Pressure-gradient-driven nearshore circulation on a beach influenced by a large inlet-tidal shoal system

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 116, Issue 4, 2011, Pages

  Shi, F ^a   Hanes, D M ^b   Kirby, J T ^a   Erikson, L ^b   Barnard, P ^b   Eshleman, J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEACHES; GRAVITATIONAL EFFECTS; GRAVITY WAVES; OCEAN CURRENTS; REFRACTION; WATER WAVES;

ALONGSHORE CURRENT; COUPLED WAVES; CURRENT MAGNITUDES; FIELD EXPERIMENT; FIELD MEASUREMENT; FLOW CONVERGENCE; FLOW REVERSALS; MOMENTUM BALANCES; NEAR-SHORE WAVES; NEARSHORE CIRCULATION; NEARSHORE CIRCULATION MODELS; NONUNIFORM; NONUNIFORMITY; NUMERICAL SIMULATION; PRESSURE FIELD; SAN FRANCISCO BAY; SPATIAL VARIATIONS; SURF ZONES; SURFACE GRAVITY WAVES; TIDAL FORCING; TIDAL SHOAL; WAVE CONDITIONS; WAVE FOCUSING; WAVE HEIGHTS; WAVE PATTERNS; WAVE REFRACTION; WAVE SETUP;

COASTAL ENGINEERING;

GRAVITY WAVE; MOMENTUM; NEARSHORE DYNAMICS; PRESSURE GRADIENT; SHOALING WAVE; TIDAL CURRENT; WAVE DIRECTION; WAVE HEIGHT;

CALIFORNIA; OCEAN BEACH; SAN FRANCISCO; SAN FRANCISCO BAY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79955406232     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010JC006788     Document Type: Article

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