Cross-shore surfzone tracer dispersion in an alongshore current

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 115, Issue 10, 2010, Pages

  Clark, David B ^a   Feddersen, Falk ^a   Guza, R T ^a  

^a INTEGRATIVE OCEANOGRAPHY DIVISION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIFFUSION; DISPERSION (WAVES); DISPERSIONS;

ALONGSHORE CURRENT; CALIFORNIA; CROSS-SHORE TRANSECTS; DIFFUSIVITIES; EDDY MIXING; ENSEMBLE-AVERAGED; FICKIAN DIFFUSION; FLUORESCENT DYES; LENGTH SCALING; PEAK VALUES; ROTATIONAL MOTION; SCALINGS; SHEAR DISPERSION; SURF ZONES; TRACER CONCENTRATION; TRACER DISPERSION;

COASTAL ENGINEERING;

CORRELATION; EDDY; FLUORESCENCE; NEARSHORE DYNAMICS; SHORELINE; SURF ZONE; TRACER; WAVE FORCE;

CALIFORNIA; HUNTINGTON BEACH; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77958529532     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009JC005683     Document Type: Article

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