Modeling the alongshore current on barred beaches

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 106, Issue C10, 2001, Pages 22451-22463

  Ruessink, B G ^a,b   Miles, J R ^c   Feddersen, F ^d   Guza, R T ^e   Elgar, Steve ^d  

^a WL DELFT HYDRAULICS   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^d WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEACH; LONGSHORE CURRENT; MODELING; NEARSHORE DYNAMICS;

DUCK; EGMOND; NETHERLANDS; NORTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0035174740     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000jc000766     Document Type: Article

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