Speaker: Dr. Robert Guza, Scripps Institution of Oceanography at University of California, San Diego.
Development and testing of real-time models for wave-driven processes along the Southern California shoreline will be described. Waves in southern California are monitored with a network of directional wave buoys, and nowcast and forecast with 1-hr time steps and 100-m alongshore resolution http://cdip.ucsd.edu/. Wave energy levels vary alongshore, depending both on shadowing from remotely generated swell by offshore islands and refraction by local depth contours. On most beaches, the most energetic waves are from winter North Pacific storms, although some beaches are more exposed to southern swell. I will outline Team CDIP's work coupling the regional wave network to simple models for wave-driven surfzone currents, beach sand level changes, and more. Model calibration and failure mode definition are ongoing.
Sponsored by the Miles Lowell and Margaret Watt Edwards Endowment, College of Engineering.
Seminar begins at 4:00, followed by social and refreshments at 5:00.
http://cce.oregonstate.edu/
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Powell Leadership Room |
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Prof. Harry Yeh |
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School of Civil and Construction Engineering |
