ADVANCE Fellows Award: A Self-Organization Model For Surf Zone Megaripples

摘要：该奖项为研究提供资金，以发展预测近岸（水深8米）天然巨水纹的发生、形态和迁移的能力。在这一区域，复杂的混合流和湍流主导着沉积物的输运。巨型水团（高度可达50厘米，长度为1-10米）是普遍存在的，但人们对它们的了解很少，也没有在沉积物输运、波浪变形和近岸环流的模型中考虑到。本研究成果将有助于提高对海滩变化和海滩侵蚀的预测。这个先进奖旨在促进科学家的职业生涯谁从以前的工作辞职，并由于家庭责任移动。此外，PI将让本科生参与她的研究计划，并将为科学界的女性提供一个很好的榜样。

Abstract: This award provides funding for research to develop the capability to predict the occurrence, morphology and migration of natural megaripples in the nearshore (water depth 8 m). In this region, complex combined flows and turbulence dominate the transport of sediment. Megaripples (with heights of up to 50 cm and lengths of 1-10 m) are ubiquitous, but they are poorly understood and are not accounted for in models of sediment transport, wave transformation, and nearshore circulation. The results of this study will help improve the prediction of beach changes and beach erosion. This ADVANCE award is intended to promote the career of a scientist who resigned from a previous job and moved due to family responsibilities. In addition, the PI will involve undergraduates in her research program and will provide an excellent role model for women in science.