By Associate Professor Mitchell Dean Harley

Conference Papers

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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, http://dx.doi.org/10.26190/unsworks/25791

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, http://dx.doi.org/10.26190/unsworks/25792

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

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

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

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

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, http://dx.doi.org/10.9753/icce.v33.management.77

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

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

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

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

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

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, http://dx.doi.org/10.1142/9789812709554_0336

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

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

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

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

Conference Presentations

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

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, http://dx.doi.org/10.9753/icce.v37.management.61

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

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, http://dx.doi.org/10.9753/icce.v36v.sediment.36

Reports

Fellowes T; Flocard F; Carley J; Harley M, 2025, Synthesis of historical and future New South Wales wave climate, Water Research Laboratory, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, UNSW Sydney, Manly Vale, NSW 2093, WRL TR2024/19

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, http://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/research-and-publications/publications-search/nsw-coastal-inundation-hazard-study-coastal-storms-and-extreme-waves

Working Papers

Vos K; Harley MD; Splinter KD; Walker A; Turner IL, 2020, Beach slopes from satellite-derived shorelines, http://dx.doi.org

Leaman C; Harley M; Splinter K; Thran A; Kinsela M; Turner I, A Storm Hazard Matrix combining coastal flooding and beach erosion, California Digital Library (CDL), http://dx.doi.org10.31223/x5q592

Vos K; Harley MD; Splinter K; Walker A; Turner IL, Beach slopes from satellite-derived shorelines, Wiley, http://dx.doi.org10.1002/essoar.10502903.2

Vos K; Harley M; Turner I; Splinter K, Large regional variability in coastal erosion caused by ENSO, Research Square Platform, http://dx.doi.org10.21203/rs.3.rs-666160/v1

Preprints

Harley MD; Ibaceta R; Turner IL; Splinter KD; Bracs M; Doherty Y; Matheen N; Middleton JH; Phillips M; Vos K; Short AD, 2026, A 91-year multi-method shoreline dataset from sub-daily to decadal time scales at Narrabeen-Collaroy Beach, Australia, http://dx.doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-9461775/v1

Dong B; Harley MD; Splinter KD, 2026, Revisiting the Log Spiral Model: Capturing Alongshore and Cross Shore Shoreline Variability of Embayed Beaches Using Satellite Observations, http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.7112663

Deshmukh AN; Harley MD; Evans JP; Turner IL; Luca AD, 2025, Extreme Coastal Waves due to Australian East Coast Lows in a Warming Climate, http://dx.doi.org/10.22541/essoar.175766717.72830865/v1

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., http://dx.doi.org/10.31223/x5w66t

Doherty Y; Harley MD; Vos K; Splinter KD, 2022, A Python Toolkit to Monitor High-Resolution Shoreline Change Using Planetscope Cubesats, http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4052360

Vos K; Deng W; Harley MD; Turner IL; Splinter KD, Beach-face slope dataset for Australia, http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/essd-2021-388

Uebelhoer L; Koon W; Harley MD; Lawes JC; Brander RW, Characteristics and beach safety knowledge of beachgoers on unpatrolled surf beaches in Australia, http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/nhess-2021-318

Ibaceta R; Splinter KD; Harley M; Turner I, Enhanced coastal shoreline modelling using an Ensemble Kalman Filter to include non-stationarity in future wave climates, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/essoar.10503626.1

Martins K; Bonneton P; Viron OD; Turner IL; Harley MD; Splinter K, New Perspectives for Nonlinear Depth-inversion of the Nearshore Using Boussinesq Theory, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/essoar.10512588.1

Vos K; Harley M; Turner I; Splinter K, Pacific shoreline erosion and accretion patterns controlled by El Niño/Southern Oscillation, http://dx.doi.org/10.31223/x5gx02

Harley M; Masselink G; de Alegría-Arzaburu AR; Valiente N; Scott T, Single Extreme Strong Sequence Can Offset Decades of Shoreline Retreat by Sea-level Rise, http://dx.doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-805900/v1

Other

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, http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu24-13785

Vos K; Deng W; Harley MD; Turner IL; Splinter KD, 2021, Supplementary material to "Beach-face slope dataset for Australia", http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/essd-2021-388-supplement

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, http://dx.doi.org/10.5061/dryad.28g01

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