Determining water depths from surface images using boussinesq equations

S. K. Misra, A. B. Kennedy, J. T. Kirby, R. A. Dalrymple

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Abstract

The present paper describes a 1-D depth inversion method to determine water depths from surface images using extended Boussinesq equations. Synthetic input data from a time-dependent Boussinesq model is used as input. A least squares method is used to estimate local wave phase speed from the time-lagged images. The inversion model predicts underlying water depths and water particle kinematics for various wave conditions to reasonable accuracy. For irregular wave conditions, the inversion results from several images have to be averaged to estimate the actual depth.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationCoastal Engineering 2000 - Proceedings of the 27th International Conference on Coastal Engineering, ICCE 2000
Pages1197-1210
Number of pages14
StatePublished - 2000
EventCoastal Engineering 2000 - 27th International Conference on Coastal Engineering, ICCE 2000 - Sydney, NSW, Australia
Duration: Jul 16 2000Jul 21 2000

Publication series

NameCoastal Engineering 2000 - Proceedings of the 27th International Conference on Coastal Engineering, ICCE 2000
Volume276

Other

OtherCoastal Engineering 2000 - 27th International Conference on Coastal Engineering, ICCE 2000
Country/TerritoryAustralia
CitySydney, NSW
Period7/16/007/21/00

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Ocean Engineering

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