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The ECORS-Truc Vert’08 nearshore field experiment: presentation of a three-dimensional morphologic system in a macro-tidal environment during consecutive extreme storm conditions

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A large multi-institutional nearshore field experiment was conducted at Truc Vert, on the Atlantic coast of France in early 2008. Truc Vert’08 was designed to measure beach change on a long, sandy stretch of coast without engineering works with emphasis on large winter waves (offshore significant wave height up to 8 m), a three-dimensional morphology, and macro-tidal conditions. Nearshore wave transformation, circulation and bathymetric changes involve coupled processes at many spatial and temporal scales thus implying the need to improve our knowledge for the full spectrum of scales to achieve a comprehensive view of the natural system. This experiment is unique when compared with existing experiments because of the simultaneous investigation of processes at different scales, both spatially (from ripples to sand banks) and temporally (from single swash events to several spring-neap tidal cycles, including a major storm event). The purpose of this paper is to provide background information on the experiment by providing detailed presentation of the instrument layout and snapshots of preliminary results.

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Acknowledgements

We thank all those who have given financial support for this field experiment, in particular the French DGA. GM, PR and IT gratefully acknowledge funding from the UK Natural Environment Research Council (NERC; NE/F009275/1) and the Australian Research Council (ARC; DP0770118) and the assistance of their excellent field team. JHMM, AJHMR and EG gratefully acknowledge the funding from the USA NSF and the assistance of their team. BGR was funded by the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO) under project 864.04.007. We should like to thank NIWA (Hamilton—New Zealand) for providing support in the installation of the video system. We are most grateful to the lifeguards (CRS/MNS) for providing support during the field experiment. We thank the mayor of the city of Lege-Cap Ferret, Mr Sammarcelli, and his technical staff for providing logistic support. We also really appreciate the support of the French National Forest Office (ONF). Finally, we would like to point out that the list of authors is representative of most of the institutes involved in the field experiment but does not include everyone who contributed to the success of this field experiment. We are sincerely grateful to all the researchers, engineers, technicians, military personnel and students who made the field experiment possible. We greatly appreciated their invaluable help in making this field experiment a success despite the difficult weather conditions.

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  1. OASU–EPOC, Université Bordeaux I, avenue des Facultés, 33405, Talence, France

    Nadia Senechal & Sylvain Capo

  2. LaSAGeC2, Université de Pau et des Pays de l’Adour, 1 allée du Parc Montaury, 64600, Anglet, France

    Stéphane Abadie

  3. Department of Biology, Franklin and Marshall College, Lancaster, PA, 17604-3003, USA

    Edith Gallagher

  4. Oceanography Department, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, CA, 93943, USA

    Jamie MacMahan

  5. School of Geography, University of Plymouth, Plymouth, PL4 8AA, UK

    Gerd Masselink

  6. LEGI, Grenoble-INP/UJF/CNRS, BP 53, 38041, Grenoble cedex, France

    Hervé Michallet

  7. Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science, University of Miami, Miami, FL, USA

    Ad Reniers

  8. Department of Physical Geography, Faculty of Geosciences, Institute for Marine and Atmospheric research, Utrecht University, P.O. Box 80.115, 3508 TC, Utrecht, the Netherlands

    Gerben Ruessink

  9. School of Earth, Ocean and Environmental Sciences, University of Plymouth, Plymouth, PL4 8AA, UK

    Paul Russell

  10. LSEET, Université de Toulon et du Var, 83957, La Garde, France

    Damien Sous

  11. Water Research Laboratory, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, 2052, Australia

    Ian Turner

  12. SHOM, Océanographie/Recherche, CS 92803, 29228, Brest cedex 2, France

    Fabrice Ardhuin & Thierry Garlan

  13. OASU–EPOC, CNRS, avenue des Facultés, 33405, Talence, France

    Philippe Bonneton & Stéphane Bujan

  14. IMAGES, Université de Perpignan, 52 avenue de Villeneuve, 66860, Perpignan cedex, France

    Raphael Certain

  15. BRGM, 3 avenue Claude Guillemin, BP 36009, 45060, Orléans cedex 2, France

    Rodrigo Pedreros

  16. Civil Engineering and Geosciences, Delft University of Technology, Delft, the Netherlands

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Senechal, N., Abadie, S., Gallagher, E. et al. The ECORS-Truc Vert’08 nearshore field experiment: presentation of a three-dimensional morphologic system in a macro-tidal environment during consecutive extreme storm conditions. Ocean Dynamics 61, 2073–2098 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10236-011-0472-x

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