OS14A:
Nearshore Processes IV

Session ID#: 4818

Monday, 15 December 2014: 4:00 PM-6:00 PM
3009 (Moscone West)
Chairs:  Hansong Tang, CCNY, Department of Civil Engineering, New York, NY, United States and Cheryl Ann Blain, Naval Research Laboratory, Oceanography Division, Stennis Space Center, MS, United States
Primary Convener:  Julia C Mullarney, University of Waikato, Dept. Earth and Ocean Sciences, Hamilton, New Zealand
Co-conveners:  Alec Torres-Freyermuth, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Institute of Engineering, Sisal, YC, Mexico, Hansong Tang, CCNY, Department of Civil Engineering, New York, NY, United States and Cheryl Ann Blain, Naval Research Laboratory, Oceanography Division, Stennis Space Center, MS, United States
OSPA Liaison:  Cheryl Ann Blain, Naval Research Laboratory, Oceanography Division, Stennis Space Center, MS, United States
Co-Sponsor(s):
  • EP - Earth and Planetary Surface Processes
Index Terms:

3022 Marine sediments: processes and transport [MARINE GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS]
4217 Coastal processes [OCEANOGRAPHY: GENERAL]
4546 Nearshore processes [OCEANOGRAPHY: PHYSICAL]
4558 Sediment transport [OCEANOGRAPHY: PHYSICAL]
Virtual Option?: No

Abstracts Submitted to this Session:

Wave statistics in a coastal focal zone (Invited) (27858)
Tim T Janssen1, Thomas H C Herbers1, Douglas W Pearman2, Erik Van Ettinger1 and Pieter Smit3, (1)Theiss Research, La Jolla, CA, United States, (2)Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, CA, United States, (3)Sofar Ocean Technologies, San Francisco, CA, United States
Wind-Wave Coupling in a Complex Coastal Environment (7950)
Brian K Haus, University of Miami, Rosenstiel School of Marine, Atmospheric, and Earth Science, Miami, FL, United States, Prof. Nathan Laxague, Ph.D., RSMAS, Miami, United States, David G Ortiz-Suslow, Scripts Institute of Oceanography, UCSD, San Diego, United States, Hans Christian Graber, University of Miami, Center for Southeastern Tropical Advanced Remote Sensing, Miami, United States and Roland Romeiser, University of Miami, Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science, Miami, FL, United States
Wave-current interaction in evolution of rip channel system (15626)
Yusuke Uchiyama1, Dai Miyazaki1 and Hideki Kaida2, (1)Kobe University, Kobe, Japan, (2)Central Research Institute of Electric Power Industry, Abiko, Japan
Wave-Group Resolving vs Wave-Resolving Modeling of Surf and Swash Processes (25197)
Jan Adriaan Roelvink1, Robert T McCall2, Seyedabdolhossein Mehvar1 and Ali Dastgheib1, (1)UNESCO-IHE� Institute for Water Education, Water Science and Engineering, Delft, Netherlands, (2)University of Plymouth, Plymouth, Devon, United Kingdom
Laboratory Experiments of Rip Current Generation (8493)
Roland Garnier1, Giovanni Coco1, Pedro Lomonaco1, Robert A Dalrymple2, Alvaro Alvarez1, Mauricio Gonzalez1 and Raul Medina1, (1)Universidad de Cantabria, Environmental Hydraulics Institute (IH Cantabria), Santander, Spain, (2)Northwestern University, Department of Civil Engineering, Evanston, IL, United States
Experimental study of the swash of single and successive solitary waves (14674)
Nimish Pujara, University of British Columbia, Civil Engineering, Vancouver, Canada and Philip L-F. Liu, Texas A&M University, Civil and Environmental Engineering, College Station, United States
Estimating storm-induced wave runup using numerical and parameterized models (29698)
Hilary F Stockdon1, David Thompson2, Nathaniel G Plant1 and Joseph Long1, (1)U.S Geological Survey, Coastal and Marine Science Center, Saint Petersburg, FL, United States, (2)USGS Coastal and Marine Science Center St. Petersburg, Coastal and Marine Science Center, St Petersburg, United States
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