LONGSHORE CURRENTS AND NEARSHORE TOPOGRAPHIES, CHAPTER XXXII

Abstract

Validity of seven analytical formula as well as linear and non-linear multiple regressive schemes was tested using field data from the Outer Banks, North Carolina. Generally, agreement proved unsatisfactory. Field experiences indicate that the longshore current is a velocity field consisting of a multitude of velocity vectors whose basic pattern varies depending upon the regimes of wave-current-topography interaction. The need to recognize topography as a responding variable as well as a process variable in the physical scheme of longshore current is emphasized.

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Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1966
Accession Number
AD0661170

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  • Choule J. Sonu
  • David S. Mcarthur
  • James M. Mccloy

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  • Louisiana State University

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