Houser, Chris; Barrett, Gemma; Labude, Daniel - In: Natural Hazards 57 (2011) 2, pp. 501-523
Many drowning and near drownings at Pensacola Beach, Florida are attributed to rip currents, the strong seaward-flowing currents that extend from the shoreline to the line of breakers and sometimes beyond. While surf forecasts assume that the rip hazard is uniform alongshore and that the...