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Two-dimensional reduced-physics model to describe historic morphodynamic behaviour of an estuary inlet

Karunarathna, H; Horrillo-Caraballo, J; Burningham, H; Pan, S; Reeve, DE; (2016) Two-dimensional reduced-physics model to describe historic morphodynamic behaviour of an estuary inlet. Marine Geology , 382 pp. 200-209. 10.1016/j.margeo.2016.10.014. Green open access

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Abstract

Understanding medium to long term morphodynamic change is important for sustainable coastal and estuary management. This paper analyses morphodynamic change of a complex estuary inlet which is subjected to multiple environmental drivers and proposes a reduced physics model to explain the historic medium term morphodynamic change of the inlet. The analysis shows that even though the estuary inlet undergoes multiscale morphological change, the changes that take place over a timescale of several years are more significant and important. The reduced physics model suggests that this simplified modelling approach is able to recognise principal historic morphodynamic trends in the estuary. However, the length and quality of the inlet bathymetry data set limits the applicability of the models and the quality of model outputs.

Type: Article
Title: Two-dimensional reduced-physics model to describe historic morphodynamic behaviour of an estuary inlet
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
DOI: 10.1016/j.margeo.2016.10.014
Publisher version: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.margeo.2016.10.014
Language: English
Additional information: © 2016 The Authors. Published by Elsevier B.V. This is an open access article under the CC BY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
Keywords: Science & Technology, Physical Sciences, Geosciences, Multidisciplinary, Oceanography, Geology, Reduced-Physics Model, Diffusion Coefficient, Deben Estuary, Estuary Morphodynamics, Decadal Time Scales, Tidal Inlet, Eigenfunction Analysis, Statistical-Analysis, Morphology, Evolution, Prediction, Yarmouth, Impacts, Climate
UCL classification: UCL
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of S&HS
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of S&HS > Dept of Geography
URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1534100
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