Climate change impacts on the stability of small tidal inlets

A numerical modelling study using Realistic Analogue approach

Conference paper (2012)
Department
Hydraulic Engineering (CEG) (TU Delft)
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20-02-2012

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COPEDEC 2012: Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Coastal and Port Engineering in Developing Countries, Chennai, India, 20-24 February 2012

Faculty

Civil Engineering and Geosciences

Department

Hydraulic Engineering

Abstract

Tidal inlets are of great societal importance as they are often associated with ports and harbours, industry, tourism, recreation and prime waterfront real estate. Their behaviour is governed by the delicate balance of oceanic processes (tides, waves and mean sea level), and fluvial/estuarine processes (riverflow and heat fluxes), all of which can be significantly affected by climate change (CC) processes. This study investigates the potential range of CC impacts on the stability (closed/open state and locational stability) via the application of a sophisticated process based morphodynamic model (Delft3D) to strategically selected schematised inlet morphologies and forcing conditions.