Wave energy distribution at inlet channel margins as a function of ebb tidal delta morphology: Cananéia Inlet, São Paulo, Brazil



Document title: Wave energy distribution at inlet channel margins as a function of ebb tidal delta morphology: Cananéia Inlet, São Paulo, Brazil
Journal: Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciencias
Database: PERIÓDICA
System number: 000436255
ISSN: 0001-3765
Authors: 1
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Institutions: 1Universidade de Sao Paulo, Instituto Oceanografico, Sao Paulo. Brasil
2Universidade Federal do Ceara, Instituto de Ciencias do Mar, Fortaleza, Ceara. Brasil
3Fundacao Centro Tecnologico de Hidraulica, Sao Paulo. Brasil
Year:
Volumen: 92
Number: 1
Country: Brasil
Language: Inglés
Document type: Artículo
Approach: Analítico, descriptivo
English abstract Wave energy gradients between and along the margins of inlet channels play an important role in defining the inlet margins’ evolutionary processes, mainly those related to spit erosion or accretion, and inlet migration. The aim of this study is to understand the wave power distribution along the margins of a tidal inlet (Cananéia inlet, São Paulo, Brazil), its variation over time, and the influences of the ebb tidal delta morphology on the incoming waves. To evaluate changes in bathymetry and morphology of submersed features, we apply geoprocessing techniques to analyze nautical charts from the Brazilian Navy from 1939, 1971, 1985 and 2004. The numerical model MIKE21 SW was applied to assess wave propagation and nearshore wave power. Hence, wave energy levels along the inlet margins were assessed in terms of decadal morphological changes. The results indicate a dynamic behavior of the inlet and ebb tidal delta, pointing to the ebb tidal delta as the main transforming agent of the waves that reach the inner portion of the channel. The morphological changes of the ebb tidal delta over the last decades are critical to define the action of waves on the margins of the inlet
Disciplines: Geociencias
Keyword: Hidrología,
Ensenadas,
Oleaje,
Distribución de energía,
Modelación numérica
Keyword: Hydrology,
Coves,
Tide,
Energy distribution,
Numerical modeling
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