SURF ZONE CURRENTS 

 Volume II. Annotated Bibliography 



by 

 David R. Basao and Rod A. Coleman 



I. INTRODUCTION 



Investigations of nearshore currents have primarily been motivated by the 

 desire to understand sediment transport, erosion, and accretion processes and, 

 in recent years, the transport and dispersion of pollutants. Those currents 

 generated by short-period surface gravity waves in water depths generally less 

 than 10 meters are particularly important. The major types include wave-driven 

 longshore currents and nearshore circulation cells, along with rip currents, 

 onshore-offshore flows caused by winds, and wind-induced alongshore flows. 



The articles of primary interest in this bibliograhy discuss analytical 

 theories, laboratory and field experiments, and numerical simulations of near- 

 shore and surf zone currents. Also included are related articles on measure- 

 ment technology, instrumentation to conduct experiments, and the following sub- 

 areas: wave thrust (radiation stress), wave setdown and setup, bed shear in 

 oscillatory flow, edge waves, wave breaking, bore theory, and momentum and 

 energy fluxes in the surf zone. Since the literature in some of the subareas 

 is extensive enough to warrant separate bibliographies, only some of the most 

 important or recent articles are included. A few sediment transport articles 

 are also included in cases where coastal hydrodynamics was investigated. 



II. SOURCE INFORMATION 



Each entry of the bibliography has a reference number, author or source 

 information, keywords, and when possible, a summary of the content of the arti- 

 cle. An alphabetical index of subject heading (keywords), indicating refer- 

 ence numbers of the sources is given as Appendix A. Most of the annotations 

 are condensed versions of summaries provided by the authors of the articles or 

 by Delft Hydraulic Laboratory (DHL), Dissertation Abstracts International (DAI), 

 and Oceanic Abstracts (AM). The source, when used, is indicated in parentheses 

 at the end of each summary. The complete bibliography was compiled from vari- 

 ous sources, including computer-based indexes, library card indexes, and vari- 

 ous journals, conference proceedings, etc. Appendix B provides a list of these 

 sources. 



