Beach response to a sequence of extreme storms

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Beach response to a sequence of extreme storms

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University of Waikato

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A sequence of daily beach surveys acquired over one month covering an area larger than 100,000 m2, was analyzed to study morphological changes resulting from a cluster of storms. The beach response was highly variable in both the cross- and alongshore. A cumulative storm effect was not observed, despite one storm being characterized by a 10-year return period that had significant wave height (Hs) of 8.1 m and a peak wave period (Tp) of 17 s. Instead, storms that can potentially cause signific...

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Research Paper

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Journal article

Date created

2013

Creator

Coco, Giovanni / Senechal, Nadia / Rejas, A. / Bryan, Karin R. / Capo, S. / Parisot, J.P. / Brown, Jenna A. / MacMahan, Jamie H.M.

URL

https://hdl.handle.net/10289/8144

Related subjects

nearshore / storm / beach erosion / morphodynamics / beach survey

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