State of Nearshore Processes Research: II
Author
Thornton, Ed
Dalrymple, Tony
Drake, Tom
Elgar, Steve
Gallagher, Edie
Guza, Bob
Hay, Alex
Holman, Rob
Kaihatu, Jim
Lippmann, Tom
Ozkan-Haller, Tuba
Date
2000-03Metadata
Show full item recordAbstract
Understanding nearshore processes is increasingly important because the majority of the
world’s coastlines are eroding. The increased threat of global warming and the resulting rise in sea level may accelerate erosion problems. Beaches are a primary recreational
area, are essential to commerce, and are important to nation defense, especially since the
end of the cold war. Increasing our knowledge of nearshore process is crucial both
economically and militarily.
Description
Report Based on the Nearshore Research Workshop, St. Petersburg, Florida, September 14-16, 1998, Technical Report NPS-OC-00-001
Rights
This publication is a work of the U.S. Government as defined in Title 17, United States Code, Section 101. Copyright protection is not available for this work in the United States.Collections
Related items
Showing items related by title, author, creator and subject.
-
Analysis of nearshore currents near a submarine canyon
Cushanick, Matthew Stephan (Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School, 2005-06);Accurate prediction of nearshore waves and currents is of critical importance in littoral naval operations. This study examines the effects of complex bathymetry on nearshore currents. Data collected by an array of 12 ... -
A numerical study of wind forcing in the eastern boundary current system off Portugal
Lopes da Costa, Carlos N. (Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School, 1989-09); NPS-68-89-007A high resolution, multi-level, primitive equation ocean model is used to examine the response to wind forcing of an idealized, flat-bottomed oceanic regime on a ß-plane, along the eastern ocean boundary off the west ... -
O(10-300M) SCALE VORTICITY AND DIVERGENCE IN THE NEARSHORE
Lenz, Paul W. (Monterey, CA; Naval Postgraduate School, 2018-06);Submesoscale turbulence in the nearshore is observed with purpose-built drifters to perform Lagrangian measurements of the vorticity and divergence of flows with length scales under 300 meters and on-time scales of a few ...