Waves and shallow water
Waves and shallow water
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When waves travel into areas of shallow water, they begin to be affected by the ocean bottom. The free orbital motion of the water is disrupted, and water particles in orbital motion no longer return to their original position. As the water becomes shallower, the swell becomes higher and steeper, ultimately assuming the familiar sharp-crested wave shape. After the wave breaks, it becomes a wave of translation and erosion of the ocean bottom intensifies.
See also[edit]
- Ballantine scale
- Boussinesq approximation (water waves)
- Mild-slope equation
- Shallow water equations
- Stokes drift
- Undertow (water waves)
- Ursell number
- Wave shoaling
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