Rip current evidence by hydrodynamic simulations, bathymetric surveys and UAV observation

Benassai, Guido; Aucelli, Pietro; Budillon, Giorgio; De Stefano, Massimo; Di Luccio, Diana; Di Paola, Gianluigi; Montella, Raffaele; Mucerino, Luigi; Sica, Mario; Pennetta, Micla

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-17-1493-2017

Articles | Volume 17, issue 9

https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-17-1493-2017

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https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-17-1493-2017

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Articles | Volume 17, issue 9

Research article

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12 Sep 2017

Research article |

| 12 Sep 2017

Rip current evidence by hydrodynamic simulations, bathymetric surveys and UAV observation

Guido Benassai, Pietro Aucelli, Giorgio Budillon, Massimo De Stefano, Diana Di Luccio, Gianluigi Di Paola, Raffaele Montella, Luigi Mucerino, Mario Sica, and Micla Pennetta

Data sets

Salerno wave records Provincia di Salerno http://www.rilevazioneondametrica.provincia.salerno.it,

Numerical simulations University of Naples Parthenope http://www.meteo.uniparthenope.it/public/data

Short summary

The study of the shallow coastal area of the Sele mouth in the Gulf of Salerno (southern Italy) identified the features of nearshore circulation, which often produced rip currents. The occurrence of a rip current cell circulation in restricted ranges of heights, periods and incident directions was related to the non-dimensional fall velocity parameter, which proved to be an efficient index for rip current formation.