@article{fdi:010065535,
  title = {{O}n tridimensional rip current modeling},
  author = {{M}archesiello, {P}atrick and {B}enshila, {R}. and {A}lmar, {R}afa{\¨e}l and {U}chiyama, {Y}. and {M}c{W}illiams, {J}. {C}. and {S}hchepetkin, {A}.},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{D}o lateral shear instabilities of nearshore circulation account for a substantial part of {V}ery {L}ow-{F}requency ({VLF}) variability? {I}f yes, it would promote stirring and mixing of coastal waters and surf-shelf exchanges. {A}nother question is whether tridimensional transient processes are important for instability generation. {A}n innovative modeling system with tridimensional wave-current interactions was designed to investigate transient nearshore currents and interactions between nearshore and innershelf circulations. {W}e present here some validation of rip current modeling for the {A}quitanian coast of {F}rance, using in-situ and remote video sensing. {W}e then proceed to show the benefits of 3{D} versus 2{D} (depth-mean flow) modeling of rip currents and their low-frequency variability. {I}t appears that a large part of {VLF} motions is due to intrinsic variability of the tridimensional flow. 3{D} models may thus provide a valuable, only marginally more expensive alternative to conventional 2{D} approaches that miss the vertical flow structure and its nonlinear interaction with the depth-averaged flow.},
  keywords = {{R}ip current ; {I}ntrinsic variability ; {T}ridimensional modeling ; {V}ideo imaging ; {B}iscarrosse beach ; {FRANCE} ; {ATLANTIQUE}},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{O}cean {M}odelling},
  volume = {96},
  numero = {1},
  pages = {36--48},
  ISSN = {1463-5003},
  year = {2015},
  DOI = {10.1016/j.ocemod.2015.07.003},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010065535},
}