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Rip Currents Beach Safety, Physical Oceanography, and Wave Modeling

Edited By: Stephen Leatherman and John Fletemeyer
293 pages, 152 illus, 24 tabs
Publisher: CRC Press
Rip Currents
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About this book

This volume is the culmination of research from over 100 coastal scientists, engineers, forecast meteorologists, lifeguard chiefs, and other practitioners from around the world who participated in the 1st International Rip Current Symposium. These experts identify advancements in research that will lead to a better understanding of the dynamics, mechanisms, and predictability of these dangerous currents, and lower the number of rip current drownings.

Contents

Future Challenges for Rip Current Research and Outreach
Robert W. Brander and Jamie H. MacMahan

Flash Rip Currents on Ocean Shoreline of Long Island, New York
Michael P. Slattery, Henry Bokuniewicz, and Paul Gayes

Rip Current Prediction at Ocean City, Maryland
Varjola Nelko and Robert A. Dalrymple

Analysis of Rip Current Rescues at Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina
Greg Dusek, Harvey Seim, Jeff Hanson, and David Elder

Methodology for Prediction of Rip Currents Using a Three-Dimensional Numerical, Coupled, Wave Current Model
George Voulgaris, Nirnimesh Kumar, and John C. Warner

Surf Zone Hazards: Rip Currents and Waves
Robert G. Dean and R. J. Thieke

Florida Rip Current Deaths: Forecasts and Statistics
James B. Lushine

Remote Sensing Applied to Rip Current Forecasts and Identification
Brian K. Haus

Effectiveness of Panama City Beach Safety Program
John R. Fletemeyer

Meteorological Data Analysis of Rip Current Drowning
Charles H. Paxton

Rip Current Hazards at Pensacola Beach, Florida
Chris Houser, Nicole Caldwell, and Klaus Meyer-Arendt

Rip Currents in the Great Lakes: An Unfortunate Truth
Guy Meadows, Heidi Purcell, David Guenther, Lorelle Meadows, Ronald E. Kinnunen, and Gene Clark

Beach Safety Management in Brazil
Lauro J. Calliari, Antonio Henrique da F. Klein, Miguel da G. Albuquerque, and Onir Mocellin

Rip Current Hazards on Large-Tidal Beaches in the United Kingdom
Timothy M. Scott, Paul Russell, Gerd Masselink, M. J. Austin, S. Wills, and A. Wooler

Tracing Sand Movement in Strong Japanese Rip Currents
Nicholas C. Kraus

Rip Currents: Terminology and Pro-Active Beach Safety
Stephen P. Leatherman

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Biography

Dr. Stephen Leatherman, Professor and Director of the Laboratory for Coastal Research at Florida International University, has authored/edited 16 books on coastal science, including one on beach safety published by Yale University Press in 2003. He holds his doctorate in coastal environmental sciences from the University of Virginia (1976).a
Edited By: Stephen Leatherman and John Fletemeyer
293 pages, 152 illus, 24 tabs
Publisher: CRC Press
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