San Diego State University - OCEAN 100LAB 6 Waves I Investigation(3).

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OCEAN 100 NAME: Cynthia Sims LAB 6 INVESTIGATION: OCEAN MOTION I: WAVES SECTION: Tuesday 8am PART A: WARM UP WITH SOME WAVE-BASED PROBLEMS AND CALCULATIONS 1. Label the parts of a wave. a. Wave le... ngth b. Still water level c. Crest d. Wave height e. Trough f. If you take only half of d., what would it becalled? Amplitude 2a. During an oceanographic cruise at ~30° S in the South Atlantic at water depths of ~3,200 meters, your research vessel is surrounded by consistent swell moving directly eastward with a period of ~11 seconds. Based on these data and the relationships in Figure 5, would you classify this swell as deep, intermediate, shallow, or very shallow waves? Deep Water Waves 2b. Based on your wave classification in 2a, apply the appropriate wave speed equation from Table 2 to calculate the approximate wave speed in m/s of individual waves in the surrounding swell. Show your work and round to the nearest tenth of a meter. Speed = (1.56) (11) = 17.2 m/s 2c. Again, based on your wave classification in 2a, select the appropriate graph in Figure 4 to calculate the approximate wavelength of the surrounding swell. Show your work and round to the nearest tenth of a meter. 17.2 m/s = 1.25 √? → (??.? ?.??)? = (√?)? → L [Show More]

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