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Modeling dune response using measured and equilibrium bathymetric profiles Modeling dune response using measured and equilibrium bathymetric profiles
Coastal engineers typically use numerical models such as SBEACH to predict coastal change due to extreme storms. SBEACH model inputs include pre-storm profiles, wave heights and periods, and water levels. This study focuses on the sensitivity of SBEACH to the details of pre-storm bathymetry. The SBEACH model is tested with two initial conditions for bathymetry, including (1) measured...
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Laura A. Fauver, David M. Thompson, Asbury H. Sallenger
Near-infrared spectral mapping of Titan's mountains and channels Near-infrared spectral mapping of Titan's mountains and channels
We investigate the spectral reflectance properties of channels and mountain ranges on Titan using data from Cassini's Visual and Infrared Mapping Spectrometer (VIMS) obtained during the T9 encounter (26 December 2005). We identify the location of channels and mountains using synthetic aperture radar maps obtained from Cassini's RADAR instrument during the T13 (30 April 2006) flyby...
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Jason W. Barnes, Jani Radebaugh, Robert H. Brown, Steve Wall, Laurence A. Soderblom, Jonathan I. Lunine, Devon M. Burr, Christophe Sotin, Stephane Le Mouelic, Sebastien Rodriguez, Bonnie J. Buratti, Roger N. Clark, Kevin H. Baines, Ralf Jaumann, Philip D. Nicholson, Randolph L. Kirk, Rosaly Lopes, Ralph D. Lorenz, Ken Mitchell, Charles A. Wood
Underwater microscope for measuring spatial and temporal changes in bed-sediment grain size Underwater microscope for measuring spatial and temporal changes in bed-sediment grain size
For more than a century, studies of sedimentology and sediment transport have measured bed-sediment grain size by collecting samples and transporting them back to the laboratory for grain-size analysis. This process is slow and expensive. Moreover, most sampling systems are not selective enough to sample only the surficial grains that interact with the flow; samples typically include...
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David M. Rubin, Henry Chezar, Jodi N. Harney, David J. Topping, Theodore S. Melis, Christopher R. Sherwood
In situ time-series measurements of subseafloor sediment properties In situ time-series measurements of subseafloor sediment properties
The capabilities and diversity of subsurface sediment sensors lags significantly from what is available for the water column, thereby limiting progress in understanding time-dependent seabed exchange and high-frequency acoustics. To help redress this imbalance, a new instrument, the autonomous sediment profiler (ASP), is described herein. ASP consists of a four-electrode, Wenner-type...
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R. A. Wheatcroft, A.W. Stevens, R.V. Johnson
Modeling barrier island response to sea-level rise in the Outer Banks, North Carolina Modeling barrier island response to sea-level rise in the Outer Banks, North Carolina
An 8500-year Holocene simulation developed in GEOMBEST provides a possible scenario to explain the evolution of barrier coast between Rodanthe and Cape Hatteras, NC. Sensitivity analyses suggest that in the Outer Banks, the rate of sea-level rise is the most important factor in determining how barrier islands evolve. The Holocene simulation provides a basis for future simulations, which...
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Laura J. Moore, Jeffrey H. List, S. Jeffress Williams, David Stolper
Correlations between Cassini VIMS spectra and RADAR SAR images: Implications for Titan's surface composition and the character of the Huygens Probe Landing Site Correlations between Cassini VIMS spectra and RADAR SAR images: Implications for Titan's surface composition and the character of the Huygens Probe Landing Site
Titan's vast equatorial fields of RADAR-dark longitudinal dunes seen in Cassini RADAR synthetic aperture images correlate with one of two dark surface units discriminated as “brown” and “blue” in Visible and Infrared Mapping Spectrometer (VIMS) color composites of short-wavelength infrared spectral cubes (RGB as 2.0, 1.6, 1.3 μm). In such composites bluer materials exhibit higher...
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Laurence A. Soderblom, Randolph L. Kirk, Jonathan I. Lunine, Jeffrey A. Anderson, Kevin H. Baines, Jason W. Barnes, Janet M. Barrett, Robert H. Brown, Bonnie J. Buratti, Roger N. Clark, Dale P. Cruikshank, Charles Elachi, Michael A. Janssen, Ralf Jaumann, Erich Karkoschka, Stéphane Le Mouélic, Rosaly Lopes, Ralph D. Lorenz, Thomas B. McCord, Philip D. Nicholson, Jani Radebaugh, Bashar Rizk, Christophe Sotin, Ellen R. Stofan, Tracie L. Sucharski, Martin G. Tomasko, Stephen D. Wall
Coupled changes in sand grain size and sand transport driven by changes in the upstream supply of sand in the Colorado River: relative importance of changes in bed-sand grain size and bed-sand area Coupled changes in sand grain size and sand transport driven by changes in the upstream supply of sand in the Colorado River: relative importance of changes in bed-sand grain size and bed-sand area
Sand transport in the Colorado River in Marble and Grand canyons was naturally limited by the upstream supply of sand. Prior to the 1963 closure of Glen Canyon Dam, the river exhibited the following four effects of sand supply limitation: (1) hysteresis in sediment concentration, (2) hysteresis in sediment grain size coupled to the hysteresis in sediment concentration, (3) production of...
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D.J. Topping, D. M. Rubin, T.S. Melis
Using topographic lidar data to delineate the North Carolina Shoreline Using topographic lidar data to delineate the North Carolina Shoreline
In North Carolina, shoreline change rates are an important component of the state's coastal management program. To enhance methods of measuring shoreline change, the NC Division of Coastal Management (DCM) is considering using mean high water (MHW) shorelines extracted from lidar data together with traditional wet/dry shorelines digitized from aerial photography. To test their...
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Patrick W. Limber, Jeffrey H. List, Jeffrey D. Warren, Amy S. Farris, Kathryn M. Weber
A three-dimensional geophysical model of the crust in the Barents Sea region: Model construction and basement characterization A three-dimensional geophysical model of the crust in the Barents Sea region: Model construction and basement characterization
BARENTS50, a new 3-D geophysical model of the crust in the Barents Sea Region has been developed by the University of Oslo, NORSAR and the U.S. Geological Survey. The target region comprises northern Norway and Finland, parts of the Kola Peninsula and the East European lowlands. Novaya Zemlya, the Kara Sea and Franz-Josef Land terminate the region to the east, while the Norwegian...
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O. Ritzmann, N. Maercklin, Faleide J. Inge, H. Bungum, Walter D. Mooney, Shane T. Detweiler
Suspended-sediment rating curve response to urbanization and wildfire, Santa Ana River, California Suspended-sediment rating curve response to urbanization and wildfire, Santa Ana River, California
[1] River suspended-sediment concentrations provide insights to the erosion and transport of materials from a landscape, and changes in concentrations with time may result from landscape processes or human disturbance. Here we show that suspended-sediment concentrations in the Santa Ana River, California, decreased 20-fold with respect to discharge during a 34-year period (1968−2001)...
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J.A. Warrick, D. M. Rubin
Coastal-change impacts during hurricane katrina: an overview Coastal-change impacts during hurricane katrina: an overview
As part of an ongoing cooperative effort between USGS, NASA and USACE, the barrier islands within the right-front quadrant of Hurricane Katrina were surveyed with airborne lidar both before and after landfall. Dauphin Island, AL was located the farthest from landfall and wave runup intermittently overtopped its central and western sections. The Gulf-side of the island experienced severe...
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Asbury Sallenger, C. Wayne Wright, Jeff Lillycrop
A catastrophic meltwater flood event and the formation of the Hudson Shelf Valley A catastrophic meltwater flood event and the formation of the Hudson Shelf Valley
The Hudson Shelf Valley (HSV) is the largest physiographic feature on the U.S. mid-Atlantic continental shelf. The 150-km long valley is the submerged extension of the ancestral Hudson River Valley that connects to the Hudson Canyon. Unlike other incised valleys on the mid-Atlantic shelf, it has not been infilled with sediment during the Holocene. Analyses of multibeam bathymetry...
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E. Robert Thieler, Bradford Butman, William C. Schwab, Mead A. Allison, Neal W. Driscoll, John P. Donnelly, Elazar Uchupi