Modelling of rip currents during rdex

Ad Reniers; Graham Symonds; Ed Thornton

doi:10.1061/40566(260)50

Modelling of rip currents during rdex

Ad Reniers, Graham Symonds, Ed Thornton

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Abstract

Measurement data of a rip-current system are used in a comparison with model results to verify a coastal area model operating on the time scale of wave groups. The measurements were performed as part of the RDEX field experiment at Palm Beach (Australia). Continuous coverage of rip current velocities over a large number of tidal cycles was obtained, with wave conditions varying from calm to storm conditions. Video time exposures of the surf zone are used to calibrate the model dissipation coefficients by comparing the measured intensity and the computed roller energy. Selecting a subset of the measurements covering 11 days at the beginning of the experiment, the agreement with computed results is generally good.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Coastal Dynamics 2001
Publisher	American Society of Civil Engineers
Pages	493-499
Number of pages	7
ISBN (Print)	0784405662, 9780784405666
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1061/40566(260)50
Publication status	Published - 2001
Externally published	Yes
Event	4th Conference on Coastal Dynamics - Lund, Sweden Duration: 11 Jun 2001 → 15 Jun 2001

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Conference	4th Conference on Coastal Dynamics
Country/Territory	Sweden
City	Lund
Period	11/06/01 → 15/06/01

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