Abstract Based on National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Coral Reef
Conservation Program, climate change causes coral bleaching. In response to the high …

Abstract Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) models are gaining popularity recently in
efforts to understand the complex dynamics of wave interaction with coral reef profiles. To …

Field observations over decades have found that the surface roughness of coral reefs is
typically one or two order of magnitude larger than that of sandy beaches. To better …

Wave-driven flow over the reef flat plays an essential role in shaping the morphology of coral
reefs, whose biological, ecological and geological processes are significantly affected by the …

Recent field observations have improved our understanding of the role of tidal currents in
modulating the wave dynamics over coral reefs. In this study, detailed flow measurements …

The structural complexity of coral reefs has an essential impact on coastal wave
propagation. Nevertheless, bathymetry data, from which complex structures of several …

Reefs are known to provide coastal protection and important ecosystem services for many
coastlines around the world. Physical processes such as wave damping, sediment transport …

Thailand's beach had a severe coastal erosion problem at the end of rock dams called the
“end effect”. One of the innovative solutions to solve this problem is to use the derosion …

Abstract A three-dimensional (3D) numerical model that solves the Reynolds-Averaged
Navier–Stokes (RANS) equations coupled with k− ω turbulence closure and VOF method is …

Coral reefs protect coastlines from inundation and flooding and serve over 200 million
people globally. Wave transformation has previously been studied on coral reef flats with …