Collaborative Research: Ridge-runnel post-storm beach recovery - hydrodynamics, sediment transport and morphodynamics

为该项目提供了资金，以调查与迁移脊和水道系统有关的水动力学和沉积物运输过程。从波浪水槽实验中开发的新型原位技术将与遥感方法相结合，量化特拉华州Rehoboth海滩山脊和水道系统中的片流，悬浮沉积物运输和形态动力学响应。研究结果将用于验证板流过程主导山脊和流道迁移的假设，并对这些系统从开始到附着到海滩的形态演变有一个全面的理解。这项研究可能有助于改善对海滩侵蚀和恢复的管理。该项目将资助一名博士生（招募对象为少数族裔）和两名本科生。项目负责人将建造并培训教师操作一个便携式水槽，供参加该项目的三所德克萨斯州高中使用。教室里的海滩？程序。项目成果将纳入德克萨斯州和特拉华州的公共宣传活动。

Funds are provided for the project to investigate the hydrodynamics and sediment transport processes associated with migrating ridge and runnel systems. Novel insitu techniques developed from wave flume experiments will be combined with remote sensing methods to quantify sheet flow, suspended sediment transport, and morphodynamic response in a ridge and runnel system in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware. Results will be used to test the hypothesis that sheet flow processes dominate ridge and runnel migration, and to develop a comprehensive understanding of the morphologic evolution of these systems from inception through attachment to the beach. This research may lead to improved management of beach erosion and recovery. The project will support a PhD student (with recruitment targeted towards underrepresented minorities) and two undergraduate students. The PIs will construct and train teachers to operate a portable flume for use in three Texas high schools participating in the ?Beach in a Classroom? program. Project results will be incorporated into public outreach activities in Texas and Delaware.