EC21A:
Nearshore Processes V


Session ID#: 11323

Session Description:
The nearshore region is a dynamic environment shaped by interacting processes encompassing different spatio-temporal scales and the complex feedbacks between wind, waves, currents, and morphology. The susceptibility of this region to sea level rise and climate change constitutes a major concern for society. We invite abstracts that focus on the physical processes occurring in the nearshore region from the beach face to the shelf break.  Topics of particular interest include: 1) surface and internal waves 2) riverine, tidal, wind and wave driven currents, 3) mixing and turbulence, 4) non-cohesive/cohesive sediment transport, 5) morphodynamics, 6) beaches, barriers, tidal inlets and river mouths. We welcome a range of presentations covering field observations (both remote sensing and in-situ), numerical and laboratory modeling, theoretical analysis, and model-data assimilation. The nearshore processes session is a well-established and well-attended session in which student participation is strongly encouraged.
Primary Chair:  Maitane Olabarrieta, University of Florida - UF, Engineering School of Sustainable Infrastructure & Environment, Gainesville, FL, United States
Chairs:  Giulio Mariotti, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, United States and Alexandru Sheremet, University of Florida - UF, Engineering School of Sustainable Infrastructure & Environment, Gainesville, FL, United States
Moderators:  Nirnimesh Kumar, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, Integrative Oceanography Division, La Jolla, CA, United States and Andrew B Kennedy, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN, United States
Student Paper Review Liaison:  Maitane Olabarrieta, University of Florida - UF, Engineering School of Sustainable Infrastructure & Environment, Gainesville, FL, United States
Index Terms:

4546 Nearshore processes [OCEANOGRAPHY: PHYSICAL]
4558 Sediment transport [OCEANOGRAPHY: PHYSICAL]
4560 Surface waves and tides [OCEANOGRAPHY: PHYSICAL]
4568 Turbulence, diffusion, and mixing processes [OCEANOGRAPHY: PHYSICAL]
Co-Sponsor(s):
  • PO - Physical Oceanography/Ocean Circulation

Abstracts Submitted to this Session:

EC21A-01
Down by the CSIDE: Aerial Hyperspectral and In Situ Measurements of a Nearshore Dye Release.  (89562)
Derek Jeffrey Grimes1, Falk Feddersen2, Sarah N Giddings3, Geno R Pawlak2 and Nirnimesh Kumar1, (1)Scripps Institution of Oceanography, Integrative Oceanography Division, La Jolla, CA, United States, (2)University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, United States, (3)University of Washington, Seattle, WA, United States
EC21A-02
Observations of Inner Shelf Flows Influenced by a Small-Scale River Plume in the Northern Gulf of Mexico (90692)
Mathias Roth1, Jamie MacMahan1, Ad Reniers2 and Tamay M Ozgokmen3, (1)Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, CA, United States, (2)Delft University of Technology, Hydrolic Engineering, Delft, Netherlands, (3)University of Miami, Miami, FL, United States
EC21A-03
Modeling multi-scale interactions on the inner shelf: the effect of alongshore variability (89042)
Sutara H Suanda, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, CA, United States, Nirnimesh Kumar, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, Integrative Oceanography Division, La Jolla, CA, United States, Arthur J Miller, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego, La Jolla, CA, United States, Emanuele Di Lorenzo, Georgia Institute of Technology Main Campus, Program in Ocean Science & Engineering, Atlanta, GA, United States, Kevin A Haas, Georgia Tech Savannah, Civil Environmental Engineering, Atlanta, GA, United States, Donghua Cai, Georgia Institute of Technology, Civil Engineering, Atlanta, GA, United States, Falk Feddersen, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, United States and Christopher A Edwards, University of California Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA, United States
EC21A-04
Stratification and the vertical structure of wave-driven cross-shelf circulation over the inner shelf (93160)
Thomas Connolly, Moss Landing Marine Laboratories, Moss Landing, CA, United States and Steven J Lentz, Woods Hole Oceanographic Inst, Woods Hole, MA, United States
EC21A-05
Pt. Sal Inner Shelf Experiment (PSIEX): The Spatial and Temporal Evolution of Solitons form the Deep to the Beach (93358)
Thomas M Freismuth, James H MacMahan and John Anthony Colosi, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, CA, United States
EC21A-06
Nonlinear dynamical and kinetic edge-wave equations (87924)
Miao Tian, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute, Physical Oceanography, Woods Hole, MA, United States, Alexandru Sheremet, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, United States and Victor I Shrira, Keele Univ, Staffordshire, United Kingdom
EC21A-07
Surging Non-Linear Internal Waves Deliver Cold Inner-Shelf Water to the Surfzone (88921)
Gregory Sinnett1, Andrew Lucas1, Geno R Pawlak2, Eric J Terrill3 and Falk Feddersen2, (1)Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, CA, United States, (2)University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, United States, (3)SIO, UCSD, La Jolla, CA, United States
EC21A-08
Meteo-tsunami disintegration and soliton forerunners on Atchafalaya shelf, Lousiana (92087)
Uriah Gravois, University of Florida, Department of Civil and Coastal Engineering, Ft Walton Beach, FL, United States, Alexandru Sheremet, University of Florida, Engineering School of Sustainable Infrastructure & Environment, Gainesville, FL, United States; University of Florida, Department of Civil and Coastal Engineering, Gainesville, FL, United States and Victor I Shrira, Keele University, Staffordshire, ST5, United Kingdom
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