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)天然巨藻的发生、形态和迁移的能力。在这一地区，复杂的复合流和湍流主导着泥沙的输移。巨藻(高达50厘米，长1-10米)无处不在，但人们对它们知之甚少，在泥沙输运、波浪变换和近岸环流的模型中也没有考虑到它们。研究结果将有助于提高对滩涂变化和滩涂侵蚀的预测能力。这一先行奖旨在促进一位辞去先前工作并因家庭责任而搬家的科学家的职业生涯。此外，PI将让本科生参与她的研究项目，并将为科学界的女性提供一个极好的榜样。

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.