Characterization of infragravity waves and their associated hydrodynamics processes in meso-macro tidal lagoon

Type Proceedings paper
Date 2023-09
Language English
Author(s) Bayle PaulORCID1, 2, Nicolae Lerma AlexandreORCID1, Bertin XavierORCID3, Senechal NadiaORCID4, Ganthy FlorianORCID2
Affiliation(s) 1 : Brgm, Regional Direction Nouvelle-Aquitaine, F-33600 Pessac, France
2 : IFREMER, LITTORAL, F-33120, Arcachon, France
3 : CNRS, UMR 7266 LIENSs, F17100, La Rochelle, France
4 : Univ Bordeaux, UMR 5805 EPOC, F-33615 Pessac, France
Meeting ICCE 2022 - 37th Conference on Coastal Engineering. 4-9 December 2022, Sydney, Australia
Source Coastal Engineering 2022. Proceedings of 37th Conference on Coastal Engineering, 4 – 9 December 2022 Sydney, Australia. Daniel Cox (Ed.) ISBN: 978-0-9896611-6-4. 3p.
DOI 10.9753/icce.v37.management.159
Abstract

Infragravity (hereafter ‘IG’) waves are ocean waves related to the presence of groups in incident shortwaves. The importance of IG waves in the nearshore and their role in beach morphodynamics have been widely documented over the last few decades (Bertin et al., 2018) while in contrast, studies on characterisation of IG waves and related impacts in tidal inlets are scarce and have only recently begun to be addressed (Williams and Stacey, 2016). Nonetheless, existing studies tend to show that IG waves in tidal inlets can play an important role in the short and long-term hydro-morphodynamics of coastal lagoons. The current study presents the first large scale field measurements and analysis of IG waves propagation and characteristics in a meso-macro tidal lagoon/inlet.

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Bayle Paul, Nicolae Lerma Alexandre, Bertin Xavier, Senechal Nadia, Ganthy Florian (2023). Characterization of infragravity waves and their associated hydrodynamics processes in meso-macro tidal lagoon. Coastal Engineering 2022. Proceedings of 37th Conference on Coastal Engineering, 4 – 9 December 2022 Sydney, Australia. Daniel Cox (Ed.) ISBN: 978-0-9896611-6-4. 3p. https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00870/98167/