CROSS-SHORE STRUCTURE OF LONGSHORE CURRENTS DURING DUCK94
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Keywords

Duck94
crossshore structure
longshore current

How to Cite

Feddersen, F., Guza, R., Elgar, S., & Herbers, T. (1996). CROSS-SHORE STRUCTURE OF LONGSHORE CURRENTS DURING DUCK94. Coastal Engineering Proceedings, 1(25). https://doi.org/10.9753/icce.v25.%p

Abstract

The cross-shore structure of the mean longshore current on a barred beach is investigated with observations from the Duck94 field experiment. Maxima of the hourly-averaged longshore current are most frequently located either slightly inshore of the bar crest or near the shoreline. At low tide the longshore current maxima are located closer to the bar crest, and the current is stronger and narrower than at high tide. The tidal cross-shore displacement of the longshore current maximum is qualitatively consistent with the observed radiation stress, S , although the maximum currents are displaced shoreward of the maximum S gradients at both high and low tide. This spatial lag suggests that some mechanism (such as wave rollers) delays the transfer of momentum from waves to the mean low. Bathymetric longshore inhomogeneities may also affect the cross-shore structure of the longshore current.
https://doi.org/10.9753/icce.v25.%25p
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