Quantitative Flow Visualization and Modelling of Surf Zone Circulation and Sediment Transport

在研究启动奖下进行的研究主要集中在海岸冲浪区的平均流量和波浪运动。这项研究将主要是实验性的，利用实验室的波浪水槽。实验结果将被整合到一个已经开发的泥沙输运预测模型中。染色流示踪剂和荧光染色沙粒的视频成像将产生包括波浪浅滩和破碎在内的流动和沉积物动力学的定性和定量细节。这项研究将提高预测海滩对风暴反应的能力，并评估保护系统。

Research to be carried out under a Research Initiation Award is focused on mean flow and wave motion in the coastal surf zone. The study will be mostly experimental, utilizing a laboratory wave flume. Experimental results will be integrated into an already developed model for the prediction of sediment transport. Video imaging of dyed flow tracers and fluorescent dyed sand grains will yield qualitative and quantitative details of flow and sediment dynamics with wave shoaling and breaking included. The research will advance the ability to predict beach response to storms, and evaluate protective system.