Sentences with phrase «storm waves»

But scientists worry that unlike building - scaling apes, large storm waves crashing into the city may indeed become a reality in the near future.

But over the steep reef slope, the breaking process affected mostly the short storm waves.

Once the cables are attached, the water is pumped back out again, allowing the turbine to rise, tightening the cables, and preventing the turbine from bobbing up and down, yet allowing some lateral movement that would help cushion the impact of storm waves on the tower.

The loss of sea ice also means more of the Arctic coast is battered by storm waves, increasing erosion and driving some native communities to move.

Her caramel skin and curly beach sand hair spreads in wavy chops like the choppy storm waves on the ocean.

«Until now, we have believed that reefs serve as a reliable protection from storm waves,» says Bricker.

«The long group waves can have wavelengths of several kilometers but their height is much lower than that of the individual storm waves.

The National Weather Service said the first storm wave hit Hamburg hard, around 12:30 p.m. Thursday.

While perhaps more mundane than the megaboulders (found only locally on Eleuthera), the sedimentological structures found within chevron ridge and runup deposits across islands throughout the Bahamas and Bermuda point to frequent and repeated inundation by powerful storm waves, in some locations leaving storm deposits tens of meters above sea level.

Extreme storm waves at sea have shifted a boulder weighing 620 tonnes, explaining why huge rocks are sometimes mysteriously found on high cliffs

Nothing was more critical to their survival, except perhaps their ability to maneuver the boat through storm waves to keep it from capsizing.

The design allows Pelamis to withstand storm waves that rise 10 times as high as average waves and pack 100 times as much power.

Tsunamis are composed of a series of broad waves, causing repeated floods far inland, so even a 2 - meter - tall tsunami, a mere pup, can damage low - lying areas far more extensively than normal storm waves.

The show begins with the «Hurricane Series,» a collection of 14 large - scale, 6 - by -11-foot ultra-high-resolution photographs of magnificently violent storm waves shot by the artist himself while perilously tethered out to sea.

C o - author Mitchell Harley, a civil and environmental engineer at the University of New South Wales, Australia, says: «Coastlines of the Pacific are particularly dynamic as they are exposed to storm waves generated often thousands of miles away.

«Now that we know what storm waves are capable of, we have much more information for policy makers who are responsible for preparing coastal communities for the impact of high energy storms,» said Rónadh Cox, a geoscientist at Williams College, Williamstown in Massachusetts.

The wind turbine generators used in offshore environments include modifications to prevent corrosion, and their foundations must be designed to withstand the harsh environment of the ocean, including storm waves, hurricane - force winds, and even ice flows.

EWP tested its Wave Clapper and Power Wing floaters and measured the KW output obtained from various wave heights and timescales, even surviving five metre storm waves.

In coastal protection, it can mean, for instance, artificially building beaches that absorb the power of storm waves, or encouraging the natural forces that raise and extend a coastline, including salt marsh, by ensuring a supply of sediment.

However, the conventional storm surge models neglect the important dynamics of the individual storm waves, which is a plausible explanation for the destruction at Hernani.

Storm waves on the west coast of Vancouver Island — courtesy Wickaninnish Inn (photographer Sander Jain)

The Smiths chose a bluff overlooking the wide beach of Shaw's Cove, which afforded protection from storm waves and an expansive view.

The wave groups can be considered as an additional long wave component embedded in the sea state and bound by the storm waves.

«Sandy's most fundamental lesson is that storm vulnerability is a direct consequence of the elevation of coastal communities in relation to storm waves.

This is a consequence of the wavelengths of impact - tsunami waves, which are between that of storm waves (tens of meters) and earthquake tsunamis (hundreds of kilometers).

Rod Rainey, an engineer who investigates ship damage, told the BBC that a storm wave 12 meters high hits a ship with a force of 6 tons per square meter.

A team of researchers have invented a new method to identify the origin of irregular electrical «storm waves» in the heart.

Current methods involve the use of a catheter to isolate the storm waves — however, this is very invasive surgery, and it is extremely difficult to identify the origin of the waves in order to treat the condition.

The researchers in this study, from the University of Manchester and the University of Hull, used a virtual human heart - torso and a 64 - lead electrocardiogram (ECG) vest to study the correlation between the origin of the storm waves and the features of the ECG signals.

«What that means is that the storm waves did not have enough water to «ride in» closer to the coast before breaking and dissipating that energy as they erode sediment.

But these estimates were still being used 19 years later, when sea level had risen by 7 inches, storm waves and surges by similar amounts, and subsidence within the levees had lowered the land surface by 10 feet and (USGS 2004).