Narrabeen Dataset

Data Descriptor Publication - Turner, IL, Harley, MD, Short, AD, Simmons, JA, Bracs, MA, Philiips, MS, Splinter, KD, 2016. A multi-decade dataset of monthly beach profile surveys and inshore wave forcing at Narrabeen, Australia. Scientific Data, 3:160024 (doi: 10.1038/sdata.2016.24)
Narrabeen-Collaroy Beach - Google maps
WRL Coastal Imaging - Argus coastal imaging station at Narrabeen
Manly Hydraulics Laboratory - wave and tide data in NSW
NSW Nearshore Wave Transformation Tool - offshore wave conditions transformed to the 30m and 10m depth contours are displayed along the entire NSW coast. The past three days, today, and next 2 days of measured/forecast waves are displayed every 100 m along the coastline.
Bureau of Meteorology - current and forecast weather conditions in Sydney
Windguru - current and forecast wind and wave conditions at Narrabeen
BOM-AUSWAVE - Interactive Weather and Wave Forecast Maps for southeastern Australia
CSIRO Wave Hindcast - hindcast wave data around the Australian coastline
Northern Beaches Council - the local government area encompassing Narrabeen
NSW Coastal Adaptation Research Node - NSW Office of Environment and Heritage
Sydney Institue of Marine Science
BOM Climate Influences Timeline - timeline of monthly Southern Oscillation Index (SOI) values since 1876
BOM June 2007 East Coast Lows - a summary of the five ECL events of June 2007

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Collated here is a cross-section of peer-reviewed journal publications that have directly or indirectly used the Narrabeen-Collaroy Beach historical survey dataset. Publications with a significant number of citations (according to Google Scholar) are highlighted with **

Publications citing Data Descriptor Publication (source: Google Scholar)
Beuzen, T. et al., 2018. Bayesian Networks in coastal engineering : Distinguishing descriptive and predictive applications. Coastal Engineering, 135, pp.16–30. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.coastaleng.2018.01.005
Luijendijk, A. et al., 2018. The State of the World’s Beaches. Scientific Reports, 8(1), pp.1–11. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-24630-6
Mentaschi, L. et al., 2018. Global long-term observations of coastal erosion and accretion. Scientific Reports, 8(1), p.12876. Available at: http://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-30904-w
Robinet, A. et al., 2018. A reduced-complexity shoreline change model combining longshore and cross-shore processes : The LX-Shore model. Environmental Modelling & Software, 109, pp.1–16. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envsoft.2018.08.010
Splinter, K.D., Kearney, E.T. & Turner, I.L., 2018. Drivers of alongshore variable dune erosion during a storm event : Observations and modelling. Coastal Engineering, 131, pp.31–41. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.coastaleng.2017.10.011
Splinter, K.D., Harley, M.D. & Turner, I.L., 2018. Remote sensing is changing our view of the coast: Insights from 40 years of monitoring at Narrabeen-Collaroy, Australia. Remote Sensing, 10(11). Available at: https://doi.org/10.3390/rs10111744
Davidson, M.A. et al., 2017. Annual prediction of shoreline erosion and subsequent recovery. Coastal Engineering, 130, pp.14–25. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.coastaleng.2017.09.008
Díez, J., Uriarte, A. & Medina, R., 2017. A parametric model for the dry beach equilibrium profile. Journal of Coastal Research, pp.134–144. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.coastaleng.2017.06.012.
Gallop, S.L. et al., 2017. Assessing Cross-Shore and Alongshore Variation in Beach Morphology Due to Wave Climate: Storms to Decades. Oceanography, 30(3), pp.120–125. Available at: https://doi.org/10.5670/oceanog.2017.304
Harley, M.D. et al., 2017. Extreme coastal erosion enhanced by anomalous extratropical storm wave direction. Scientific Reports, pp.1–9. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-05792-1.
Liu, Q., Trinder, J. & Turner, I.L., 2017. Automatic super-resolution shoreline change monitoring using Landsat archival data: a case study at Narrabeen–Collaroy Beach, Australia. Journal of Applied Remote Sensing, 11(1), p.16036. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1117/1.JRS.11.016036.
Mortlock, T.R. et al., 2017. The June 2016 Australian East Coast Low: Importance of wave direction for coastal erosion assessment. Water, 9(2), pp.1–22. Available at: https://doi.org/10.3390/w9020121.
Phillips, M.S. et al., 2017. Shoreline recovery on wave-dominated sandy coastlines : the role of sandbar morphodynamics and nearshore wave parameters. Marine Geology, 385, pp.146–159. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.margeo.2017.01.005.
Bracs, M.A. et al., 2016. Synchronised patterns of erosion and deposition observed at two beaches. Marine Geology, 380, pp.196–204. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.margeo.2016.04.016.
Harley, M.D. et al., 2016. Beach response to Australian East Coast Lows : a comparison between the 2007 and 2015 events , Narrabeen-Collaroy Beach. Journal of Coastal Research. Available at: https://doi.org/10.2112/SI75-078.
Turner, I.L., Harley, M.D. & Drummond, C.D., 2016. UAVs for coastal surveying. Coastal Engineering, 114, pp.19–24. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.coastaleng.2016.03.011.
Turner, I.L., Harley, M.D., Short, A.D., et al., 2016. A multi-decade dataset of monthly beach profile surveys and inshore wave forcing at Narrabeen, Australia. Scientific Data, 3. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1038/sdata.2016.24.
Barnard, P.L. et al., 2015. Coastal vulnerability across the Pacific dominated by El Niño/Southern Oscillation. Nature Geoscience, 8(10), pp.801–807. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1038/ngeo2539.
Harley, M.D., Turner, I.L. & Short, A.D., 2015. New insights into embayed beach rotation: The importance of wave exposure and cross-shore processes. Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface, 120(8), pp.1470–1484. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1002/2014JF003390.
Karunarathna, H. et al., 2014. The effects of storm clustering on beach profile variability. Marine Geology, 348, pp.103–112. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.margeo.2013.12.007.
Short, A.D., Bracs, M.A. & Turner, I.L., 2014. Beach oscillation and rotation: local and regional response at three beaches in southeast Australia. Journal of Coastal Research, SI 70 (ICS2014), pp.712–717.
Splinter, K.D. et al., 2014. A generalized equilibrium model for predicting daily to interannual shoreline response. Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface, 119(9), pp.1936–1958. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1002/2014JF003106.
Callaghan, D.P., Roshanka, R. & Roelvink, D., 2013. Probabilistic estimation of storm erosion using analytical , semi-empirical , and process based storm erosion models. Coastal Engineering, 82, pp.64–75. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.coastaleng.2013.08.007.
Callaghan, D.P. & Wainwright, D., 2013. The impact of various methods of wave transfers from deep water to nearshore when determining extreme beach erosion. Coastal Engineering, 74, pp.50–58. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.coastaleng.2012.12.001.
**Davidson, M.A., Splinter, K.D. & Turner, I.L., 2013. A simple equilibrium model for predicting shoreline change. Coastal Engineering, 73, pp.191–202. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.coastaleng.2012.11.002.
Middleton, J.H. et al., 2013. Resolution and accuracy of an airborne scanning laser system for beach surveys. Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, 30(10), pp.2452–2464. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1175/JTECH-D-12-00174.1.
Mole, M. a et al., 2013. Capitalizing on the surfcam phenomenon: a pilot study in regional-scale shoreline monitoring utilizing existing camera infrastructure. Journal of Coastal Research, SI 65, pp.1433–1438.
Pender, D. & Karunarathna, H., 2013. A statistical-process based approach for modelling beach profile variability. Coastal Engineering, 81, pp.19–29. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.coastaleng.2013.06.006.
Karunarathna, H. et al., 2012. An analysis of the cross-shore beach morphodynamics of a sandy and a composite gravel beach. Marine Geology, 299–302, pp.33–42. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.margeo.2011.12.011.
**Ranasinghe, R., Callaghan, D. & Stive, M.J.F., 2012. Estimating coastal recession due to sea level rise: Beyond the Bruun rule. Climatic Change, 110(3–4), pp.561–574. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10584-011-0107-8.
**Harley, M.D. et al., 2011a. A reevaluation of coastal embayment rotation: The dominance of cross-shore versus alongshore sediment transport processes, Collaroy-Narrabeen Beach, southeast Australia. Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface, 116(4). Available at: https://doi.org/10.1029/2011JF001989.
**Harley, M.D. et al., 2011b. Assessment and integration of conventional, RTK-GPS and image-derived beach survey methods for daily to decadal coastal monitoring. Coastal Engineering, 58(2), pp.194–205. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.coastaleng.2010.09.006.
Jongejan, R.B. et al., 2011. A risk-informed approach to coastal zone management. Australian Journal of Civil Engineering, 9(1), pp.47–60. Available at: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/14488353.2011.11463968.
Blenkinsopp, C.E. et al., 2010. Measurements of the time-varying free-surface profile across the swash zone obtained using an industrial LIDAR. Coastal Engineering, 57(11–12), pp.1059–1065. Available at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.coastaleng.2010.07.001.
Callaghan, D.P., Roshanka, R. & Andrew, S., 2009. Quantifying the storm erosion hazard for coastal planning. Coastal Engineering, 56(1), pp.90–93. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.coastaleng.2008.10.003.
**Callaghan, D.P. et al., 2008. Statistical simulation of wave climate and extreme beach erosion. Coastal Engineering, 55(5), pp.375–390. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.coastaleng.2007.12.003.
Harley, M.D. & Turner, I.L., 2008. A simple data transformation technique for pre-processing survey data at embayed beaches. Coastal Engineering, 55(1), pp.63–68. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.coastaleng.2007.07.001.
Callaghan, D.P., Nielsen, P. & Ranasinghe, R., 2007. Estimating extreme beach erosion frequency from a Monte Carlo simulation of wave climate. Journal of Coastal Research, SI 50.
Hennecke, W.G. et al., 2004. GIS-Based Coastal Behavior Modeling and Simulation of Potential Land and Property Loss: Implications of Sea-Level Rise at Collaroy/Narrabeen Beach, Sydney (Australia). Coastal Management, 32(4), pp.449–470. Available at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/08920750490487485.
**Ranasinghe, R. et al., 2004. The Southern Oscillation Index, wave climate, and beach rotation. Marine Geology, 204(3–4), pp.273–287. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1016/S0025-3227(04)00002-7.
**Short, A.D. & Trembanis, A.C., 2004. Decadal scale patterns in beach oscillation and rotation Narabeen Beach, Australia - time series, PCA and wavelet analysis. Journal of Coastal Research, 20(2), pp.523–532. Available at: https://doi.org/10.2112/1551-5036(2004)020[0523:DSPIBO]2.0.CO;2.
**Huntley, D.A. & Short, A.D., 1992. On the spacing between observed rip currents. Coastal Engineering, 17(3–4), pp.211–225. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1016/0378-3839(92)90052-V.
Wright, L.D. et al., 1987. The morphodynamic effects of incident wave groupiness and tide range on an energetic beach. Marine Geology, 74(1–2), pp.1–20. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1016/0025-3227(87)90002-8.
**Wright, L.D., Short, A.D. & Green, M.O., 1985. Short-term changes in the morphodynamic states of beaches and surf zones: An empirical predictive model. Marine Geology, 62(3-4), pp.339–364. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1016/0025-3227(85)90123-9.
**Short, A.D., 1984. Beach and nearshore facies: Southeast Australia. Marine Geology, 60, pp.261–282. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1016/0025-3227(84)90153-1.
**Wright, L.D. & Short, A.D., 1984. Morphodynamic variability of surf zones and beaches: a synthesis. Marine Geology, 56, pp.93–118. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1016/0025-3227(84)90008-2.
**Short, A.D. & Hesp, P.A., 1982. Wave, beach and dune interations in Southeastern Australia. Marine Geology, 48(1982), pp.259–284. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1016/0025-3227(82)90100-1.
**Short, A.D. & Wright, L.D., 1981. Beach systems of the Sydney region. Australian Geographer, 15, pp.8–16. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1080/00049188108702791.
**Short, A.D., 1979. Three dimension beach-stage model. The Journal of Geology, 87(5), pp.553–571. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1086/628445.