Reef rip current generated by tide and wave during summer season: Field observation conducted in Yoshiwara Coast, Ishigakijima, Okinawa, Japan

• المؤلفون الرئيسيون: De Leon, Mario P., Nishi, Ryuichiro, Kumasaka, F., Takaesu, Tsuyoshi, Kitamura, Ryosuke, Otani, A.
• التنسيق: text
• منشور في: Animo Repository 2008
• الموضوعات: Rip currents—Japan; Drowning—Japan; Waves; Coral reefs and islands—Japan; Civil and Environmental Engineering
• الوصول للمادة أونلاين: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/faculty_research/6202
• المؤسسة: De La Salle University

In 2004 and 2005, five drowning accidents in Ishigakijima, Okinawa were documented by Japan Coast Guard and were found to be caused by a strong offshore current commonly known as “reef current”. This type of current has been identified to be responsible in generating the circulation of water and tra...