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spilling breaker

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spilling breaker [′spil·iŋ ‚brāk·ər]
(oceanography)


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According to [19], the energy maximum inside the spilling breaker moves behind the wave crest.
Christensen and Deigaard [13] calculated the flow fields, large eddies and turbulent kinetic energy fields of plunging and spilling breakers.
Spilling breakers are produced where underwater topography slopes gradually away from shore.
 
 
 
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