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Back RCEX: Rip Current Experiment on Three-Dimensional Nearshore Circulation

Fiscal Year 2007
Division Graduate School of Engineering & Applied Science
Department Oceanography
Investigator(s) Stanton, Timothy P.
Sponsor Office of Naval Research (Navy)
Summary The objective of this proposal is to observe the 3D current circulation of rip channel/shoal systems in the nearshore. A combination of Eularian, Langrangian and remote sensing methods will be used by NPS faculty and collaborators at a site within Monterey Bay that maintains incised rip channels in the surf zone. A parallel modeling effort will extend the delft 3D nearshore circulation model to include vertical structure effects. This model is being transitioned as the new Navy Surfzone Circulation Model.
Keywords Nearshore Circulation Rip Currents Beach Morphology Surf Zone Models
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