Short-Crested Breaking Waves and Vorticity

Abstract

The long-term goal is to determine the contribution of short-crested breaking waves to vorticity (and thus mixing) in nearshore regions and near strong flows from inlets or river mouths. The objectives of our research in FY12 were: *analyze field observations to determine the magnitude and variation of surfzone vorticity, *determine if individual breaking waves generate vorticity, and *obtain remote observations of breaking waves near the mouth of New River Inlet, NC, and begin analysis of breaking crest lengths

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 30, 2012
Accession Number
ADA572749

Entities

People

  • Britt Raubenheimer
  • David B. Clark
  • Steve Elgar

Organizations

  • Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

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Communities of Interest

  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

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  • Abstracts
  • Angle Of Incidence
  • Cameras
  • Demographic Cohorts
  • Diffusivity
  • High Resolution
  • Image Processing
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  • Instrumentation
  • Measurement
  • Observation
  • Photography
  • Regions
  • Remote Sensing
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Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

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  • Coastal Oceanography