Print Email Facebook Twitter A regional application of bayesian modeling for coastal erosion and sand nourishment management Title A regional application of bayesian modeling for coastal erosion and sand nourishment management Author Giardino, Alessio (Deltares) Diamantidou, Eleni (Van Oort) Pearson, S.G. (TU Delft Coastal Engineering) Santinelli, Giorgio (Deltares) den Heijer, C. (TU Delft Coastal Engineering) Date 2019-01-01 Abstract This paper presents an application of the Bayesian belief network for coastal erosion management at the regional scale. A "Bayesian erosion management network" (BERM-N) is developed and trained based on yearly cross-shore profile data available along the Holland coast. Profiles collected for over 50 years and at 604 locations were combined with information on different sand nourishment types (i.e., beach, dune, and shoreface) and volumes implemented during the analyzed time period. The network was used to assess the effectiveness of nourishments in mitigating coastal erosion. The effectiveness of nourishments was verified using two coastal state indicators, namely the momentary coastline position and the dune foot position. The network shows how the current nourishment policy is effective in mitigating the past erosive trends. While the effect of beach nourishment was immediately visible after implementation, the effect of shoreface nourishment reached its maximum only 5-10 years after implementation of the nourishments. The network can also be used as a predictive tool to estimate the required nourishment volume in order to achieve a predefined coastal erosion management objective. The network is interactive and flexible and can be trained with any data type derived from measurements as well as numerical models. Subject Bayesian belief networkBERM-NCoastal erosionCoastal state indicatorsDune footHolland coastJarKus dataMomentary coastlineSand nourishmentsSea level rise To reference this document use: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:05873343-9a0e-44b5-9bae-1bc3963f3e3b DOI https://doi.org/10.3390/w11010061 ISSN 2073-4441 Source Water, 11 (1) Part of collection Institutional Repository Document type journal article Rights © 2019 Alessio Giardino, Eleni Diamantidou, S.G. Pearson, Giorgio Santinelli, C. den Heijer Files PDF water_11_00061_v2.pdf 3.41 MB Close viewer /islandora/object/uuid:05873343-9a0e-44b5-9bae-1bc3963f3e3b/datastream/OBJ/view