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EA:  ALONGSHORE_CURRENT_SPEED

Status: STD 2005/06/07
Code: 91
Concept definition: The <<WATER_CURRENT_SPEED>> of a <WATER_CURRENT> paralleling a <SHORE>, largely within the <SURF_ZONE>, caused by the excess <WATER> brought to the <SURF_ZONE> by the small net mass transport of <WATER_WAVE>s induced by <WIND>; alongshore current speed. Alongshore <WATER_CURRENT>s feed into rip <WATER_CURRENT>s.
 
Attribute value type: REAL
Unit equivalence class label: SPEED
 
Reference type: IR
Reference: [BOWD, "GLOSSARY OF MARINE NAVIGATION", "longshore current"]
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