Evolution of longshore beach contour lines determined by E.O.F. method

Juan J. Muñoz-Pérez; Raúl Medina; Begoña Tejedor

doi:10.3989/scimar.2001.65n4393

Evolution of longshore beach contour lines determined by E.O.F. method

Authors

Juan J. Muñoz-Pérez Department of Applied Physics, University of Cadiz, CASEM
Raúl Medina Ocean & Coastal Research Group. Departamento de Ciencias y Tecnicas del Agua y del Medio Ambiente, Universidad de Cantabria
Begoña Tejedor Department of Applied Physics, University of Cadiz, CASEM

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3989/scimar.2001.65n4393

Keywords:

beach changes, longshore variations, Victoria Beach, EOF, Cadiz

Abstract

Detailed topo-bathymetric levellings were performed biannually for four years at Victoria Beach (Cadiz, Spain) after a beach renourishment carried out in Spring 1991. The subsequent time series were analysed using the Empirical Orthogonal Functions (EOF) method. The evolution of some characteristic longshore contour lines, such as the Highest High Water Level and the Lowest Low Water Level, is studied. The mean coastal line is related to the first spatial EOF mode. Furthermore, an objective criterion for distinguishing between a generalised recession and cyclic accretion-erosion processes due to seasonal sea-swell changes is described, and a uniformly clockwise turn of the shoreline to minimise longshore transport is identified.

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2001-12-30

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Muñoz-Pérez JJ, Medina R, Tejedor B. Evolution of longshore beach contour lines determined by E.O.F. method. Sci. mar. [Internet]. 2001Dec.30 [cited 2024Apr.24];65(4):393-402. Available from: https://scientiamarina.revistas.csic.es/index.php/scientiamarina/article/view/671

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Vol. 65 No. 4 (2001)

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