Coastal Sediment Transport Modeling Ocean Beach & San Francisco Bight, CA

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1 1 Coastal Sediment Transport Modeling Ocean Beach & San Francisco Bight, CA Honghai Li and Lihwa Lin Engineering Research and Development Center U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Frank Wu, Lisa Andes, and James Zoulas San Francisco District U.S. Army Corps of Engineers 24th Annual National Conference on Beach Preservation Technology 10 February 2011

2 Objectives Develop a hydrodynamic, waves, and sediment transport model for Ocean Beach & San Francisco Bight Evaluate morphology change and sediment flux nearshore Ocean Beach Technical transfer for the regional sediment management project applications August 2009 Dredge Placement Site

3 Coastal Modeling System (CMS) 3

4 4 CMS Bathymetry and Domain CMS-Flow Domain Current, Waves and Sediment Transport CMS Domain CMS-Wave CMS-Flow: 60 x 80 km CMS-Wave: 30 x 44 km Cell Size: m Water Depth: m USGS and NOAA Data

5 5 CMS-Wave Input (January 2009) Input Wind and Water Level CMS-Wave Domain

6 6 CMS-Wave Validation with Buoy Data Buoy Wave Data Calculated Wave and Data

7 7 CMS-Flow Water Level Forcing Water surface elevation (WSE) at NOAA s Point Reyes ( ) and Port Chicago ( ) Gages Drive CMS-Flow along the model open boundaries Tide Point Reyes Port Chicago NOAA (Pt Reyes) NOAA NOAA (Port Chicago) June 20-29, 2005 Mixed, predominately semi-diurnal tide Mean tide range (MHW MLW) Point Reyes: Port Chicago: 1.19 m 1.12 m Calibration period: spring tide

8 CMS Wind Forcing Wind at NOAA Buoy NOAA (Pt Reyes) NOAA (Port Chicago) NOAA Buoy Surface boundary forcing for CMS-Flow Mean Wind Speed: 4.12 m Mean Wind Direction: Direction Convention: 0 North Clockwise From which wind blowing Coastal Inlets Research Program 8 June 20-29, 2005

9 9 CMS-Flow Wave Forcing NOAA (Pt Reyes) CDIP096 (Dana Point) NOAA (Port Chicago) Wave Parameters (NOAA Buoy 46026) NOAA Buoy Mean Significant Wave Height: 0.91 m Mean Wave Period: 9.2 sec Mean Direction: June 20-29, 2005

10 10 ADCP Measurements ADCPs Deployed by USGS Nearshore Ocean Beach Current and Pressure Measured Site 1 Site 2 Site 3 Site1: 7.5 m, 06/21/ /26/2005 Site 2: 10.9 m, 06/21/ /01/2005 Site 3: 14.1 m, 06/21/ /30/2005

11 11 Calculated and Measured Water Levels Ocean Beach (Site 3)

12 12 Calculated and Measured Currents Site 1 Site 2 Site 3

13 13 Calculated Surface Current (6/21-25/2005) San Francisco

14 USGS Transects and Morphology Change Bathymetry Measurements along 18 Transects 01/05/ /28/2010 Line 13 Line 1 Line 2 Line 3 Line 4 Line 5 Line 6 Line 7 Line 8 Line 9 Line 10 Line 11 Line 12 Line 13 Line 14 Line 15 Line 16 Line 17 Line 18 San Francisco Berm Offshore movement

15 USGS Transects and Morphology Change Winter Storm: Maximum Wave Height 8 m Maximum Wind Speed > 20 m/s

16 Morphology Change at Ocean Beach Sediment Transport (bedload + suspended load) Bed Elevation Change after 25-day Simulation -590,000 cy San Francisco Dredge Placement Site Erosion Hotspot mil cy

17 Sediment Flux Sediment Volume Control Box at Erosion Hotspot In: Out: 16, ,000 = 101,400 cy 720,000 cy Erosion: 590,000 cy 720,000 cy Dredge Placement Site 16,400 cy Erosion Hotspot 85,000 cy

18 18 Summary CMS is developed for the Ocean Beach application. CMS-Wave and CMS-Flow results are calibrated against buoy data, WSE and current measurements at Ocean Beach. Preliminary CMS results show consistent patterns of morphology changes and sediment transport with observations.

19 19 Thank You! Questions?

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