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Dec 31, 2015
Incoming and Outgoing Wave Interactions on Beaches
Publication: Coastal Engineering 1988
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A technique to decompose colocated random field measurements of wave elevation and current velocity into incoming (shoreward propagating) and outgoing (seaward propagating) components is presented. This decomposition technique, which is less sensitive to noise, enables us to determine the frequency dependent reflection coefficients and also the relative phase between the incoming and outgoing waves. The method is applied to C2S2 and NSTS data sets, from beaches with wide ranging characteristics and wave regimes. The results demonstrate the selective nature of beach absorption/reflection characteristics but are inconclusive in terms of a proper parameterization of reflections on natural beaches.
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Coastal Engineering 1988
Pages: 136 - 150
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© 1989 American Society of Civil Engineers.
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Published online: Dec 31, 2015
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Rao V. S. N. Tatavarti
Dept. of Oceanography, Dalhousie University, Halifax B3H 4J1, Canada.
David A. Huntley
Institute of Marine Studies, Plymouth Polytechnic, Drake Circus, Plymouth PL4 8AA, U.K.
Anthony J. Bowen
Dept. of Oceanography, Dalhousie University, Halifax B3H 4J1, Canada.
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