FUNWAVE: Modeling boat wake impacts on coastal erosion

April 12, 2024

Alex Sheremet, Ph.D., professor in the University of Florida Department of Civil and Coastal Engineering, is modeling ship waves in the state’s inland marshes to understand to what extent ship traffic contributes to the degradation of coastal ecosystems.    “I was interested in this because the wakes that are produced by boats are different from wind waves. […]

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