RCEX: Rip Current EXperiment on Three-Dimensional Nearshore Circulation

Principal Investigators:

Jamie MacMahan, Tim Stanton, Ed Thornton, & Ad Reniers

Contributing Scientists:

Edie Gallagher, Nick Dodd, & Mark Moline

Students:

Jon Morrison, Jenna Brown, Jeff Brown, & Martijn Henriquez

Techincal Support:

Jim Stockel, Rob Wyland, Ron Cowen, Mark Orzech, & DT

Field Site: Sand City, Monterey Bay, CA

Experimental Dates: April 16-May 16, 2007

Sponsored By:

The experimental and numerical objectives are to observe:

1) vertical structure of the rip current along the axis of a rip channel,

2) rip current pulsations,

3) mixing and flow patterns in the rip current cell.

EXPERIMENTAL OVERVIEW

RCEX INSTRUMENTS

RCEX MODELING

Updates:

1 Check out the new article written about the experiment in New Scientist by Hugh Powell

2 New Video Dye Tracking Movie