Wave dynamics in topographically-complex coastal reef systems

地形复杂的沿海珊瑚礁系统中的波浪动力学

• 批准号: DP140102026
• 负责人: Prof Ryan Lowe
• 金额: $ 25.17万
• 依托单位: The University of Western Australia
• 依托单位国家: 澳大利亚
• 项目类别: Discovery Projects
• 财政年份: 2014
• 资助国家: 澳大利亚
• 起止时间: 2014-01-01 至 2017-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://dataportal.arc.gov.au/RGS/Web/Grants/DP140102026
• 关键词: Wave; dynamics; topographically; complex; coastal

Both tropical coral and temperate rocky reefs are abundant features of Australia's coastline, yet their hydrodynamics (waves, currents and water levels) are poorly understood relative to other coastal environments such as beaches. This project will elucidate the complex hydrodynamic processes when waves interact with the steep-slopes and large bottom roughness of reefs, by establishing an international research program combining laboratory and field measurements with numerical modelling. The improved process-understanding of reef hydrodynamics developed through this project will lead to significant advances in our ability to predict the impacts of extreme events (for example, storms and tsunamis) and climate change on coasts, both here and abroad.

热带珊瑚礁和温带岩礁都是澳大利亚海岸线的丰富特征，但相对于海滩等其他沿海环境，人们对它们的水动力学(波浪、水流和水位)知之甚少。该项目将通过建立一个将实验室和现场测量与数值模拟相结合的国际研究计划，来阐明波浪与陡峭的珊瑚礁和大的底部粗糙度相互作用时的复杂水动力过程。通过该项目改进对珊瑚礁水动力学的理解，将大大提高我们预测极端事件(例如风暴和海啸)和气候变化对海岸的影响的能力，无论是在这里还是在国外。