| Title | The influence of shelf bathymetry and beach topography on extreme total water levels: Linking large-scale changes of the wave climate to local coastal hazards |
| Publication Type | Journal Article |
| Year of Publication | 2019 |
| Authors | Serafina, Katherine A., Peter Ruggiero, Patrick L. Barnard, and Hilary F. Stockdon |
| Secondary Title | Coastal Engineering |
| Volume | 150 |
| Number | p.1-17 |
| Date Published | 2019, Aug. |
| Call Number | OSU Libraries: Electronic Subscription |
| Keywords | Long Beach (Wa.), San Francisco Littoral Cell, Netarts Littoral Cell, Bathymetry, Coastal hazards, Erosion, Sea level, Topography, Wave height, Weather |
| Notes | “Total water levels (TWLs) at the coast are driven by a combination of deterministic (e.g., tides) and stochastic (e.g., waves, storm surge, and sea level anomalies) processes. The contribution of each process to TWLs varies depending on regional differences in climate and framework geology, as well as local-scale variations in beach morphology, coastal orientation, and shelf bathymetry. Large-scale changes to the climate altering the frequency, direction, and intensity of storms, may therefore propagate to the nearshore differently, amplifying or suppressing local coastal hazards and changing the exposure of coastal communities to extreme TWLs. This study investigates the hydrodynamic and geomorphologic factors controlling local TWLs along high-energy United States coastlines where wave-influences dominate TWLs.” (from the Abstract) Three sites with differing continental shelf and beach topography (Long Beach, Washington, the Netarts Littoral Cell, and the San Francisco Littoral Cell) were studied to explore the forces that drive variations in etreme TWLs. |
| DOI | 10.1016/j.coastaleng.2019.03.012 |
| Series Title | Coastal Engineering |
