Experiment at Duck, N.C., beach explores nearshore processes

Autor:	Asbury H. Sallenger, C. E. Long
Rok vydání:	1995
Předmět:	geography Oceanography geography.geographical_feature_category Incident wave General Earth and Planetary Sciences Storm Crest Bathymetry Geology Channel (geography)
Zdroj:	Eos, Transactions American Geophysical Union. 76:501-501
ISSN:	0096-3941
DOI:	10.1029/95eo00315
Popis:	Last year's first northeaster yielded a few surprises about the physics of nearshore oceanographic processes along a well-studied patch of the North Carolina coast. The storm winds and incident waves were typical, but nearshore currents and bathymetric response took an unexpected turn. An immense rip channel cut through the nearshore bar. Previous storm observations at this site had suggested that mean currents and bathymetry become uniform in the alongshore direction, but the rip channel challenged this assumption. Mapping after the storm showed that the bar crest in the vicinity of the rip had migrated up to 100 m seaward over an alongshore distance of 200 m.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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