Surf zone diffusivity on a rip-channeled beach

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 114, Issue 11, 2009, Pages

  Brown, Jeff ^a   MacMahan, Jamie ^b   Reniers, Ad ^c,d   Thornton, Ed ^b  

^a University of Delaware   (United States)

^b NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^d DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEACHES; COASTAL ENGINEERING; DISPERSION (WAVES); DISPERSIONS; FLOW PATTERNS; OCEANOGRAPHY; SHEAR FLOW;

CIRCULATION TIME; DIFFUSIVITIES; MONTEREY BAY , CALIFORNIA; PARTICLE SEPARATION; PRIMARY MECHANISM; RELATIVE DIFFUSION; RELATIVE DIFFUSIVITY; RELATIVE DISPERSION; RIP CURRENTS; SURF ZONE WAVES; SURF ZONES; TIDAL ELEVATIONS; TURBULENT DIFFUSION; TURBULENT EDDY; WAVE FORCING;

DIFFUSION;

BEACH; CORRELATION; DIFFUSIVITY; FLOW PATTERN; POSITIONING SYSTEM; RIP CURRENT; SHEAR FLOW; SURF ZONE; WAVE BREAKING; WAVE DISPERSION;

CALIFORNIA; SAND CITY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 76749093758     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008JC005158     Document Type: Article

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