physical modelling at The Deep 2

Water is first pumped into buckets to help slow down the flow and prevent erosion Tubes are used to better distribute inflow at the top end of the flume Water flowing through the baffles and into the main portion of the Total Environment Simulator Numerous bedforms revealed after shutting down the inflow at the Environment Simulator View upstream as a model run is occurring at the Total Environment Simulator Chris Unsworth recording an underwater video of sediment transport and bedform migration Chris and Arjan setting up the flume for the next modelling run 3D bedforms exposed after shutting down the flow Bedforms ranging from ripples to dunes are exposed after shutting off the inflow Downstream view of exposed bedforms at the Total Environment Simulator Bedforms and instrumentation exposed after a modelling run Large dunes developed over the course of a model run Superimposed bedforms with ripples climbing up the backs of larger dunes Laser scanning is done after a model run to produce a DEM of the bedforms Dense bedform field scanned via laser mapping to produce a DEM

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