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Jamie MacMahan

Researcher at Naval Postgraduate School

Publications -  119
Citations -  3527

Jamie MacMahan is an academic researcher from Naval Postgraduate School. The author has contributed to research in topics: Surf zone & Rip current. The author has an hindex of 30, co-authored 117 publications receiving 3132 citations. Previous affiliations of Jamie MacMahan include University of Delaware & University of Florida.

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Rip current review

TL;DR: An overview of the rip current kinematics based on these observations and the scientific advances obtained from these efforts are synthesized in this article, where rip current flows are partitioned into mean, infragravity, very low frequency (vorticity), and tidal contributions, and it is found that each contributes significantly to the total.
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RIPEX: Observations of a rip current system

TL;DR: Rip current kinematics and beach morphodynamics were measured for 44 days at Sand City, Monterey Bay, CA using 15 instruments composed of co-located velocity and pressure sensors, acoustic Doppler current profilers, and kinematic GPS surveys as mentioned in this paper.
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Beach response to a sequence of extreme storms

TL;DR: In this paper, a sequence of daily beach surveys acquired over one month covering an area larger than 100,000m 2, was analyzed to study morphological changes resulting from a cluster of storms.
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Mean Lagrangian flow behavior on an open coast rip-channeled beach: A new perspective

TL;DR: In this paper, a fleet of 30 position-tracking surfzone drifters were deployed on an open coast beach in Monterey, CA during multiple rip current occurrences, and the authors measured spatially synoptic estimates of rip current flow patterns, vorticity, and Lagrangian transport behavior.
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Rip currents, mega-cusps, and eroding dunes

TL;DR: In this article, the authors show that dune erosion occurs at the embayment of beach mega-cusps O(200m alongshore) that are associated with rip currents.