Robert McCall
Expert on coastal hazards and nearshore hydro-morphodynamics
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Robert.McCall@deltares.nl LinkedIn profileRobert McCall received his MSc. with distinction from Delft University of Technology in 2008, where he worked on the development and first-ever application of the XBeach model in a hurricane-induced overwash environment. He has been working at Deltares since 2008 as a coastal engineer and geomorphologist, advising coastal development and flood risk projects, and as a key model developer of the XBeach model. In 2011, Robert started his PhD research Plymouth University (UK) and Deltares, where he is measuring and analysing gravel beach storm processes and developing a process-based storm impact model for gravel coasts.
Robert McCall has been involved in several large international research projects relating to coastal flood risk and storm impact forecasting (USACE, USGS, EU FP7). Most recently, he is the scientific coordinator of the EU FP7 collaborative project “RISK-KIT” that is developing methods, tools and management approaches to reduce risk and increase resilience to low-frequency, high-impact hydro-meteorological events in the coastal zone. Robert has also worked as an advisor on several projects for the Dutch government, investigating the effectiveness of nourishment strategies and the methods used to predict their impact on the coast.
Robert’s areas of expertise are coastal hazards and nearshore, swash and overwash hydrodynamics and morphodynamic processes, with particular focus on extreme storm events and flood risk, as well as numerical model development, analysis and application.
Google Scholar:
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Working experience
| 2008-present | Deltares | Researcher / advisor |
| 2011-present | Plymouth University, UK | PhD research candidate |
| 2007 | Svašek Hydraulics, The Netherlands | Junior project engineer |
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Scientific coordinator on EU funded FP7 project “RISC-KIT” coastal risk and resilience to extreme storms.
EU, 2013-present
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Project leader in the development of a process-based storm impact model for gravel beaches in collaboration with Plymouth University, UK.
UK, 2011-present
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Researcher and model developer on SBW-Dunes subproject “Development Advanced Dune erosion model”
Netherlands, 2011-present
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Lead researcher in coastline evolution models analysis for the Dutch government.
Netherlands, 2012-2013
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Researcher and model developer on EU funded FP7 project “Micore” on Coastal Risk.
EU, 2008-2011
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Advisor on a large-scale nourishment plans for the Dutch South-West Delta.
Netherlands, 2011
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Research coordinator in the physical modelling of dune erosion and overwash in a project for the Dutch government
Netherlands, 2010
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Researcher and model developer on US Army Corps of Engineers project on morphodynamic impacts of hurricanes
USA, 2008
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Modelling storm hydrodynamics on gravel beaches with XBeach-G
2014
R.T. McCall, G. Masselink, T.G. Poate, J.A. Roelvink, L.P. Almeida, M. Davidson, P.E. Russell, Modelling storm hydrodynamics on gravel beaches with XBeach-G, Coastal Engineering, Volume 91, September 2014, Pages 231-250, ISSN 0378-3839 -
RISC-KIT: Resilience-Increasing Strategies for Coasts-toolKIT
2014
van Dongeren, Ap, Paolo Ciavola, Christophe Viavattene, Simone de Kleermaeker, Grit Martinez, Oscar Ferreira, Cristina Costa, and Robert McCall. "RISC-KIT: Resilience-Increasing Strategies for Coasts-toolKIT." Journal of Coastal Research (2014): 366-371. -
Comprehensive Field Study of Swash-Zone Processes. I: Experimental Design with Examples of Hydrodynamic and Sediment Transport Measurements
2014
Puleo, J., Blenkinsopp, C., Conley, D., Masselink, G., Turner, I., Russell, P., Buscombe, D., Howe, D., Lanckriet, T., McCall, R., and Poate, T. (2014). ”Comprehensive Field Study of Swash-Zone Processes. I: Experimental Design with Examples of Hydrodynamic and Sediment Transport Measurements.” J. Waterway, Port, Coastal, Ocean Eng., 140(1), 14–28. -
Predicting overwash on gravel barriers
2013
McCall, RT, Masselink, G., Poate, TG, Bradbury, AP, Russell, PE and MA Davidson, 2013. Predicting overwash on gravel barriers. In: Conley, DC, Masselink, G., Russell, PE and O'Hare, TJ (eds.), Proceedings 12th International Coastal Symposium (Plymouth, England), Journal of Coastal Research, Special Issue No. 65, pp. 1473-1478 -
High frequency in-situ field measurements of morphological response on a fine gravel beach during energetic wave conditions
2013
Timothy Poate, Gerd Masselink, Mark Davidson, Robert McCall, Paul Russell, Ian Turner, High frequency in-situ field measurements of morphological response on a fine gravel beach during energetic wave conditions, Marine Geology, Volume 342, 1 August 2013, Pages 1-13, ISSN 0025-3227, -
Groundwater dynamics in coastal gravel barriers backed by freshwater lagoons and the potential for saline intrusion: Two cases from the UK
2013
Martin J. Austin, Gerd Masselink, Robert T. McCall, Timothy G. Poate, Groundwater dynamics in coastal gravel barriers backed by freshwater lagoons and the potential for saline intrusion: Two cases from the UK, Journal of Marine Systems, Volumes 123–124, August 2013, Pages 19-32, ISSN 0924-7963, -
Modelling overwash and infiltration on gravel barriers
2012
McCall, R., Masselink, G., Roelvink, D., Russell, P., Davidson, M., & Poate, T. (2012). Modelling overwash and infiltration on gravel barriers. Coastal Engineering Proceedings, 1(33), currents.34. -
Modelling gravel barrier profile response to combined waves and tides using XBeach: Laboratory and field results
2012
Jon J. Williams, Amaia Ruiz de Alegría-Arzaburu, Robert T. McCall, Ap Van Dongeren, Modelling gravel barrier profile response to combined waves and tides using XBeach: Laboratory and field results, Coastal Engineering, Volume 63, May 2012, Pages 62-80, ISSN 0378-3839 -
: Validation of an advective-deterministic approach to short wave breaking in a surf-beat model
2012
. Christopher Daly, Dano Roelvink, Ap van Dongeren, Jaap van Thiel de Vries, Robert McCall, Validation of an advective-deterministic approach to short wave breaking in a surf-beat model, Coastal Engineering, Volume 60, February 2012, Pages 69-83, ISSN 0378-3839 -
The effect of longshore topographic variation on overwash modelling
2011
McCall, R., Plant, N., & van Thiel de Vries, J. (2011). The effect of longshore topographic variation on overwash modelling. Coastal Engineering Proceedings, 1(32), sediment.36 -
Two-dimensional time dependent hurricane overwash and erosion modelling at Santa Rosa Island
2010
Roelvink, J.A., A. Reniers, A. Van Dongeren, J. Van Thiel de Vries, R. McCall, J. Lescinski. 2009. Modeling storm impacts on beaches, dunes and barrier islands. Coastal Engineering
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Modeling storm impacts on beaches, dunes and barrier islands
2009
Roelvink, J.A., A. Reniers, A. Van Dongeren, J. Van Thiel de Vries, R. McCall, J. Lescinski. 2009. Modeling storm impacts on beaches, dunes and barrier islands. Coastal Engineering, DOI: 10.1016/j.coastaleng.2009.08.006.