pulation. Two methods were examined for calculating breaking wave dissipation rates for particularly robust days (110.5 -114.5). Velocity data were acquired using two electromagnetic current meters over the vertical mounted on a tower at mid-surf zone. The first method identified individual bores, which were ensemble averaged by phase over 30 minute records to obtain wave number spectra invoking Taylor's frozen turbulence hypothesis. Maximum dissipation rates underneath the bore cycle were shown to lag behind the sea surface elevation. The second method used 30 minute ensemble averaged spectra to obtain dissipation after Trowbridge and Elgar (2001). Dissipation rates calculated underneath each bore segment were orders of magnitude smaller when compared to the ensemble averaged technique.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:nps.edu/oai:calhoun.nps.edu:10945/1915 |
| Date | 06 1900 |
| Creators | Sweeny, Margaret E. |
| Contributors | Stanton, Timothy P., Thornton, Edward B., Naval Postgraduate School (U.S.)., Oceanography |
| Publisher | Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School |
| Source Sets | Naval Postgraduate School |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis |
| Format | xvi, 53 p. : col. ill., application/pdf |
| Rights | Approved for public release, distribution unlimited |
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