What is an unusually large breaking wave that is composed of several large waves that have merged called?
Rogue Wave
100
What type of wave interference produces a larger wave?
Constructive Wave Interference
100
What is the bending of the wave crest in response to wave speed changes called?
Refraction
100
What type of breaker becomes over steepened and "spills" down the front side of the advancing wave?
Spilling Breaker
100
What is a sudden change of coastal water levels produced by storms that create deep water near the shore and allow waves to break much further inland than usual called?
Storm Surge
200
What are waves of many sizes interfering with each other called?
Chaotic Waves
200
What is the result of destructive wave interference?
Reduction in height of the larger wave.
200
What part of a wave lies at an angle to the shore?
Crestline
200
What type of breaker steepens, curls, and collapses, or “plunges” forward, releasing much of its energy instantaneously?
Plunging Breaker
200
What type of storm normally causes the most devastating shore line conditions?
Hurricanes
300
What is produced by dispersion that separates waves on the basis of their celerity called?
Ocean Swells
300
What is it called when constructive and destructive wave interference occur at the same time?
Complex Wave Interference
300
What do you call the arrows that are always draw perpendicular to the wave crest and divide an unrefracted wave into equal segments?
Wave Rays/ Wave Orthognals
300
What type of breaker has flat, low waves do not become over steepened or actually break; instead, they move smoothly up and then down the face of the beach, reflecting much of their energy seaward?