Observations of nearshore infragravity waves: Seaward and shoreward propagating components

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 107, Issue 8, 2002, Pages

  Sheremet, A ^a   Guza, R T ^b   Elgar, S ^c   Herbers, T H C ^d  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INTEGRATIVE OCEANOGRAPHY DIVISION   (United States)

^c WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^d NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Cross shore evolution; Energy flux; Infragravity waves; Nonlinear phase coupling; Shoreline reflection; Surf zone

Indexed keywords

ENERGY FLUX; GRAVITY WAVE; SURF ZONE; WAVE PROPAGATION;

DUCK; NORTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0037104877     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001jc000970     Document Type: Article

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