Dr Tania Scott Research assistant Environmental Systems Science Centre

I am interested in applying data assimilation techniques to coastal area morphodynamic modelling.

When I first joined ESSC I worked as a research assistant on the TIDE project. As part of this project I developed a morphodynamic model of Morecambe Bay incorporating a basic data assimilation scheme. The results of this work are presented in:

Scott, T.R. and Mason, D.C., 2007. Data assimilation for a coastal area morphodynamic model: Morecambe Bay. Coastal Engineering, 54(2), 91-109.

I am currently working as a research assistant on a project funded under the NERC FREE programme. This project is called Changing Coastlines: data assimilation for morphodynamic prediction and predictability. It follows on from my TIDE work, but will make greater use of the statistical information produced as part of the data assimilation process. Our primary aim is to find the best way to maintain an up-to-date model bathymetry, together with its uncertainty, for each of our study sites, for input into coastal flood inundation models. Our three study sites are: the Dee estuary, Morecambe Bay, and the East Lincolnshire Coast. We are also interested in the predictability of future bathymetry.