Infragravity waves: From driving mechanisms to impacts

X Bertin, A de Bakker, AP Van Dongeren, G Coco… - Earth-Science …, 2018 - Elsevier
Infragravity (hereafter IG) waves are surface ocean waves with frequencies below those of
wind-generated “short waves”(typically below 0.04 Hz). Here we focus on the most common …

Wind-wave climate changes and their impacts

M Casas-Prat, MA Hemer, G Dodet, J Morim… - Nature Reviews Earth & …, 2024 - nature.com
Wind-waves have an important role in Earth system dynamics through air–sea interactions
and are key drivers of coastal and offshore hydro-morphodynamics that affect communities …

Extreme wave activity during 2013/2014 winter and morphological impacts along the Atlantic coast of Europe

G Masselink, B Castelle, T Scott… - Geophysical …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Studies of coastal vulnerability due to climate change tend to focus on the consequences of
sea level rise, rather than the complex coastal responses resulting from changes to the …

Increased winter‐mean wave height, variability, and periodicity in the Northeast Atlantic over 1949–2017

B Castelle, G Dodet, G Masselink… - Geophysical Research …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract A 69‐year (1948–2017) numerical weather and wave hindcast is used to
investigate the interannual variability and trend of winter wave height along the west coast of …

Global-scale changes to extreme ocean wave events due to anthropogenic warming

J Morim, S Vitousek, M Hemer, B Reguero… - Environmental …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
Extreme surface ocean waves are often primary drivers of coastal flooding and erosion over
various time scales. Hence, understanding future changes in extreme wave events owing to …

Three years of weekly observations of coastal cliff erosion by waves and rainfall

AP Young, RT Guza, H Matsumoto, MA Merrifield… - Geomorphology, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract Erosion of a 2.5 km-long sedimentary coastal cliff by waves and rainfall is explored
with three years of weekly observations. A truck-mounted lidar resolved the fronting beach …

[HTML][HTML] Extraordinary boulder transport by storm waves (west of Ireland, winter 2013–2014), and criteria for analysing coastal boulder deposits

R Cox, KL Jahn, OG Watkins, P Cox - Earth-Science Reviews, 2018 - Elsevier
Before-and-after photos of supratidal coastal boulder deposits (CBD) in the west of Ireland
show that storms in the winter of 2013–2014 transported boulders at elevations up to 29 m …

A model ensemble for projecting multidecadal coastal cliff retreat during the 21st century

PW Limber, PL Barnard, S Vitousek… - Journal of Geophysical …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Sea cliff retreat rates are expected to accelerate with rising sea levels during the 21st
century. Here we develop an approach for a multimodel ensemble that efficiently projects …

Systematic review shows that work done by storm waves can be misinterpreted as tsunami-related because commonly used hydrodynamic equations are flawed

R Cox, F Ardhuin, F Dias, R Autret… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Coastal boulder deposits (CBD), transported by waves at elevations above sea level and
substantial distances inland, are markers for marine incursions. Whether they are tsunami or …

[HTML][HTML] Storm impacts and shoreline recovery: Mechanisms and controls in the southern North Sea

SM Brooks, T Spencer, EK Christie - Geomorphology, 2017 - Elsevier
Storm impacts play a significant role in shoreline dynamics on barrier coastlines.
Furthermore, inter-storm recovery is a key parameter determining long-term coastal …