Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/API/grants/DP140102026
Funding Status
Closed
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Funded Activity Summary
Wave dynamics in topographically-complex coastal reef systems. Both tropical coral and temperate rocky reefs are abundant features of Australia's coastline, yet their hydrodynamics (waves, currents and water levels) are poorly understood relative to other coastal environments such as beaches. This project will elucidate the complex hydrodynamic processes when waves interact with the steep-slopes and large bottom roughness of reefs, by establishing an international research program combining laboratory and field measurements with numerical modelling. The improved process-understanding of reef hydrodynamics developed through this project will lead to significant advances in our ability to predict the impacts of extreme events (for example, storms and tsunamis) and climate change on coasts, both here and abroad.Funded Activity Details
Start Date: 2014
End Date: 07-2017
Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects
Funding Amount: $360,000.00
Funder: Australian Research Council
Research Topics
ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)
Ocean Engineering | Physical Oceanography | Oceanography | Environmental Engineering Modelling
ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)
Ecosystem Assessment and Management of Coastal and Estuarine Environments | Climate Change Models | Natural Hazards in Coastal and Estuarine Environments |
