Hydrodynamic Modeling of a Reef-Fringed Pocket Beach Using a Phase-Resolved Non-Hydrostatic Model

• Published in: Journal of Marine Science and Engineering
• Main Authors: Johan Risandi, Dirk P. Rijnsdorp, Jeff E. Hansen, Ryan J. Lowe
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2020
• Subjects: fringing reef; pocket beach; hydrodynamics; SWASH; Western Australia; Southern Ocean; Long Beach; Swash
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3390/jmse8110877

The non-hydrostatic wave-flow model SWASH was used to investigate the hydrodynamic processes at a reef fringed pocket beach in southwestern Australia (Gnarabup Beach). Gnarabup Beach is a ~1.5 km long beach with highly variable bathymetry that is bounded by rocky headlands. The site is also exposed...