TY - GEN
T1 - Effectiveness of wave hindcasts for forcing medium-scale morphodynamic models
AU - Etri, Talal
AU - Mayerle, Roberto
PY - 2007
Y1 - 2007
N2 - The effectiveness of wave hindcasts as a means of providing representative and continuous forcing conditions for medium-scale morphodynamic models applied to the German North Sea coast is verified in this study. An existing process-based morphodynamic model covering a coastal area between the Eider and Elbe estuaries was implemented. The wave schematization along the model open-sea boundaries was derived from high-resolution wave hindcasts over a 40-year observation period at 21 locations. The analysis was based on the results of model simulations covering periods of about 10 years. With appropriate adjustments to the derived wave characteristics, the representative wave forcing conditions proved to be capable of correctly reproducing medium-scale morphodynamic behavior integrated over large areas. The hindcasted data also proved to be suitable in continuous simulations for predicting morphological changes on a seasonal basis.
AB - The effectiveness of wave hindcasts as a means of providing representative and continuous forcing conditions for medium-scale morphodynamic models applied to the German North Sea coast is verified in this study. An existing process-based morphodynamic model covering a coastal area between the Eider and Elbe estuaries was implemented. The wave schematization along the model open-sea boundaries was derived from high-resolution wave hindcasts over a 40-year observation period at 21 locations. The analysis was based on the results of model simulations covering periods of about 10 years. With appropriate adjustments to the derived wave characteristics, the representative wave forcing conditions proved to be capable of correctly reproducing medium-scale morphodynamic behavior integrated over large areas. The hindcasted data also proved to be suitable in continuous simulations for predicting morphological changes on a seasonal basis.
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U2 - 10.1142/9789812709554_0269
DO - 10.1142/9789812709554_0269
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84873027771
SN - 9789812706362
T3 - Proceedings of the Coastal Engineering Conference
SP - 3197
EP - 3206
BT - Proceedings of the 30th International Conference on Coastal Engineering 2006, ICCE 2006
PB - American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
T2 - 30th International Conference on Coastal Engineering, ICCE 2006
Y2 - 3 September 2006 through 8 September 2006
ER -