Development and Verification of a Comprehensive Community Model for Physical Processes in the Nearshore Ocean

Our goal is to develop a comprehensive, verified community model that predicts nearshore hydrodynamics, sediment transport, and seabed morphology changes given offshore wave conditions and initial bathymetry. The basic scientific objective is to synthesize understanding of physical processes in the nearshore ocean by developing a model for * waves and resulting radiation stresses and mass fluxes over evolving coastal bathymetry and currents * wave-induced circulation * sediment transport and morphological evolution. An additional objective is to test model components and the full community model with field observations. A National Oceanographic Partnership Program Award. The original document contains color images.