Today marked the end of this field campaign. Yesterday, we had already removed all our equipment from the beach and foredune and cleared out the sea container. Leaving the beach, knowing it would be our last time for this scientific purpose, left us with mixed feelings. On one hand, we were looking forward to going home again, though on the other, we also knew we were going to miss spending most of the day outside in the fresh air, being able to enjoy the always nice views of the sea, waves and skies above. A thing we, for sure, will not miss the coming days is the sand. There was always bloody sand everywhere!
Anyways, I think we can look back at these past weeks with proud, as we collected a great amount of data on a broad range of parameters regarding wind, sand an vegetation dynamics on the beach and foredune. Most exciting of all, these data cover large variations in weather conditions, which we endured during this campaign. From very calm to stormy weather, completely dry to frequent and intense showers, completely cloud-capped to very clear and sunny skies, autumn chill to summer heat, virtually all wind directions and so forth.
This result - which successfulness has yet to be confirmed through first data analysis and processing - was, in my opinion, due to good cooperation between everyone involved in this project. In the field, a helping hand was never far away, as we all showed commitment to each others research focus and were always ready to assist when needed; either with installing a certain measuring instrument or by just preparing a nice cup of coffee.
The coming week we will use to recover from the fieldwork, after which we will soon start off by ordering and first-processing the raw data. I am very curious about the first results/plots we will obtain! But for now, relax.
- JWB
Anyways, I think we can look back at these past weeks with proud, as we collected a great amount of data on a broad range of parameters regarding wind, sand an vegetation dynamics on the beach and foredune. Most exciting of all, these data cover large variations in weather conditions, which we endured during this campaign. From very calm to stormy weather, completely dry to frequent and intense showers, completely cloud-capped to very clear and sunny skies, autumn chill to summer heat, virtually all wind directions and so forth.
This result - which successfulness has yet to be confirmed through first data analysis and processing - was, in my opinion, due to good cooperation between everyone involved in this project. In the field, a helping hand was never far away, as we all showed commitment to each others research focus and were always ready to assist when needed; either with installing a certain measuring instrument or by just preparing a nice cup of coffee.
The coming week we will use to recover from the fieldwork, after which we will soon start off by ordering and first-processing the raw data. I am very curious about the first results/plots we will obtain! But for now, relax.
- JWB