Monitoring the coastal environment; Part I: Waves and currents

Journal of Coastal Research

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 111-133

  Morang, Andrew ^a   Larson, Robert ^b   Gorman, Laurel ^a  

^a WATERWAYS EXPERIMENT STATION   (United States)

^b U S ARMY ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

coastal currents; Current meters; PUV wave gauge; sea state parameters; seismic wave gauge; water levels; wave statistics

Indexed keywords

COASTS; CURRENTS; WAVES;

COASTAL ZONE; CURRENT MEASUREMENT; MONITORING SYSTEMS; WAVE GAUGES;

EID: 0030621085     PISSN: 07490208     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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