期刊
COASTAL ENGINEERING
卷 89, 期 -, 页码 106-119出版社
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.coastaleng.2014.04.001
关键词
Rip currents; Surf zone flow pattern; Oblique waves; Tidal longshore currents; Lagrangian measurements; GPS drifter; Dutch coast; Egmond aan Zee; Swimmer safety
资金
- Flood Control 2015 [1202362]
- Building with Nature [1204386]
- Swimmer Safety [HK3.7]
- Event-driven hydro and morphodynamics programme [1209342]
- Building with Nature under project [NTW 3.2]
- ERC Advanced Grant [291206-NEMO]
A field experiment on the nature of rip currents was conducted on the Dutch coast, which differs from previous rip current study sites because it is a wind-sea dominated environment with mostly obliquely incident waves and tidally-driven longshore currents. During the experiment three distinct flow patterns, obtained with GPS tracked drifter instruments, were observed: (1) a locally governed circulation cell, (2) an offshore current that is deflected shore parallel outside the surf zone and (3) a meandering longshore current. The transition from rip currents (flow patterns 1 and 2) to meandering longshore currents (flow pattern 3) occurred gradually within the tidal cycle with longshore currents prevalent at mid to high tide. Rip currents at this site appeared at depressions in the surf zone bar and typically occurred when the water level fell below NAP (equivalent to MSL), even in the presence of obliquely incident waves and tidally driven longshore currents. Hindcast simulations of the drifter experiments were performed with the numerical model XBeach and showed good agreement with field observations. The model was subsequently used to investigate the influence of tidal water level fluctuations, longshore currents and obliquely incident waves on rip currents. Rip currents were initiated when the water level dropped below a specific threshold with the magnitude of the rip current associated with the water level. The strength of the tidal current and its orientation with respect to the incident waves governed the offshore extent and orientation of the rip current. In contrast to other studies that suggest that rip currents solely occur under shore normal (or slightly oblique waves), in this study both observations and numerical model simulations indicate that rip currents can exist under large angles of wave incidence, when the rip channel is sufficiently wide and the wave height is small. 2014 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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