Modeling rip current circulations and vorticity in a high-energy mesotidal-macrotidal environment

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 116, Issue 7, 2011, Pages

  Bruneau, N ^a,b   Bonneton, P ^b   Castelle, B ^b   Pedreros, R ^c  

^a NATIONAL LABORATORY FOR CIVIL ENGINEERING   (Portugal)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c BRGM   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVECTION; ELECTRON ENERGY LOSS SPECTROSCOPY; ENERGY DISSIPATION; ENERGY DISSIPATORS; EXPERIMENTS; HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS; PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; WAVE ENERGY CONVERSION; WAVE PROPAGATION;

ADVECTION DIFFUSION EQUATION; BREAKING WAVES; FIELD DATA; FIELD EXPERIMENT; FLOW PREDICTION; FORCING TERMS; GOOD CORRELATIONS; HIGH ENERGY; MAIN CHARACTERISTICS; MODELING STRATEGY; MOMENTUM EQUATION; RADIATION STRESS; RIP CURRENTS; ROTATIONAL COMPONENT; SPATIAL GRADIENTS; SURF ZONES; TIME VARYING; TIME-AVERAGED; VERTICAL VORTICITY; WAVE FORCING; WAVE PROPAGATION DIRECTION; WAVE-DRIVEN CIRCULATION;

VORTICITY;

ADVECTION-DIFFUSION EQUATION; CORRELATION; ENERGY DISSIPATION; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; MOMENTUM; RADIATIVE FORCING; RIP CURRENT; SURF ZONE; VERTICAL MIXING; VORTICITY; WAVE FORCE;

AQUITAINE; BISCARROSSE BEACH; FRANCE; LANDES;

EID: 79961216865     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010JC006693     Document Type: Article

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