Open AccessCalculation of Dune Profile Changes Generated by Hurricane: Preliminary Results
Author(s) -
Piotr Szmytkiewicz,
Marek Szmytkiewicz,
Jan Schönhofer,
Michał Morawski,
Jakub Malicki
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
archives of hydro-engineering and environmental mechanics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.123
H-Index - 13
eISSN - 2300-8687
pISSN - 1231-3726
DOI - 10.1515/heem-2018-0014
Subject(s) - erosion , meteorology , geology , natural (archaeology) , environmental science , geomorphology , geography , paleontology
The paper presents the main theoretical concepts related to methods of calculating the erosion rate for sandy dunes on natural coasts, namely, the beach equilibrium profile and incident waves. To illustrate calculations of dune erosion in the vicinity of the Coastal Research Station (CRS) in Lubiatowo, the Xbeach model (an incident wave model) was used. The calculations were carried out for hydrological and hydrodynamic conditions that accompanied Hurricane Ksawery (December 6–8, 2013). The results of the calculations were compared with the measured data. A satisfactory agreement was obtained between the predicted and measured results.