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View article: Achieving at-scale seascape restoration by optimising cross-habitat facilitative processes
Achieving at-scale seascape restoration by optimising cross-habitat facilitative processes Open
Cross-habitat facilitative processes can enhance seascape restoration outcomes but there is uncertainty around the spatial dependencies of these processes across habitats. We synthesised the influence of environmental parameters on six pro…
View article: Obstacle arrangement can control flows through porous obstructions
Obstacle arrangement can control flows through porous obstructions Open
Previous work suggests that the arrangement of elements in an obstruction may influence the bulk flow velocity through the obstruction, but the physical mechanisms for this influence are not yet clear. This is the motivation for this study…
View article: Predicting Mean Flow Through an Array of Cylinders
Predicting Mean Flow Through an Array of Cylinders Open
The present paper develops a new framework to predict the mean flow through an array of cylinders in which the flow around the array (array‐scale) and the flow around individual cylinders (element‐scale) are modeled separately using actuat…
View article: Arrangement Effects on Flow Through an Array of Cylinders
Arrangement Effects on Flow Through an Array of Cylinders Open
Although elements in natural and engineered systems, such as patches of aquatic vegetation, groups of pile foundations, and arrays of tidal stream turbines, are arranged in uniform or random configurations, there is a lack of understanding…
View article: Wake structure of an array of cylinders in shallow flow
Wake structure of an array of cylinders in shallow flow Open
Although there is a range of approaches for classifying the wake structure behind an array of obstacles, these approaches provide inconsistent results across different array systems. This motivates the present study to integrate and reconc…
View article: Predicting mean flow through a porous obstruction
Predicting mean flow through a porous obstruction Open
The mean bulk velocity through an array of cylinders can be predicted by integrating actuator disc theory with element-scale drag models• This predictive framework is applicable to different arrangements (staggered, random concentric) and …
View article: Exploring Model Misspecification in Statistical Finite Elements via Shallow Water Equations
Exploring Model Misspecification in Statistical Finite Elements via Shallow Water Equations Open
The abundance of observed data in recent years has increased the number of statistical augmentations to complex models across science and engineering. By augmentation we mean coherent statistical methods that incorporate measurements upon …
View article: Characterizing the Three‐Dimensional Flow in Partially Vegetated Channels
Characterizing the Three‐Dimensional Flow in Partially Vegetated Channels Open
Partially obstructed shear flows, such as flows over submerged vegetation patches in river systems, are common in natural environments. Here, a model of a patchily‐vegetated river flow, using staggered arrays of rigid wooden dowels, is use…
View article: Identifying Metocean Drivers of Turbidity Using 18 Years of MODIS Satellite Data: Implications for Marine Ecosystems under Climate Change
Identifying Metocean Drivers of Turbidity Using 18 Years of MODIS Satellite Data: Implications for Marine Ecosystems under Climate Change Open
Turbidity impacts the growth and productivity of marine benthic habitats due to light limitation. Daily/monthly synoptic and tidal influences often drive turbidity fluctuations, however, our understanding of what drives turbidity across se…
View article: Interannual Response of Reef Islands to Climate-Driven Variations in Water Level and Wave Climate
Interannual Response of Reef Islands to Climate-Driven Variations in Water Level and Wave Climate Open
Coral reef islands are among the most vulnerable landforms to climate change. However, our understanding of their morphodynamics at intermediate (seasonal to interannual) timescales remains poor, limiting our ability to forecast how they w…
View article: Priorities for Wind-Waves Research
Priorities for Wind-Waves Research Open
The Australian Forum for Operational Oceanography (FOO), started in 2015, established a working group to focus on wind-waves. One of the aims of this working group was to identify the key priorities of wind-waves research. This undertaking…
View article: 15 Priorities for Wind-Waves Research: An Australian Perspective
15 Priorities for Wind-Waves Research: An Australian Perspective Open
The Australian marine research, industry, and stakeholder community has recently undertaken an extensive collaborative process to identify the highest national priorities for wind-waves research. This was undertaken under the auspices of t…
View article: Cylinder wakes in shallow oscillatory flow: the coastal island wake problem
Cylinder wakes in shallow oscillatory flow: the coastal island wake problem Open
Topographic complexity on continental shelves is the catalyst that transforms the barotropic tide into the secondary and residual circulations that dominate vertical and cross-shelf mixing processes. Island wakes are one such example that …
View article: Coexistence of order and chaos in C major
Coexistence of order and chaos in C major Open
This paper is associated with a video winner of a 2017 APS/DFD Gallery of Fluid Motion Award. The original video is available from the Gallery of Fluid Motion, https://doi.org/10.1103/APS.DFD.2017.GFM.V0053
View article: A Numerical Study of Tropical Cyclone‐Induced Sediment Dynamics on the Australian North West Shelf
A Numerical Study of Tropical Cyclone‐Induced Sediment Dynamics on the Australian North West Shelf Open
Owing to their strong forcing of the ocean surface, tropical cyclones strongly modify the hydrodynamics of Australia's North West Shelf (one of the world's tropical cyclone hot spots), which in turn plays a dominant role in its sediment dy…
View article: Tropical Cyclone‐Driven Sediment Dynamics Over the Australian North West Shelf
Tropical Cyclone‐Driven Sediment Dynamics Over the Australian North West Shelf Open
Owing to their strong forcing at the air‐sea interface, tropical cyclones are a major driver of hydrodynamics and sediment dynamics of continental shelves, strongly impacting marine habitats and offshore industries. Despite the North West …