Measurement techniques for coastal waves and currents /

"November 1976."

Equatorial Pacific Ocean climate studies (EPOCS) : progress and plans.

"October 1985".

Interaction of waves and currents /

This report presents an overview of wave-current interacion, including comprehensive review of references to significant U.S. and foreign literature available through December 1981. Specific topics under review are the effects of horizontally and vertically varying currents on waves, wave refraction by currents, dissipation and turbulence, small- and medium-scale currents, caustics and focusing, and wave breaking. The results of the review are then examined for engineering applications. The most appropriate general-purpose computer program to include wave-current interaction is the Dutch Rijkswaterstaat program CREDIZ, which is based on a parabolic wave equation. Further applications include wave and current forces on structures and possibly sediment transport. The report concludes with a brief state-of-the-art review of wave-current interaction and a list of topics needing further research and development.

Effects of currents on waves /

"October 1981."

Nearshore tidal and nontidal currents, Virginia Beach, Virginia /

"April 1964."

Experimental study of longshore currents on a plane beach /

"January 1965."

Beach changes at Long Beach Island, New Jersey, 1962-73 /

Beach profile line data collected from 32 profile sites along Long Beach Island, New Jersey. A total of 2,158 profile line surveys were examined, using empirical eigenfunction analysis and other measures of beach variability. Most profile lines have shown an accretionary trend since 1962 with rates between 2.3 and 0.24 meter per year in spite of erosion estimates due to sea level rise on the order of 0.68 meter per year. A great deal of variability in profile line change takes place along the beach, increasing from north to south, due to the location of profile lines relative to structures and offshore linear shoals. Detailed closely spaced profile lines taken over a year in a groin field near the north end of the island indicate littoral transport directions shift from north to south. Evidence of a littoral transport node near the north end of the groin field has been found. Net transport of the node is toward the south, but the rate could not be established due to lack of adequate wave data. Profile line variability within groin cells shows that single profile lines are not sufficient to determine the net change within a cell. The design of future beach monitoring studies should consider coastal structures, offshore bathymetry, the method of analysis, and the scales of processes under study. A coastal storm in November 1968 moved the MSL back as much as 22 meters; however, the beach recovered without artificial measures. The offshore bathymetry shows a series of shoreface-connected linear shoals at several locations along the island. Limited data show that these have remained stable and that most beach variability takes place in water shallower than 3 meters.

Annotated bibliography on wave-current interaction /

This annotated bibliography discusses 60 key publications dealing with wave-current interaction. Each entry includes a bibliographic identification, keywords, a discussion of contents, and a statement of coastal engineering significance. An index of the entries by keywords is provided in an appendix. The recent growth of the wave-current interaction field is indicated by the fact that more than 30 percent of the selected publications were published in 1978 and 1979. (Author).

Nearshore current model workshop summary /

"Prepared for Office, Chief of Engineers, U.S. Army."

A wind- and wave-driven nearshore current model : the one-dimentional model /

Cover title.

Oceanographic and meteorological conditions during a ship mooring force study /

"August 1985."

SUPERDUCK marine meteorological experiment data summary : mean values and turbulence parameters /

"August 1988."

SUPERDUCK nearshore processes experiment data summary : CERC field research facility /

Cover title.

Topex/Poseidon, a United States/France mission : oceanography from space : the oceans and climate.

"Mission to Planet Earth."

The Labrador current between Hamilton Inlet and the Strait of Belle Isle, July 1968 /

"CG 373-41."