Observing surf-zone dispersion with drifters

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 37, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 2920-2939

  Spydell, Matthew ^a   Feddersen, Falk ^a   Guza, R T ^a   Schmidt, W E ^b  

^a INTEGRATIVE OCEANOGRAPHY DIVISION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIFFUSION; GRAVITY WAVES; OCEAN CURRENTS; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; SOIL MECHANICS; STATISTICS; WATER WAVES;

DIFFUSION EQUATION; SURF-ZONE; SURFACE GRAVITY WAVE;

COASTAL ZONES;

BATHYMETRY; BREAKING WAVE; COASTAL CURRENT; DIFFUSIVITY; DISPERSION; EDDY; GRAVITY WAVE; NEARSHORE DYNAMICS; OCEAN WAVE; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; SHORELINE; SIGNIFICANT WAVE HEIGHT; SURF ZONE;

EID: 38549121281     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2007JPO3580.1     Document Type: Article

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