Beach nourishment has complex implications for the future of sandy shores

MA de Schipper, BC Ludka, B Raubenheimer… - Nature Reviews Earth & …, 2021 - nature.com
Beach nourishment—the addition of sand to increase the width or sand volume of the beach—
is a widespread coastal management technique to counteract coastal erosion. Globally …

Modeling the morphodynamics of coastal responses to extreme events: What shape are we in?

CR Sherwood, A Van Dongeren, J Doyle… - Annual review of …, 2022 - annualreviews.org
This review focuses on recent advances in process-based numerical models of the impact of
extreme storms on sandy coasts. Driven by larger-scale models of meteorology and …

On the need for a new generation of coastal change models for the 21st century

R Ranasinghe - Scientific reports, 2020 - nature.com
The combination of climate change impacts, declining fluvial sediment supply, and heavy
human utilization of the coastal zone, arguably the most populated and developed land …

Ranking uncertainty: Wave climate variability versus model uncertainty in probabilistic assessment of coastline change

A Kroon, MA de Schipper, PH van Gelder… - Coastal …, 2020 - Elsevier
Sand nourishments are increasingly applied as adaptive coastal protection measures.
Predictions of the evolution of these nourishments and their impact on the surrounding …

[HTML][HTML] A rules-based shoreface translation and sediment budgeting tool for estimating coastal change: ShoreTrans

RJ McCarroll, G Masselink, NG Valiente, T Scott… - Marine Geology, 2021 - Elsevier
Predicting change to shorelines globally presents an increasing challenge as sea level rise
(SLR) accelerates. Many shoreline prediction models use the simplistic 'Bruun rule'for …

On the use of convolutional deep learning to predict shoreline change

E Gomez-de la Peña, G Coco… - Earth Surface …, 2023 - esurf.copernicus.org
The process of shoreline change is inherently complex, and reliable predictions of shoreline
position remain a key challenge in coastal research. Predicting shoreline evolution could …

[HTML][HTML] Beach scarp dynamics at nourished beaches

CWT Van Bemmelen, MA De Schipper, J Darnall… - Coastal …, 2020 - Elsevier
Beach scarps are nearly vertical seaward facing sandy cliffs within the cross-shore beach
profile. These features are often associated with eroding (nourished) coastlines and can …

[HTML][HTML] Simulating decadal cross-shore dynamics at nourished coasts with Crocodile

T Kettler, M de Schipper, A Luijendijk - Coastal Engineering, 2024 - Elsevier
Projections of high rates of sea level rise have stimulated proposals for adaptation strategies
with increasingly high nourishment volumes along sandy beaches. An underlying …

Advances in techniques for simulating decadal changes to barrier islands morphology

WS Lu, SC Hsiao, WS Chiang - Applied Ocean Research, 2024 - Elsevier
We advanced an integrated framework for the analysis of decadal morphological changes in
barrier islands. When applied to Taiwan's Waisanding Barrier Island, this refined …

Impact of mean sea-level rise on the long-term evolution of a mega-nourishment

F Ribas, L Portos-Amill, A Falqués, J Arriaga, M Marcos… - Climatic change, 2023 - Springer
Mean sea-level rise (MSLR) will induce shoreline recession, increasing the stress on coastal
systems of high socio-economic and environmental values. Localized mega-nourishments …