EC11A:
Nearshore Processes I


Session ID#: 11326

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:  James Michael Kaihatu, Texas A&M University College Station, Zachry Department of Civil Engineering, College Station, TX, United States and Navid Tahvildari, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA, United States
Student Paper Review Liaison:  Alexandru Sheremet, 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:

EC11A-01
On the imaging of rip currents in X-band radar (90426)
Merrick C Haller, Rebecca Kloster and Annika O'Dea, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, United States
EC11A-02
What controls the speed of rip currents? Comparing field observations, numerical simulations, and a parameterization (87427)
Melissa Moulton, WHOI, Woods Hole, MA, United States, Steve Elgar, Organization Not Listed, Washington, DC, United States, Britt Raubenheimer, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA, United States and John C Warner, USGS Coastal and Marine Science Center Woods Hole, Woods Hole, MA, United States
EC11A-03
On The Role of Swash-Swash Interaction in Swash Zone Dynamics (87156)
Jose Carlos Pintado-Patino, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Institute of Engineering, Sisal, Mexico, Alec Torres-Freyermuth, UNAM National Autonomous University of Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico and Jack Anthony Puleo, Univ of DE-Civil & Envir Engrg, Newark, DE, United States
EC11A-04
Lidar Observations of Wave Shape (90084)
Katherine L Brodie1, Britt Raubenheimer2, Nicholas Spore3, Levi Gorrell2, Richard Kevin Slocum1 and Steve Elgar2, (1)US Army Engineer Research & Development Center, Coastal and Hydraulics Laboratory, Duck, NC, United States, (2)Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA, United States, (3)U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Coastal and Hydraulics Laboratory, Field Research Facility, Duck, NC, United States
EC11A-05
Beach slope effects on sand suspension and transport rate by infragravity waves (89087)
Anouk de Bakker1, Joost Brinkkemper1, Florian van der Steen2, Marion Tissier3 and Gerben Ruessink2, (1)Utrecht University, Physical Geography, Utrecht, 3584, Netherlands, (2)Utrecht University, Physical Geography, Utrecht, Netherlands, (3)Delft University of Technology, Environmental Fluid Mechanics, Delft, Netherlands
EC11A-06
Parameterizing the Effects of Finite Crested Wave Breaking in Wave-Averaged Models (87786)
Nirnimesh Kumar, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, Integrative Oceanography Division, La Jolla, CA, United States, Sutara H Suanda, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, CA, United States and Falk Feddersen, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, United States
EC11A-08
Nearshore Costal Dynamics during Intense Winds: Local and Synoptic Scale Events (92547)
Alec Torres-Freyermuth1, Jack Anthony Puleo2, Nick Robert DiCosmo3, Jacobo de la Roza1, Bernardo Figueroa1, Amaia Ruiz De Alegria-Arzaburu4, José López-González1 and María E. Allende-Arandía1, (1)Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Institute of Engineering, Sisal, Mexico, (2)Univ of DE-Civil & Envir Engrg, Newark, DE, United States, (3)University of Delaware, Newark, DE, United States, (4)Univerisdad Autónoma de Baja California, Instituto de Investigaciones Oceanológicas, Ensenada, Mexico
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