regular monitoring is essential for vulnerable coastal locations such as areas of landward retreat. However, for coastal practitioners, surveying is limited by…”
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Beach Deployment of a Low-Cost GNSS Buoy for Determining Sea-Level and Wave Characteristics by Knight, Philip J., Bird, Cai O., Sinclair, Alex, Higham, Jonathan, Plater, Andrew J.

“…Spatially explicit data on tidal and waves are required as part of coastal monitoring applications (e.g., radar monitoring of coastal change) for the design of…”
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Sensitivity of Flood Hazard and Damage to Modelling Approaches by Lyddon, Charlotte E., Brown, Jennifer M., Leonardi, Nicoletta, Plater, Andrew J.

“…Combination of uncertainties in water level and wave height predictions for extreme storms can result in unacceptable levels of error, rendering flood hazard…”
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Role of Beach Morphology in Wave Overtopping Hazard Assessment by Phillips, Benjamin, Brown, Jennifer, Bidlot, Jean-Raymond, Plater, Andrew

“…Understanding the role of beach morphology in controlling wave overtopping volume will further minimise uncertainties in flood risk assessments at coastal…”
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A Stochastic Approach to Modeling Tidal Creek Evolution: Exploring Environmental Influences on CreekTopologies Through Ensemble Predictions by Li, Xiaorong, Leonardi, Nicoletta, Plater, Andrew J.

“…A numerical tool integrating hydrodynamics, vegetation growth, stochastic selection, and Monte‐Carlo simulation is developed to predict channel network…”
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Potential eolian transfer of radioactive dusts from contaminated saltmarshes to coastal residential areas by Rahman, Rubina, Plater, Andrew J.

“…Dust samples from a residential area next to the Dee estuary saltmarsh, north-west England, UK, were collected at two heights and analyzed to investigate the…”
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Association of 241Am and 137Cs in finer size-fractioned saltmarsh sediments from north-west England, UK and potential health risk to coastal population by Rahman, Rubina, Plater, Andrew J.

“…This study provides an in-depth analysis of the relationship between radionuclide and particle size-class abundance through an investigation of radionuclide…”
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Flood Hazard Assessment for a Hyper-Tidal Estuary as a Function of Tide-Surge-Morphology Interaction by Lyddon, Charlotte, Brown, Jennifer M., Leonardi, Nicoletta, Plater, Andrew J.

“…Astronomical high tides and meteorological storm surges present a combined flood hazard to communities and infrastructure. There is a need to incorporate the…”
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Impact of Barrier Breaching on Wetland Ecosystems under the Influence of Storm Surge, Sea-Level Rise and Freshwater Discharge by Li, Xiaorong, Leonardi, Nicoletta, Plater, Andrew J.

“…Coastal wetland ecosystems and biodiversity are susceptible to changes in salinity brought about by the local effects of climate change, meteorological…”
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Novel luminescence diagnosis of storm deposition across intertidal environments by Pannozzo, Natascia, Smedley, Rachel K., Plater, Andrew J., Carnacina, Iacopo, Leonardi, Nicoletta

“…Salt marshes provide valuable nature-based, low-cost defences protecting against coastal flooding and erosion. Storm sedimentation can improve the resilience…”
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Particle-size evidence of estuary evolution: A rapid and diagnostic tool for determining the nature of recent saltmarsh accretion by Rahman, Rubina, Plater, Andrew J.

“…A conceptual model of saltmarsh sedimentation based on high-resolution particle-size analysis has been tested on short cores (c. 0.5m) of known age from the…”
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Quantification of the Uncertainty in Coastal Storm Hazard Predictions Due to Wave‐Current Interaction and Wind Forcing by Lyddon, Charlotte E., Brown, Jennifer M., Leonardi, Nicoletta, Saulter, Andrew, Plater, Andrew J.

“…Coastal flood warning and design of coastal protection schemes rely on accurate estimations of water level and waves during hurricanes and violent storms…”
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Flood inundation uncertainty: The case of a 0.5% annual probability flood event by Prime, Thomas, Brown, Jennifer M., Plater, Andrew J.

“…•Single joint probability design does not accurately capture flooding uncertainty.•Sea-level rise has a greater impact on future flooding than changes in wave…”
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Exploring the socio-cultural contexts of fishers and fishing: Developing the concept of the ‘good fisher’ by Gustavsson, Madeleine, Riley, Mark, Morrissey, Karyn, Plater, Andrew J.

“…Recent calls have been made to pay greater attention to the social and cultural contexts of fisheries and their management. This paper explores how the recent…”
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Application of marine radar to monitoring seasonal and event-based changes in intertidal morphology by Bird, Cai O., Bell, Paul S., Plater, Andrew J.

“…This paper demonstrates the application of marine radar and a newly developed waterline mapping technique to the continued surveillance and monitoring of…”
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Quantifying erosion hazards and economic damage to critical infrastructure in river catchments: Impact of a warming climate by Li, Xiaorong, Cooper, James R., Plater, Andrew J.

“…Climate change is projected to cause considerable pressure on our environment and communities. In particular, an increase in flooding and extreme erosion…”
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