Also see some intro slides from March 2023 here.

This research is part of UKCEH's response to the Climate & Land and Flood & Drought Impacts challenges of UKCEH's Science Challenges.

Please see the CHAMFER project website and/or the UKCEH Sharepoint site.

CHAMFER is an LTSM2 project (i.e. part of the 2nd round of NERC's Long-Term Science, Multi-centre projects) working to develop new and essential knowledge for determining how storm surges and other hazards control coastal flooding and erosion. We will quantify how these 'multi-hazards' respond to climate change and coastal management, and provide advice to stakeholders on coastal management and adaptation options.

We are developing capability within UKCEH to make predictions in the coastal zone using JULES-based modelling workflows, working together with colleagues from NOC, BGS and the UK Met Office.

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I presented at the 2025 CaMa-Flood Annual Briefing: title Global wetlands and UK coasts with CMF (I also contributed to the 2024 briefing).
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CHAMFER was included in the presentation of UKCEH projects and models at Flood & Coast 2023 in June 2023 in the UK.

Toby's part in this (working with Angus Garbutt and Matt Wiggins): Coastal storm surges annually cause very significant damage to people and property across the globe. CHAMFER will develop the UM_JULES coupled model to deliver accurate cyclone flood prediction, quantifying the risk of these hydro-climatic extremes to support long-range planning and policy decisions.

There is a great push currently (2024) towards km-scale coupled Earth System modelling (e.g. WCRP) and this is also one of the aims of this part of CHAMFER.