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In this tool (coastline dynamic) you can compute alongshore sediment transports and shoreline dynamics.
The tool requires a shoreline, cross-shore profile and a wave climate (you can inspect the generic data availability in the top panel of the tool).
Breakwaters will also be used, fully blocking alongshore transports when computing shoreline dynamics.
Alongshore transports are based on either the Kamphuis or CERC alongshore transport formula.
Shoreline dynamics are computed through alongshore transport gradients based on shoreline orientation on a staggered 1-dimensional coastline grid.
Transport gradient give rise to shoreline changes, which in turn results in changing alongshore transports.
Note that the following processes are not included: shadow zoning, alongshore varying wave climates, by-passing, etc.
Results in terms of alongshore transports and coastline dynamics should therefore be interpreted with a considerable range uncertainty.
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