Regional Numerical Model Major project 2023-2026 Dr Matthew Wadey, BCP Council and Alex Hillawi, Coastal Partners: funded by FCERM GiA (£ tbc) Background Numerical modelling of sediment transport and hydrodynamics across the SCOPAC coastline has historically been...
Acoustic Tags SCOPAC Minor funds contribution 2022-2024 Sacha Neill, Coastal Partners: £4,000 Background Coastal Partners are currently developing an innovative method of tracking the movement of coarse shingle material along the seabed to allow scientists to monitor...
Heritage at risk from flooding and coastal erosion Major project 2022-2024 Alex Hillawi and Charlie White, Coastal Partners: funded by £90,000 Southern and Wessex RFCC local levy, with £10,000 SCOPAC contribution Background A large number of designated heritage sites...
SCOPAC Sediment Transport Study scoping Major project 2023-2025 Samantha Cope, Coastal Partners: £10,000 Background The most utilised of SCOPAC’s research, the SCOPAC Sediment Transport Study provides a clear understanding of coastal processes across the region, and...
Bibliographic Database – scanning old documents Major project 2021-2023 Emma Harris and Charlie White, Coastal Partners: £10,000 Background The original SCOPAC Bibliographic Database was compiled for SCOPAC in 1989 by the Department of Geography at the...
Tracer Pebble Study, West Bay SCOPAC Minor funds contribution 2021-2022 Sacha Neill, Coastal Partners on behalf of Lamorna Taylor, Dorset Council and Alan Frampton, BCP Council: funded by £86,460 local levy, £2,500 Dorset Council and £3,500 Environment Agency, with...
Exploring some of the challenges for continued use of steel sheet-piles for FCERM in coastal settings SCOPAC Minor funds contribution 2020-2021 Rob Thomas, Dorset Council and Alan Frampton, BCP Council: £4,000 Background In the SCOPAC region (and elsewhere), Risk...
Tracer Pebble Study, Preston Beach 2018-20 Dave Picksley, Environment Agency and Sacha Neill, Coastal Partners: £5,000 Aims and objectives In order to better understand the complex coastal processes around Preston Beach in Weymouth (Figure 1), SCOPAC contributed...
Tracer Pebble Study, Langstone Harbour entrance SCOPAC Minor funds contribution 2018-2020 Alex Hillawi, Coastal Partners: £4000 The SCOPAC coastline is intersected by multiple tidal inlets. Coastal processes at these locations are typically complex, often producing...
Scanning of historical aerial photography Environment Agency: £13,000 (2015-2021) Analysis of historical aerial photography is fundamental to understanding coastal evolution and change. The Environment Agency has now scanned almost all Annual Beach Monitoring Survey...
Reducing regional flood and erosion risk from wave action on the Channel Coast Channel Coast Observatory and HR Wallingford: FDGiA £250,000 with contributions from SCOPAC (2014-2017) SHINGLE-B, the online tool for prediction of shingle beach profiles developed as part...
SCOPAC Sediment Stores & Sinks Study Channel Coast Observatory: £25,000 (2011-2014) The primary aim of this project was to identify sediment stores and sinks across the SCOPAC region for future recycling operations. There are large cost savings to be had by using...
Non-standard rock groynes in Poole and Christchurch Bays Minor funds contribution 2011-2013 SCOPAC: £4,000 (£2,000 2011/12 & £2,000 2012/13) Poole, Bournemouth, Christchurch and New Forest Councils have all built rock groynes that do not conform to the Rock Manual...
Tracer Pebble Study, East Solent, Phase II SCOPAC Minor funds contribution 2011-2013 Coastal Partners: £4,000 SCOPAC contributed £4,000 towards the tracer study element of the River Hamble to Portchester Castle Coastal Strategy. Following deployments at Portsmouth and...
Utilisation of RCMP data to understand coastal processes SCOPAC award towards research projects which use Regional Coastal Monitoring Programme (RCMP) data A contribution of £1,000 is available from the Southern Coastal Group and SCOPAC towards research projects using...
SCOPAC Sediment Transport Bibliographic Database SCOPAC 6 (2012). Channel Coast Observatory, David Carter and the University of Portsmouth The 2012 Bibliographic Database comprises some 5,700 references to relevant shoreline management reports and publications for the...
Tracer Pebble Study, East Solent Phase I SCOPAC Minor Funds Contribution 2010-11 Coastal Partners: £1,500 The Coastal Partners (formerly known as Havant, Portsmouth and Gosport Coastal Partnership) have developed a new shingle tracer study technique using...
Extreme Wave Conditions within the SCOPAC region Professor A Bradbury: £10,000 (2008/09) and £8,000 (2009/10) A review of regional wave climate and implications for shoreline management – extremes, swell, bimodal conditions (2008-2010) The investigation into...
RESPONSE European Project Maps 2006-2009 Funded by the European Union’s LIFE-Environment Programme (DG Environment) for sustainable development Responding to the risks from climate change on the coast A three-year project launched in December 2006, and led by the...
SCOPAC Sediment Transport Study 2004 University of Portsmouth Please note: The 2004 study has been superseded by the publication of a 2012 update (more below) Covering the coastline of central-southern England between Lyme Regis (Dorset) and Shoreham-By-Sea (West...
Strategic Regional Coastal Monitoring Programmes Channel Coast Observatory: contribution (2002-present day) Probably the most significant of the coastal research activities in recent years has been the establishment of the National Network of Regional Coastal...
Preparing for the Impacts of Climate Change Halcrow Marine, University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, University of Portsmouth and the Meteorological Office (2001) A Strategy for Long Term Planning and Management of the Shoreline in the Context of Climate Change Predictions....
