Breaker types and wave reflection coefficient: Laboratory relationships

Journal of Coastal Research

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 240-245

  Sunamura, Tsuguo ^a   Okazaki, Sei Ichi ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Breaking waves; Impermeable plane beaches; Surf similarity parameter

Indexed keywords

BREAKING WAVES; PLANE BEACHES; REFLECTION COEFFICIENT; WAVE REFLECTION;

EID: 0029767320     PISSN: 07490208     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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