Modeling Nearshore Processes as Complex Systems

Abstract

This award supported research on modeling nearshore processes as complex systems. This research was motivated by the observations that the processes operating in the nearshore are dominantly nonlinear and dissipative and that the nearshore often exhibits behavior that is not linearly connected to forcing by incident waves. The hypothesis that the nearshore is a complex system was explored by: (1) research on the general properties of complex systems and their relationship to natural systems, (2) modeling bedforms; (3) continued analysis of measurements from experiments testing a self-organization and standing edge wave models for beach cusp formation, and (4) initial (and ongoing) development of complex systems models for infragravity wave generation in the surf zone and coupled sand bar and shoreline evolution.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 02, 1998
Accession Number
ADA355851

Entities

People

  • Bradley T. Werner

Organizations

  • Scripps Institution of Oceanography

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Communities of Interest

  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • California
  • Complex Systems
  • Demographic Cohorts
  • Dynamics
  • Electronic Mail
  • Environment
  • Hierarchies
  • Information Operations
  • Measurement
  • Military Research
  • Naval Operations
  • Observation
  • Orientation (Direction)
  • Personal Information Managers
  • Self Organizing Systems
  • Technical Information Centers
  • Transport Ships

Readers

  • Coastal Oceanography
  • Control Systems Engineering.