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The Relative Role of Bar Morphology on Wave Runup and Hydrodynamics: Model Inputs

April 18, 2025
This data release contains two sets (reflective and dissipative) of synthesized barred beach profiles based on conditions in the University of New South Wales Water Research Laboratory's 0.9-meter wave flume. The profiles were collected using the methods outlined in Conti and others (2024) and then synthesized using the functions and relationships described by Stephens and others (2010) and Ruessink and others (2003). Each set of profiles contain a barless version to allow comparisons between barred and planar beaches.

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Stephens, S.A., Coco, G., and Bryan, K.R., 2010, Numerical simulations of wave setup over barred beach profiles: implications for predictability: Journal of Waterway, Port, Coastal, and Ocean Engineering, v. 137, no. 4, https://doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)WW.1943-5460.0000076.

Ruessink, B.G., Wijnberg, K.M., Holman, R.A., Kuriyama, Y., and van Enckevort, I.M.J., 2003, Intersite comparison of interannual nearshore bar behavior: Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, v. 108, no. C8, https://doi.org/10.1029/2002JC001505.
Publication Year 2025
Title The Relative Role of Bar Morphology on Wave Runup and Hydrodynamics: Model Inputs
DOI 10.5066/P137WIC8
Authors Michael C Itzkin, Stefano Conti, Margaret L Palmsten, Kristen Splinter, Mark Buckley
Product Type Data Release
Record Source USGS Asset Identifier Service (AIS)
USGS Organization St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center
Rights This work is marked with CC0 1.0 Universal
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