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Fig. 3.24(a) Annual longshore sédiment transport obtained from CERC and
Komar distribution method (DIST), for the year 2011.
Fig. 3.24(b) Longshore sédiment transport obtained from CERC and Komar
distribution method (DIST), from January 2011 to November 2011.
The transitory variation during an extreme event directly affects the net
sédiment transport quantity and direction. Apart from the wave characteristics, the orientation of the shore, wind speed and angle, location of eye of
the cyclone also influences the sédimentation.