Wave Refraction Phenomena over the Continental Shelf near the Chesapeake Bay Entrance.

Abstract

Based on the refraction equations that account for the combined effects of bottom topography and spherical earth effects, and correct to the Mercator Projection, a computer refraction program was written and specialized to the area near the Chesapeake Light Station. A cubic spline interpolation scheme is used to define the depth value at each grid point from available depth data in appropriate bathymetric charts. In this computer program a change of mesh size is allowed to meet the change of topographic scale.

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 01, 1974
Accession Number
ADA002056

Entities

People

  • Yung-yao Chao

Organizations

  • New York University

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Bays
  • Chesapeake Bay
  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Continental Shelves
  • Equations
  • Interpolation
  • Landforms
  • Mathematics
  • Refraction
  • Topography

Readers

  • Coastal Oceanography
  • Finite Element Method (FEM) for solving Partial Differential Equations (PDEs)
  • Geodesy