Nortek User Story Featuring CZMU Wave Monitoring Programme

Diver tends ADCP current profiler mounted on sea floor

The oceanographic equipment company Nortek has featured the work done by the CZMU on its website as a user story. You can read the story via the link below:

Nortek CZMU User Story

Tags:

oceanography

wave

risk

monitoring

engineering

Glossary of Terms

Seashore

(Law) All ground between the ordinary high-water and low-water mark.

The shore of the sea or ocean, often used in a general sense (e.g. to visit the seashore).
An area of sandy stony rock or rocky land bordering and level with the sea.

Rock

An aggregate of one or more minerals; or a body of undifferentiated mineral matter. The three classes of rocks are: (a) igneous - crystalline rocks formed from molten material (e.g. granite and basalt); (b) sedimentary - resulting from the consolidation of loose sediment that has accumulated in layers (e.g. sandstone, shale and limestone); (c) metamorphic - formed from pre-exisiting rock as a result of burial, heat and pressure.

Overtopping

Passing of water over the top of a structure as a result of wave run-up or surge action.

Swash Zone

The zone of wave action on the beach, which moves as water levels vary, extending from the limit of run-down to the limit of run-up.

Tsunami

A long-period water wave caused by an underwater disturbance such as a volcanic eruption or earthquake. Commonly miscalled 'tidal wave.'

Feeder Beach

An artificially widened beach serving to nourish downdrift beaches by natural littoral currents or forces.

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Nortek User Story Featuring CZMU Wave Monitoring Programme