OS14A:
Nearshore Processes IV

Monday, 15 December 2014: 4:00 PM-6:00 PM
Chairs:  Hansong Tang, CCNY, New York, NY, United States and Cheryl Ann Blain, Naval Research Laboratory, Stennis Space Center, MS, United States
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:  Cheryl Ann Blain, Naval Research Laboratory, Stennis Space Center, MS, United States

Abstracts Submitted to this Session:

4:00 PM
 
Wave statistics in a coastal focal zone
Tim T Janssen1, Thomas H C Herbers1, Douglas W Pearman2, Erik Van Ettinger1 and Pieter Bart Smit1, (1)Theiss Research, La Jolla, CA, United States, (2)Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, CA, United States
4:15 PM
 
Wind-Wave Coupling in a Complex Coastal Environment
Brian K Haus1, Nathan Laxague2, David Gabriel Ortiz-Suslow1, Hans Christian Graber3 and Roland Romeiser1, (1)University of Miami, Miami, FL, United States, (2)RSMAS, Miami, FL, United States, (3)Univ Miami RSMAS, Miami, FL, United States
4:30 PM
 
Wave-current interaction in evolution of rip channel system
Yusuke Uchiyama1, Dai Miyazaki1 and Hideki Kaida2, (1)Kobe University, Kobe, Japan, (2)Central Research Institute of Electric Power Industry, Abiko, Japan
4:45 PM
 
Wave-Group Resolving vs Wave-Resolving Modeling of Surf and Swash Processes
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
5:00 PM
 
Laboratory Experiments of Rip Current Generation
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)Johns Hopkins University, Department of Civil Engineering, Baltimore, MD, United States
5:15 PM
 
Experimental study of the swash of single and successive solitary waves
Nimish Pujara and Philip L-F. Liu, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, United States
5:30 PM
 
Estimating storm-induced wave runup using numerical and parameterized models
Hilary F Stockdon, David Thompson, Nathaniel G Plant and Joseph Long, U.S Geological Survey, Coastal and Marine Science Center, Saint Petersburg, FL, United States
5:45 PM
 
Maximum Wave Run-up Measured on a Natural Beach Owing to Extreme Waves
Edward B Thornton and James H MacMahan, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, CA, United States
 
See more of: Ocean Sciences