Model:Cross Shore Sediment Flux

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Cross Shore Sediment Flux


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Model type Single
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Spatial dimensions 1D
Spatial extent Landscape-Scale
Model domain Coastal
One-line model description Cross-Shore Sediment Flux Equations
Extended model description The Cross-Shore Sediment Flux model addresses predominately sandy, wave-dominated coastlines on time-scales ranging from years to millenia and on spatial scales ranging from kilometers to tens of kilometers using a range of wave parameters as inputs. It calculates the cross-shore sediment flux using both shallow water wave assumptions and full Linear Airy wave Theory. An equilibrium profile is also created. Using the Exner equation, we develop an advection diffusion equation that describes the evolution of profile through time. A morphodynamic depth of closure can be estimated for each input wave parameter.
Keywords:

coastal sediment transport, coastal evolution,

Name Alejandra Ortiz
Type of contact Model developer
Institute / Organization Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
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Town / City Woods Hole
Postal code 02543
State Massachusetts
Country United States
Email address aortiz@whoi.edu
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Source csdms web address https://github.com/csdms-contrib/Cross_Shore_Sediment_Flux
Program license type GPL v2
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Describe input parameters You can vary the initial slope, wave periods, wave heights, and sediment fall velocity (a proxy for sediment size).
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Describe output parameters It outputs all the variables used in the advection-diffusion equation describing bed evolution for both shallow water wave assumptions (all labeled as *_s) and linear theory (labeled as *_lh).
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Describe processes represented by the model Using energetics-based formulations for wave-driven sediment transport, we develop a robust methodology for estimating the morphodynamic evolution of a cross-shore sandy coastal profile. The wave-driven cross-shore

sediment flux depends on three components: two onshore-directed terms (wave asymmetry and wave streaming) and an offshore-directed slope term. The cross-shore sediment transport formulation defines a dynamic equilibrium profile and, by perturbing about this steady-state profile, we present an advection-diffusion formula for profile evolution. Morphodynamic Péclet analysis suggests that the shoreface is diffusionally dominated. Using this depth-dependent characteristic diffusivity timescale, we distinguish a morphodynamic depth of closure for a given time envelope. Even though wave-driven sediment transport can (and will) occur at deeper depths, the rate of morphologic bed changes in response to shoreline change becomes increasingly slow below this morphodynamic closure depth.

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Nr. of publications: 1
Total citations: 51
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m-quotient: 0.12
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Featured publication(s)YearModel describedType of ReferenceCitations
Ortiz, Alejandra C.; Ashton, Andrew D.; 2016. Exploring shoreface dynamics and a mechanistic explanation for a morphodynamic depth of closure: Morphodynamic Depth of Closure. Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface, 121, 442–464. 10.1002/2015JF003699
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2016 Cross Shore Sediment Flux
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