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The authors have developed models for predicting beach changes applicable to various problems on real coasts. One of them is the contour-line-change model to predict long-term beach changes caused by the imbalance in longshore sand transport, which is a kind of N-line model. Because the calculation of the nearshore current is not needed in this model, and the computational load is small, it has an advantage in the prediction of long-term topographic changes on an extensive coast. However, the handling of boundary conditions becomes difficult when offshore coastal structures are constructed in a complicated manner, and in this regard the so-called 3D model has an advantage. Taking this point into account, the authors developed a morphodynamic model (BG model) by applying the concept of the equilibrium slope and the energetics approach, in which depth changes on 2D horizontal grids are calculated.

Oceanography. --- Sedimentation and deposition --- Mathematical models. --- Deposition and sedimentation --- Sedimentary processes --- Physical geology --- Oceanology --- Thalassography --- Earth sciences --- Marine sciences --- Life Sciences --- Earth Science --- Oceanography --- Environmental Sciences