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| Title: | LONG-TERM PREDICTION OF NEARSHORE WAVE CLIMATE WITH AN APPLICATION TO CLIFF EROSION | |
| DOI No: | 10.1142/9789812709554_0053 | |
| Source: | COASTAL ENGINEERING 2006 (pp 616-627) | |
| Author(s): | Peter Stansby
School of Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering, University of Manchester, UK Jianguo Zhou Department of Engineering, University of Liverpool, UK Cuiping Kuang School of Civil Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai, China Mike Walkden School of Civil Engineering and Geosciences, University Newcastle, UK Jim Hall School of Civil Engineering and Geosciences, University Newcastle, UK Mark Dickson NIWA, Christchurch, New Zealand In the Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research. |
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| Abstract: | Nearshore wave climate determines coastal erosion and flooding, along with various other factors. The nearshore wave climate is determined by wave propagation from offshore (where water is 'deep'). Offshore wave conditions are simply defined by the wind speed and direction for this study. The nearshore wave height, period and direction is then parameterised in terms of wind climate to enable efficient long-term prediction. This is applied to various sites along the Norfolk coast in the UK and input to a model for cliff erosion SCAPE (Soft Cliff and Platform Erosion) for comparison with 117 years of historical cliff recession data. Predictions are quantitatively realistic. | |
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