Paper Info
Title
BeachWin: modelling groundwater effects on swash sediment transport and beach profile changes
Abstract
Field and laboratory observations have shown that a relatively low beach groundwater table enhances beach accretion. These observations have led to the beach dewatering technique (artificially lowering the beach water table) for combating beach erosion. Here we present a process-based numerical model that simulates the interacting wave motion on the beach, coastal groundwater flow, swash sediment transport and beach profile changes. Results of model simulations demonstrate that the model replicates accretionary effects of a low beach water table on beach profile changes and has the potential to become a tool for assessing the effectiveness of beach dewatering systems.
Year
DOI
Venue
2002
10.1016/S1364-8152(01)00066-4
Environmental Modelling & Software
Keywords
DocType
Volume
Beach groundwater flow,Swash sediment transport,Beach profile changes,Coupled modelling
Journal
17
Issue
ISSN
Citations 
3
1364-8152
2
PageRank 
References 
Authors
1.22
0
4
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
L. Li1237.77
D.A. Barry2166.34
C.B. Pattiaratchi321.22
G. Masselink421.22