MPCOAST: MicroPlastic transport processes in the COASTal environment
© LuFI (2020)
| Led by: | Fuhrman, David R. (PI) |
| E-Mail: | schlurmann@lufi.uni-hannover.de |
| Team: | Larsen, Bjarke Eltard (Project Participant); Carstensen, Stefan (Project Participant); Christensen, Erik Damgaard (Project Participant); Nils Kerpen (Project Participant); Torsten Schlurmann (Project Participant) |
| Year: | 2020 |
| Date: | 01-07-20 |
| Funding: | Independent Research Fund Denmark |
| Duration: | 07/2020 - 07/2023 |
Youtube video produced by The Independent Research Fund Denmark describing the research project MPCOAST
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DTU (2022)
Primary objectives include:
- To identify fundamental thresholds for (i) incipient motion conditions and (ii) initiation of suspension for non-buoyant MPs mixed with bottom sediments;
- To extend state-of-the-art computational fluid dynamics (CFD) coastal models to newly incorporate specialized particle models for turbulent MP transport, setting a new standard of practice in this area by a wide margin;
- To elucidate and quantify key differences in cross-shore (perpendicular to the coastline) transport processes and patterns (erosion, settling, convection, turbulent diffusion, etc.) for buoyant vs. non-buoyant MP, including identification of typical depositional “hotspots” in nearshore regions.
Publications:
- Kerpen, N. B., Schlurmann, T., Schendel, A., Gundlach, J., Marquard, D., & Hüpgen, M. (2020). Wave-induced distribution of microplastic in the surf zone. Frontiers in Marine Science, 7. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2020.590565.
- Hasan Gokhan Guler, Bjarke Eltard Larsen, Oriol Quintana, Koray Deniz Goral, Stefan Carstensen, Erik Damgaard Christensen, Nils B. Kerpen, Torsten Schlurmann, David R. Fuhrman, Experimental study of non-buoyant microplastic transport beneath breaking irregular waves on a live sediment bed, Marine Pollution Bulletin, Volume 181, 2022, 113902, ISSN 0025-326X, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2022.113902.
