A framework for modelling shoreline response to clustered storm events focuses on two case study areas in southeast Australia: Adelaide metropolitan coast and Old Bar beach. The dataset likely contains coastal sediment compartment mapping, sub-surface sediment volume estimates, and event time series data. It is presented by the Australian Ocean Data Network as part of a Bushfire and Natural Hazard Cooperative Research Centre project.
Use Cases
- Model shoreline erosion based on sediment volume estimates in the upper beach to foredune.
- Analyze coastal hazard risk based on observed and hindcast storm event time series.
- Inform coastal infrastructure management based on site-specific geomorphological and engineering models.
- Assess beach erosion patterns based on the coastal sediment compartment as a functional management unit.
Strengths
- Focuses on two specific case study areas where erosion is a management priority.
- Integrates coastal geomorphology and coastal engineering approaches at a spatial scale for management.
- Framework is linked to an event time series (observed and hindcast) as a separate project component.
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
- Data may reflect geographic bias inherent to the two specific Australian case studies.
Provenance
- Source
- Australian Ocean Data Network
- Collection Method
- Framework integrates coastal geomorphology and engineering approaches, using sub-surface information (boreholes, ground penetrating radar profiles).
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-04-16 16:37:09.989875; freshness should be verified.
- Geography
- Southeast Australia, specifically Adelaide metropolitan coast (South Australia) and Old Bar beach (central New South Wales).