Citation

Arthur RS. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans 1962; 67(7): 2777-2779.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1962, William Byrd Press for John Hopkins Press)

DOI

10.1029/JZ067i007p02777

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

A vorticity equation is applied to the flow of a rip current that transports water seaward through a surf zone. If a column of water stretches vertically as it moves into deeper water, the magnitude of the vorticity will increase along the streamline. An approximate solution indicates that the width of the current decreases as the depth increases. This action of the nonlinear inertial terms may help to explain the maintenance of a relatively narrow, concentrated pattern of streamlines observed in rips.

Keywords: Drowning; Drowning Prevention; Water Safety

Language: en