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Fun #WaveWatching today! Reflections all the way….and then the boundary suddenly ends!

May 7, 2021

You might remember this edge here and the reflection situation. More details in this recent post, but in a nutshell: The wave crests marked in red are approaching the beach…

When you meet a hard boundary, the reflection starts

April 25, 2021

When I look at the picture above, I see basically three different zones on the surface of the lake. The yellow zone, which is under the direct influence of the…

Lille Lungegårdsvannet

October 17, 2019

The geometric shape of Lille Lungegårdsvannet makes for perfect wave watching conditions. Not only when wanting to look at waves from all sides, but also when you are just fascinated…

Bergen harbour wave watching

September 20, 2019

Oh look, someone built a perfect rectangular wave watching basin into Bergen harbour! As you see above, waves are propagating towards this little wave tank and into it. They then…

A #friendlywaves from Tampa, Florida

July 13, 2019

Anyone who might be new to my blog because of yesterday’s presentation at #SiPManc — please don’t be scared and run away, this is the most complicated #friendlywaves I have…

Determining the slope of sea surface via the reflection of a structure

May 9, 2019

(Disclaimer: The physics the title refers to are somewhere in the second half of the blog post when I am done rambling) In case you are wondering why I am…

Early morning wave watching. Nothing quite like it :-)

April 17, 2019

Occasionally working from home is awesome for many reasons, but mainly because I can use the time usually spent on commuting on … wait for it … wave watching. With…

Commissioned wave watching: Eckernförde edition on a beautiful calm and sunny Sunday!

January 20, 2019

Recently, more and more of my friends send me pictures of waves they spotted when walking along a lake side or taking a ferry ride. I love how contagious wave watching…

Forget about big waves, today we are focussing on the details!

January 15, 2019

Today we are focussing on tiny waves right near the shore inside the sheltered harbor. See how below there are two wave fields, one with longer waves with crests that…

Wave reflections

September 20, 2018

This still is one of my favourite kinds of wave field to look at. So calming. (Who am I kidding. All waves are my favourite waves, of course! I am…

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Fun #WaveWatching today! Reflections all the way….and then the boundary suddenly ends!

When you meet a hard boundary, the reflection starts

Lille Lungegårdsvannet

Bergen harbour wave watching

A #friendlywaves from Tampa, Florida

Determining the slope of sea surface via the reflection of a structure

Early morning wave watching. Nothing quite like it :-)

Commissioned wave watching: Eckernförde edition on a beautiful calm and sunny Sunday!

Forget about big waves, today we are focussing on the details!

Wave reflections

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