Regional variations in rip density

Journal of Coastal Research

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 813-822

  Short, Andrew D ^a   Brander, Robert W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Intermediate beaches; Rip currents; Rip spacing; Wave climate

Indexed keywords

BEACH; DENSITY; NEARSHORE DYNAMICS; REGIONAL PATTERN; RIP CURRENT; SPATIAL VARIATION;

EID: 0032784626     PISSN: 07490208     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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