• DocumentCode
    407163
  • Title

    Ocean Beach, San Francisco, California mega rip currents on a dissipative beach

  • Author

    Smith, Francis James

  • Author_Institution
    California Univ., Berkeley, CA, USA
  • Volume
    1
  • fYear
    2003
  • fDate
    22-26 Sept. 2003
  • Abstract
    Summary form only given. Ocean Beach is a dissipative beach, which is associated with large powerful rip currents. The processes that cause these rip currents on Ocean Beach have not been studied. As well, the general dimension of size, shape and velocity (the 3-dimension seaward distance and vertical distance) of these rip currents are also unknown. This report looks at the coastal geography of these mega rip currents. Using video and GPS as observational tools locate and plot these rip currents.
  • Keywords
    oceanographic regions; 3-dimension seaward distance; California mega rip currents; GPS; Ocean Beach; San Francisco; coastal geography; dissippative beach; Geography; Global Positioning System; Oceans; Sea measurements; Shape; Storage area networks;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    OCEANS 2003. Proceedings
  • Conference_Location
    San Diego, CA, USA
  • Print_ISBN
    0-933957-30-0
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/OCEANS.2003.178600
  • Filename
    1282476