Sumários
Adaptation
19 Maio 2026, 09:00 • Rui Pires de Matos Taborda
Description and discussion of adaptation measures to climate change.
Longshore drift
12 Maio 2026, 11:00 • Rui Pires de Matos Taborda
Longshore drift: measurement methods (tracers) and the CERC approach. Coastal evolution according to 1-line theory. Consevation of sand volume.
Exercise on on time‐dependent beach‐profile response to storms
5 Maio 2026, 11:00 • Rui Pires de Matos Taborda
Modelling exercise on time‐dependent beach‐profile response to storms applied to the Aveiro coastal sector.
Beach‐profile response to storms
5 Maio 2026, 09:00 • Rui Pires de Matos Taborda
Response of coastal systems to sea-level rise and storm events was examined, with particular emphasis on cross-shore sediment transport processes and beach-profile evolution. The concept of depth of closure was introduced as the offshore depth beyond which significant beach-profile changes no longer occur over a given time scale. Beach-profile response to storm events was analysed through processes such as storm surge, wave setup, offshore sediment transport, dune erosion, and post-storm accretion within the framework of equilibrium and disequilibrium coastal profiles. The Dean equilibrium profile and related formulations for estimating potential shoreline retreat under storm conditions were presented. Time-dependent beach-profile response models, particularly the convolution approach proposed by Kriebel and Dean, were also addressed, including the distinction between potential and actual coastal response, as well as the influence of storm duration, erosion time scales, beach slope, and hydrodynamic forcing conditions (wave height, period, direction, and surge). Methodological workflow for estimating maximum storm-induced retreat by integrating wave propagation, breaking conditions, equilibrium profiles, and storm forcing parameters.