Wave group forcing of low frequency surf zone motion

Coastal Engineering Journal

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 121-136

  Haller, Merrick C ^a   Putrevu, Uday ^b   Oltman Shay, Joan ^b   Dalrymple, Robert A ^c  

^a NorthWest Research Associates Inc ^*  (United States)

^b NORTHWEST RESEARCH ASSOCIATES   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Instabilities; Longshore current; Shear waves; Vorticity; Wave groups

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000136678     PISSN: 21664250     EISSN: 17936292     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0578563499000085     Document Type: Article

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