LONGSHORE CURRENTS AND NEARSHORE TOPOGRAPHIES
- 29 January 1966
- journal article
- Published by Coastal Engineering Research Council in Coastal Engineering Proceedings
- Vol. 1 (10) , 31
- https://doi.org/10.9753/icce.v10.31
Abstract
Validity of seven analytical formula as well as linear and non-linear multiple regressive schemes was tested using field data from the Outer Banks, North Carolina. Generally, agreement proved unsatisfactory. Field experiences indicate that the longshore current is a velocity field consisting of a multitude of velocity vectors whose basic pattern varies depending upon the regimes of wavecurrent- topography interaction. The need to recognize topography as a responding variable as well as a process variable in the physical scheme of longshore current is emphasized.Keywords
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