Welcome to the Coastal Research Lab

The University of South Florida Coastal Research Lab conducts multi disilpinary research on the coastal processes of the Gulf of Mexico and other areas.

Much of the work being undertaken at the Coastal Research Lab (CRL) is focused on four key areas: the process-response systems of beaches, inlets, and tidal sand bodies; coastal sediment transport processes and prediction; coastal resiliency against climate change; and the Holocene history and development of various coastal environments including barrier islands, tidal flats, and deltais systems.

Our research includes both field and laboratory oriented efforts. Field research projects focus on measuring waves and tides, associated morphology changes, sediement transport, and sediment coring.

Laboratory research focuses on numerical modeling of beach inlet systems; quantifying sediment characteristics, and analyzing morphology changes using remote sensing data.