ON THE ORIGIN OF CERTAIN BREAKERS OFF THE ISLAND OF ARUBA.

Eastward-traveling swell developing into breakers and having a period estimated to be between 13 and 14 seconds appears intermittently along a beach on the lee side of Aruba, an island lying off the coast of Venezuela in the Trade Winds. It is suggested that waves, generated by winter storms off the...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Wilson,W. Stanley
Other Authors: JOHNS HOPKINS UNIV BALTIMORE MD CHESAPEAKE BAY INST
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: 1968
Subjects:
Physical and Dynamic Oceanography
(*OCEAN WAVES
*WIND)
OCEAN CURRENTS
MEASURING INSTRUMENTS
REFRACTION
POWER SPECTRA
DENSITY
OCEANOGRAPHIC EQUIPMENT
BATHYTHERMOGRAPH DATA
STORMS
BEACHES
MAPS
VENEZUELA
ISLANDS
CARIBBEAN SEA
ATLANTIC OCEAN
ARUBA
BREAKERS
NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN
WINTER
North Atlantic
Online Access:http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/AD0677052
http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=AD0677052
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Summary:Eastward-traveling swell developing into breakers and having a period estimated to be between 13 and 14 seconds appears intermittently along a beach on the lee side of Aruba, an island lying off the coast of Venezuela in the Trade Winds. It is suggested that waves, generated by winter storms off the mid-Atlantic coast of North America, propagate southward to Mona Passage where they are refracted in a shoal area and that they then propagate across the Caribbean Sea toward Aruba where they are refracted in a shoal area off the northwest tip of the island and arrive on the leeward coast. Evidence is presented to support this hypothesis. (Author)

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