Nearshore Processes

Abstract

LONG TERM GOALS. The long-term goals are to understand the transformation of surface gravity waves propagating across the nearshore to the beach, the corresponding wave-driven circulation, and the associated evolution of surfzone morphology. OBJECTIVES. The objectives in FY 97 are to obtain comprehensive field observations on a bathymetrically complex natural beach to develop, test, and improve models describing the transformation of surface waves across the nearshore and surfzone; breaking wave-driven setup and near-bottom circulation; evolution of the nearshore bathymetry in response to waves and circulation; and additional objective is to provide data supporting other Sandy Duck studies of wave transformation, sediment transport, and acoustic properties.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 30, 1997
Accession Number
ADA634842

Entities

People

  • R. T. Guza
  • Steve Elgar

Organizations

  • Washington State University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Acoustic Properties
  • Boundaries
  • Computer Science
  • Computers
  • Electrical Engineering
  • Engineering
  • Gravity Waves
  • Information Operations
  • Personal Information Managers
  • Pressure Gages
  • Sedimentation
  • Surface Waves
  • Universities
  • Waves

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Coastal Oceanography