Swash zone response Under grouping Storm Conditions data set produced at the CIEM flume, Hydralab III

The data set here presented reports the large-scale laboratory experiments on the influence of long waves, bichromatic wave groups and random waves on sediment transport in the surf and swash zones. The experiments were done at the CIEM wave flume at UPC, Barcelona, as part of the SUSCO (swash zone response under grouping storm conditions) experiment in the Hydralab III. Fourteen different wave conditions were used, encompassing monochromatic waves, bichromatic wave groups and random waves. The experiments were designed specifically to compare variations in beach profile evolution between monochromatic waves and unsteady waves with the same mean energy flux. Each test commenced with approximately the same initial profile

Due to its size, the data set can not be placed on this repository and will be provided on demand. Please contact with the authors or with the data manager of the CIEM installation.

More information can be found on the published papers:

Baldock, T.E., Alsina, J.A., Caceres, I., Vicinanza, D., Contestabile, P., Power, H. and Sanchez-Arcilla, A., 2011. Large-scale experiments on beach profile evolution and surf and swash zone sediment transport induced by long waves, wave groups and random waves. Coastal Engineering, Vol. 58, pp. 214-227.

Vicinanza, D., Baldock, T., Contestabile, P., Alsina, J., Cáceres, I., Brocchini, M., Conley, D., Andersen, T.L., Frigaard, P. and Ciavola, P., 2011. Swash zone response under various wave regimes. Journal of Hydraulic Research, Vol. 49, pp. 55-63.