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

摘要：本奖项旨在资助研究发展近岸（水深8米）天然巨芮波的发生、形态和迁移预测能力。在这一地区，泥沙的输运主要是复杂的组合流和湍流。巨水波（高可达50厘米，长1-10米）无处不在，但对它们的了解甚少，在沉积物输运、波浪变换和近岸环流模型中也没有考虑到它们。本研究的结果将有助于改善对海滩变化和海滩侵蚀的预测。ADVANCE奖旨在促进因家庭责任而辞职并移居的科学家的职业发展。此外，该项目将让本科生参与她的研究项目，并将为科学领域的女性提供一个优秀的榜样。

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.