Hannah E. Power

TL;DR: It is shown that, in the near future, the structural complexity of coral reefs is more important than sea-level rise in determining the coastal protection provided by coral reefs from average waves, and a significant increase in average wave heights could occur if there is sustained degradation of benthic structural complexity.

TL;DR: In this article, the influence of long waves, bichromatic wave groups and random waves on sediment transport in the surf and swash zones has been investigated in large-scale laboratory data, and the authors suggest that the inclusion of long wave and wave group sediment transport is important for improved near-shore morphological modeling of cross-shore beach profile evolution.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors assess the accuracy of 11 existing runup models against field data collected under moderate wave conditions from 11 non-truncated beaches in New South Wales and Queensland, Australia.

TL;DR: In this paper, a field experiment designed to capture the time-varying free-surface throughout the surf and swash zones was conducted on a dissipative sandy beach using an array of 2D LiDAR scanners.

TL;DR: In this paper, a field experiment at Whale Beach, NSW, Australia provides valuable insights into: (i) embayment-wide spatial and temporal flow behaviour; (ii) rates of cross-and alongshore water exchange; and (iii) the influence of geological control by headlands on morphology and circulation.