Development and Verification of a Comprehensive Community Model for Physical Processes in the Nearshore Ocean

Abstract

Our goal is to develop a comprehensive, verified community model that predicts nearshore hydrodynamics, sediment transport, and seabed morphology changes given offshore wave conditions and initial bathymetry. The basic scientific objective is to synthesize understanding of physical processes in the nearshore ocean by developing a model for * waves and resulting radiation stresses and mass fluxes over evolving coastal bathymetry and currents * wave-induced circulation * sediment transport and morphological evolution. An additional objective is to test model components and the full community model with field observations.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 2003
Accession Number
ADA483685

Entities

People

  • Daniel M. Hanes
  • George Mellor
  • James M. Kaihatu
  • James T Kirby
  • John S. Allen
  • Kevin Haas
  • R. T. Guza
  • Steve Elgar
  • Thomas G. Drake
  • Thomas H. Herbers

Organizations

  • University of Delaware

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Boundaries
  • Boundary Layer
  • Coastal Engineering
  • Communities
  • Computer Programs
  • Continental Shelves
  • Education
  • Engineering
  • Equations
  • Frequency
  • High Resolution
  • Layers
  • North Carolina
  • Seabed
  • Sedimentation
  • Three Dimensional
  • Waves

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Coastal Oceanography
  • Computational Modeling and Simulation