Inrtoduction to the Coastal Data Information Program (CDIP) at UCSD.

To see how the swell prediction model works, visit the following web site and answer the questions below:

http://cdip.ucsd.edu/models/about_swell.shtml (you can click on the link to follow it; use the back button to return to this page).

What is the water depth of the buoy that measures the swell?

For swell from the N-NW, what is the lag time for a swell reaching San Diego after being measured at the platform?

Click here to continue with exercise (Go to #2).

Click here to return to the lab exercise outline.