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Wave Scenario Results of Proposed Sediment Borrow Pit 3 on the Nearshore Wave Climate of Breton Island, LA

August 16, 2017

Provided here are the SWAN wave model input of grid 4 with pit 3 configuration and output of significant wave height, dominant wave period, and mean wave direction resulting from simulation of wave scenarios at the Breton Island, LA, as described in USGS Open-File Report 2015-1055 (https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr20151055). There are 128 individual scenarios that are based on significant wave height (H) and mean wave direction (D). There are 8 bins for significant wave height (H1-H8) that range from 0 meters to 6 meters in intervals of 0.5 meters (0-2 meters) and 1 meter (2-6 meters). There are 16 bins for mean wave direction (D1-D16) that range from 0 degrees to 360 degrees in intervals of 22.5 degrees. Of the 128 scenarios, 12 had no data and therefore are absent from the list below.

For more information on scenario discretization readers are referred to:
Dalyander, P.S., Mickey, R.C., Long, J.W., and Flocks, James, 2017, Effects of proposed borrow pits on the nearshore wave climate and longshore sediment transport rate along Breton Island, Louisiana (ver. 2.0, August 2017): U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2015-1055, 44 p., https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr20151055.

Publication Year 2017
Title Wave Scenario Results of Proposed Sediment Borrow Pit 3 on the Nearshore Wave Climate of Breton Island, LA
DOI 10.5066/F7ZC81B1
Authors Rangley C Mickey, Patricia Soupy A. Dalyander, Joseph W. Long, James G Flocks
Product Type Data Release
Record Source USGS Digital Object Identifier Catalog
USGS Organization St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center