1. SMC e , a coastal modeling system for assessing beach processes and coastal interventions: Application to the Brazilian coast
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Roland Garnier, Claudia Jaramillo, Raúl Medina, Mauricio González, Verónica Cánovas, Antonio Espejo, J. González-Ondina, O. Quetzalcóatl, L. R. Almeida, Antonio H. F. Klein, M. G. Tessler, Nabil Kakeh, and Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. DF - Dinàmica de Fluids: formació d'estructures i aplicacions geofísiques
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Coastal zone management ,Climate change -- Brazil ,Environmental Engineering ,010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences ,86A05 ,0208 environmental biotechnology ,Brazil -- Beaches ,Littoral processes ,Climate change ,02 engineering and technology ,Surf zone ,01 natural sciences ,Littoral zone ,Enginyeria civil::Geologia [Àrees temàtiques de la UPC] ,Coastal interventions ,0105 earth and related environmental sciences ,Coastal management ,business.industry ,Ecological Modeling ,Brasil ,Environmental resource management ,Flooding (psychology) ,Zones costaneres -- Ordenació ,Numerical models ,Climatic changes ,020801 environmental engineering ,Longshore drift ,Brazilian coasts ,2000 MSC ,Environmental science ,Coastal numerical modeling ,business ,Software ,Canvis climàtics - Abstract
A user-friendly system designed to understand local littoral processes and design/evaluate coastal interventions, named the Coastal Modeling System (SMC e ) is presented. The system, which comprises a set of numerical models, state-of-the-art methodologies and numerical databases, is prepared to provide a method for coastal practitioners, researchers and decision-makers to address coastal issues, such as erosion and flooding or to evaluate coastal defense structures. The system incorporates a method to transfer numerically generated, calibrated and validated wave series to the surf zone; to estimate the sediment littoral drift by means of up-to-date formulations; and to estimate the flooding level and impacts such as those produced by climate change. In this paper, these skills are detailed. The system, which is adaptable to any coastal region, was implemented for the Brazilian coast (SMC-Brasil). The implementation includes databases and methodological adaptations to local characteristics, a dissemination plan and the development of several study cases.
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- 2019