CAMELOT (Coastal Area Modelling for Engineering in the Long Term)

A research programme investigating the methods for predicting how the shape of coasts will change over long periods.

From:
Flood and Coastal Erosion Risk Management Research and Development Programme and Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
Published
11 February 2021
Category:
Environmental management and sustainability
Topics:
Coast, Coastal erosion, Modelling, Natural capital, Understanding physical processes
Project status:
Completed
Project code:
FD1001
Date of completion:
31 March 2000

Documents

Coastal Area Modelling for Engineering in the long term - CAMELOT - final report

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Details

To design environmentally sound and cost-effective defences, coastal engineers must be able to predict how the shape (morphology) of long stretches of coastline will change in the long term.

This research programme investigated the methods for predicting coastal morphology. It developed and tested numerical models for long-term morphodynamic predictions and produced:

  • computer models
  • datasets and analysis techniques
  • methodologies
  • dissemination activities

The manual produced as part of this research, ‘Coastal Morphology Modelling: A guide to model selection and usage’ translates the findings of CAMELOT into practical steps. It describes and classifies the available models for the evolution of coasts and what sort of data they need to help practitioners choose the correct model for different applications.

This project ran from 1993 to 2000 at a cost of £1,236,573.

Published 11 February 2021