Volume Estimation From Planform Characteristics of Washover Morphology

Lazarus, Eli D. and Williams, Hannah E. and Goldstein, Evan B. (2022) Volume Estimation From Planform Characteristics of Washover Morphology. Geophysical Research Letters, 49 (22). ISSN 1944-8007

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Abstract

Overwash is the cross‐shore transport of water and sediment from a waterbody over the crest of a sand or gravel barrier beach, and washover is the resulting sedimentary deposit. Washover volume, and alongshore patterns of washover distribution, are fundamental components of sediment budgets for low‐lying coastal barrier systems. Accurate sediment budgets are essential to forecasting barrier system sustainability under future climate‐driven forcing. However, comprehensive surveys of three‐dimensional washover morphology are challenging to deliver. Here, we use the results of a physical experiment, analysis of lidar data, and examples of washover characteristics reported in the literature to develop scaling relationships for washover morphometry that demonstrate volume can be reasonably inferred from planform measurements, for washover in natural (non‐built) and built barrier settings. Gaining three‐dimensional insight into washover deposits from two‐dimensional information unlocks the ability to analyze past aerial imagery and estimate contributions from washover flux to sediment budgets for past storms.

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Additional Information: ** Article version: VoR ** From Wiley via Jisc Publications Router ** History: received 17-06-2022; rev-recd 08-11-2022; accepted 10-11-2022; pub-electronic 23-11-2022; pub-print 28-11-2022. ** Licence for VoR version of this article: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Uncontrolled Keywords: Oceans, ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION AND STRUCTURE, Air/sea constituent fluxes, Volcanic effects, BIOGEOSCIENCES, Climate dynamics, Modeling, COMPUTATIONAL GEOPHYSICS, Numerical solutions, CRYOSPHERE, Avalanches, Mass balance, GEODESY AND GRAVITY, Ocean monitoring with geodetic techniques, Ocean/Earth/atmosphere/hydrosphere/cryosphere interactions, Global change from geodesy, GLOBAL CHANGE, Abrupt/rapid climate change, Climate variability, Earth system modeling, Impacts of global change, Land/atmosphere interactions, Regional climate change, Sea level change, Solid Earth, Water cycles, HYDROLOGY, Climate impacts, Extreme events, Hydrological cycles and budgets, Time series analysis, INFORMATICS, Temporal analysis and representation, MARINE GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS, Gravity and isostasy, MATHEMATICAL GEOPHYSICS, Persistence, memory, correlations, clustering, Stochastic processes, ATMOSPHERIC PROCESSES, Climate change and variability, Climatology, General circulation, Ocean/atmosphere interactions, Regional modeling, Theoretical modeling, OCEANOGRAPHY: GENERAL, Coastal processes, Climate and interannual variability, Numerical modeling, Time series experiments, NATURAL HAZARDS, Physical modeling, Atmospheric, Geological, Oceanic, Climate impact, Risk, Disaster risk analysis and assessment, NONLINEAR GEOPHYSICS, Pattern formation, Probability distributions, heavy and fat‐tailed, Scaling: spatial and temporal, OCEANOGRAPHY: PHYSICAL, Air/sea interactions, Decadal ocean variability, Ocean influence of Earth rotation, Sea level: variations and mean, Surface waves and tides, Tsunamis and storm surges, PALEOCEANOGRAPHY, POLICY SCIENCES, Benefit‐cost analysis, RADIO SCIENCE, Radio oceanography, SEISMOLOGY, Earthquake ground motions and engineering seismology, Volcano seismology, SPACE PLASMA PHYSICS, Stochastic phenomena, VOLCANOLOGY, Volcano/climate interactions, Atmospheric effects, Volcano monitoring, Effusive volcanism, Mud volcanism, Explosive volcanism, Volcanic hazards and risks, Research Letter, coastal barriers, overwash, washover, coastal development, built environment, physical experiment
Subjects: G Geography. Anthropology. Recreation > GC Oceanography
G Geography. Anthropology. Recreation > GE Environmental Sciences
Divisions: Institutes and Academies > Wales Institute for Science & Art (WISA) > Academic Discipline: Architecture & Design
SWORD Depositor: JISC Publications Router
Depositing User: JISC Publications Router
Date Deposited: 28 Nov 2022 15:18
Last Modified: 23 May 2023 01:02
URI: https://repository.uwtsd.ac.uk/id/eprint/2162

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