OS21C:
Nearshore Processes I

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Session ID#: 15083

Session Description:
The nearshore region is the transition zone from land to the open ocean. This region spans drastically different dynamical regimes with varying roles of waves, wind, tides, buoyancy, and morphology. The vulnerability of the coast to sea level rise, extreme storms, and anthropogenic influences is a major societal concern. Abstracts focusing on physical processes occurring in the nearshore region from the subaerial beach to the shelf break are invited. Interesting topics include: 1) surface and internal wave dynamics 2) wind-, wave-, and tide-driven circulation, 3) mixing and turbulence, 4) cross-shelf exchange, 5) sediment transport and morphologic evolution. We welcome abstracts describing field observations (both remotely sensed and in-situ), numerical and laboratory modeling, theoretical analysis, and model-data assimilation. The nearshore processes session is an established and well-attended session in which student participation is strongly encouraged.
Primary Convener:  Nirnimesh Kumar, University of Washington Seattle Campus, Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, Seattle, WA, United States
Convener:  Melissa Moulton, Applied Physics Laboratory University of Washington, Seattle, United States
Chairs:  Julie Chen, NCKU National Cheng Kung University, Hydraulic and Ocean Engineering, Tainan City, Taiwan and Justin Rogers, Stanford University, Stanford, United States
OSPA Liaison:  Mara Morgenstern Orescanin, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA, United States

Cross-Listed:
  • NH - Natural Hazards
Index Terms:

4544 Internal and inertial waves [OCEANOGRAPHY: PHYSICAL]
4546 Nearshore processes [OCEANOGRAPHY: PHYSICAL]
4558 Sediment transport [OCEANOGRAPHY: PHYSICAL]
4560 Surface waves and tides [OCEANOGRAPHY: PHYSICAL]

Abstracts Submitted to this Session:

Effect of hurricanes and violent storms on salt marsh (147673)
Nicoletta Leonardi, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, L69, United Kingdom, Neil K Ganju, Department of the Interior Washington DC, Washington, DC, United States and Sergio Fagherazzi, Boston University, Department of Earth and Environment, Boston, United States
Experimental and numerical analysis of coastal protection provided by natural ecosystems (Invited) (119090)
Maria Maza1,2, Javier L. Lara1, Iñigo J. Losada1 and Heidi Margaret Nepf3, (1)Environmental Hydraulics Institute, Universidad de Cantabria, Santander, Spain, (2)Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Civil/Env. Eng., Cambridge, MA, United States, (3)Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Cambridge, MA, United States
Hydrodynamic Restoration to Vulnerable Marsh Ecosystems to Improve Response to Sea Level Rise (142701)
Robert Patrick Hamilton Jr, Woods Hole Group, Inc., East Falmouth, MA, United States and Mara Morgenstern Orescanin, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA, United States
Subgrid Modeling Geomorphological and Ecological Processes in Salt Marsh Evolution (152507)
Fengyan Shi1, James T Kirby Jr2, Guangxiang Wu3, Ali Abdolali4 and Mithun Deb3, (1)University of Delaware, Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering, Newark, United States, (2)University of Delaware, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Newark, DE, United States, (3)University of Delaware, Center for Applied Coastal Research, Newark, DE, United States, (4)NOAA/IOOS, College Park, United States
Defining a "Zone of Impact": Transport Processes and Patterns for Small-Scale Land Runoff. (Invited) (197080)
John L Largier, University of California Davis, Coastal & Marine Sciences Institute, Davis, United States and Berkay Basdurak, Leibniz Institute for Baltic Sea Research, Rostock, Germany
Observations of Cross-Surf-zone / Inner-shelf Dye Exchange from Aerial Hyperspectral and in Situ Data. (192714)
Derek Jeffrey Grimes, University of North Carolina Wilmington, Department of Physics and Physical Oceanography, Wilmington, United States, Sarah N Giddings, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, United States, Nirnimesh Kumar, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, Integrative Oceanography Division, La Jolla, CA, United States, Geno R Pawlak, University of California San Diego, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, La Jolla, United States and Falk Feddersen, University of California San Diego, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, United States
Investigating the Eddy Diffusivity Concept in the Coastal Ocean (180179)
Irina Rypina1, Anthony Kirincich2, Steven J Lentz2 and Miles A Sundermeyer3, (1)Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Physical Oceanography, Woods Hole, MA, United States, (2)Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA, United States, (3)University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, Estuarine and Ocean Sciences, New Bedford, United States
Modeling nearshore dispersal of river-derived multi-class suspended sediments and radionuclides during a flood event around the mouth of Niida River, Fukushima, Japan (137812)
Yusuke Uchiyama1, Takafumi Yamanishi1, Toshiki Iwasaki2, Yasuyuki Shimizu3, Daisuke Tsumune4, Kazuhiro Misumi5 and Yuichi Onda6, (1)Kobe University, Kobe, Japan, (2)Civil Engineering Research Institute, Sapporo, Japan, (3)Hokkai-Gakuen University, Sapporo, Japan, (4)Ctr Res Inst Electic Power Ind, Abiko, Japan, (5)Central Research Institute of Electic Power Industry, Tokyo, Japan, (6)University of Tsukuba, Center for Research in Isotopes and Environmental Dynamics, Tsukuba, Japan

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