Gravity and shear wave contributions to nearshore infragravity motions

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 231-239

  Lippmann, T C ^a   Herbers, T H C ^b   Thornton, E B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONE; GRAVITY WAVE; WAVE BEHAVIOR;

GRAVITY WAVE; NEARSHORE DYNAMICS; S-WAVE; SURF ZONE; WAVE FIELD;

EID: 0032699230     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0485(1999)029<0231:GASWCT>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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