Water Level Modulation of Wave Transformation, Setup and Runup Over La Saline Fringing Reef

Wave setup over a Pacific Island fringing reef

Experimental and Numerical Studies on Wave Breaking Characteristics over a Fringing Reef under Monochromatic Wave Conditions

Fringing reefs play an important role in protecting the coastal area by inducing wave breaking and wave energy dissipation. However, modeling of wave transformation and energy dissipation on this topography is still difficult due to the unique structure. In the present study, two-dimensional laboratory experiments were conducted to investigate the cross-shore variations of wave transformation, ...

ERDC/CHL TR-07-12, Boussinesq Modeling of Wave Propagation and Runup over Fringing Coral Reefs, Model Evaluation Report

This report describes evaluation of a two-dimensional Boussinesq-type wave model, BOUSS-2D, with data obtained from two laboratory experiments and two field studies at the islands of Guam and Hawaii, for waves propagating over fringing reefs. The model evaluation had two goals: (a) investigate differences between laboratory and field characteristics of wave transformation processes over reefs, ...

Fringing reef growth and morphology: a review

Fringing reefs are generally not simple veneers of coral growth along tropical shorelines. Extensive research over the past few decades, based on radiocarbon dating of Holocene reef deposits, has indicated that they can develop in a complex variety of ways even though the surface morphology may appear relatively simple. The principal factor that appears to determine the growth and morphology of...

Extreme sea levels in Guam: Incorporation of wave-driven setup and runup into the analysis of fluctuations in extreme high waters at the Ipan reef

Changes in mean sea levels influence the coast by affecting the height and frequency of extreme high waters. Tide-gauge records are often used to study fluctuations in the timing and severity of extreme sea levels because these records are relatively long and accessible. However, there are two main limitations to analyzing sea-level extremes using tide-gauge observations: 1) Tide gauges are oft...