Sentence examples for beach orientation from inspiring English sources

The angular difference (γd) between the direction of the mean wave energy flux at the diffraction point of the headland and the beach orientation down-coast is also incorporated in the proposed formula.

Throughout the literature, the planform final shape, hereinafter denoted as the Static Equilibrium Beach Orientation (SEBO), is obtained based on the direction of the mean wave energy flux of whole waves impinging on the coast.

In sandhoppers (Amphipoda; Talitridae), typical dwellers of the supralittoral zone of sandy beaches, orientation with respect to the sun and landscape vision is adapted to the local direction of the shoreline.

These devices can generate waves and a current from a wave generator to a wave beach with orientations of approximately 300° according to the vehicle's magnetic compass.

She said the college conducts its freshman orientation on the beach, which has a lifeguard and swimming in the summer.

However, these representations lost much ground during the last quarter of the 20th century, partly the result of substantial beautification efforts the most significant of which included a new orientation toward the beach, an area that had decayed for decades.

They aim at defining the final orientation of a beach on a scale of years and thus they are used for evaluating the shoreline response due to human interference (ports, breakwaters, protection works, etc).

Some other technical errors were also made, often censored, including the mistaken reversed orientation of the beach barriers; the tripod obstructions with a mine at the apex.

This is what happens when three New York couples of all sexual orientations stay at a beach house and drink lots of whiskey: lots and lots of emotional outpourings.

We tested sun orientation of talitrids on the beach and recorded their locomotor activity rhythms under constant conditions in the laboratory.

The question focused here was whether recreational activities and urbanisation may influence orientation performance of talitrids on oceanic tropical beaches with contrasting extension (beach length).