Journal
COASTAL ENGINEERING
Volume 116, Issue -, Pages 67-76Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.coastaleng.2016.06.006
Keywords
Beach nourishment; Carbonate sands; Monitoring; Waikiki; Seasonal wave energy
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- Department of Land and Natural Resources Office of Conservation and Coastal Lands
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Royal Hawaiian Beach, located in Waikiki, Hawaii received sand nourishment of 17,551 m(3) during the spring of 2012. Carbonate sand, dredged from a reef-top sand field 0.6 km offshore, was placed along 520 m of shoreline. Post-nourishment monitoring of the beach and offshore quantifies performance and provides transferable information for future nourishment projects in the study area and in regions with similar fringing reef environments and wave climates. Elevation data were collected along cross-shore profiles prior to sand placement and quarterly thereafter for a period of 2.7 years. The time-sequence of profile data, was used to construct digital elevation models (DEMs); a method designed for this study to achieve heightened spatial accuracy relative to two-dimensional profile comparisons that often ignore measurement inconsistency. Various analyses were performed using survey DEMs, including empirical orthogonal function (EOF) analysis and surface comparison. Monitoring data were analyzed in concert with seasonal incident wave conditions to further understand processes that drive beach movement. Overall, the beach lost volume at a rate of 760 +/- 450 m(3)/yr over the entire monitoring period, consistent with the design rate of 1070 m(3)/yr. Seasonal cycles caused beach volume to fluctuate between 2000 m(3) to 4000 m(3), i.e., 15% to 30% of total nourishment additions. In agreement with preceding studies, we confirm predominant westward transport that we describe as counter-clockwise rotation. Cross-shore sand transport through an offshore channel is also evident, as we observe the channel acting as both a sediment source and sink depending on seasonal wave conditions: a source during seasonal and storm-related swell events, and a sink otherwise. (C) 2016 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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