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Abstract
A month-long field experiment focused on the nearshore hydrodynamics of Diamond Shoals adjacent to Cape Hatteras Point, North Carolina, was conducted in February 2010. The objectives of this multi-institutional experiment were to test hypotheses related to Diamond Shoals as a sink in the regional sediment budget and to provide data for evaluating numerical models. The experiment included in-situ instrumentation for measuring waves and currents; a video camera system for measuring surface currents at a nearshore transect; a radar system for measuring regional surface currents over Diamond Shoals and the adjacent coast; a vehicle-based scanning lidar and radar system for mapping beach topography, nearshore wave breaking intensity, bathymetry (through wave celerity inversion), and wave direction; and an amphibious vehicle system for surveying single-beam bathymetry. Preliminary results from wave and current measurements suggest that shoal-building processes were active during the experiment.
| Publication type | Conference Paper |
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| Publication Subtype | Conference Paper |
| Title | A nearshore processes field experiment at Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, U.S.A. |
| ISBN | 978-981-4355-52-0 |
| DOI | 10.1142/9789814355537_0161 |
| Year Published | 2011 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | World Scientific |
| Contributing office(s) | Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center |
| Description | 14 p. |
| Larger Work Type | Book |
| Larger Work Subtype | Conference publication |
| Larger Work Title | The proceedings of the Coastal Sediments 2011 |
| First page | 2144 |
| Last page | 2157 |
| Conference Title | Coastal Sediments 2011 |
| Conference Location | Miami, FL |
| Conference Date | May 2-6, 2011 |
| Country | United States |
| State | North Carolina |
| Other Geospatial | Cape Hatteras |
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