Rip Research
Supporting Research
September 1, 2009, 3:03 pm
New Way to Beat Rip Currents: Tread Water
By John Tierney
Dr. MacMahan, an oceanography professor at the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, Calif., found that the conventional image of a rip current is inaccurate - that it's actually not a long plume of fast-moving water running out to sea. Instead, rip currents more closely resemble whirlpools, with strong, persistent eddies that circulate throughout the surf zone, Dr. MacMahan reports in an article to be published in Marine Geology''
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| US scientis using beacons to collect rip data |
Articles to be presented at the 2010 International Rip Symposium
Jamie MacMahan, Jenna Brown, Ad Reniers, Ed Thornton, and Tim Stanton
Castelle B.1,*, Michallet H.2, Marieu V.1, Bonneton P.1, Dubardier J.1 and Leckler F.1
By John Fletemeyer and Stephen Leatherman Laboratory for Coastal Research Florida International University Miami, Florida 33199
Bob Dean University of Florida
Jenna Brown, Jamie MacMahan, Ad Reniers, Ed Thornton, and Tim Stanton
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| DR Rob Branders Dye release |