Intermediate Scale Coastal Behaviour: Measurement, Modelling and Prediction
Abstract
Our overall goal is to achieve a better understanding and better predictions of coastal behaviour at intermediate (event/season/year/decade) scales. We aim to bring together researchers from Europe and North America to gain the best possible benefit from developments in field observation, theory and numerical modelling. We are following a four-pronged collaborative approach. Data on intermediate scale behaviour from both sides of the Atlantic are being studied and ways are being sought to project these observations onto a manageable number of descriptive parameters or basic patterns. Top-down modelling uses these data products to develop black-box (data extrapolation) and grey-box (behaviour-oriented) models for the observed behaviour. Bottom-up modelling investigates the predictive potential of process-based models, making best use of process results from US and European field campaigns, combined with existing modelling expertise. There is also a vital linking activity aimed at ensuring that the data, top-down modelling and bottom-up modelling activities interact fully, in order to bring together the most productive aspects of each into a predictive capability for intermediate-scale coastal change.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Sep 30, 1999
- Accession Number
- ADA630166
Entities
People
- David Huntley
- Edward B. Thornton
- Huib De Vriend
- R. A. Holman
- Richard Soulsby
- Rolf Deigaard
- Tony Bowen
Organizations
- Naval Postgraduate School