OS14B:
Nearshore Physical Processes II


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Session ID#: 57551

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) extreme events in nearshore and river integrated systems, 4) mixing and turbulence, 5) cross-shelf exchange, 6) sediment transport and morphologic evolution, 7) process-based ecological or biological nearshore interactions. 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:  Meagan E. Wengrove, Oregon State University, Department of Civil and Construction Engineering, Corvallis, United States
Conveners:  Greg Wilson, Oregon State University, CEOAS, Corvallis, United States and Patricia Chardon-Maldonado, University of Puerto Rico Mayaguez, Caribbean Coastal Ocean Observing System, Mayaguez, PR, United States
Primary Liaison:  Meagan E. Wengrove, Oregon State University, Civil and Construction Engineering, Corvallis, United States
Chairs:  Greg Wilson, Oregon State University, CEOAS, Corvallis, United States and Matthieu Andreas de Schipper, Delft University of Technology, Hydraulic Engineering, Delft, Netherlands
OSPA Liaison:  Patricia Chardon-Maldonado, Caribbean Coastal Ocean Observing System, Puerto Rico, United States
Index Terms:

4217 Coastal processes [OCEANOGRAPHY: GENERAL]

Abstracts Submitted to this Session:

Surf Zone Hydrodynamics and Morphological Evolution Throughout Laboratory Scale Storm Events (396129)
Ryan P Mulligan1, Ramy Y. Marmoush2, Carly Portch2 and Delaney Benoit1, (1)Queen's University, Civil Engineering, Kingston, ON, Canada, (2)Queen's University, Kingston, ON, Canada
Modeling Bathymetric Change in a Tidally Dominated Estuary on Interannual Timescales (435571)
Kate von Krusenstiern, University of New Hampshire Main Campus, Durham, NH, United States and Thomas Charles Lippmann, University of New Hampshire, Department of Earth Sciences and Center for Ocean Engineering, Durham, United States
The Impacts of Channel Connectivity on Tidally-Driven Sediment Transport and Accumulation in a Mangrove Forest (370629)
Robin Lydia McLachlan1, Andrea S Ogston2, Nils E Asp3, Aaron T Fricke1, Vando J.C. Gomes3 and Charles Nittrouer1, (1)University of Washington, School of Oceanography, Seattle, WA, United States, (2)University of Washington, School of Oceanography, Seattle, United States, (3)Universidade Federal do Pará, Institute for Coastal Studies, Bragança, Pará, Brazil
Large-scale field campaign for improving nourishment strategies in the Netherlands – Exploring the effects of wind (351115)
Bram Christiaan van Prooijen1, Harry de Looff2, Stuart Pearson1, Jan Willem Mol3, Floris de Wit4, Marion Tissier5, Frank Kok6, Pieter Koen Tonnon7, Maarten van der Vegt8, Laura Brakenhoff8, Rinse Wilmink2, Roy van Weerdenburg4 and Wang Zheng Bing4, (1)Delft University of Technology, Hydraulic Engineering, Delft, Netherlands, (2)Rijkswaterstaat, Lelystad, Netherlands, (3)Rijkswaterstaat, Utrecht, Netherlands, (4)Delft University of Technology, Delft, Netherlands, (5)Delft University of Technology, Environmental Fluid Mechanics, Delft, Netherlands, (6)Rijkswaterstaat, Arnhem, Netherlands, (7)Deltares, Delft, Netherlands, (8)Utrecht University, Utrecht, Netherlands
Turbulence, Mixing, and Nutrient Fluxes in Kelp Forests: Effects of Currents, Waves, and Stratification (422826)
Chao Yan, Institute of Urban Meteorology, China Meteorological Administration, Beijing, China, James C McWilliams, University of California, Los Angeles, Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, Los Angeles, United States and Marcelo Chamecki, University of California Los Angeles, Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, Los Angeles, CA, United States
The Influence of Vertical Current Structure on Open-Coast Surges (401199)
Amanda S Tritinger and Donald Resio, University of North Florida, Jacksonville, FL, United States
Estimates of the Near-Surface Turbulent Kinetic Energy Dissipation Rate in a Developing Sea During Vernal Cooling (451442)
James O'Donnell, University of Connecticut, Department of Marine Sciences, Groton, CT, United States
Low Frequency Sea Level Variability in a Deltaic Mississippi River Estuary during Cold Front Season (384741)
Ali Reza Payandeh1, Dubravko Justic2, Giulio Mariotti3 and Haosheng Huang2, (1)NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, United States, (2)Louisiana State University, Oceanography and Coastal Sciences, Baton Rouge, LA, United States, (3)Louisiana State University, Department of Oceanography & Coastal Science, Baton Rouge, United States

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