Associate Professor Mitchell Harley

Associate Professor

2004 BEng (Environmental)��UNSW Sydney
2004 BSc (Oceanography/Meteorology)��UNSW Sydney
2009 PhD UNSW Sydney

Engineering

Civil and Environmental Engineering

Scientia Associate Professor in Civil and Environmental Engineering

Associate Professor Mitchell Harley is a leading expert in coastal erosion and its global impacts. His research focuses on the development of innovative technologies to enhance the understanding and management of coastal hazards. This includes advancements in coastal remote sensing (from smartphones to satellites), coastal wave climate downscaling, real-time forecasting, artificial intelligence, and citizen science. A recognised authority in the field, he frequently provides expert insights on coastal hazards to Australian and international media. In 2017, he founded the CoastSnap citizen science initiative, which has since grown into the world’s largest coastal monitoring program, active in 35 countries across six continents.

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Phone

(+61 2) 8071 9883

E-mail

m.harley@unsw.edu.au

Location

UNSW Water Research Laboratory Manly Vale Campus

Book Chapters | 2020

Castelle B; Harley M, 2020, '22 Extreme events: impact and recovery', in Sandy Beach Morphodynamics, Elsevier, pp. 533 - 556,

Book Chapters | 2020

Castelle B; Harley M, 2020, 'Extreme events: impact and recovery', in Jackson D; Short A (ed.), Sandy Beach Morphodynamics, Elsevier, pp. 533 - 556,

Book Chapters | 2017

Harley MD, 2017, 'Coastal Storm Definition', in Ciavola P; Coco G (ed.), Coastal Storms: Processes and Impacts, Wiley Blackwell, pp. 1 - 22,

Book Chapters | 2014

Ciavola P; Ferreira O; Van Dongeren A; VanThiel de Vries J; Armaroli C; Harley MD, 2014, 'Prediction of Storm Impacts on Beach and Dune Systems', in Quevauviller PP (ed.), Hydrometeorological Hazards: Interfacing Science and Policy, Wiley-Blackwell, Chichester, West Sussex, UK, pp. 227 - 252

Book Chapters | 2007

Harley MD; Turner IL; Short AD; Ranasisnghe R, 2007, 'Monitoring beach processes using conventional, RTK-GPS and video image-derived survey methods: Narrabeen Beach, Australia', in Woodroffe CD; Bruce E; Puotinen M; Furness RA (ed.), GIS for the Coastal Zone: A selection of papers from Coast GIS 2006, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, pp. 151 - 164
Journal articles | 2025

Harley M; Chaaya F; Kinsela M, 2025, 'CoastSnap community beach monitoring: new innovations in smartphone-based monitoring of the coast', ,

Journal articles | 2025

Repina O; Carvalho RC; Coco G; Antolínez JAÁ; de Santiago I; Harley MD; Jaramillo C; Splinter KD; Vitousek S; Woodroffe CD, 2025, 'Evaluating five shoreline change models against 40 years of field survey data at an embayed sandy beach', Coastal Engineering, pp. 104738 - 104738,

Journal articles | 2025

Warrick JA; Buscombe D; Vos K; Kenyon H; Ritchie AC; Harley MD; Janda C; L’Heureux J; Vitousek S, 2025, 'Shoreline Seasonality of California's Beaches', Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface, 130,

Journal articles | 2024

Ibaceta R; Harley MD, 2024, 'Data-driven modelling of coastal storm erosion for real-time forecasting at a wave-dominated embayed beach', Coastal Engineering, 193,

Journal articles | 2024

Kinsela MA; Morris BD; Ingleton TC; Doyle TB; Sutherland MD; Doszpot NE; Miller JJ; Holtznagel SF; Harley MD; Hanslow DJ, 2024, 'Nearshore wave buoy data from southeastern Australia for coastal research and management', Scientific Data, 11,

Journal articles | 2024

Turner IL; Leaman CK; Harley MD; Thran MC; David DR; Splinter KD; Matheen N; Hansen JE; Cuttler MVW; Greenslade DJM; Zieger S; Lowe RJ, 2024, 'A framework for national-scale coastal storm hazards early warning', Coastal Engineering, 192,

Journal articles | 2024

Warrick JA; Buscombe D; Vos K; Bryan KR; Castelle B; Cooper JAG; Harley MD; Jackson DWT; Ludka BC; Masselink G; Palmsten ML; Ruiz de Alegria-Arzaburu A; Sénéchal N; Sherwood CR; Short AD; Sogut E; Splinter KD; Stephenson WJ; Syvitski J; Young AP, 2024, 'Coastal shoreline change assessments at global scales', Nature Communications, 15,

Journal articles | 2023

Ibaceta R; Harley MD; Turner IL; Splinter KD, 2023, 'Interannual variability in dominant shoreline behaviour at an embayed beach', Geomorphology, 433,

Journal articles | 2023

Leaman C; Thran M; David D; Turner I; Harley M; Matheen N; Cuttler M; Hanson J; Splinter K; Kinsela M; Lowe R; Greenslade D; Zieger S; Taylor A, 2023, 'A MULTI-SCALE COASTAL STORM HAZARDS EARLY WARNING SYSTEM FOR AUSTRALIA', Proceedings of the Coastal Engineering Conference

Journal articles | 2023

Martins K; Bonneton P; de Viron O; Turner I; Harley M; Splinter K, 2023, 'NON-LINEAR DISPERSION EFFECTS IN NEARSHORE WAVES: PERSPECTIVES FOR DEPTH-INVERSION APPLICATIONS', Proceedings of the Coastal Engineering Conference

Journal articles | 2023

Martins K; Bonneton P; de Viron O; Turner IL; Harley MD; Splinter K, 2023, 'New Perspectives for Nonlinear Depth-Inversion of the Nearshore Using Boussinesq Theory', Geophysical Research Letters, 50,

Journal articles | 2023

Vos K; Deng W; Harley MD; Turner IL; Splinter KD, 2023, 'SPATIAL VARIABILITY IN BEACH-FACE SLOPES FROM SATELLITE REMOTE SENSING', Proceedings of the Coastal Engineering Conference

Journal articles | 2023

Vos K; Harley MD; Turner IL; Splinter KD, 2023, 'Pacific shoreline erosion and accretion patterns controlled by El Niño/Southern Oscillation', Nature Geoscience, 16, pp. 140 - 146,

Journal articles | 2022

Chataigner T; Yates ML; Le Dantec N; Harley MD; Splinter KD; Goutal N, 2022, 'Sensitivity of a one-line longshore shoreline change model to the mean wave direction', Coastal Engineering, 172,

Journal articles | 2022

Doherty Y; Harley MD; Vos K; Splinter KD, 2022, 'A Python toolkit to monitor sandy shoreline change using high-resolution PlanetScope cubesats', Environmental Modelling and Software, 157,

Journal articles | 2022

Fellowes TE; Vila-Concejo A; Gallop SL; Harley MD; Short AD, 2022, 'Wave shadow zones as a primary control of storm erosion and recovery on embayed beaches', Geomorphology, 399,

Journal articles | 2022

Harley MD; Kinsela MA, 2022, 'CoastSnap: A global citizen science program to monitor changing coastlines', Continental Shelf Research, 245,

Journal articles | 2022

Harley MD; Masselink G; Ruiz de Alegría-Arzaburu A; Valiente NG; Scott T, 2022, 'Single extreme storm sequence can offset decades of shoreline retreat projected to result from sea-level rise', Communications Earth and Environment, 3,

Journal articles | 2022

Ibaceta R; Splinter KD; Harley MD; Turner IL, 2022, 'Improving multi-decadal coastal shoreline change predictions by including model parameter non-stationarity', Frontiers in Marine Science, 9,

Journal articles | 2022

Turner IL; Harley MD; Hanslow DJ; Kinsela MA; Splinter KD, 2022, '‘Coastal Management Guide - Managing Coastal Erosion’: A STEM education resource for secondary school teachers', Continental Shelf Research, 244,

Journal articles | 2022

Uebelhoer L; Koon W; Harley MD; Lawes JC; Brander RW, 2022, 'Characteristics and beach safety knowledge of beachgoers on unpatrolled surf beaches in Australia', Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences, 22, pp. 909 - 926,

Journal articles | 2022

Vila-Concejo A; Splinter KD; Harley MD; Lowe R; Fellowes TE; McCarroll RJ; Coco G, 2022, 'Creating communities and communicating science during COVID-19: From Coast2Coast to Coast2Cast', Continental Shelf Research, 245,

Journal articles | 2022

Vos K; Deng W; Harley MD; Turner IL; Splinter KDM, 2022, 'Beach-face slope dataset for Australia', Earth System Science Data, 14, pp. 1345 - 1357,

Journal articles | 2021

Leaman CK; Harley MD; Splinter KD; Thran MC; Kinsela MA; Turner IL, 2021, 'A storm hazard matrix combining coastal flooding and beach erosion', Coastal Engineering, 170,

Journal articles | 2021

Matheen N; Harley MD; Turner IL; Splinter KD; Simmons JA; Thran MC, 2021, 'Bathymetric data requirements for operational coastal erosion forecasting using xbeach', Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, 9,

Journal articles | 2021

Montaño J; Coco G; Cagigal L; Mendez F; Rueda A; Bryan KR; Harley MD, 2021, 'A Multiscale Approach to Shoreline Prediction', Geophysical Research Letters, 48,

Journal articles | 2021

Turner IL; Harley MD; Almar R; Bergsma EWJ, 2021, 'Satellite optical imagery in Coastal Engineering', Coastal Engineering, 167,

Journal articles | 2020

Gallop SL; Vila-Concejo A; Fellowes TE; Harley MD; Rahbani M; Largier JL, 2020, 'Wave direction shift triggered severe erosion of beaches in estuaries and bays with limited post-storm recovery', Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 45, pp. 3854 - 3868,

Journal articles | 2020

Greenslade D; Hemer M; Babanin A; Lowe R; Turner I; Power H; Young I; Ierodiaconou D; Hibbert G; Williams G; Aijaz S; Albuquerque J; Allen S; Banner M; Branson P; Buchan S; Burton A; Bye J; Cartwright N; Chabchoub A; Colberg F; Contardo S; Dufois F; Earl-Spurr C; Farr D; Goodwin I; Gunson J; Hansen J; Hanslow D; Harley M; Hetzel Y; Hoeke R; Jones N; Kinsela M; Liu Q; Makarynskyy O; Marcollo H; Mazaheri S; McConochie J; Millar G; Moltmann T; Moodie N; Morim J; Morison R; Orszaghova J; Pattiaratchi C; Pomeroy A; Proctor R; Provis D; Reef R; Rijnsdorp D; Rutherford M; Schulz E; Shayer J; Splinter K; Steinberg C; Strauss D; Stuart G; Symonds G; Tarbath K; Taylor D; Taylor J; Thotagamuwage D; Toffoli A; Valizadeh A; van Hazel J; da Silva GV; Wandres M; Whittaker C; Williams D; Winter G; Xu J; Zhong A; Zieger S, 2020, 'Priorities for wind-waves research', Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 101, pp. 505 - 507,

Journal articles | 2020

Ibaceta R; Splinter KD; Harley M; Turner I, 2020, 'Enhanced coastal shoreline modelling using an Ensemble Kalman Filter to include non-stationarity in future wave climates', ,

Journal articles | 2020

Ibaceta R; Splinter KD; Harley MD; Turner IL; Ibaceta Vega R, 2020, 'Enhanced Coastal Shoreline Modeling Using an Ensemble Kalman Filter to Include Nonstationarity in Future Wave Climates', Geophysical Research Letters, 47,

Journal articles | 2020

Matheen N; Harley MD; Turner IL; Splinter KD; Simmons JA; Thran M, 2020, 'Do we need pre-storm surveyed bathymetry for operational erosion forecasting? Evaluation of representative and synthetic bathymetry alternatives', Proceedings of the Coastal Engineering Conference, 36

Journal articles | 2020

Robinet A; Castelle B; Idier D; Harley MD; Splinter KD, 2020, 'Controls of local geology and cross-shore/longshore processes on embayed beach shoreline variability', Marine Geology, 422,

Journal articles | 2020

Roger E; Tegart P; Dowsett R; Kinsela MA; Harley MD; Ortac G, 2020, 'Maximising the potential for citizen science in New South Wales', Australian Zoologist, 40, pp. 449 - 461,

Journal articles | 2020

Vos K; Harley MD; Splinter KD; Walker A; Turner IL, 2020, 'Beach Slopes From Satellite-Derived Shorelines', Geophysical Research Letters, 47,

Journal articles | 2019

Beuzen T; Harley MD; Splinter KD; Turner IL, 2019, 'Controls of Variability in Berm and Dune Storm Erosion', Journal of Geophysical Research,

Journal articles | 2019

Greenslade D; Hemer M; Babanin A; Lowe R; Turner I; Power H; Young I; Ierodiaconou D; Hibbert G; Williams G; Aijaz S; Albuquerque J; Allen S; Banner M; Branson P; Buchan S; Burton A; Bye J; Cartwright N; Chabchoub A; Colberg F; Contardo S; dufois F; Earl-Spurr C; Elliott G; Farr D; Flynn J; Goodwin I; Gunson J; Hansen J; Hanslow D; Harley M; Hetzel Y; Hoeke R; Jones N; Kinsela M; Liu Q; Makarynskyy O; Marcollo H; Mazaheri S; McConochie J; Millar G; Moltmann T; Moodie N; Morim J; Morison R; Orszaghova J; Pattiaratchi C; Pomeroy A; Proctor R; Provis D; Reef R; Rijnsdorp D; Rutherford M; Schulz E; Shayer J; Splinter K; Steinberg C; Strauss D; Stuart G; Symonds G; Tarbath K; Taylor P; Taylor D; Taylor J; Thotagamuwage D; Toffoli A; Valizadeh A; van Hazel J; Vieira da Silva G; Wandres M; Whittaker C; Williams D; Winter G; Xu J; Zed M; Zhong A; Zieger S, 2019, '15 priorities for wind-waves research: An Australian perspective', Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 101, pp. E446 - E461,

Journal articles | 2019

Harley MD; Kinsela MA; Sánchez-García E; Vos K, 2019, 'Shoreline change mapping using crowd-sourced smartphone images', Coastal Engineering, 150, pp. 175 - 189,

Journal articles | 2019

Lazarus ED; Harley MD; Blenkinsopp CE; Turner IL, 2019, 'Environmental signal shredding on sandy coastlines', Earth Surface Dynamics, 7, pp. 77 - 86,

Journal articles | 2019

Phillips MS; Blenkinsopp CE; Splinter KD; Harley MD; Turner IL, 2019, 'Modes of Berm and Beachface Recovery Following Storm Reset: Observations Using a Continuously Scanning Lidar', Journal of Geophysical Research, 124, pp. 720 - 736,

Journal articles | 2019

Simmons JA; Splinter KD; Harley MD; Turner IL, 2019, 'Calibration data requirements for modelling subaerial beach storm erosion', Coastal Engineering, 152,

Journal articles | 2019

Vos K; Harley MD; Splinter KD; Simmons JA; Turner IL, 2019, 'Sub-annual to multi-decadal shoreline variability from publicly available satellite imagery', Coastal Engineering, 150, pp. 160 - 174,

Journal articles | 2019

Vos K; Splinter KD; Harley MD; Simmons JA; Turner IL, 2019, 'CoastSat: A Google Earth Engine-enabled Python toolkit to extract shorelines from publicly available satellite imagery', Environmental Modelling and Software, 122,

Journal articles | 2018

Beuzen T; Splinter KD; Marshall LA; Turner IL; Harley MD; Palmsten ML, 2018, 'Bayesian Networks in coastal engineering: Distinguishing descriptive and predictive applications', Coastal Engineering, 135, pp. 16 - 30,

Journal articles | 2018

Splinter KD; Harley MD; Turner IL, 2018, 'Remote sensing is changing our view of the coast: Insights from 40 years of monitoring at Narrabeen-Collaroy, Australias', Remote Sensing, 10,

Journal articles | 2017

Ciavola P; Harley MD; den Heijer C, 2017, 'The RISC-KIT storm impact database: A new tool in support of DRR', Coastal Engineering, pp. 1 - 9,

Journal articles | 2017

Davidson MA; Turner IL; Splinter KD; Harley MD, 2017, 'Annual prediction of shoreline erosion and subsequent recovery', Coastal Engineering, 130, pp. 14 - 25,

Journal articles | 2017

Gallop SL; Harley MD; Brander RW; Simmons JA; Splinter KD; Turner IL, 2017, 'Assessing cross-shore and alongshore variation in beach morphology due to wave climate: Storms to decades', Oceanography, 30, pp. 120 - 125,

Journal articles | 2017

Harley MD; Turner IL; Kinsela MA; Middleton JH; Mumford PJ; Splinter KD; Phillips MS; Simmons JA; Hanslow DJ; Short AD, 2017, 'Extreme coastal erosion enhanced by anomalous extratropical storm wave direction', Scientific Reports, 7, pp. 6033,

Journal articles | 2017

Martinez G; Armaroli C; Costas S; Harley MD; Paolisso M, 2017, 'Experiences and results from interdisciplinary collaboration: Utilizing qualitative information to formulate disaster risk reduction measures for coastal regions', Coastal Engineering, 134, pp. 62 - 72,

Journal articles | 2017

Phillips MS; Harley MD; Turner IL; Splinter KD; Cox RJ, 2017, 'Shoreline recovery on wave-dominated sandy coastlines: the role of sandbar morphodynamics and nearshore wave parameters', Marine Geology, 385, pp. 146 - 159,

Journal articles | 2017

Simmons JA; Harley MD; Marshall LA; Turner IL; Splinter KD; Cox RJ, 2017, 'Calibrating and assessing uncertainty in coastal numerical models', Coastal Engineering, 125, pp. 28 - 41,

Journal articles | 2016

Harley MD; Turner IL; Splinter KD; Phillips M; Simmons JS; Simmons J, 2016, 'Beach response to Australian East Coast Lows: a comparison between the 2007 and 2015 events, Narrabeen-Collaroy Beach', Journal of Coastal Research: an international forum for the littoral sciences, 1, pp. 388 - 392,

Journal articles | 2016

Harley MD; Valentini A; Armaroli C; Perini L; Calabrese L; Ciavola P, 2016, 'Can an early-warning system help minimize the impacts of coastal storms? A case study of the 2012 Halloween storm, northern Italy', Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences, 16, pp. 209 - 222,

Journal articles | 2016

Turner IL; Harley MD; Drummond CD, 2016, 'UAVs for coastal surveying', Coastal Engineering, 114, pp. 19 - 24,

Journal articles | 2016

Turner IL; Harley MD; Short AD; Simmons JA; Bracs MA; Phillips MS; Splinter KD, 2016, 'A multi-decade dataset of monthly beach profile surveys and inshore wave forcing at Narrabeen, Australia', Scientific Data, 3, pp. 160024,

Journal articles | 2015

Barnard PL; Short AD; Harley MD; Splinter KD; Vitousek S; Turner IL; Allan J; Banno M; Bryan KR; Doria A; Hansen JE; Kato S; Kuriyama Y; Randall-Goodwin E; Ruggiero P; Walker IJ; Heathfield DK, 2015, 'Coastal vulnerability across the Pacific dominated by El Niño/Southern Oscillation', Nature Geoscience, 8, pp. 801 - 807,

Journal articles | 2015

Harley MD; Turner IL; Short AD, 2015, 'New insights into embayed beach rotation: The importance of wave exposure and cross-shore processes', Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface, 120, pp. 1470 - 1484,

Journal articles | 2015

Harley MD; Valentini A; Armaroli C; Perini L; Calabrese L; Ciavola P, 2015, 'Can an early warning system help minimize the impacts of coastal storms? A case study of the 2012 Halloween storm, Northern Italy', ,

Journal articles | 2015

Jackson NL; Harley MD; Armaroli C; Nordstrom KF, 2015, 'Beach morphologies induced by breakwaters with different orientations', Geomorphology, 239, pp. 48 - 57,

Journal articles | 2014

Harley MD; Andriolo U; Armaroli C; Ciavola P, 2014, 'Shoreline rotation and response to nourishment of a gravel embayed beach using a low-cost video monitoring technique: San Michele-Sassi Neri, Central Italy', Journal of Coastal Conservation, 18, pp. 551 - 565,

Journal articles | 2013

Armaroli C; Grottoli E; Harley MD; Ciavola P, 2013, 'Beach morphodynamics and types of foredune erosion generated by storms along the Emilia-Romagna coastline, Italy', Geomorphology, 199, pp. 22 - 35,

Journal articles | 2013

Harley MD; Ciavola P, 2013, 'Managing local coastal inundation risk using real-time forecasts and artificial dune placements', Coastal Engineering, 77, pp. 77 - 90,

Journal articles | 2011

Harley MD; Armaroli C; Ciavola P, 2011, 'Evaluation of XBeach predictions for a real-time warning system in Emilia-Romagna, Northern Italy', Journal of Coastal Research: an international forum for the littoral sciences, pp. 1861 - 1865,

Journal articles | 2011

Harley MD; Turner IL; Short A; Ranasinghe R, 2011, 'Assessment and integration of conventional, RTK-GPS and image-derived beach survey methods for daily to decadal coastal monitoring', Coastal Engineering, 58, pp. 194 - 205,

Journal articles | 2011

Harley MD; Turner IL; Short AD; Ranasinghe R, 2011, 'A reevaluation of coastal embayment rotation: The dominance of cross-shore versus alongshore sediment transport processes, Collaroy-Narrabeen Beach, southeast Australia', Journal of Geophysical Research, 116, pp. F04033,

Journal articles | 2009

Harley MD; Turner IL; Short A; Ranasisnghe R, 2009, 'Interannual variability and controls of the Sydney wave climate', International Journal of Climatology,

Journal articles | 2008

Harley MD; Turner IL, 2008, 'A simple data transformation technique for pre-processing survey data at embayed beaches', Coastal Engineering, 55, pp. 63 - 68
Working Papers | 2022

Leaman C; Harley M; Splinter K; Thran A; Kinsela M; Turner I, 2022, A Storm Hazard Matrix combining coastal flooding and beach erosion, ,

Working Papers | 2021

Vos K; Harley M; Turner I; Splinter K, 2021, Large regional variability in coastal erosion caused by ENSO, ,

Working Papers | 2020

Vos K; Harley MD; Splinter K; Walker A; Turner IL, 2020, Beach slopes from satellite-derived shorelines, ,

Working Papers | 2020

Vos K; Harley MD; Splinter KD; Walker A; Turner IL, 2020, Beach slopes from satellite-derived shorelines,
Other | 2025

Harley M; Ibaceta R; Splinter K; Turner I, 2025, Ninety years of shoreline change at Narrabeen Beach (Australia) from sub-daily to decadal time scales,

Conference Papers | 2023

Deshmukh AN; Harley MD; Evans JP; Turner IL, 2023, 'Extreme coastal waves due to East Coast Lows in a warming climate', in Australasian Coasts and Ports 2023 Conference, pp. 443 - 449

Conference Papers | 2023

Flocard F; Harley M; Carley J; Cox R, 2023, 'GLOBAL WAVE CLIMATE TRENDS: WHAT DO THE SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE WAVE BUOYS TELL US?', in Proceedings of the Coastal Engineering Conference

Conference Papers | 2023

HARLEY M; IBACETA R; LEAMAN C; SPLINTER K; TURNER IAN, 2023, 'DATA-DRIVEN MODELING OF COASTAL STORM EROSION: NARRABEEN BEACH, AUSTRALIA', in Coastal Sediments 2023, WORLD SCIENTIFIC, pp. 314 - 320, presented at Coastal Sediments 2023,

Conference Papers | 2023

Harley M; Drummond C; Kinsela M, 2023, 'COASTSNAP: A GLOBAL CITIZEN SCIENCE PROGRAM TO MONITOR CHANGING COASTLINES USING SMARTPHONES', in Proceedings of the Coastal Engineering Conference

Conference Papers | 2023

IBACETA R; HARLEY MD; VOS K; TURNER IL; SPLINTER KD, 2023, 'REGIONAL VARIABILITY IN EMBAYED BEACH ROTATION ACROSS SOUTHEAST AUSTRALIA', in Coastal Sediments 2023, WORLD SCIENTIFIC, pp. 1262 - 1271, presented at Coastal Sediments 2023,

Conference Papers | 2023

Ibaceta R; Splinter KD; Harley MD; Turner IL, 2023, 'PREDICTING SHORELINE EVOLUTION IN A CHANGING WAVE CLIMATE', in Proceedings of the Coastal Engineering Conference

Conference Papers | 2023

SCOTT TIM; HARLEY M; MASSELINK G; DE ALEGRÍA-ARZABURU AR; VALIENTE NG, 2023, 'CONTRIBUTION OF EXTREME STORMS TO COASTAL SEDIMENT BUDGETS: CAN THEY OFFSET SHORELINE RETREAT DUE TO SEA-LEVEL RISE?', in Coastal Sediments 2023, WORLD SCIENTIFIC, pp. 1902 - 1906, presented at Coastal Sediments 2023,

Preprints | 2023

Vos K; Harley M; Turner I; Splinter K, 2023, Pacific shoreline erosion and accretion patterns controlled by El Niño/Southern Oscillation,

Preprints | 2023

Warrick J; Buscombe D; Vos K; Bryan K; Castelle B; Cooper A; Harley M; Jackson D; Ludka B; Masselink G; Palmsten M; Ruiz de Alegria-Arzaburu A; Senechal N; Sherwood C; Short A; Sogut E; Splinter K; Stephenson W; Syvitski J; Woodroffe C; Young A, 2023, Evaluating Climate Signals on Global Coastal Shoreline Positions A commentary on “Influence of El Niño on the variability of global shoreline position” by Almar and colleagues.,

Conference Papers | 2023

Wilson KS; Harley MD; Splinter KD, 2023, 'Seasonal variability and climate controls of shoreline position in Australia', in Australasian Coasts and Ports 2023 Conference, pp. 344 - 350

Conference Papers | 2022

Doherty Y; Splinter KD; Harley M; Vos K, 2022, 'The Application of High-resolution PlanetScope Dove Satellite Imagery for Near-daily Shoreline Monitoring', in Australasian Coasts and Ports 2021 - Proceedings, pp. 378 - 382

Conference Papers | 2022

Drummond C; Blacka M; Harley M; Brown W, 2022, 'Smart Cameras for Coastal Monitoring', in Australasian Coasts and Ports 2021 - Proceedings, pp. 390 - 396

Conference Abstracts | 2022

Leaman C; Thran M; David D; Turner I; Harley M; Matheen N; Cuttler M; Hanson J; Splinter K; Kinsela M; Lowe R; Greenslade D; Zieger S; Taylor A, 2022, 'A multi-scale coastal storm hazards early warning system for Australia', in Proceedings of the Coastal Engineering Conference, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), Sydney, Australia, presented at 37th International Conference on Coastal Engineering, ICCE 2022, Sydney, Australia, 04 December 2022 - 09 December 2022,

Preprints | 2021

Harley M; Masselink G; de Alegría-Arzaburu AR; Valiente N; Scott T, 2021, Single Extreme Strong Sequence Can Offset Decades of Shoreline Retreat by Sea-level Rise,

Preprints | 2021

Uebelhoer L; Koon W; Harley MD; Lawes JC; Brander RW, 2021, Characteristics and beach safety knowledge of beachgoers on unpatrolled surf beaches in Australia,

Preprints | 2021

Vos K; Deng W; Harley MD; Turner IL; Splinter KD, 2021, Beach-face slope dataset for Australia,

Other | 2021

Vos K; Deng W; Harley MD; Turner IL; Splinter KD, 2021, Supplementary material to "Beach-face slope dataset for Australia",

Conference Abstracts | 2020

Ibaceta R; Splinter K; Harley M; Turner I, 2020, 'Enhanced shoreline modelling using data assimilation to include nonstationarity in wave climates', in Proceedings of the Coastal Engineering Conference, Vol. 36

Preprints | 2020

Ibaceta R; Splinter KD; Harley MD; Turner IL, 2020, Enhanced coastal shoreline modelling using an Ensemble Kalman Filter to include non-stationarity in future wave climates,

Conference Presentations | 2020

Leaman C; Harley M; Splinter K; Thran M; Kinsela M; Turner I, 2020, 'A new storm impact matrix combining both coastal flooding and erosion hazards'

Conference Abstracts | 2020

Vos K; Harley MD; Splinter KD; Walker A; Turner IL, 2020, 'BEACH SLOPES FROM SATELLITE-DERIVED SHORELINES', in Coastal Engineering Proceedings, Coastal Engineering Research Council, pp. 36 - 36,

Conference Papers | 2019

Ibaceta RJ; Harley MD; Splinter KD; Turner IL, 2019, 'Time-evolving controls of embayed beach rotation', in Australasian Coasts and Ports 2019 Conference, Hobart, Australia, pp. 637 - 643, presented at Australasian Coasts & Ports 2019 Conference –Hobart, Australia, 10-13 September 2019, Hobart, Australia, 10 September 2019 - 13 September 2019

Conference Papers | 2019

Leaman CK; Splinter KD; Harley MD; Turner IL; Kinsela MA, 2019, 'Could an early warning system have forecast the impacts of a recent coastal erosion event along the SE Australian coast?', in Australasian Coasts and Ports 2019 Conference, Hobart, Tasmania, pp. 755 - 761, presented at Australasian Coasts and Ports 2019 Conference: Future directions from 40 [degrees] S and beyond, Hobart, Tasmania, 10 September 2019

Conference Papers | 2019

Matheen N; Turner IL; Harley MD; Splinter KD; Simmons JA, 2019, 'How sensitive is storm erosion modelling to prior knowledge of pre-storm surf zone and nearshore bathymetry?', in Australasian Coasts and Ports 2019 Conference, Hobart, Tasmania, pp. 819 - 824, presented at Australasian Coasts and Ports 2019 Conference, Hobart, Tasmania, 10 September 2019

Conference Papers | 2019

VOS K; SPLINTER KD; HARLEY MD; SIMMONS JA; TURNER IL, 2019, 'TIME-SERIES OF SHORELINE CHANGE FROM PUBLICLY AVAILABLE SATELLITE IMAGERY', in Coastal Sediments 2019, WORLD SCIENTIFIC, pp. 2649 - 2656, presented at International Conference on Coastal Sediments 2019,

Conference Papers | 2019

Vos K; Harley MD; Splinter KD; Turner IL, 2019, 'Satellite-derived shorelines along the east coast of Australia between 1987 and 2019', in Australasian Coasts and Ports 2019 Conference, Hobart, Australia, pp. 1198 - 1203, presented at Australasian Coasts & Ports 2019 Conference – Hobart, Australia, 10-13 September 2019, Hobart, Australia, 10 September 2019 - 13 September 2019

Conference Papers | 2019

Zieger S; Greenslade D; Harley M; Turner I; Splinter K; Hansen J; Lowe R; Kinsela M; Cuttler M, 2019, 'Variable-resolution wave modelling for coastal applications', in Australasian Coasts and Ports 2019 Conference, Hobart, Australia, pp. 1262 - 1266, presented at Australasian Coasts and Ports 2019 Conference - Hobart, Australia, 10-13 Sep 2019, Hobart, Australia, 10 September 2019 - 13 September 2019

Conference Papers | 2018

Beuzen T; Splinter KD; Turner IL; Harley MD; Marshall LA; Palmsten ML; Stockdon HF; Plant NG, 2018, 'A probabilistic model of regional-scale response to extreme storm events', in Proceedings of the Coastal Engineering Conference

Conference Papers | 2017

Beuzen ; Splinter KD; Turner IL; Harley MD; Marshall L, 2017, 'Predicting storm erosion on sandy coastlines using a Bayesian network', in Australasian Coasts and Ports 2017 Conference, Cairns, Australia, pp. 102 - 108, presented at Australasian Coasts and Ports Conference, Cairns, Australia, 21 June 2017 - 23 June 2017

Conference Papers | 2017

Harley MD; Turner IL; Middleton J; Kinsela MA; Hanslow D; Splinter KD; Mumford P, 2017, 'Observations of beach recovery in SE Australia following the June 2016 east coast low', in Australasian Coasts and Ports 2017 Conference, Cairns, QLD, Australia, pp. 559 - 564, presented at Australasian Coasts and Ports Conference, Cairns, QLD, Australia, 21 June 2017 - 23 June 2017

Conference Papers | 2017

Phillips M; Blenkinsopp ; Splinter KD; Harley MD; Turner IL; Cox RJ, 2017, 'High-frequency observations of berm recovery using a continuous scanning Lidar', in Australasian Coasts & Ports 2017: Working with Nature, Engineers Australia, PIANC Australia and Institute of Professional Engineers New Zealand,, Cairns, Australia, pp. 872 - 878, presented at Australasian Coasts and Ports Conference, Cairns, Australia, 21 June 2017 - 23 June 2017,

Conference Papers | 2017

Simmons J; Harley MD; Turner IL; Splinter KD, 2017, 'Quantifying calibration data requirements for coastal erosion models: how many storms is enough?', in Australasian Coasts and Ports 2017 Conference, Cairns, Australia, pp. 978 - 984, presented at Australasian Coasts and Ports Conference, Cairns, Australia, 21 June 2017 - 23 June 2017

Other | 2016

Turner IL; Harley MD; Short AD; Simmons JA; Bracs ; Phillips M; Splinter , 2016, Data from: A multi-decade dataset of monthly beach profile surveys and inshore wave forcing at Narrabeen, Australia,

Conference Papers | 2015

De Vries S; Harley MD; De Schipper MA; Ruessink G, 2015, 'Dune growth due to aeolian sediment transport and the role of the beach and intertidal zone', in Wang P; Rosati JD; Cheng J (eds.), The Proceedings of the Coastal Sediments 2015, World Scientific, San Diego, presented at Coastal Sediments, San Diego, 11 May 2015 - 15 May 2015

Conference Papers | 2015

Harley MD; Barnard PL; Turner IL, 2015, 'Linkages between climate oscillations and coastal wave variability across the Pacific Basin', in Wang P; Rosati JD; Cheng J (eds.), The Proceedings of the Coastal Sediments 2015, World Scientific, San Diego, California, presented at Coastal Sediments, San Diego, California, 11 May 2015 - 15 May 2015

Conference Papers | 2015

Harley MD; Turner IL; Short AD; Bracs M; Phillips M; Simmons J; Splinter K, 2015, 'Four decades of coastal monitoring at Narrabeen-Collaroy Beach: the past, present and future of this unique dataset', Auckland, New Zealand, pp. 15 - 18, presented at Australasian Coasts and Ports Conference, Auckland, New Zealand, 13 September 2015 - 18 September 2015,

Conference Papers | 2015

Harley MD; Turner IL; Short AD; Bracs M; Phillips MS; Simmons JA; Splinter KD, 2015, '40 years and still going strong: the past, present and future of coastal monitoring at Narrabeen-Collaroy Beach', Forster NSW, presented at 24th NSW Coastal Conference, Forster NSW, 10 November 2015 - 13 November 2015

Conference Papers | 2015

Harley MD; Turner IL; Short AD; Bracs MA; Phillips MS; Simmons JA; Splinter KD, 2015, 'Four decades of coastal monitoring at Narrabeen-Collaroy Beach: The past, present and future of this unique dataset', in Australian Coasts and Ports 2015 Conference, pp. 378 - 383

Conference Papers | 2015

Phillips M; Turner I; Cox R; Splinter K; Harley M, 2015, 'Bringing back the sand: beach recovery following storm erosion', Forster NSW, presented at 24th NSW Coastal Conference, Forster NSW, 10 November 2015 - 13 November 2015

Conference Papers | 2015

Phillips MS; Turner IL; Cox RJ; Splinter KD; Harley MD, 2015, 'Will the sand come back? Observations and characteristics of beach recovery', in Australian Coasts and Ports 2015 Conference, Auckland, New Zealand, pp. 676 - 682, presented at Australasian Coasts and Ports Conference, Auckland, New Zealand, 15 September 2015 - 18 September 2015,

Conference Papers | 2015

Simmons J; Marshall L; Turner I; Splinter K; Cox R; Harley M; Hanslow D; Kinsela M, 2015, 'A Robust Method of Evaluating Coastal Numerical Models: the GLUE Approach', Forster NSW, presented at 24th NSW Coastal Conference, Forster NSW, 10 November 2015 - 13 November 2015

Conference Papers | 2015

Simmons JA; Marshall LA; Turner IL; Splinter KD; Cox RJ; Harley MD; Hanslow DJ; Kinsela MA, 2015, 'A more rigorous approach to calibrating and assessing the uncertainty of coastal numerical models', in Australian Coasts and Ports 2015 Conference, Auckland, New Zealand, pp. 821 - 827, presented at Australasian Coasts & Ports Conference 2015, Auckland, New Zealand, 15 September 2015 - 18 September 2015

Conference Papers | 2015

drummond CD; Turner IL; Matheen ANA; Harley MD; Glamore , 2015, 'UAV Applications to Coastal Engineering', in Australasian Coasts & Ports Conference 2015, Auckland, New Zealand, pp. 267 - 272, presented at Australasian Coasts & Ports Conference 2015, Auckland, New Zealand, 15 September 2015 - 18 September 2015

Conference Papers | 2012

Harley M; Valentini A; Armaroli C; Ciavola P; Perini L; Calabrese L; Marucci F, 2012, 'An early warning system for the on-line prediction of coastal storm risk on the Italian coastline', in Proceedings of the Coastal Engineering Conference

Conference Papers | 2012

Harley M; Valentini A; Armaroli C; Ciavola P; Perini L; Calabrese L; Marucci F, 2012, 'An early warning system for the on-line prediction of coastal storm risk on the Italian coastline', in Proceedings of the Coastal Engineering Conference,

Conference Papers | 2011

Kearney E; Harley MD; Turner IL; Wyeth B; Goodwin I, 2011, 'An energy based empirical model of storm-induced shoreline erosion, Gold Coast, Australia.', in Conference proceedings of Coasts and ports 2011, Engineers Australia, Canberra, Australia, pp. 191 - 196, presented at 20th Australasian Coastal and Ocean Engineering Conference 2011 and the 13th Australasian Port and Harbour Conference 2011, COASTS and PORTS 2011, Perth, WA, 28 September 2011 - 30 September 2011

Reports | 2011

Shand TD; Goodwin ID; Mole MA; Carley JT; Browning S; Coghlan IR; Harley MD; Peirson WL; Harley M, 2011, NSW Coastal Inundation Hazard Study: Coastal Storms and Extreme Waves, WRL TR2010/16,

Conference Papers | 2010

Turner IL; Harley MD, 2010, 'Wave climate variability and coastal change - the value of sustained coastal monitoring around Australia's coastline', in Greenslade D; Hemer M; Symonds G; Craig P (eds.), Proceedings of the Australian Wind Waves Research Science Symposium, Centre for Australian Weather and Climate Research, Melbourne, Vic, pp. 66 - 69, presented at Australian Wind Waves Research Science Symposium, Gold Coast, Queensland, 19 May 2010 - 20 May 2010

Conference Papers | 2009

Harley MD; Turner IL; Short AD; Ranasinghe R, 2009, 'An empirical model of beach response to storms - SE Australia', in Proceedings of Australasian Coasts and Ports Conference 2009, New Zealand Coastal Society, Wellington, NZ, presented at Australasian Coasts and Ports Conference 2009, Wellington, New Zealand, 16 September 2009 - 18 September 2009

Conference Papers | 2008

Harley MD; Turner IL; Short A; Ranasinghe R, 2008, 'Rotation and oscillation of an embayed beach.', in COASTAL ENGINEERING 2008, VOLS 1-5, World Scientific Publ Co Pte Ltd, Singapore, presented at 31st International Conference on Coastal Engineering, Hamburg, Germany, 01 September 2008 - 05 September 2008

Conference Papers | 2007

Harley MD; Turner IL; Short A; Ranasinghe R, 2007, 'Nearshore wave climate and localised erosion during high wave events - SE Australia', in Coasts and Ports 2007, Melbourne, presented at Coasts and Ports 2007, Melbourne, 18 July 2007 - 20 July 2007

Conference Papers | 2007

Harley MD; Turner IL; Short AD; Ranasinghe R, 2007, 'Accessing the accuracy and applicability of a multi-decadal beach survey dataset', in Proceedings of the Coastal Engineering Conference, pp. 4000 - 4008,

Conference Papers | 2006

Harley MD; Turner IL; Short AD; Ranasinghe R, 2006, 'Assessing the accuracy and applicability of a multi-decadal beach survey dataset', in Townend IH (ed.), 30th International Conference on Coastal Engineering, World Scientific, Singapore, pp. 4000 - 4009, presented at 30th International Conference on Coastal Engineering, San Diego, Californa, USA, 03 September 2006 - 08 September 2006

Conference Papers | 2006

Turner IL; Harley MD, 2006, 'Assessing the accuracy and applicability of a multi-decadal beach survey dataset', in nil, San Diego, Californa, USA, pp. 514 - 514, presented at nil, San Diego, Californa, USA, 24 September 2006 - 29 September 2006

Conference Papers | 2006

Turner IL; Harley MD, 2006, 'Monitoring beach processes using conventional, RTKGPS and video-derived survey methods: Narrabeen Beach, Australia', in COASTGIS 2006, Wollongong, NSW, pp. 44 - 45, presented at COASTGIS`06, Wollongong, NSW, 13 July 2006 - 16 July 2006

Conference Papers | 2005

Harley MD; Turner IL; Short A; Ranasinghe R, 2005, 'Comparison of image-derrived, RTK-GPS and conventional beach survey methods', in Coasts and Ports - Australasian Coastal and Ocean Engineering Conference, Adelaide, Sth Aust, presented at Coasts and Ports - Australasian Coastal and Ocean Engineering Conference, Adelaide, Sth Aust, 20 September 2005 - 23 September 2005

Preprints |

Doherty Y; Harley MD; Vos K; Splinter KD, A Python Toolkit to Monitor High-Resolution Shoreline Change Using Planetscope Cubesats,

Some examples of technologies and programs developed by A/Prof. Harley and his team include:

CoastSnap community beach monitoring: a global citizen science program (endorsed as ) that now operates in��35 countries and over 600 permanent monitoring stations worldwide
: an open-source software toolkit to��obtain time-series of shoreline position at any sandy coastline worldwide using publicly-available satellite imagery (developed by Kilian Vos)
Coastal Hazard Early Warning Systems: numerical-model frameworks to forecast coastal erosion and flooding hazards up to 16 days in advance (in Australia and )
: computer vision techniques to improve swimmer safety and reduce drownings (with the )
the : one of the longest beach survey programs worldwide, started by Prof. Andrew Short in 1976 and continuing for almost 50 years

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CURRENT PHD STUDENTS

Anmol Goyal (2025-present)��Rip current detection from satellites
David Stead��(2025-present)��Data-driven storm erosion modelling��using high-resolution satellite-derived shorelines
Rachel Irvine (2024-present) Understanding rip current detection
Shenyang Qian (2024-present)��Rip current detection using AI
Imee Bren Villaba (2024-present) Extreme Wave Modelling Across Eras:Past, Present, and Future
Bixuan Dong��(2023-present)��Shoreline modelling on embayed beaches using planform equations
Katie Wilson (2022-present) Seasonal forecasting of shoreline change across Australia

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Jono Sebban��(2024-present) Forecasting the oceanic state at Olympic surfing venues using emerging technologies

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FORMER PHD STUDENTS

Aditya Deshmukh (2021-2024)��Wave Climate Projections along the Southeast Australian Coastline using Regional Climate Models
Chris Lehmann (2018-2022)��Regional-Scale Forecasting for Coastal Storm Hazard Early Warning Systems
Raimundo Ibaceta (2018-2022)��Seasonal to Interannual Shoreline Variability in a Changing Wave Climate
Kilian Vos (2018-2022)��Satellite remote sensing in coastal sciences: shoreline monitoring, beach��slopes and multi-decadal climate variability
Nashwan Matheen (2018-2022)��An Early Warning System modelling framework for 'hot-spot' erosion forecasting along wave-dominated sandy coastlines
Tomas Beuzen (2016-2019)��Modelling coastal storm erosion using Bayesian networks
Matthew Phillips (2014-2018)��Wave-driven recovery of sandy beaches following storm erosion
Joshua Simmons (2014-2018)��Improved model calibration techniques for predicting coastal storm erosion

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