Surface wave effects on sheet-flow sand transport

Acknowledgements This work is carried out within the project SANTOSS, a collaboration between Twente University and Aberdeen University, with input from both Liverpool and Wales-Bangor University and WL|Delft Hydraulics. It is funded by the Dutch Technology Foundation STW, applied science division of NWO and the technology program of the Ministry of Economic Affairs (TCB 6586) and the UK’s Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) (GR/T28089/01). The National Institute for Coastal and Marine Management (RWS RIKZ) is acknowledged for the funding of the Delta flume experiments. In addition, the authors highly appreciate the collaboration with Utrecht University.