TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1973//
TI  - Dynamics of rip currents
JO  - Journal of geophysical research: oceans
A1  - Tam, Christopher K. W.
SP  - 1937
EP  - 1943
VL  - 78
IS  - 12
N2  - The dynamics of rip currents is investigated using a set of shallow water equations with a horizontal eddy viscosity term. A boundary layer analysis is introduced based on the observed fact that rip currents are rather narrow. Similarity solutions of the model equations are found which seem to give reasonable representations of the velocity profile and other characteristics of rip currents. The mechanisms that are believed to be responsible for the formation of rip heads are studied. The turning of rip currents due to the longshore momentum carried by the entrained fluid is analyzed.<p /> <p>Language: en</p> 
LA  - en
SN  - 2156-2202
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/JC078i012p01937
ID  - ref1
ER  -