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New paper in PLoS ONE

We investigated the impact of 40 years of land reclamation projects in Doha Bay (Qatar) on the currents dynamics and on water residence time. Some particular projects, like The Pearl, significantly increased the time needed to flush the Bay.

New paper in Ocean Modelling

We investigated ocean models sensitivity to spatial resolution in coral reef environments. For accuracy, use resolutions finer than the reef scale, typically 250-500m.

New paper in Scientific Reports

We investigated the sensitivity of coral connectivity estimates to the underlying biophysical model resolution and show that reef‑scale recommendations can only be made with models not exceeding ~500 m resolution.

New paper in Nature Sustainability

We investigated the vulnerability of Qatar's desalination and LNG export facilities to oil spills and identified a sea area covering ~15% of Qatar's territorial waters from where an oil spill has a high probability of reaching a sensitive coastal infrastructure.

New paper in Nature Climate Change

We investigated how global warming is changing connectivity between coral populations. By increasing larval mortality and reducing competency duration, it will reduce inter-reef connectivity, hampering recovery after disturbances and reducing the spread of warm-adapted genes.

SLIM - A multi-scale model of the land-sea continuum

SLIM is our in-house unstructured-mesh hydrodynamic model. It can seamlessly simulate flows from the river to the coastal ocean. It relies on the Discontinuous Galerkin finite element method to achieve unprecedented accuracy, even for very complex coastlines and bathymetry.

SeaLab - Coastal modeling in the cloud

SeaLab is a web platform that allows you to run state-of-the-art open-source models of the ocean circulation, waves, oil spills, sediments in the cloud.

My group is interested in the development and application of multiscale coastal ocean models to simulate the dynamics of currents and waves, and the transport of oil, sediments, larvae and other biological materials. These models allow us to achieve unprecedented accuracy to bring new insight into the physical and biological processes at play. We are particularly interested in marine connectivity, environmental impact assessment and coastal vulnerability. 

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Recent publications

Google Scholar bibliometric data: 2326 citations; h-index = 28.

Lecart, M., Dobbelaere, T., Alaerts, L., Randresihaja, N. R., Mohammed, A. V., Vethamony, P., & Hanert, E. (2024). Land reclamation and its consequences: A 40-year analysis of water residence time in Doha Bay, Qatar. PLOS ONE, 19(1), e0296715. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0296715 Download
Saint-Amand, A., Lambrechts, J., & Hanert, E. (2023). Biophysical models resolution affects coral connectivity estimates. Scientific Reports, 13(1), 9414. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-36158-5 Download
Purkis, S. J., Oehlert, A. M., Dobbelaere, T., Hanert, E., & Harris, P. (Mitch). (2023). Always a White Christmas in the Bahamas: temperature and hydrodynamics localize winter mud production on Great Bahama Bank. Journal of Sedimentary Research, 93(3), 145–160. https://doi.org/10.2110/jsr.2022.066 Download
Anselain, T., Heggy, E., Dobbelaere, T., & Hanert, E. (2023). Qatar Peninsula’s vulnerability to oil spills and its implications for the global gas supply. Nature Sustainability, 6, 273–283. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41893-022-01037-w Download
King, S., Saint-Amand, A., Walker, B. K., Hanert, E., & Figueiredo, J. (2023). Larval dispersal patterns and connectivity of Acropora on Florida’s Coral Reef and its implications for restoration. Frontiers in Marine Science, 9, 1038463. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2022.1038463 Download
Saint-Amand, A., Lambrechts, J., Thomas, C., & Hanert, E. (2023). How fine is fine enough? Effect of mesh resolution on hydrodynamic simulations in coral reef environments. Ocean Modelling, 186, 102254. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ocemod.2023.102254 Download
Sampurno, J., Ardianto, R., & Hanert, E. (2023). Integrated machine learning and GIS-based bathtub models to assess the future flood risk in the Kapuas River Delta, Indonesia. Journal of Hydroinformatics, 25(1), 113–125. https://doi.org/10.2166/hydro.2022.106 Download
Verhofstede, A., Dobbelaere, T., Harlay, J., & Hanert, E. (2023). Seychelles Plateau’s oil spill vulnerability. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 196, 115652. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2023.115652 Download
Hanert, E., Mohammed, A. V., Veerasingam, S., Dobbelaere, T., Vallaeys, V., & Vethamony, P. (2023). A multiscale ocean modelling system for the central Arabian/Persian Gulf: From regional to structure scale circulation patterns. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 282, 108230. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecss.2023.108230 Download

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