2009
National Conference on Beach Preservation Technology
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... a Special Pre-Conference Workshop
“Advanced Integrated Coastal Inlet Simulation with Applications” In cooperation with February 18-20, 2009 Tradewinds Island Resort St. Petersburg Beach, FL The Coastal Inlets Research Program (CIRP) is pleased to celebrate our 10th Annual Technology-Transfer Workshop in conjunction with the 22nd Annual National Conference on Beach Preservation Technology. The CIRP workshop will focus on recent advances in and hands-on applications of the Coastal Modeling System (CMS), with emphasis on coastal inlets, navigation channels, and adjacent beaches. Two cost-free optional evening sessions will also be held. The optional Monday evening session (February 16) will cover the new release version of the Regional Morphology Analysis Package (RMAP) that operates in a stand-alone GIS environment, developed under the Corps’ System-wide Water Resources Program. On Tuesday evening (February 17), there will be a Corps-only session (open to all Corps staff, including those not attending the workshop) to present the Coastal Structures Management, Analysis, and Ranking Tool (CSMART) and the Channel Prioritization Tool (CPT) developed under the CIRP.
1. Advanced Integrated Coastal Inlet Simulation with Applications This hands-on workshop is a 2-1/2-day plenary session presenting and exercising new features of the two-dimensional depth-averaged Coastal Modeling System (CMS) that numerically simulates combined waves, currents, sediment transport, morphology change, and salinity change. New features of the CMS include calculation of wave run-up, representation of non-equilibrium sediment transport (NET), and rapid assessment of morphology (RAM) that allows quick long-term estimates to be made of morphology change. The modeling system will be presented through tutorials and examples. The latest version of the CMS runs in the Surface-water Modeling System (SMS) Version 10, which will be reviewed, and workshop attendees will be able to follow along and run examples on their lap tops. Temporary licenses to the SMS will be provided by the Coastal Inlets Research Program (CIRP). Come celebrate the CIRP’s 10th Annual Technology-Transfer Workshop held in collaboration with the Florida Shore & Beach Preservation Association! Number of attendees with laptops will be limited to 25, with total number of attendees at 50. Attendees are encouraged to share laptops. A link will be provided two weeks before the workshop to download time-limited software. Analysis, visualization, and interface routines of RMAP, the Regional Morphology Analysis Package, have been rewritten and improved to support projects with large data sets and to speed calculations. A relational database structure underlies this powerful stand-alone GIS and analysis software. It can now be based on rectified aerial photographs or on three-dimensional (3D) profiles. RMAP incorporates routines for analyzing shoreline position, beach profiles, and channel cross sections, as well as features to design beach nourishment cross sections. Two-dimensional eigenfunction calculations can be performed, with 3D eigenfunction and other 3D calculation capabilities to be released in the future. Import and export of a variety of data formats are possible, and there is backward compatibility with BMAP (Beach Morphology Analysis Package) project files. RMAP Version 3 is fast and can process large regional data sets, working with data ranges of interest as opposed to requiring the entire data set be loaded as previously. Logical subsets of data (for example, same location, and same season) can also be defined for analysis and plotting. Attendees are encouraged to share laptops.
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