Numerical Modeling of Waves at Ponce de Leon Inlet, Florida
Publication: Journal of Waterway, Port, Coastal, and Ocean Engineering
Volume 127, Issue 3
Abstract
Coastal inlets pose challenges of complex bathymetry, wave-current interaction, and influences of natural and artificial barriers for prediction of wave transformation with numerical wave models. The steady-state spectral WAVE model is described and evaluated with directional wave data measured during two storms (5.4 m and 2.4 m peak wave height) at Ponce de Leon Inlet, on the Atlantic coast of Florida. Model simulations of the two storms agreed well with measurements (within measurement uncertainty) except when incident waves were strongly nonlinear. Wave-current interaction was found to be a small influence compared to refraction by changing water depth.
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Journal of Waterway, Port, Coastal, and Ocean Engineering
Volume 127 • Issue 3 • June 2001
Pages: 176 - 184
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Received: Feb 17, 1999
Published online: Jun 1, 2001
Published in print: Jun 2001
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