Video-imaged surf zone wave and roller structures and flow fields

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 107, Issue 7, 2002, Pages

  Govender, K ^a   Mocke, G P ^b   Alport, M J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^b DSI CSIR Nanotechnology Innovation Centre   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Digital correlation image velocimetry; Mean water levels; Roller areas; Roller slope; Time averaged velocities; Turbulence intensities

Indexed keywords

BREAKING WAVE; DIGITAL IMAGE; FLOW FIELD; SURF ZONE; TURBULENCE; WATER LEVEL;

EID: 0037101685     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000jc000755     Document Type: Article

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