Turbulence in the swash and surf zones: A review

Coastal Engineering

Volumn 45, Issue 3-4, 2002, Pages 129-147

  Longo, Sandro ^a   Petti, Marco ^b   Losada, Inigo J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UDINE   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CANTABRIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Breaking waves; Coastal hydrodynamics; Length scales; Surf zone; Swash zone; Turbulence

Indexed keywords

SEDIMENTS; TURBULENCE; VORTEX FLOW;

SURF ZONES;

COASTAL ZONES;

BREAKING WAVE; FLOW FIELD; SURF ZONE; TURBULENCE; WAVE RUNUP;

EID: 0036565416     PISSN: 03783839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-3839(02)00031-5     Document Type: Article

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