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contributor authorHenderson, Stephen M.
contributor authorGuza, R. T.
contributor authorElgar, Steve
contributor authorHerbers, T. H. C.
date accessioned2017-06-09T17:18:11Z
date available2017-06-09T17:18:11Z
date copyright2006/04/01
date issued2006
identifier issn0022-3670
identifier otherams-82768.pdf
identifier urihttp://onlinelibrary.yabesh.ir/handle/yetl/4225918
description abstractPrevious field observations indicate that the directional spread of swell-frequency (nominally 0.1 Hz) surface gravity waves increases during shoreward propagation across the surf zone. This directional broadening contrasts with the narrowing observed seaward of the surf zone and predicted by Snell?s law for bathymetric refraction. Field-observed broadening was predicted by a new model for refraction of swell by lower-frequency (nominally 0.01 Hz) current and elevation fluctuations. The observations and the model suggest that refraction by the cross-shore currents of energetic shear waves contributed substantially to the observed broadening.
publisherAmerican Meteorological Society
titleRefraction of Surface Gravity Waves by Shear Waves
typeJournal Paper
journal volume36
journal issue4
journal titleJournal of Physical Oceanography
identifier doi10.1175/JPO2890.1
journal fristpage629
journal lastpage635
treeJournal of Physical Oceanography:;2006:;Volume( 036 ):;issue: 004
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