Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of Contributors -- Series Foreword -- Introduction -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter 1 Coastal Storm Definition -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.1.1 The challenge of defining coastal storms -- 1.1.2 A general coastal storm definition -- 1.1.3 Approaches to assessing coastal storminess -- 1.2 Synoptic systems and coastal storms -- 1.2.1 Tropical cyclones -- 1.2.2 Extra-tropical cyclones -- 1.2.3 Storm surge -- 1.3 Statistical approaches to identifying coastal storms -- 1.3.1 Coastal storm events from wave time-series -- 1.3.2 Coastal storm events from water-level time-series -- 1.3.3 Indicators of coastal storm severity -- 1.4 Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 2 Hydrodynamics Under Storm Conditions -- 2.1 General introduction -- 2.2 Storm surges -- 2.2.1 Introduction -- 2.2.2 Governing equations -- 2.3 Hydrodynamics of the surf zone during storms -- 2.3.1 Introduction -- 2.3.2 Longshore currents -- 2.3.3 Bed return flows -- 2.3.4 Infragravity waves -- 2.3.5 Swash zone dynamics -- 2.4 Conclusions and future challenges -- Acknowledgements -- References -- Chapter 3 Sediment Transport Under Storm Conditions on Sandy Beaches -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Morphological consequences of coastal storms -- 3.3 Sediment transport processes during storms -- 3.4 Observations of sediment transport on the upper shoreface during storm events -- 3.5 Observations of sediment transport on the lower shoreface during storm events -- 3.6 Conclusions -- Acknowledgements -- References -- Chapter 4 Examples of Storm Impacts on Barrier Islands -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 Barrier island response to storms -- 4.3 Quantifying the changes due to specific storms -- 4.4 Resilience -- 4.5 Summary -- Acknowledgements -- References -- Chapter 5 Storm Impacts on the Morphology and Sedimentology of Open-coast Tidal Flats -- 5.1 Introduction.

5.2 Sedimentologic characteristics -- 5.3 Erosion-deposition processes and morphodynamics of open-coast tidal flat -- 5.4 Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 6 Storm Impacts on Cliffed Coastlines -- 6.1 Introduction -- 6.2 Methodologies and their application -- 6.3 Storminess and the cliff record -- 6.4 Case study: Soft rock cliff geology and responses to storms -- 6.5 Modelling shoreline retreat for cliffed coasts and the incorporation of storminess -- 6.6 Future storm impacts on clifflines under accelerated sea-level rise and changing storminess -- 6.7 Conclusions -- Acknowledgements -- References -- Chapter 7 Storms in Coral Reefs -- 7.1 Introduction -- 7.2 Geomorphic units of reefs -- 7.2.1 Reefs as ecomorphodynamic structures -- 7.2.2 Unique interactions of storm waves with coral reefs -- 7.3 Storms on the forereef: Role of spurs and grooves -- 7.3.1 Destructive effects of storms in the forereef and spur and groove -- 7.3.2 Constructive effects of storms in the forereef -- 7.4 Storms on the reef flats: Development of rubble flats and rubble spits -- 7.4.1 Waves on the reef flats -- 7.4.2 Destructive effects of storms on reef flats -- 7.4.3 Constructive effects of storms on reef flats -- 7.5 Storms on the backreef: Sand aprons, reef islands and beaches -- 7.5.1 Sand aprons -- 7.5.2 Reef islands -- 7.6 Conclusion -- Acknowledgements -- References -- Chapter 8 Storm Clustering and Beach Response -- 8.1 Introduction -- 8.2 Storm clustering: Genesis and definitions -- 8.2.1 Genesis -- 8.2.2 Definitions -- 8.3 Approaches used to assess storm clustering impact on coasts -- 8.3.1 Data collection -- 8.3.2 Numerical models -- 8.4 Beach response to storm cluster -- 8.4.1 Bar dynamics under storm clustering -- 8.4.2 Morphological feedback -- 8.4.3 The dynamic equilibrium concept -- 8.4.4 Water level -- 8.4.5 Recovery periods -- 8.5 Conclusions.

12.3.3 The Joint Probability Method (JPM) approach -- 12.3.4 Corbella and Stretch (CS) approach -- 12.4 Application of storm erosion volume estimates in coastal management/planning -- 12.5 Conclusions and recommendations -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Conclusions and Future Perspectives -- Index -- EULA.