READ ME File For 'Datasets from 'Mixed sand and gravel beach morphodynamics: observations and modelling across the nearshore' PhD project.'

Dataset DOI: 10.5258/SOTON/D3381

ReadMe Author: Dominique Townsend, University of Southampton 0000-0002-0502-6061

This dataset supports the thesis entitled 'Mixed sand and gravel beach morphodynamics: observations and modelling across the nearshore'
AWARDED BY: University of Southampton
DATE OF AWARD: 2025

DESCRIPTION OF THE DATA
This PURE dataset contains the data collected as part of the PhD project 'Mixed sand and gravel beach morphodynamics: observations and modelling across the nearshore'. 
Further information on each dataset is provided in an excel sheet within each subfolder.

This dataset contains:

1. Bathymetry and topographic profile surveys from the study site (2020 to 2022).
2. Particle Size Distribution data for three locations within the study site: the upper (subaerial) beach, the transverse bar area (subtidal) and the array area (subtidal).
3. XBand Radar surface roughness images.


Date of data collection: All data was collected within the PhD period (2019-2024).

Information about geographic location of data collection: All data is from the Pevensey Bay study site (50.810692, 0.354068)

Licence:
CC-BY

Related projects/Funders:
The PhD studentship was funded by NERC INSPIRE DTP (NE/S007210/1), the Graduate School of the National Oceanography Centre, Southampton, and the Environment Agency.
This work was supported by the Environment Agency through the project: “Delivering Legacy from the Pevensey Bay Coastal Defence Scheme (PI: Kassem, H.; Contract: 201-09-SD10).

Related publication:
Townsend, D., Leyland, J., Kassem, H., Thompson, C., & Townend, I. (2024). Exploring nearshore bed dynamics of a mixed beach using the depth of closure conceptual model. Geomorphology, 454, 109150.
Townsend, D., Leyland, J., Kassem, H., Thompson, C. E., Townend, I. H., Bell, P. S., & Bird, C. O. (2025). Seasonal mobility of transverse finger bars within a mixed sand-gravel bay measured using X-band Radar. Geomorphology, 469, 109517.

Date that the file was created: January, 2025