Shoreline Response to Clustered Storms in Southeast Australia

A modelling framework for assessing beach erosion from clustered storm events in two Australian case study areas. The data integrates coastal geomorphology and engineering approaches, focusing on the Adelaide metropolitan coast and Old Bar beach. This work is a contribution to the Bushfire and Natural Hazard Cooperative Research Centre project on storm surge resilience.

Use Cases

• Modeling shoreline erosion risk based on the described framework integrating geomorphology and engineering.
• Assessing sediment volume changes in the upper beach to foredune using sub-surface information like boreholes and ground-penetrating radar.
• Analyzing the impact of clustered storm event time series, including observed and hind-cast data, on specific coastal sectors.
• Prioritizing coastal management interventions for areas like Adelaide and Old Bar where erosion is a stated priority.

Strengths

• Focuses on two specific case study areas with management priority: Adelaide metropolitan coast and Old Bar beach.
• Integrates multiple data sources, including sub-surface information from boreholes and ground-penetrating radar profiles.
• Framework is designed to directly inform management agencies at a relevant spatial scale.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• The description is project-focused; the exact structure and availability of the underlying model data are unclear.

Provenance

Source

Geoscience Australia Data

Collection Method

Framework integrates coastal geomorphology and engineering approaches, using sub-surface data and event time series.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-14 09:36:04.777019; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Southeast Australia, specifically Adelaide metropolitan coast (South Australia) and Old Bar beach (central New South Wales).