Table 3.
Applications of nearshore wave models
| Model | Region | Subject | Output | Scale | References |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SWAN, XBeach | Perranporth Beach, UK, and Xago Beach, Spain | Sedimentology, Oceanography | Hs, MWD | Local scale | Abanades Tercero (2017) |
| SWAN | North Gulf of Mexico | Oceanography (Wave dynamics) | Hs, Hp | Regional scale | Arab et al. (2022) |
| SWAN | Galway Bay, Ireland | Oceanography (Wave dynamics) | Hs, Tm, MWD, etc. | Local-regional scale | Atan et al. (2017) |
| SWAN | North-central Tyrrhenian Sea, Italy | Oceanography (Wave dynamics) | Hs, Tm, etc. | Local scale | Bellotti et al. (2021) |
| MIKE21-SW | Nhat Le coastal zone, Vietnam | Oceanography (Wave dynamics) | Hs, MWD | Local scale | Dinh et al. (2018) |
| SWAN and SWASH | Navigation channel to harbour (general) | Navigation | Hs, Tm, MWD, etc. | Small area (channel/harbour) scale | Dusseljee et al. (2014) |
| Delft 3D | Yellow River Delta, China | Oceanography (Wave dynamics), Sedimentology | Hs | Local scale | Fan et al. (2020) |
| Delft 3D | Kalutara coastal zone, Sri Lanka | Sedimentology, Geomorphology | Hs, MWD | Local scale | Gunasinghe et al. (2021) |
| ADCIRC-UnSWAN (Unstructured SWAN), FLOW-3D, XP-SWMM | Busan, Korea | Coastal hazard | Hp | Local scale | Kang et al. (2019) |
| WWIII | Mediterranean Sea | Oceanography (Wave dynamics), Coastal hazard | Hs, Tm | Regional scale | Lira-Loarca et al. (2022) |
| HiReSS, TOMAWAC (TELEMAC), WAVE-L | Sites in Mediterranean Sea | Navigation | Hs, Tm, MWD, etc. | Small area (harbour) scale | Makris et al. (2021) |
| ADCIRC-STWAVE, ADCIRC-SWAN | Gulf of Mexico | Oceanography (Wave dynamics), Coastal hazard | Hp | Local scale | Melby et al. (2018) |
| Boussinesq Model | Experimental simulation | Oceanography (Wave dynamics) | Hs | Small area (beach/breakwater) scale | Metallinos et al. (2021) |
| Delft 3D | Major coastal towns in South Africa | Oceanography (Wave dynamics) | Hs, Tm, MWD | Local scale | Rautenbach et al. (2020) |
| TELEMAC, MIKE21-SW | Selected coasts in South Italy | Oceanography (Wave dynamics) | Hs, Tm, MWD | Local scale | Samaras et al. (2016) |
| MIKE21-SW | China East Adjacent Seas | Oceanography (Wave dynamics) | Hs, MWD | Regional scale | Shi et al. (2022) |
| ADCIRC-SWAN | Mississippi River Delta | Coastal hazard, Oceanography, Sedimentology | Hs, Hp | Local scale | Siverd et al. (2019) |
| Delft 3D | Bohai Bay, China | Oceanography (Wave dynamics) | Hs, Hp, MWD | Local-regional scale | Song et al. (2020) |
| MIKE21-SW | 6 coastal sites in Karnataka, India | Oceanography (Wave dynamics) | Hs, Tm, MWD | Local scale | Upadhyaya et al. (2021) |
| MIKE21-SW | Santos Bay, Brazil | Sedimentology, Navigation (Dredging) | Hs | Local scale | Venancio et al. (2020) |