Field observations and numerical model simulations of a migrating inlet system
Thesis: Ph. D., Joint Program in Oceanography/Applied Ocean Science and Engineering (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering; and the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution), 2017
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| author | Hopkins, Julia A. |
| author2 | Steve Elgar. |
| author_facet | Steve Elgar. Hopkins, Julia A. |
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| description | Thesis: Ph. D., Joint Program in Oceanography/Applied Ocean Science and Engineering (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering; and the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution), 2017 |
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| spelling | mit-1721.1/1134752019-11-22T04:20:55Z Field observations and numerical model simulations of a migrating inlet system Hopkins, Julia A. Steve Elgar. Joint Program in Oceanography/Applied Ocean Science and Engineering. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering. Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. Joint Program in Oceanography/Applied Ocean Science and Engineering Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Joint Program in Oceanography/Applied Ocean Science and Engineering. Civil and Environmental Engineering. Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. Waves. Ocean currents. Hydrodynamics. Tides. Tidal currents. Sediment transport. Hurricanes. Thesis: Ph. D., Joint Program in Oceanography/Applied Ocean Science and Engineering (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering; and the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution), 2017 Cataloged from PDF version of thesis. Includes bibliographical references. Waves, currents, and bathymetric change observed along 11 km of the southern shoreline of Martha's Vineyard include storm events, strong tidal flows (> 2 m/s), and an inlet migrating 2.5 km in ~7 years. A field-verified Delft3D numerical model developed for this system is used to examine the hydrodynamics in the nearshore and their effect on the migrating inlet. An initial numerical experiment showed that the observed 700 tidal modulation of wave direction in the nearshore was owing to interactions with tidal currents, and not to depth-induced refraction as waves propagated over complex shallow bathymetry. A second set of simulations focused on the separation of tidal currents from the southeast corner of Martha's Vineyard, showing the positive correlation between flow separation and sediment transport around a curved shoreline. Observations of waves, currents, and bathymetric change during hurricanes were reproduced in a third numerical experiment examining the competition between storm waves, which enhance inlet migration, and strong tidal currents, which scour the inlet and reduce migration rates. The combined field observations and simulations examined here demonstrate the importance of wave and tidal current forcings on morphological evolution at timescales of days to months. by Julia A. Hopkins. Ph. D. Ph.D. Joint Program in Oceanography/Applied Ocean Science and Engineering (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering; and the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution) 2018-02-08T16:25:34Z 2018-02-08T16:25:34Z 2017 2017 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/113475 1019903796 eng MIT theses are protected by copyright. They may be viewed, downloaded, or printed from this source but further reproduction or distribution in any format is prohibited without written permission. http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7582 116 pages application/pdf n-us-ma Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| spellingShingle | Joint Program in Oceanography/Applied Ocean Science and Engineering. Civil and Environmental Engineering. Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. Waves. Ocean currents. Hydrodynamics. Tides. Tidal currents. Sediment transport. Hurricanes. Hopkins, Julia A. Field observations and numerical model simulations of a migrating inlet system |
| title | Field observations and numerical model simulations of a migrating inlet system |
| title_full | Field observations and numerical model simulations of a migrating inlet system |
| title_fullStr | Field observations and numerical model simulations of a migrating inlet system |
| title_full_unstemmed | Field observations and numerical model simulations of a migrating inlet system |
| title_short | Field observations and numerical model simulations of a migrating inlet system |
| title_sort | field observations and numerical model simulations of a migrating inlet system |
| topic | Joint Program in Oceanography/Applied Ocean Science and Engineering. Civil and Environmental Engineering. Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. Waves. Ocean currents. Hydrodynamics. Tides. Tidal currents. Sediment transport. Hurricanes. |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/113475 |
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