The stability of wave-driven rip current circulation

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 113, Issue 3, 2008, Pages

  Kennedy, A B ^a,b   Zhang, Y ^a  

^a University of Florida   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GROUNDWATER FLOW;

BASEFLOWS; BOTTOM FRICTION; COMPLEX FORMS; CONVECTIVE INSTABILITIES; EIGEN MODES; FAMILY RESEMBLANCE; LEADING ORDERS; NORMAL WAVES; NUMERICAL STABILITY ANALYSIS; OSCILLATION PERIODS; PARAMETERIZED; QUANTITATIVE VALUES; RIP CURRENTS; VARICOSE INSTABILITIES; VELOCITY FIELD; WAVE CURRENT INTERACTION;

CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS;

BASEFLOW; GROWTH RATE; JET; RIP CURRENT; STABILITY ANALYSIS; VORTICITY; WAVE FORCE; WAVE-CURRENT INTERACTION;

EID: 69549107383     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006JC003814     Document Type: Article

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