Ellen Quataert

Model parameter input files to compare the influence of coral reef carbonate budgets on alongshore variations in wave-driven total water levels on Buck Island Reef National Monument

A set of physics-based XBeach Non-hydrostatic hydrodynamic model simulations (with input files here included) were used to evaluate how varying carbonate budgets, and thus coral reef accretion and degradation, affect alongshore variations in wave-driven water levels along the adjacent shoreline of Buck Island Reef National Monument (BUIS) for a number of sea-level rise scenarios, specifically during extreme wave conditions when the risk for coastal flooding and the resulting impact to coastal communities is greatest. These input files accompany the modeling conducted for the following publication: Toth, L.T., Storlazzi, C.D., Kuffner, I.B., Quataert, E., Reyns, J., McCall, R.T., Stathakopoulos, A., Hillis-Starr,...

Categories: Data; Tags: Bathymetry and Elevation, CMHRP, Climatology, Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources Program, Ecology, All tags... Geomorphology, Marine Geology, PCMSC, Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center, U.S. Geological Survey, USGS, coastal processes, coastal processes, coral reefs, geoscientificInformation, hazards, numerical modeling, oceans, reef, water circulation, waves, Fewer tags

Model parameter input files to compare wave-averaged versus wave-resolving XBeach coastal flooding models for coral reef-lined coasts

This data release includes the XBeach input data files used to evaluate the importance of explicitly modeling sea-swell waves for runup. This was examined using a 2D XBeach short wave-averaged (surfbeat, XB-SB) and a wave-resolving (non-hydrostatic, XB-NH) model of Roi-Namur Island on Kwajalein Atoll in the Republic of Marshall Islands. Results show that explicitly modelling the sea-swell component (using XB-NH) provides a better approximation of the observed runup than XB-SB (which only models the time-variation of the sea-swell wave height), despite good model performance of both models on reef flat water levels and wave heights. However, both models under-predict runup peaks. The difference between XB-SB and...

Tags: CMHRP, Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources Program, Kwajalein Atoll, Marine Geology, PCMSC, All tags... Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center, Republic of the Marshall Islands, Roi-Namur, U.S. Geological Survey, USGS, coastal processes, coastal processes, coral reefs, flooding, geoscientificInformation, hazards, numerical modeling, oceans, reef, water column features, water level, waves, Fewer tags