Coastal Engineering: Computer Model to Show Effects of Airport Alternatives
Shoring Up Coastal Engineering
Half of Americans live within 50 mi (80 km) of the coast, although it is becoming increasingly risky and expensive to do so. The importance of ports to the global economy coincides with...
Galveston Seawall Designated a Landmark
Examining Wetlands Differently
Wetlands: Mitigation Projects Lack Effective Record Keeping to Prove Success
A Constructed Wetland for Wastewater Treatment in the Coachella Valley, Indio, California
The Coachella Valley Wild Bird Center (CVWBC) proposed a wetland habitat site on 22 acres property in India, California, under lease from Valley Sanitary District. The District currently...
Preliminary Assessment of Bacteria Abundance in Rivers of the Pantanal Wetlands -- Brazil
Heterothrophic bacteria play an important role in the carbon flux of aquatic environments, specially in flooded areas, where they are considered to be a source of organic matter. They...
Liles to Get 2000 Moles Award
An Unsteady Finite Volume Circulation Model
A Framework for Integrated Modeling of Coupled Hydrodynamic–Sedimentary–Ecological Processes
A Three-Dimensional Shear Dispersion Model Applied to Georges Bank
Hydrodynamic modeling for the 1998 Lake Michigan Coastal Turbidity Plume Event
Simulating Morphodynamical Processes on a Parallel System
MORWIN: Collaborative Modeling of Coastal Morphodynamics
A PC-Based Visualization System for Coastal Ocean and Atmospheric Modeling
The Economics of Beach Nourishment in Delaware
This study provides a detailed examination of the benefits of Delaware's ongoing nourishment program, and examines the incidence of benefits to those who live within and outside of the...
Assessing the Benefits of Clean, Healthy Beaches
Today, there is a need for a national economic benefits study that will enable policy makers to understand what return they can expect from an investment of taxpayer dollars in a coastal...
Where Will We Get Our Future Coastal Engineers?
This summer, the National Research Council's Marine Board issued a report, written by thirteen experts, detailing the importance of coastal engineering for the country, assessing the state...
Growing the Beaches: Restoring the Ventura Coast
The Surfrider Foundation has served as a catalyst for current efforts to restore eroded beaches in Ventura, California through a managed retreat from the shoreline and through watershed...
A Study of the Stability of the Elms Cliffs on the Chesapeake Bay
The Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries form one of the most prized natural treasures of the United States. Although parts of the Bay's shoreline have been subjected to pollution, overdevelopment...
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