Characteristics of ocean gravity waves off the Cape South West coast

• Main Author: Shillington, Frank Alan
• Other Authors: Harris, T F W, Hennessy, Thomas Richard
• Format: Master Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: University of Cape Town 1974
• Subjects: Oceanography; Drake Passage; Draper
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/17789; https://open.uct.ac.za/bitstream/11427/17789/1/thesis_sci_1974_shillington_frank_alan.pdf

Ocean gravity waves have been recorded near Melkbosstrand with a Wemelsfelder float type wave recorder on a sea tower situated in water 13m deep and one Kilometre offshore. The half hour records, taken twice daily between July 1972 - June 1973, have been analysed in a format uniform with that of Dra...