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https://hdl.handle.net/11681/2802| Title: | Shoreline and sediment volume changes at the Colorado River Mouth, Texas |
| Authors: | Scripps Institution of Oceanography Liang, Guoxiong. |
| Keywords: | Principal component analysis Sediment volume changes Shoreline change |
| Publisher: | Coastal Engineering Research Center (U.S.) Engineer Research and Development Center (U.S.) |
| Series/Report no.: | Contract report (U.S. Army Engineer Waterways Experiment Station) ; CERC-95-2. |
| Description: | Contract report Abstract: Shoreline change at the Colorado River mouth, Texas, was estimated based on survey results from 1990 to 1992 and some historic data. In terms of the long-term variation, the shoreline in the north section is accretional. From 1984 to 1990, an area of 63,000 m2 was gained within the north section. On the other hand, some severe erosion can be caused by storms. Complex PCA was applied to analyze a fast-moving bar event. It showed significant advantages over the conventional PCA. Using fewer components, CPCA can explain more variations. The results of reconstruction by CPCA reflected the variation in the observed data set well. Volume changes in profiles were selected as variables for principal component analysis. Using the results, variation alongshore was detected. Further use of this method is expected to be fruitful. |
| Rights: | Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited. |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/11681/2802 |
| Appears in Collections: | Contract Report |
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| CR-CERC-95-2.pdf | 2.24 MB | Adobe PDF |  View/Open |