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Article Dans Une Revue Journal of Geophysical Research. Oceans Année : 2016

Relevance of infragravity waves in a wave-dominated inlet

Xavier Bertin
Maitane Olabarrieta
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This study investigates the relevance of infragravity (IG) waves at Albufeira Lagoon Inlet, a shallow wave-dominated inlet located on the western coast of Portugal. A field experiment carried out in September 2010 revealed the occurrence of low-frequency oscillations (i.e., 25–300 s) in water levels and current velocities. While these fluctuations were present over the ebb-tidal delta along the whole tidal cycle, they only appeared between the beginning of the flood and up to 2 h after high tide inside the lagoon. The XBeach modeling system was applied to Albufeira Lagoon Inlet and reproduced the generation and propagation of IG waves and their blocking during the ebb. This behavior was explained by blocking due to opposing tidal currents reaching 2.5 m s−1 in shallow water depths. Numerical results suggest that the breakpoint mechanism and the long bound wave shoaling mechanisms contributed significantly to the generation of IG waves in the inlet. IG waves induced fluctuations in flood currents inside the lagoon reaching temporarily 100% of their magnitude. The fact that these fluctuations occur mostly at flood and not at ebb could promote flood dominance in the lagoon. This hypothesis will have to be verified, namely under storm wave conditions
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hal-01453412 , version 1 (02-02-2017)

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Xavier Bertin, Maitane Olabarrieta. Relevance of infragravity waves in a wave-dominated inlet. Journal of Geophysical Research. Oceans, 2016, ⟨10.1002/2015JC011444⟩. ⟨hal-01453412⟩

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