Justin Lee Shawler, Virginia Institute of Marine Science, Physical Sciences, Gloucester Point, VA, United States, Christopher J Hein, Virginia Institute of Marine Science, Gloucester Point, VA, United States, Elizabeth A Canuel, Virginia Inst Marine Sciences, Gloucester Point, VA, United States, James M Kaste, College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA, United States, Gregory Fitzsimons, University of Massachusetts Lowell, Education Department, Lowell, MA, United States, Ioannis Y Georgiou, The Water Institute of the Gulf, Baton Rouge, LA, United States and Debra A Willard, USGS, Reston, VA, United States

Steven Weisscher¹, Maarten G Kleinhans¹ and Kim Van den Hoven², (1)Utrecht University, Physical Geography, Utrecht, Netherlands, (2)Wageningen University and Research Center, Environmental Sciences Laboratories, Wageningen, Netherlands

Sarah Chan¹, Philip M Orton¹, Christopher Massey², Jorge Lorenzo-Trueba³, Stefan A Talke⁴ and Luis Pareja-Roman⁵, (1)Stevens Institute of Technology, Union City, NJ, United States, (2)U.S. Army Engineers Research and Development Center, Coastal and Hydraulics Laboratory, Vicksburg, MS, United States, (3)Montclair State University, Earth and Environmental Studies, Montclair, NJ, United States, (4)California State Polytechnic University, San Luis Obispo, Civil and Environmental Engineering, San Luis Obispo, SC, United States, (5)Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, United States

Md. Jamal Uddin Khan¹, Fabien Durand², Laurent Testut³, Yann Krien³ and Akm Saiful Islam⁴, (1)LEGOS, UMR5566, Toulouse, France, (2)LEGOS/IRD, Toulouse, France, (3)LIENSs, UMR 7266, La Rochelle, France, (4)Bangladesh Institute of Water and Flood Management, Dhaka, Bangladesh

Ziyu Chen and Philip M Orton, Stevens Institute of Technology, Union City, NJ, United States

Michela De Dominicis¹, Judith Wolf¹, Svetlana Jevrejeva^1,2, Peng Zheng^3,4 and Zhan Hu^5,6, (1)National Oceanography Centre, Liverpool, United Kingdom, (2)Centre for Climate Research Singapore, Singapore, Singapore, (3)School of Engineering, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom, (4)College of Oceanic and Atmospheric Sciences, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, China, (5)School of Marine Science, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China, (6)Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory, Zhuhai, China

Stefan A Talke, California Polytechnic State University San Luis Obispo, San Luis Obispo, CA, United States, Philip M Orton, Stevens Institute of Technology, Union City, NJ, United States and David A Jay, Portland State University, Portland, OR, United States

Francesco Cioffi, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy, Alessandro De Bonis Trapella, Sapienza University of Rome, Department of Civil, Constructional and Environmental Engineering, Rome, Italy and Upmanu Lall, Columbia University, New York, NY, United States

Saswati Deb, Thomas Guyondet, Michael Coffin, Jeffrey Barrell and Luc Comeau, Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Moncton, NB, Canada

Hesham M. Elmilady^1,2, Mick Van der Wegen^3,4, Dano J.A. Roelvink^2,3 and Ad van der Spek^4,5, (1)IHE Delft Institute for Water Education, Delft, Netherlands, (2)Delft University of Technology, Civil Engineering and Geosciences, Delft, Netherlands, (3)IHE Delft Institute for Water Education, Coastal Systems & Engineering and Port Development, Delft, Netherlands, (4)Deltares, Delft, Netherlands, (5)Utrecht University, Faculty of Geosciences, Utrecht, Netherlands

Zhilong Liu, University of South Alabama, Dauphin Island Sea Laboratory, Dauphin Island, AL, United States, Brian Dzwonkowski, University of South Alabama / Dauphin Island Sea Lab, Marine Science, Dauphin Island, AL, United States, John C Lehrter, Dauphin Island Sea Lab, Dauphin Island, AL, United States, David K Ralston, WHOI, Applied Ocean Physics & Engineering, Woods Hole, MA, United States, Lisa Lowe, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, United States and Jeff Coogan, WHOI, Marine Chemistry & Geochemistry, Woods Hole, AL, United States

Grace D Molino^1,2, Zafer Defne², Alfredo Aretxabaleta², Neil K Ganju² and Joel Carr³, (1)Virginia Institute of Marine Science, Gloucester Point, VA, United States, (2)USGS Coastal and Marine Science Center Woods Hole, Woods Hole, MA, United States, (3)United States Geological Survey, Laurel, MD, United States

Iacopo Vona, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science, Horn Point Laboratory, Cambridge, MD, United States, Cindy M Palinkas, University of Maryland Center (UMCES) for Environmental Science, Horn Point Lab, Cambridge, MD, United States and William Nardin, University of Maryland Center For Environmental Sciences, Horn Point Laboratory, Cambridge, MD, United States

Ruo-Qian Wang, Rutgers University, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Piscataway, NJ, United States