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1 September 2011 A Multiscale Centennial Morphodynamic Model for the Southern Baltic Coast
Wenyan Zhang, Jan Harff, Ralf Schneider, Michael Meyer, Chaoyu Wu
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Abstract

The Darss-Zingst Peninsula on the southern Baltic Sea was formed after the Littorina transgression onset about 8000 cal. y BP. It originated from several discrete islands, has been reshaped by littoral currents and wind-induced waves during the last 8000 y, and evolved into a complex lagoon system as seen today; thus, it may serve as an example to study coastal evolution under long-term climate change. A methodology for developing a multiscale process-based morphodynamic model for simulation of decadal to centennial evolution of a wave-dominated coastal environment is presented here. The model consists of eight main modules. The two-dimensional vertically integrated current module, the wave module, the bottom boundary layer module, the sediment transport module, the cliff erosion module, and the nearshore storm module are real-time calculation modules that aim to solve the short-term processes. A bathymetry update module and a long-term control function set, in which the “reduction” concepts and techniques for acceleration of morphological update are implemented, are integrated to extend the effects of short-term processes to a longer-term (yearly) scale. Successful model validation demonstrates that it is capable of simulating the long-term morphological evolution of the southern Baltic coast. Model results indicate that coastline change of the Darss-Zingst Peninsula is dominated by mechanisms that act on different timescales. The coastlines of Darss and Hiddensee Island are mainly reshaped by long-term effects of waves and longshore currents, while coastline change of the Zingst area is a combination of long-term effects of waves and short-term effects caused by extreme wind events.

Wenyan Zhang, Jan Harff, Ralf Schneider, Michael Meyer, and Chaoyu Wu "A Multiscale Centennial Morphodynamic Model for the Southern Baltic Coast," Journal of Coastal Research 27(5), 890-917, (1 September 2011). https://doi.org/10.2112/JCOASTRES-D-10-00055.1
Received: 27 January 2010; Accepted: 16 March 2010; Published: 1 September 2011
KEYWORDS
barrier island
coastal evolution
Darss-Zingst Peninsula
wave-dominated
wind analysis
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