Swell propagation across a wide continental shelf

The effects of wave refraction and damping on swell propagation across a wide continental shelf were examined with data from a transect of bottom pressure recorders extending from the beach to the shelf break near Duck, North Carolina. The observations generally show weak variations in swell energy...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hendrickson, Eric J.
Other Authors: T. Herbers
Language:en_US
Published: Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School 2013
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10945/32160