[HTML][HTML] Dune erosion during storm surges: A review of the observations, physics and modelling of the collision regime

PPJ van Wiechen, S De Vries, A Reniers… - Coastal …, 2023‏ - Elsevier
Dune erosion during storm surges can lead to excessive damage to the dune system with
devastating floods as a potential consequence. A risk assessment of areas protected by …

[HTML][HTML] Observations of beach change and runup, and the performance of empirical runup parameterizations during large storm events

LN Kim, KL Brodie, NT Cohn, SN Giddings… - Coastal …, 2023‏ - Elsevier
Timeseries observations of beach elevation change and wave runup from a tower-mounted
stationary lidar are used to assess the skill (skill= 1− NMSE, where NMSE is the normalized …

[HTML][HTML] Differences in internal sedimentologic and biotic structure between natural, managed, and constructed coastal foredunes

EH Davis, CJ Hein, N Cohn, AE White, JC Zinnert - Geomorphology, 2024‏ - Elsevier
Coastal communities are increasingly constructing artificial dunes and/or encouraging dune
growth for added protection against storm surge. However, the morphological response of …

Storm response and multi-annual recovery of eight coastal dunes spread along the Atlantic coast of Europe

O Burvingt, B Castelle - Geomorphology, 2023‏ - Elsevier
Coastal dunes are natural barriers against coastal flooding, and represent large sources of
sediment to mitigate coastal erosion, besides being a natural habitat for many living beings …

[HTML][HTML] Insights into nearshore sandbar dynamics through process-based numerical and logistic regression modeling

TM Saunders, N Cohn, T Hesser - Coastal Engineering, 2024‏ - Elsevier
Process-based nearshore morphodynamic models are commonly used tools by coastal
engineers and planners to predict the nearshore morphology change of sandy beaches …

Exploring ecological, morphological, and environmental controls on coastal foredune evolution at annual scales using a process-based model

SS Heminway, N Cohn, EH Davis, A White, CJ Hein… - Sustainability, 2024‏ - mdpi.com
Coastal communities commonly rely upon foredunes as the first line of defense against sea-
level rise and storms, thus requiring management guidance to optimize their protective …

Drivers of dune formation control ecosystem function and response to disturbance in a barrier island system

AB Sabo, MR Cornish, MCN Castorani, JC Zinnert - Scientific Reports, 2024‏ - nature.com
Barrier islands are landscape features that protect coastlines by reducing wave energy and
erosion. Quantifying vegetation-topographic interactions between adjacent habitats are …

Alongshore variable accretional and erosional coastal foredune dynamics at event to interannual timescales

N Cohn, K Brodie, I Conery… - Earth and Space Science, 2022‏ - Wiley Online Library
Natural and constructed dunes are increasingly being utilized to buffer flooding impacts from
storms and rising sea levels along sandy coastlines. However, a lack of data at the …

[HTML][HTML] Develo** a decision tree model to forecast runup and assess uncertainty in empirical formulations

M Itzkin, ML Palmsten, ML Buckley, JJ Birchler… - Coastal …, 2025‏ - Elsevier
The coastal zone is a dynamic region that can change rapidly and significantly with respect
to the morphology of the beach and incoming wave conditions. Runup forecasts may be …