Jamie H. MacMahan

1 week ago | agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com | Charlotte Benbow |Jamie H. MacMahan |Ed Thornton

1 Introduction Nearshore wind fields are anticipated to exhibit large spatial variations due to ocean-land surface roughness and temperature differences. Here, the nearshore wind field is defined as the region of significant spatial modification due to the influence of the coastal land boundary for which the cross-shore response and seaward extent are mostly unknown.

Oct 19, 2024 | agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com | Jamie H. MacMahan |Ed Thornton |Mike Cook |Stef Dressel

1 Introduction About 75% of the world's coastlines are rocky (Bird, 2011). These rocky shores hold great biological interest due to their diverse and productive species assemblages (Denny, 1995; Menge & Branch, 2001; Schiel & Foster, 2015; Witman & Dayton, 2001), where wave and current dynamics play a critical role in larval dispersal, recruitment, and ecological interactions. Wave and current processes of sandy beaches have been examined thoroughly over the last decades.