Mean Lagrangian flow behavior on an open coast rip-channeled beach: A new perspective

Marine Geology

Volumn 268, Issue 1-4, 2010, Pages 1-15

  MacMahan, Jamie ^a   Brown, Jeff ^b   Brown, Jenna ^b   Thornton, Ed ^a   Reniers, Ad ^c,d   Stanton, Tim ^a   Henriquez, Martijn ^d   Gallagher, Edith ^e   Morrison, Jon ^a   Austin, Martin J ^f   Scott, Tim M ^f   Senechal, Nadia ^g  

^a NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

^b University of Delaware   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^d DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^e FRANKLIN AND MARSHALL COLLEGE   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

Author keywords

exchange; Lagrangian; rip current; surf zone

Indexed keywords

FLOW FIELDS; ION EXCHANGE; LAGRANGE MULTIPLIERS;

LAGRANGIAN; LAGRANGIAN OBSERVATIONS; LAGRANGIAN TRANSPORT; LARGE-SCALE VORTICES; RIP CURRENTS; SURF ZONES; TIME-AVERAGED VELOCITY; TRANSPORTING MATERIALS;

BEACHES;

FLOW PATTERN; FLOW VELOCITY; LAGRANGIAN ANALYSIS; NEARSHORE DYNAMICS; RIP CURRENT; SURF ZONE; VORTICITY;

CALIFORNIA; MONTEREY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 72649095418     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.margeo.2009.09.011     Document Type: Article

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