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Andrew D. Short is a researcher affiliated with the University of Sydney in Australia, specializing in Earth and Environmental Sciences. Their main fields of study include Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science, with a focus on subfields such as Earth-Surface Processes, Ecology, Atmospheric Science, Environmental Engineering, and Soil Science.

Their research covers a range of topics primarily centered on coastal and marine dynamics, coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics, aeolian processes and effects, geological formations and processes, geology and paleoclimatology research, groundwater and watershed analysis, and soil erosion and sediment transport.

Frequent coauthors collaborate with Andrew D. Short on various projects, including Derek Jackson, Thomas S.N. Oliver, Toru Tamura, Andrew Cooper, and B. G. Thom.

The scientist's notable recent publications include:

  • "Sandy beaches can survive sea-level rise" (2020) published in Nature Climate Change
  • "Holocene evolution of the wave-dominated embayed Moruya coastline, southeastern Australia: Sediment sources, transport rates and alongshore interconnectivity" (2020) published in Quaternary Science Reviews
  • "Australian beach systems: Are they at risk to climate change?" (2022) published in Ocean & Coastal Management
  • "Coastal shoreline change assessments at global scales" (2024) published in Nature Communications
  • "Wave shadow zones as a primary control of storm erosion and recovery on embayed beaches" (2021) published in Geomorphology

Andrew D. Short has published extensively in venues including the Journal of Coastal Research, Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), Ocean & Coastal Management, Quaternary Science Reviews, and Nature Climate Change.

Best Publications

  • Morphodynamic variability of surf zones and beaches: A synthesis

    L.D Wright;A.D Short

  • The Effect of Tide Range on Beach Morphodynamics and Morphology: A Conceptual Beach Model

    Gerhard Masselink;Andrew D. Short

  • Wave, beach and dune interactions in southeastern Australia

    A.D. Short;P.A. Hesp

  • Handbook of beach and shoreface morphodynamics

    Andrew D. Short

  • Short-term changes in the morphodynamic states of beaches and surf zones: An empirical predictive model☆

    L.D Wright;A.D Short;M.O Green

  • Three Dimensional Beach-Stage Model

    A. D. Short

  • Coastal vulnerability across the Pacific dominated by El Niño-Southern Oscillation

    Patrick L. Barnard;Andrew D. Short;Mitchell D. Harley;Mitchell D. Harley;Kristen D. Splinter

  • Australian Beach Systems—Nature and Distribution

    Andrew D. Short

  • The Southern Oscillation Index, wave climate, and beach rotation

    Roshanka Ranasinghe;Rodney McLoughlin;Andrew Short;Graham Symonds

  • Morphodynamics of Beaches and Surf Zones in Australia

    L. D. Wright;A. D. Short

  • Physical Variability of Sandy Beaches

    A. D. Short;L. D. Wright

  • The role of wave height, period, slope, tide range and embaymentisation in beach classifications: A review

    A.D Short

  • Statistical simulation of wave climate and extreme beach erosion

    DP Callaghan;P Nielsen;A Short;Rwmrjb Ranasinghe

  • Rip currents and beach hazards: their impact on public safety and implications for coastal management

    A.D. Short;C.L. Hogan

  • Extreme coastal erosion enhanced by anomalous extratropical storm wave direction.

    Mitchell D. Harley;Ian L. Turner;Michael A. Kinsela;Jason H. Middleton

  • Macro-Meso Tidal Beach Morphodynamics: An Overview

    A.D. Short

  • Dynamics of a high-energy dissipative surf zone

    L.D Wright;R.T Guza;A.D Short

  • Rip-current type, spacing and persistence, Narrabeen Beach, Australia

    A.D Short

  • A multi-decade dataset of monthly beach profile surveys and inshore wave forcing at Narrabeen, Australia

    Ian L. Turner;Mitchell D. Harley;Andrew D. Short;Joshua A. Simmons

  • Sandy beach conservation and recreation: Guidelines for optimising management strategies for multi-purpose use

    Anton McLachlan;Omar Defeo;Eduardo Jaramillo;Andrew D. Short

  • Assessment and integration of conventional, RTK-GPS and image-derived beach survey methods for daily to decadal coastal monitoring

    Mitchell D. Harley;Ian L. Turner;Andrew D. Short;Roshanka Ranasinghe;Roshanka Ranasinghe

Frequent Co-Authors

Roshanka Ranasinghe
Roshanka Ranasinghe IHE Delft Institute for Water Education
Ian L. Turner
Ian L. Turner University of New South Wales
Mitchell D. Harley
Mitchell D. Harley University of New South Wales
Colin D. Woodroffe
Colin D. Woodroffe University of Wollongong
Michael G. Hughes
Michael G. Hughes University of Wollongong
Michael Blumenstein
Michael Blumenstein University of Technology Sydney
Gerhard Masselink
Gerhard Masselink Plymouth University
Peter Nielsen
Peter Nielsen University of Queensland
Ian D. Goodwin
Ian D. Goodwin Macquarie University
Matthew Browne
Matthew Browne Central Queensland University

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