Abstract
AbstractThe effect of the supermoon, which appears much larger than a normal full moon, on the morphological changes of a sandy beach was investigated by analyzing a 25‐year daily observation data set of beach morphology in the swash zone. The beach morphology fluctuated in two cycles related to the supermoon: the semisynodic month cycle (from full moon to new moon, and vice versa) and the anomalistic month cycle (from perigee to perigee). The supermoon makes the erosion of the upper swash zone more likely by generating a larger tidal range. The high‐water‐level contour positions observed during supermoons retreated significantly, although there were no trends in the change for all the observations. Erosion due to high waves coincident with a supermoon can be expected to be more severe in the upper swash zone; including the supermoon effect in beach morphodynamic models can improve coastal management.
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