Table 3 Test cases for breaking and broken wave classification criteria. For cases 1–4, X depended on incident wave height (Hs), which was held constant in each time step because the model does not solve wave shoaling.

From: Modeling future cliff-front waves during sea level rise and implications for coastal cliff retreat rates

 

X [m]

Breaking wave

Broken wave

Case1

0.5Hs

0 ≤ D ≤ 0.5Hs

D > 0.5Hs

Case2

Hs

0 ≤ D ≤ Hs

D > Hs

Case3

2Hs

0 ≤ D ≤ 2Hs

D > 2Hs

Case4

5Hs

0 ≤ D ≤ 5Hs

D > 5Hs

Case5

1

0 ≤ D ≤ 1

D > 1

Case6

2

0 ≤ D ≤ 2

D > 2

Case7

5

0 ≤ D ≤ 5

D > 5

Case8

10

0 ≤ D ≤ 10

D > 10

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