摘要：Miami Beach is one of the most dangerousbeaches for rip current drownings in the United States. There are threeprincipal wave generators that result in rip currents: onshore winds associatedwith high pressure cells, swell waves produced by offshore nor’easters, andtropical storms. A logistic regression analysis showed a correlation betweenrip currents, wave height and month of the year even under low wave energyconditions at Miami area beaches. Most rips were found to occur during 15–20knot onshore winds with 0.6–0.9m significant wave height. Eleven social,physical and safety factors make Miami Beach a rip current hotspot and pose amajor coastal management challenge.
关键词：rip current forecasting; rip current drowning; rip current hot spots; safety
factors; beaches
