OS13B:
Nearshore Processes III

Monday, 15 December 2014: 1:40 PM-3:40 PM
Chairs:  Julia C Mullarney, Dept. Earth and Ocean Sciences, University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand and Alec Torres-Freyermuth, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Institute of Engineering, Sisal, Mexico
Primary Conveners:  Julia C Mullarney, Dept. Earth and Ocean Sciences, University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand
Co-conveners:  Alec Torres-Freyermuth, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Institute of Engineering, Sisal, Mexico, Hansong Tang, CCNY, New York, NY, United States and Cheryl Ann Blain, Naval Research Laboratory, Stennis Space Center, MS, United States
OSPA Liaisons:  Alec Torres-Freyermuth, UNAM National Autonomous University of Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico

Abstracts Submitted to this Session:

1:40 PM
 
Wave and Wind Effects on Inlet Circulation
Britt Raubenheimer, Anna Wargula, Mara Morgenstern Orescanin, Julia Hopkins and Steve Elgar, WHOI, Woods Hole, MA, United States
1:55 PM
 
Hydrodynamics Offshore of the North Beach of Indian River Inlet, DE
Nick Robert DiCosmo and Jack Anthony Puleo, Univ of DE-Civil & Envir Engrg, Newark, DE, United States
2:10 PM
 
RELEVANCE OF INFRAGRAVITY WAVES IN A WAVE DOMINATED SHALLOW INLET
Maitane Olabarrieta, University of Florida, Ft Walton Beach, FL, United States and Xavier Bertin, Université de La Rochelle, La Rochelle, France
2:25 PM
 
Bolus generation by a river plume in coastal Gulf of Mexico
Kimberly Huguenard1, Darek Bogucki1, Tamay M Ozgokmen2, Brian K Haus2, Ad Reniers3, Jamie MacMahan4, John Hargrove2, Nathan Laxague5 and David Gabriel Ortiz-Suslow2, (1)Texas A & M University Corpus Christi, Corpus Christi, TX, United States, (2)University of Miami, Miami, FL, United States, (3)Delft University of Technology, Hydrolic Engineering, Delft, Netherlands, (4)Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, CA, United States, (5)RSMAS, Miami, FL, United States
2:40 PM
 
Alongshore momentum in the outer surf zone under hurricane wind and wave forcing
Ryan P Mulligan, Queen's University, Kingston, ON, Canada and Jeffrey L Hanson, USACE / ERDC-CHL, Kitty Hawk, NC, United States
2:55 PM
 
Wave Transformation and Breaking on a Sheared Current
Seth Zippel1, James M Thomson2 and Curtis Rusch1, (1)University of Washington APL, Seattle, WA, United States, (2)Applied Physics Lab (UW), Seattle, WA, United States
3:10 PM
 
High-resolution large-eddy simulation of turbulent mixing of a river plume
Xiao Yu, Univ of DE-Civil/Coastal Eng, Newark, DE, United States, Tian-Jian Hsu, University of Delaware, Newark, DE, United States, Fengyan Shi, University of Delaware, Center for Applied Coastal Research, Newark, DE, United States and James T Kirby Jr, Univ Delaware, Newark, DE, United States
3:25 PM
 
Wind- and Tide-Driven Cross-Inlet Circulation at New River Inlet, NC
Anna Wargula, Britt Raubenheimer and Steve Elgar, WHOI, Woods Hole, MA, United States
 
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