Index Catalog // ScholarsArchive@OSU

Start Over

Filtering by: Creator Howd, Peter A. Language English [eng]

Wave variance partitioning in the trough of a barred beach

Creator:

Howd, Peter A., Oltman-Shay, Joan, and Holman, Robert A.

Abstract:

The wave-induced velocity field in the nearshore is composed of contributions from incident wind waves (f > 0.05 Hz), surface infragravity waves (f < 0.05 Hz, lkl < (σ²/gβ) and shear waves (f < 0.05 Hz, lkl > σ²/gβ), where ƒ is the frequency, σ = 2πf, k is the...

Resource Type:

Article
Edge waves in the presence of strong longshore currents

Creator:

Howd, Peter A., Bowen, Anthony J., and Holman, Robert A.

Abstract:

A form of the linear, inviscid shallow water wave equation which includes alongshore uniform, but cross-shore variable, longshore currents and bathymetry is presented. This formulation provides a continuum between gravity waves (either leaky or edge waves) on a longshore current, and the recently discovered shear waves. In this paper we...

Resource Type:

Article
Beach foreshore response to long-period waves in the swash-zone

Creator:

Howd, Peter A.

Abstract:

A field experiment designed to test the hypothesis that infragravity and lower frequency waves influence the patterns of erosion and deposition on the beach foreshore has been carried out. The data show coherent fluctuations in the foreshore sediment level which can be related to low frequency wave motions. The fluctuations...

Resource Type:

Masters Thesis
Edge waves in the presence of strong longshore currents

Creator:

Howd, Peter A.

Resource Type:

Dissertation