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JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-OCEANS
Volume 108, Issue C8, Pages -Publisher
AMER GEOPHYSICAL UNION
DOI: 10.1029/2002JC001515
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forced wave motion; wavegroup forced waves; bottom-induced phase shift; observations of forced waves over variable depth
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The cross-shore propagation of group-bound long waves is investigated. A detailed laboratory data set from Boers [1996] is analyzed using primarily the cross-correlation function for a sequence of closely spaced cross-shore locations, thus visualizing the propagation of the short-wave envelope and attendant low-frequency motion in detail. The results confirm the previously observed lag of the forced subharmonics behind the short-wave envelope that increases with decreasing water depth. The forced subharmonics are found to be released and reflected at the shoreline and to propagate in offshore direction as free waves. A theoretical, linear model for the forced wave evolution accurate to first order in the relative bottom slope is presented; it predicts a bottom-slope induced, spatially varying phase shift between the short-wave envelope and forced waves which is in good agreement with the observations. The phase shift has dynamical consequences since it allows energy transfer between the short-wave groups and the forced low-frequency response.
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