Beach Wizard. Development of an Operational Nowcast, Short-Term Forecast System for Nearshore Hydrodynamics and Bathymetric Evolution

The long-term goals are to provide accurate and detailed predictions of nearshore hydrodynamics and bathymetric evolution using an advanced process-based model (Delft3D). Observations of dense remotely-sensed and sparse in situ data will be assimilated to continuously improve model performance, and where the data is uncertain or absent, the model will be used to fill in the gaps and construct a more complete estimate of current or near-future conditions.
Prepared in cooperation with Delft Hydraulics, Delft, The Netherlands, the School of Physical, Environmental and Mathematical Sciences, Australian Defence Force Academy, University of New South Wales, Canberra, Australia, CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research, Wembley, Western Australia, the Ohio State University, Columbus, and Delft University of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands. Also sponsored by ONR N00014-05-1-0226, N00014-05-1-0226, N00014-05-1-0227, N00014-05-1-0199. The original document contains color images.