Edge wave
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Surface gravity wave fixed by refraction against a rigid boundary, often a shoaling beach
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sinusoidally along it and diminishing exponentially in the offshore direction.[1]
References
- ISBN 0-521-45868-4
Further reading
- S2CID 122032422
- S2CID 122744100
- Chapman, C.J. (2001), "Energy paths in edge waves", Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 426 (1): 135–154, S2CID 119424411
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