Table 8 Typology of physical performance outcomes.

Waves

Processes or characteristics related to waves, including their energy and height and whether waves are attenuated or amplified

Wave attenuation, dissipation, dampening; wave amplification or build up; wave height; wave length; wave period; wave energy; wave breaking; resistance to waves; wave diffraction; wave breaker or breaking; duration; wave exposure; wave orbital velocity; wave runup; wave celerity; wave direction; wave frequency; wave setup; wave steepness

Currents

Processes or characteristics related to currents, including magnitude, direction, and exposure

Speed; velocity; turbulence; direction; exposure; current patterns; circulation

Wind

Processes or characteristics related to wind, including speed, fetch, and buffering

Speed; fetch; direction; buffering; exposure; wind setup; wind stress

Water level

Processes and characteristics of water level, including flooding and inundation and sea level rise

Flood or inundation height; flood or inundation level; flood or inundation frequency; flood or inundation duration; inundation tolerance; king tide; tides; tidal range; mean sea level; water level

Storm surge

Processes or characteristics related to storm surge, including storm surge height and velocity, as well as storm surge attenuation

Storm surge attenuation or dissipation; storm surge amplification or propagation; storm surge height, elevation, levels, velocity, rates, timing; water storage; resistance to storm surge; surge-attenuation rate

Sediment and morphology

Processes or characteristics related to sediment and morphology, including erosion and accretion and shoreline change

Sediment deposition; sediment accretion; sediment loss; sediment redistribution; sediment compaction; sediment consolidation; sediment resuspension, sediment flux; elevation buildup; sediment stability; sediment trapping; shoreline change rate; shoreline morphology; shoreline change; elevation change; sediment retention; scour