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'''Compendium for Coast and Sea - creating a marine science-policy interface'''
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[[Image:irregular storm a.jpg|thumb|200px|Fig. 1a. Irregular directional storm waves (including white capping)]]
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[[Image:irregular storm b.jpg|thumb|200px|Fig. 1b. Regular unidirectional swell.]]
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The Compendium for Coast and Sea is an integrated knowledge document about the socio-economic, environmental and institutional aspects of the coast and sea in Flanders and Belgium. As such, it constitutes a one-stop shop for data and information from the Flemish and Belgian marine and maritime research community and experts. The Compendium for Coast and Sea is an initiative of the Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ) and was developed in close collaboration with experts from the research community, government, industry and civil society organisations. The first version of the Compendium was launched in 2013, a second edition was presented in 2015.
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There is typically a distinction between short waves, which are waves with periods less than approximately 20 s, and long waves or long period oscillations, which are oscillations with periods between 20-30 s and 40 min. Water-level oscillations with periods or recurrence intervals larger than around 1 hour, such as [[tide|astronomical tide]] and [[storm surge]], are referred to as water-level variations. The short waves are wind waves and swell, whereas long waves are divided into [[surf beat]]s, harbour resonance, [[seiche]] and [[tsunami]]s. Natural waves can be viewed as a wave field consisting of a large number of single wave components each characterised by a [[wave height]], a [[wave period]] and a propagation direction. Wave fields with many different [[wave period]]s and heights are called irregular.
 

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Compendium for Coast and Sea - creating a marine science-policy interface


The Compendium for Coast and Sea is an integrated knowledge document about the socio-economic, environmental and institutional aspects of the coast and sea in Flanders and Belgium. As such, it constitutes a one-stop shop for data and information from the Flemish and Belgian marine and maritime research community and experts. The Compendium for Coast and Sea is an initiative of the Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ) and was developed in close collaboration with experts from the research community, government, industry and civil society organisations. The first version of the Compendium was launched in 2013, a second edition was presented in 2015.

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