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Creator:: Holman, R. A. and Bowen, A. J.
Abstract:: In shallow water, any two waves of the same frequency are shown to produce complex patterns of drift velocity above the sea bed. If the longshore components λ₁, λ₂ of the wave numbers of the two waves are different, these steady flow patterns exhibit a longshore periodicity of wave number...
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Creator:: Holland, K. T. and Holman, Robert A.
Abstract:: Alongshore-separated time series of natural swash motions were obtained over a range of environmental conditions using a video technique. Although the frequency spectra and normalized wavenumber spectra for these motions were particularly bland, wavenumber-frequency spectra of these data showed clear partitions of infragravity band energy levels associated with various wave...
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Creator:: Holland, K. T. and Holman, Robert A.
Abstract:: Cartwright and Longuet-Higgins (1956) describe the statistical distribution of maxima that would result from the linear superposition of random, Gaussian waves. The distribution function depends solely upon the relative width of the power spectrum and root-mean-square value of the process time series. Runup field data from three experiments are presented...
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Full Text:: , New York, 1986. Birkemeier, W. A., K. K. Hathaway, J. M. Smith, C. F. Baron, and M.W. Leffler

Creator:: Holland, K. T., Raubenheimer, B., Guza, R. T., and Holman, Robert A.
Abstract:: Runup kinematics on a gently sloping natural beach are examined with detailed measurements from video images, resistance wires deployed at five elevations (between 5 and 25 cm) above and parallel to the beach face, and pressure sensors located in the inner surf zone. As suggested in a previous study comparing...
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Creator:: Watts, A. B., Weissel, J. K., Duncan, Robert A., and Larson, R. L.
Abstract:: We have combined shipboard and Seasat altimeter derived data in an intergrated geological and geophysical study of the Louisville Ridge; a 3500-km-long seamount chain extending from the Tonga trench to the Eltanin Fracture Zone. A break in the smooth trend of the ridge at latitude 37.5°S has been recognized in...
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Full Text:: . WATTS 1 AND J. K. WEISSEL Lamont-Doherty Geological Observatory, Palisades, New York R. A. DUNCAN

Creator:: Ralston, David K., Geyer, W. Rockwell, Lerczak, James A., and Scully, Malcolm
Abstract:: Turbulent mixing of salt is examined in a shallow salt wedge estuary with strong fluvial and tidal forcing. A numerical model of the Merrimack River estuary is used to quantify turbulent stress, shear production, and buoyancy flux. Little mixing occurs during flood tides despite strong velocities because bottom boundary layer...
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Full Text:: estuary Turbulent mixing in a strongly forced salt wedge estuary David K. Ralston,1 W. Rockwell Geyer,1

Creator:: Dewey, Richard K., Moum, James N., Paulson, Clayton A., Caldwell, Douglas R., and Pierce, Stephen D.
Abstract:: Repeated microstructure transects across filaments in the coastal transition zone (CTZ) have Revealed fundamental structure and dynamics of the complicated features. The measurements allow detailed momentum and vorticity analyses and provide a possible explanations for structural asymmetry of the fronts. Observations made between July 2 and July 23, 1988, along...
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Full Text:: Coastal Filament RICHARD K. DEWEY, 1 JAMES N. MOUM, CLAYTON A. PAULSON, DOUGLAS R. CALDWELL, AND

Creator:: Dewey, Richard K., Moum, James N., and Caldwell, Douglas R.
Abstract:: This paper presents observations of a dynamic minifilament and summarizes the findings of three microstructure surveys across and within the meandering current structures of the Coastal Transition Zone (CTZ). An actively turbulent minifilament is discussed and possible consequences of the small-scale processes with regard to frontal dynamics are examined. Four...
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Full Text:: Microstructure Activity Within a Minifilament in the Coastal Transition Zone RICHARD K. DEWEY Science

Creator:: Ralston, David K., Geyer, W. Rockwell, and Lerczak, James A.
Abstract:: The tidally varying circulation, stratification, and salt flux mechanisms are investigated in a shallow salt wedge estuary where fluvial and tidal velocities are large and the steady baroclinic circulation is comparatively weak. The study integrates field observations and numerical simulations of the Merrimack River estuary. At moderate to high discharge...
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Full Text:: , variability, and salt flux in a strongly forced salt wedge estuary David K. Ralston,1 W. Rockwell Geyer,1 and

Creator:: Lentz, S. J., Shearman, R. K., and Plueddemann, A. J.
Abstract:: Heat and salt balances over the New England shelf are examined using 10 month time series of currents, temperature, and salinity from a four element moored array and surface heat and freshwater fluxes from a meteorological buoy. A principal result is closure of the heat budget to 10 W m−2....
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Full Text:: . J., R. K. Shearman, and A. J. Plueddemann (2010), Heat and salt balances over the New England

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