CD31A:
Nearshore Processes VI


Session ID#: 37702

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. The nearshore region is further complicated by the interaction and feedback between physical processes and both ecological and biological processes. 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 Chair:  Mara Morgenstern Orescanin, Naval Postgraduate School, Oceanography, Monterey, CA, United States
Co-chairs:  Talea Mayo, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, United States and Saeed Moghimi, NOAA National Ocean Service, Washington, DC, United States
Moderators:  Jeff Hansen, The University of Western Australia, Crawley, Australia and Julia Hopkins, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, United States
Student Paper Review Liaison:  Cigdem Akan, University of North Florida, Jacksonville, FL, United States
Index Terms:

3020 Littoral processes [MARINE GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS]
4217 Coastal processes [OCEANOGRAPHY: GENERAL]
4235 Estuarine processes [OCEANOGRAPHY: GENERAL]
4546 Nearshore processes [OCEANOGRAPHY: PHYSICAL]
Cross-Topics:
  • ES - Ecology and Social Interactions
  • E - Estuarine Processes
  • MG - Marine Geology and Sedimentology

Abstracts Submitted to this Session:

An Eulerian two-phase simulation of wave-induced sediment transport on a surf zone sandbar (314332)
Yeulwoo Kim, University of Delaware, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Newark, DE, United States, Ryan Mieras, University of Delaware, Newark, DE, United States, Zhen Cheng, WHOI, Woods Hole, MA, United States, Tian-Jian Hsu, Center for Applied Coastal Research, University of Delaware, Newark, DE and Jack Anthony Puleo, Center for Applied Coastal Research, University of Delaware, Newark, DE, United States
Beach scarp evolution on short and long timescales (313761)
Matthieu Andreas de Schipper1, Cas van Bemmelen1 and John Darnall2, (1)Delft University of Technology, Hydraulic Engineering, Delft, Netherlands, (2)APTIM, LA, United States
Hydrodynamics and Sediment Mobility Processes of a Senile Coral Reef (313477)
Legna Maria Torres-Garcia, University of Florida, St Petersburg, FL, United States, P. Soupy Dalyander, USGS Coastal and Marine Science Center St. Petersburg, St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center, St Petersburg, FL, United States, Maitane Olabarrieta, University of Florida, Ft Walton Beach, FL, United States, Kimberly Kaye Yates, USGS Coastal and Marine Science Center St. Petersburg, St Petersburg, FL, United States and David G Zawada, USGS, St Petersburg, FL, United States
Integrating a Fused In Situ and Remotely Sensed Bathymetry into Hydro- and Morphodynamic Simulations at Duck, NC (326041)
Allison Penko1, Jayaram Veeramony2, Margaret Palmsten1 and Spicer Bak3, (1)US Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, DC, United States, (2)US Naval Research Laboratory, Stennis Space Center, MS, United States, (3)USACE ERDC, CHL Field Research Facility, Duck, NC, United States
Numerical investigation of ripple migration under free-surface waves --- mechanisms of the onshore transport (322577)
Zhen Cheng, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Applied Ocean Physics and Engineering, Woods Hole, MA, United States, Peter Traykovski, Woods Hole Oceanograph Inst, Falmouth, MA, United States and Tian-Jian Hsu, Center for Applied Coastal Research, University of Delaware, Newark, DE
Observed and Numerically Modeled Multi-Scale Sediment Dynamics at a Complex Wave Dominated Tidal Inlet (319695)
Joshua L Humberston, University of New Hampshire Main Campus, Durham, NH, United States, Jesse McNinch, Engineer Research and Development Center Kitty Hawk, Kitty Hawk, NC, United States and Thomas Charles Lippmann, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH, United States
Seasonal sandbar migration on a single-barred embayed beach in the Mexican Pacific Coast (322973)
Jesus Adrian Vidal, Universidad Autónoma de Baja California, Instituto de Investigaciones Oceanológicas, Ensenada, Mexico, Amaia Ruiz De Alegria-Arzaburu, Univerisdad Autónoma de Baja California, Instituto de Investigaciones Oceanológicas, Ensenada, Mexico and Ismael Marino-Tapia, Center for Research and Advanced Studies, Marine Resources Department, Merida, Mexico
Timescales of Beach Cusp Evolution on a Steep, Megatidal, Mixed Sand-Gravel Beach (312014)
Tristan Guest and Alex E Hay, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada

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