Entrance Channel Currents Naval Operating Base Midway Islands. Model Investigation

Abstract

The report describes a hydraulic model study of the problem of reducing to a minimum the hazardous navigation conditions at the mouth of the entrance channel, Midway Islands. An investigation of navigation conditions in the channel had been made before the model study was proposed. However, this investigation was primarily to provide navigators with information on sailing conditions in the channel during storms. The data obtained included the magnitude and direction of entrance channel currents, storm-wave characteristics at various locations around the barrier reef, records from two automatic tide gages, and meteorological data.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 01, 1948
Accession Number
AD0757398

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Communities of Interest

  • Ground and Sea Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Birds
  • Bodies Of Water
  • Channel Flow
  • Climate Change
  • Coral Reefs
  • Deep Water
  • Dredging
  • Flow
  • Landing Fields
  • Measurement
  • Midway Island
  • Models
  • Oceans
  • Pacific Ocean
  • Photographs
  • Stations
  • Waterways

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Coastal and Marine Engineering/Sediment Transport/Hydraulic Engineering