Observation, Analysis, and Modeling of Nearshore Dynamics II

Dear Colleagues,

Following the success of the first Special Issue, this second issue calls for exciting new research outcomes, with an identical focus to the previous issue, as outlined below.

Understanding the characteristics of nearshore dynamics and coastal processes is one of the essential tasks for sustainable coastal development, conservation, and protection. Coastal areas exhibit varying dynamic characteristics over a broad range of spatial and temporal scales. Wind waves, for example, can determine instantaneous sediment transport and cause short-term cross-shore morphology changes, while nearshore currents induced by waves and tides may determine long-term and large-scale morphology changes, causing chronic coastal erosion. Such nearshore dynamics at different spatiotemporal scales typically interact with each other and are also affected by other factors, such as human activities and climate change. Observation, analysis, and modeling of nearshore dynamics are, thus, inevitable not only for establishing the present conditions of the coast, but also for the evaluation and projection of the future evolution under the impact of a wide range of factors. This Special Issue, therefore, focuses on, but is not limited to, the following:

• Observations, analysis, and modeling of nearshore hydrodynamics;
• Observations, analysis, and modeling of nearshore sediment transport, including aeolian transport;
• Observations, analysis, and modeling of long- or short-term nearshore morphology changes;
• Development of monitoring techniques for nearshore dynamics at various spatiotemporal scales.

We look forward to contributions of exciting new research in the form of research papers, reviews, and short communications to this Special Issue.

Prof. Dr. Yoshimitsu Tajima
Prof. Dr. Magnus Larson
Prof. Dr. Yoshiaki Kuriyama
Dr. Takenori Shimozono
Guest Editors

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