A Suggestion For Anticipating Alterations In Wave Action On Shores Consequent Upon Changes In Water Depths In Harbors And Coastal Waters

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• Personal Author:
  Kinsman, Blair ; Schubel, J. R. ; Carroll, George E. ; Glackin-Sundell, Mary
• Corporate Authors:
  New York Sea Grant Institute
• NOAA Program & Office:
  Sea Grant ; OAR (Oceanic and Atmospheric Research)
• Sea Grant Program:
  NYSGI/NYEXT (New York Sea Grant)
• Description:
  The most important fact to keep in mind is that ocean surface waves, like any waves, transmit energy. In the end, that energy, whose original source was the energy of the wind, is expended on the shore where it plays an important role in coastal erosion. The direction in which the wave energy is transmitted and which part of the coastline it will attack depends on the wave length and the depth of the water in which it runs.
• Series:
  Reference (State University of New York at Stony Brook. Marine Sciences Research Center) ; no.79-10 ; Special report (State University of New York at Stony Brook. Marine Sciences Research Center) ; no.27
• Sea Grant Document Number:
  NYSGI-T-79-013
• Document Type:
  Miscellaneous
• Place as Subject:
  New York (N.Y.) ; Atlantic coast (N.Y.)
• Rights Information:
  Public Domain
• Compliance:
  Library
• Download URL:
  https://repository.library.noaa.gov/view/noaa/43058/noaa_43058_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 2.47 MB]
• Collection(s):
  Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research (OAR) ; Sea Grant Publications
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:54f8a854622bea391574f99795b9bb37d74b599e3e0bdc17c135774e426e2fb5