OS21E:
Nearshore Processes V

Tuesday, 16 December 2014: 8:00 AM-10:00 AM
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:  Hansong Tang, CCNY, New York, NY, United States

Abstracts Submitted to this Session:

8:00 AM
 
Modeling High-Resolution Coastal Ocean Dynamics with COAMPS: System Overview, Applications and Future Directions
Richard Arthur Allard1,2, Timothy J Campbell3, Kacey L Edwards2, Travis Smith2, Paul Martin2, David A Hebert2, William Rogers2, James D Dykes2, Gregg A. Jacobs2, Peter L Spence4 and Brent Bartels4, (1)Naval Research Lab Stennis Space Center, Stennis Space Center, MS, United States, (2)Naval Research Lab, Stennis Space Center, MS, United States, (3)Naval Research Laboratory, Stennis Space Center, MS, United States, (4)QinetiQ North America, Inc., Stennis Space Center, MS, United States
8:15 AM
 
Numerical wave modelling with WAVEWATCH III: numerics and parameterizations for the coastal ocean
Fabrice Ardhuin, IFREMER, LOS, Plouzané, France, Aron Roland, BGS IT&E GMBH, Darmstadt, Germany, Matthieu Dutour, Institut Rudjer Boskovic, Division for Marine and Environmental Research, Zagreb, Croatia and Fabien Leckler, ifremer, Brest, CDX, France
8:30 AM
 
Frontal features of the Columbia River plume seen from a high-resolution non-hydrostatic model
Fengyan Shi1, Tian-Jian Hsu2, James T Kirby Jr3, C Chris Chickadel4, Gordon Farquharson5 and Craig L McNeil4, (1)University of Delaware, Center for Applied Coastal Research, Newark, DE, United States, (2)University of Delaware, Newark, DE, United States, (3)Univ Delaware, Newark, DE, United States, (4)Applied Physics Laboratory University of Washington, Kenmore, WA, United States, (5)University of Washington, Seattle, WA, United States
8:45 AM
 
Sediment bypassing and re-entry in an estuarine salt wedge regime
W Rockwell Geyer1, David K Ralston1 and Gail C Kineke2, (1)WHOI, Woods Hole, MA, United States, (2)Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA, United States
9:00 AM
 
A Global Tide and Storm Surge Model with a Parallel Unstructured-Grid Shallow Water Solver
Joao Lima Rego, Martin Verlaan, Andrea Lalic, Menno Genseberger, Yann Friocourt and Sander van der Pijl, Deltares, Delft, Netherlands
9:15 AM
 
Observations of Surfzone Albedo
Gregory Sinnett, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, CA, United States and Falk Feddersen, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, United States
9:30 AM
 
Investigation of the logarithmic model applied to bed shear stresses in the swash zone
Michael Allis, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia, Chris E Blenkinsopp, University of Bath, Department of Architecture and Civil Engineering, Bath, United Kingdom, Ian L Turner, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia, Tom E Baldock, University of Queensland, School of Civil Engineering, St Lucia, Australia and Jack Anthony Puleo, University of Delaware, Newark, DE, United States
9:45 AM
 
Exploration of Salt Wedge Dynamics in the Columbia River Estuary Using Optical Measurements of Internal Ship Wakes.
Robert A Holman, Oregon State Univ, Corvallis, OR, United States and Samuel James Greydanus, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH, United States
 
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