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Distribution of surface sediment concentration and depth-averaged currents in Lake Pontchartrain.
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Coastal Hydrodynamics
The laboratory's Coastal Hydrodynamic studies focuses on the application of modern mathematical modeling (numerical and computational) to understand the dynamics of waves in the coastal environment, and their impacts on coastal erosion, beach erosion/recovery, and transport capacity. CEHL engineers and scientists have experience with multidimensional simulation tools to study, predict, analyze, and forecast coastal changes resulting from fair weather as well as storm conditions. Representative areas of research include:
- Wave Climate Studies
- Steady and Unsteady Wave Modeling
- Beach Erosion Processes and Modeling
- Longshore Sediment Transport Modeling
- Short-term Morphological Response Modeling
- Barrier Island Storm Recovery Processes