Shoreline Response to the Southern Annular Mode at WEC site: Satellite Analysis
Understanding shoreline dynamics is a key step towards the successful management of coastal environments. This study investigates natural shoreline variability at Grassy Beach, focusing on the relationship to the Southern Annular Mode (SAM) climate driver. The present analysis contributes to ongoing...
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ftgriffithuniv:oai:research-repository.griffith.edu.au:10072/429697 2024-09-09T20:10:10+00:00 Shoreline Response to the Southern Annular Mode at WEC site: Satellite Analysis Thompson, J Cartwright, N Etemad-Shahidi, A da Silva, GV O'Grady, J 2023-08-15 to 2023-08-18 Sunshine Coast, Australia 2023 http://hdl.handle.net/10072/429697 English eng Engineers Australia Australasian Coasts and Ports 2023 Conference Thompson, J; Cartwright, N; Etemad-Shahidi, A; da Silva, GV; O'Grady, J, Shoreline Response to the Southern Annular Mode at WEC site: Satellite Analysis, Australasian Coasts and Ports 2023 Conference, 2023, pp. 828-834 https://coastsandports2023.com.au/ http://hdl.handle.net/10072/429697 9781713884132 This work is covered by copyright. You must assume that re-use is limited to personal use and that permission from the copyright owner must be obtained for all other uses. If the document is available under a specified licence, refer to the licence for details of permitted re-use. If you believe that this work infringes copyright please make a copyright takedown request using the form at https://www.griffith.edu.au/copyright-matters. open access Geomorphology and earth surface processes Physical oceanography Conference output 2023 ftgriffithuniv 2024-06-19T00:00:19Z Understanding shoreline dynamics is a key step towards the successful management of coastal environments. This study investigates natural shoreline variability at Grassy Beach, focusing on the relationship to the Southern Annular Mode (SAM) climate driver. The present analysis contributes to ongoing investigations into the influence of a nearshore wave energy converter (WEC), installed in 2021, on the local shoreline dynamics. Grassy Beach is a sandy embayment on the southeast coast of King Island in Bass Strait, Australia, with a wave climate dominated by southerly refracted Southern Ocean swells. Shoreline position from 1987 to 2021 (pre-WEC deployment) was determined from 420 Sentinel and Landsat satellite images using the CoastSat Python toolkit. Empirical orthogonal function (EOF) analysis found a seasonal beach rotation signal to be a dominant mode of variability (20% of total variability). The corresponding temporal EOF alternated in sign between winter and summer. These results show shoreline retreat (erosion) occurring in winter at the exposed eastern end and during summer at the western end when waves from the east increase in frequency. The Bass Strait wave climate is influenced by SAM, with more powerful waves likely in Austral autumn and winter when the SAM index is positive. A positive phase of SAM during winter was found to increase shoreline retreat at the eastern end leading to a stronger beach rotation signal describing 24% of the total variability. These results provide new insights into the influence of SAM on shoreline dynamics and highlight the importance of considering relevant climate drivers as an indicator of beach erosion. For nearshore structures such as WECs, it is critical to first assess the site's natural variability and relevant driving factors through a multi-decade spatio-temporal analysis before analysing the coastal impact of such structures. Full Text Conference Object Southern Ocean Griffith University: Griffith Research Online Austral King Island ENVELOPE(-58.100,-58.100,-62.000,-62.000) Southern Ocean |
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Understanding shoreline dynamics is a key step towards the successful management of coastal environments. This study investigates natural shoreline variability at Grassy Beach, focusing on the relationship to the Southern Annular Mode (SAM) climate driver. The present analysis contributes to ongoing investigations into the influence of a nearshore wave energy converter (WEC), installed in 2021, on the local shoreline dynamics. Grassy Beach is a sandy embayment on the southeast coast of King Island in Bass Strait, Australia, with a wave climate dominated by southerly refracted Southern Ocean swells. Shoreline position from 1987 to 2021 (pre-WEC deployment) was determined from 420 Sentinel and Landsat satellite images using the CoastSat Python toolkit. Empirical orthogonal function (EOF) analysis found a seasonal beach rotation signal to be a dominant mode of variability (20% of total variability). The corresponding temporal EOF alternated in sign between winter and summer. These results show shoreline retreat (erosion) occurring in winter at the exposed eastern end and during summer at the western end when waves from the east increase in frequency. The Bass Strait wave climate is influenced by SAM, with more powerful waves likely in Austral autumn and winter when the SAM index is positive. A positive phase of SAM during winter was found to increase shoreline retreat at the eastern end leading to a stronger beach rotation signal describing 24% of the total variability. These results provide new insights into the influence of SAM on shoreline dynamics and highlight the importance of considering relevant climate drivers as an indicator of beach erosion. For nearshore structures such as WECs, it is critical to first assess the site's natural variability and relevant driving factors through a multi-decade spatio-temporal analysis before analysing the coastal impact of such structures. Full Text |
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Shoreline Response to the Southern Annular Mode at WEC site: Satellite Analysis |
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