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    Predicting wave-induced ripple equilibrium geometry

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    2013-06-28
    Author
    Nelson, Timothy R.  Concept link
    Voulgaris, George  Concept link
    Traykovski, Peter A.  Concept link
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    https://hdl.handle.net/1912/6300
    As published
    https://doi.org/10.1002/jgrc.20241
    DOI
    10.1002/jgrc.20241
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     Wave-induced ripples; Equilibrium ripples; Ripple height; Ripple wavelength; Ripple steepness 
    Abstract
    A comprehensive database of existing (since 1954) field and laboratory measurements of ripple geometry is compiled and combined with newly collected field data to examine the performance of ripple equilibrium predictors. Reanalysis of this enlarged ripple geometry data set reveals that ripples formed from monochromatic waves scale differently than ripples formed from random waves for many existing ripple predictors. Our analysis indicates that ripple wavelengths from the two data sets collapse into a single scaling when the semiorbital excursion and sediment grain diameter are used as normalizing factors. Ripple steepness remains relatively constant for both regular and irregular wave conditions, and it only slightly increases for shorter ripple wavelengths. These findings allowed for the development of a new equilibrium ripple predictor suitable for application in a wide range of wave and sediment conditions.
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    Author Posting. © American Geophysical Union, 2013. This article is posted here by permission of American Geophysical Union for personal use, not for redistribution. The definitive version was published in Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans 118 (2013): 3202–3220, doi:10.1002/jgrc.20241.
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    Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans 118 (2013): 3202–3220
     

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