Morphodynamic modelling of an embayed beach: role of the forcing sources

Autor: Carrion Bertran, Nil, Falqués Serra, Albert, Ribas Prats, Francesca, Calvete Manrique, Daniel, Durán, Ruth, Marco, Candela, Marcos Moreno, Marta, Amores, Ángel, Toomey, Tim, Fernández Mora, María de los Ángeles, Guillén Aranda, Jorge
Přispěvatelé: Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. Doctorat en Ciències del Mar, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. Departament de Física, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. DF-GeoTech - Dinàmica de Fluids i Aplicacions Geofísiques i Tecnològiques
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2022
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Popis: Modelling the response of sandy beaches to sea level rise is a major scientific challenge and several types of models can be applied. Given the long-time scales involved, different sources for model forcing must be combined (wave and sea-level, e.g., from buoys or hindcast models). We here apply the XBeach process-based morphodynamic model and the Q2Dmorfo reducedcomplexity model to El Castell, a Mediterranean embayed beach. The models are first calibrated with data measured during 161 days with an AWAC at 14 m depth in front of the beach. XBeach predicts reasonably well the bathymetric dynamics while Q2Dmorfo can only reproduce the shoreline evolution. The calibrated versions of the models are then applied using other potential forcing sources. The source for sea level does not affect the results but both models are sensitive to the wave forcing source.
Databáze: OpenAIRE